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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 81.18 | +0.12 | +0.15% | ||
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Bonny Light • 29 days | 86.00 | -0.62 | -0.72% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 81.37 | -0.08 | -0.10% | ||
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Mars US • 266 days | 75.97 | -1.40 | -1.81% | ||
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Gasoline • 3 hours | 2.461 | -0.007 | -0.29% |
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Bonny Light • 29 days | 86.00 | -0.62 | -0.72% | ||
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Girassol • 29 days | 87.27 | -0.38 | -0.43% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 81.37 | -0.08 | -0.10% |
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Peace Sour • 11 hours | 72.28 | +0.69 | +0.96% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 11 hours | 72.28 | +0.69 | +0.96% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 11 hours | 79.18 | +0.89 | +1.14% | ||
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Central Alberta • 11 hours | 72.28 | +0.69 | +0.96% |
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Eagle Ford • 3 days | 74.07 | +0.63 | +0.86% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 75.00 | +2.00 | +2.74% | ||
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Kansas Common • 3 days | 67.75 | +0.50 | +0.74% | ||
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Buena Vista • 4 days | 83.27 | -2.82 | -3.28% |
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Leonard Hyman & William Tilles
Leonard S. Hyman is an economist and financial analyst specializing in the energy sector. He headed utility equity research at a major brokerage house and has provided advice on industry organization, regulation, privatization, risk management and finance to investment bankers, governments and private firms, including one effort to place nuclear fusion reactors on the moon. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and author, co-author or editor of six books including America’s Electric Utilities: Past, Present and Future and Energy Risk Management: A Primer for the Utility Industry.
You can find Leonard Hyman's lastest book Electricity Acts on Amazon
William I. Tilles is a senior industry advisor and speaker on energy and finance. After starting his career at a bond rating agency, he turned to equities and headed utility equity research at two major brokerage houses and then became a portfolio manager investing in long/short global utility equities. For a time he ran the largest long/short utilities equity book in the world. Before going into finance, Mr. Tilles taught political science .
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Breaking Down Biden's Energy Policy
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Why COVID-19 Won't Crush Renewables
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How Feasible Is BP’s Zero-Emissions Goal?
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Does Nuclear Power Have A Future?
The discussion today about nuclear energy is nothing short of tribal, two warring camps shouting slogans at each other. This so-called debate reminds us of…
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Is This The Most Innovative Power Company In The World?
We came to the conclusion that the future is a separate line of business when perusing the graphically flashy 2019 annual report issued by Enel…
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The Future Of Fuels In Power Generation
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Decarbonizing U.S. Electricity For $25 A Year
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This Trend Will Reshape Power Generation In The Coming Decades
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Lockdown Strikes Utilities As Electricity Demand Plunges
Electric utilities around the world, like other industries, are not immune to the unpleasant financial effects stemming from the covid19 pandemic. While electricity customers “shelter…
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The Single Biggest Threat And Opportunity For U.S. Utilities
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The Inevitable Capex Boom In US Energy
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The Main Challenges For Electric Cars This Decade
Volkswagen (VW), the world’s largest carmaker recently announced plans to spend 35 billion euros to dramatically expand electric vehicle production. VW is targeting production of…
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Has U.S. Electricity Lost Its Spark?
Well, it happened once again. Sales of electricity in the US declined in 2019 by a significant 2.8%, despite solid domestic economic growth with real…
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The Risk Of Stranded Energy Assets
The specter of stranded assets in the US electric utility industry has risen again like the undead in a typical horror movie. A leading Wall…
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Germany Set To Close All Coal Fired Energy Plants By 2038
European business news recently announced the latest German government initiative to decarbonize its nation’s electric power generation by closing all coal fired generating stations by…
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Why BlackRock Is ‘Going Green’
BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, just announced that it would exit investments with “high sustainability” risks. Initially, we interpreted that as meaning a plan…
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Why Is Warren Buffett Ditching His Coal Plants?
Warren Buffett, probably the world’s most successful investor, a man noted for the conservatism of his investment policy and aversion to high tech, wants out…
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The One Metric That Matters For Electric Cars
Looking beyond the dramatic headlines—the cliff-hanger nature of Tesla’s financial statements and the Trump administration’s efforts to re-engineer the auto industry—we need to focus on…
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California's Blackouts Are Part Of A Far Bigger Problem
This past weekend, Pacific Gas & Electric had to resume electricity blackouts to 930,000 customers affecting upwards of three million people around San Francisco. Meanwhile,…
