Author Archives: Maninder Manhas
Data Integrity: The Missing Piece to Data Collection
With such an abundance of raw data in the financial, energy, and commodities industries, there’s still one piece of the data collection puzzle that often gets overlooked – data integrity.…
A Beginner’s Guide to Analyzing Market Trends Using Energy Data
The electrical sector in any given region will produce power at all hours of the day, every day, with limited (sometimes zero) tolerance for downtime. What this means for a…
Global Data Management for the Enterprise: Entitlement Optimization
Data is the lifeblood of our industry. Without it, there isn’t much a trader or analyst can do. At ZE, we work with clients and data vendors each and every…
The Emergence of Global Gas Markets: North America
Gas markets around the world have undergone some major shifts in the past decade. Production and storage levels have risen to historic levels in North America, where speculation over liquefied…
Is Solar Power at a Crossroads?
At the IHS CERAWeek energy conference in Houston last week, BP CEO Robert Dudley made it clear that his company was exiting the solar business. BP has invested billions of…
Factors affecting ERCOT – Electricity consumption, generation and reserve margin challenges
Last week I published two articles on a recent presentation on the ERCOT market, which was held by a few of our analysts at ZE. Thus far, I have provided…
Factors affecting ERCOT – Congestion Revenue Rights Analysis
Earlier this week I wrote about a recent webinar that was held in our offices on the ERCOT market. While it gave a short overview of the market and some of…
Factors affecting ERCOT – The shifting power market in Texas
A few weeks ago, ZE held a public webinar on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market. As one of the business analysts responsible for building this presentation, I…
Rising Demand for Lumber contributes to Major Surge in US Futures Prices
Lumber future prices have risen dramatically in recent months reflecting a significant pickup in the construction industry for new homes across the US. In the aftermath of the global recession…
Pipeline Expansion in America’s Mid-west and its impact on WTI Oil trading
Prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil have climbed in recent weeks to trade close to a four-month high in New York. While Brent prices have also risen, trade results…