Product Description

The Annual Study provides a detailed market review of market fundamentals using Monte Carlo technics to help assess the risk associated with long term investment decisions in the Alberta Electricity Market. Forecasts are created by experts that have been providing this analysis for over 20 years.

The Annual Study includes:

• A detailed discussion of key macro-economic factors that affect the Alberta economy
• A long-term review and assessment of electricity market fundamentals relating to electric energy and ancillary service supply, demand and price under a low and high scenario
• A complete overview and probability assessment with respect to all proposed generating plant additions and retirements
• An feature chapter is typically dedicated to a topical issue of the day
• A detailed discussion of the forecast results & key price sensitivities
• Key input and output data tables
• Full color report issued in electronic format—typically 200 pages

Who could benefit from the Annual Study? 

• Generation Developers / Owners or Project Proponents
• Retailers or Large Industrial Loads
• Wholesale Marketers
• Importers / Exporters
• Power Pool Participants
• Anyone with a long-term vested interest in the Alberta electric industry

Value to the Client:

Forecasts are generated by a team of professionals dedicated to regularly analyzing electricity fundamentals

Qualitative and quantitative results are derived from using state-of-theart forecasting tools and methodologies that have been tested by industry participants

All forecasts are generated stochastically at the hourly level and provide a probability distribution through multiple seed forecasts for each scenario presented

Be assured that proper due diligence has been performed, while results are independent and unbiased

Custom electricity price forecasts can be generated based on clientbased and project specific assumption set (these projects are priced separately)

Subscription terms:

The Annual Study

• Annual issue—typically delivered in Q1/Q2 each year
• Discounts are available for corporate affiliates

Note: Report and data files are delivered electronically in PDF and Excel file formats