Volatility Continues – Strategic Planning is Critical As we head into the final stretch of summer, July 2025 has made its mark as one of the hottest months in PJM history. Record-breaking temperatures fueled a new summer peak demand across the PJM grid—surpassing 2024’s peak by over 5%—with AI data center growth being the […]
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RD Energy July 2025 Stay Current Newsletter: June’s Skyrocketing Power Demand Signals a New Era for the Grid If you thought summer 2024 was hot, PJM’s early summer 2025 power demand is rewriting the playbook. In June 2025, PJM recorded significantly higher peak electricity usage than in any single day of summer 2024—even though both
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As we move into summer, energy prices remain volatile — and the risks for Ohio businesses behind AEP and Columbia Gas continue to grow. Whether you manage a manufacturing plant, a school district, or a small business, understanding what’s driving today’s energy markets can help you make more informed decisions. As we’ve discussed in our
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Key Drivers 1. Weak shoulder season energy consumption has helped bring 2025 natural gas and electric prices down after surging this past winter 2. Substantial year over year increase in LNG exports that will grow even more throughout 2025 and beyond likely lifting natural gas prices in Q3 and Q4 2025 3. Late spring and
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Two Very Important Reminders: Upstream natural gas pipeline TC Energy starts billing higher transportation rates April 2025. Most suppliers will pass this new rate increase to natural gas customers behind Columbia Gas of Ohio and Duke Energy. Columbia Gas of Ohio’s customer adder for those buying natural gas supply directly from them is going up
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Key Drivers Natural gas storage levels are around 600 BCF lower than the end of winter last year; substantially increasing storage injection demand this spring and summer Liquified natural gas exports has reached new record levels at 15+ bcf /day Natural gas wholesale prices are $2.25/MMBTU higher now versus this time a year ago
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Key Drivers For Natural Gas Prices: Natural gas storage level:14 bcf higher than one year ago & 166 bcf higher than past 5 year average LNG Exports: currently at 14.8 bcf/day shipped to Europe and Asia with a lot of growth potential in 2025 U.S daily natural gas production: Producers have shown throughout 2024
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Rather Listen to Our Podcast? Click Here! Wholesale natural gas and power price volatility remains highly confined to the next few months. The short-term view of wholesale prices versus the long-term view is a tale of two stories. Short-term wholesale natural gas and power prices are being driven up and down by market
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Rather Listen to Our Podcast? Click Here! The abnormally warm October expected to continue through November for the Eastern U.S. is very bearish for wholesale natural gas prices. The U.S. natural gas storage surplus declined every week of the summer and was expected to be gone by the end of the year, but that is
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September is often viewed as a transitional month. Like, transitioning from summer to fall. In terms of energy prices we saw natural gas prices transition from near $2.00/MMBTU on 8/30 to near $3.00/MMBTU on 9/30. Why did this happen? Will prices keep rising or will they fall back down? Please remember, electric wholesale prices are primarily
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