EarlyBird News

The September natural gas futures contract dipped below the support level of $3.40 on Thursday, August 1, delicing as low as $3.34 before closing at $3.39. Since then, the contract has decreased a bit further, reaching as low as $3.31 on Monday, August 5, marking the 52-week low. We expect prices to hold support. If […]

The American Society for Health Engineering (ASHE), one of the preeminent health engineering magazines in the country, has featured EarlyBird Power in a story about its solar net metering consulting job for the largest solar project in MA in which “cost savings through [the] project will exceed $300,000 annually” in addition to supporting green energy. 

The east coast is forecasted to have sustained hot weather throughout next week (July 15-19). Hot weather means there is a likelihood that we see a year-to-date system peak in ISO-NE, NYISO, and PJM. If you are able, curtailing or reducing your electricity loads during the afternoon next week may decrease your capacity obligations, which […]

Over the past couple of months, natural gas futures contracts have dropped as low as $3.53 on June 28 after reaching a one-year high of $4.53 on May 1. There is support at $3.40. Below is a price chart of the August future contract over the past twelve months:  

EarlyBird has coordinated with Southern Sky Renewable Energy on the largest private solar deal in Massachusetts. Here is a photo from the Carver site this morning:

On Friday, June 7, the Massachusetts DOER held a meeting to discuss the finalization of the current SREC program in addition to the implementation of the next program. The meeting was crucial in addressing the ramifications of the unexpected announcement it made on Wednesday, May 29, saying that the current SREC program had reached its […]

Fixed basic service, July through December (in $/kWh): Residential: 0.07506 Commercial Street Lighting: 0.07426 Industrial (NEMA): 0.07239 (through September) Industrial (SEMA): 0.07042 (through September) Monthly basic service (in $/kWh): Residential July: 0.07542 August: 0.07353 September: 0.07057 October: 0.07087 November: 0.07342 December: 0.08489 Commercial, Street Lighting  July: 0.07575 August: 0.07438 September: 0.06847 October: 0.06815 November: 0.07189 December: […]

In the Northeast this summer natural gas prices are expected to rise due to increase demand. Some experts are saying natural gas in the Northeast may average $5-$5.50 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) or even in the $7-$8 per MMBtu range. Natural gas prices at Algonquin City Gates, the pipeline system that delivers gas […]

On Friday, PJM, the regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates the wholesale power market for 13 states (all or parts of Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, and Tennessee, all of which EarlyBird Power is licensed in), reported the results of its annual […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York wants Public Service Electric & Gas Co. of New Jersey to take over for the Long Island Power Authority. “LIPA is broken. And LIPA has to go away,” Gov. Cuomo asserted in the wake of the well-known failures of the utility company in response to Hurricane Sandy. LIPA was […]