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Market intelligence in energy markets involves the collection and analysis of data on pricing, demand trends, regulatory changes, and competitor activity to support informed decision-making. By leveraging real-time insights, organizations can optimize procurement strategies, manage risk, and identify new opportunities in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.

Why Retail Energy is Not Truly Pass-Through Wholesale: Unlocking Enterprise Savings with ISO Direct

For many enterprise energy buyers, signing a retail electricity contract every one to three years has become the default approach. It feels easy, predictable, and familiar. But here’s the hard...

Why ISO Membership Cuts Energy Costs for Data Centers & Large Energy Users

For organizations with significant energy demand—data centers (hyperscale, colocation, enterprise), financial institutions, healthcare systems, REITs, and commercial real estate portfolios—energy is more than just a budget item. It’s a strategic...

Unlocking the ISO Energy Opportunity: Why Going Direct to Source Matters

For more than 20 years, ECM Energy Management Services has helped Fortune 500 companies, data centers, financial institutions, REITs, and health systems in PJM, NYISO, and ISO-NE territories buy energy...

Weather and Pricing Highlights – First Half 2019

Electricity pricing for the first quarter of 2019 was down over 28% from the first quarter of 2018 with an average of $39.29 (down from $54.89 in 2018) for the...

A Total Market Strategy Combining the Best of Both Analytical Worlds

To uncover hedging opportunities for clients, electricity market analysts traditionally rely on one of two methodologies: fundamental analysis of market factors or technical analysis of mathematical models. Analysts from both...

4th Quarter Pricing Results and Outlook

Pricing Day Ahead Market (DAM) pricing continued to fall throughout the entire quarter due to the mild winter weather and the surplus of Natural Gas in storage. Forward pricing for...

Weather Update & Projections: Spring 2016

November and December 2015 were extremely mild with record breaking temperatures in many parts of the Northeast. Mild temperatures and low levels of snow fall added to the pressure on...

The Fate of Nuclear Power: Why It Is Important To You

The United States has been entertaining the debate regarding the pros and cons of Nuclear Power and its development since 1979 when the world watched as one of the reactors...

Weather Projections: Winter 2015-2016

If it is possible for multiple weather services to agree on the weather forecast than the winter of 2016 may be the first. WSI, NOAA and even the Farmer’s Almanac...

3rd Quarter 2015 Pricing Summary

Day Ahead Market Pricing in the North-East markets has touched new lows as the supply of natural gas continues to grow. Forward Pricing is also trading at historic lows with...

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