Sean ODonnell


Markets for trading electricity are not designed in a way that best serves their underlying policy goals, bankers and analysts claim.

“Capacity markets are an interesting political conundrum,” Constellation Energy Commodities Group energy policy vice president Daniel Allegretti said at the Platts Annual Financing US Power conference in New York. Keep reading →


Consolidation has only just begun in the US power markets as the sector combines for greater regional and financial heft ahead of potentially-transformative regulatory changes.

There have been 51 deals announced in 2011 to date against the background of 242 deals in the broader energy and mining sector, according to Mergermarket’s Amanda Levin, speaking at the Platts Financing US Power conference in New York. Keep reading →