A continuing, detailed forecast of North American power markets for management and investors, supported by proprietary scenario analyses, to evaluate buy, sell, build investment decisions.

Platts Power Outlook Research Service (PORS) provides stakeholders in generating and transmission assets with:

• forecasting and analysis of power demand
• supply and transmission capacities
• construction trends over the next construction cycles.

With a consistent and transparent long-term view, the Power Outlook Research Service uses fundamental market metrics to forecast the evolution of regional power markets’ demand and estimate supply and transmission investment requirements. Fuel and emission market metrics are generated from Platts Coal Outlook Research Service and Platts Gas Outlook Research Service.

Price of supply, tuned with long-dated forward curves from Platts Risk Management products to match the market’s risk premium expectations, is used to equilibrate regional supply and demand. These assessments become the source of Platts’ custom analysis and valuation support for the power M&A marketplace.

The Outlook is a continuously updated, independent and fully-qualified forecast of the North American power markets. Platts’ Economists and Market Simulation Modelers maintain the model and generate an annual base line update in the second quarter of the year. Scenario, or “what-if”, analyses are published in the first, third and fourth quarters.

Scenario analyses forecast the impact of short term events, proposed legislation, and early indications of divergences from equilibrium in fundamental factors that affect power markets. Customized scenarios, relevant to a client’s particular market position, can be developed.

Platts provides a complete data set of the assumptions and simulation results for the annual base line update focused on planning and analyst professionals, plus a detailed discussion and analysis of the strategic dimensions of the forecast for management and investors.

Scenario analyses provide variances to the base case forecast with an emphasis on the interpretation of impacts on stakeholders. These variance studies are designed to support industry leaders in their thought leadership responsibilities.

Management synopses of the Power Outlook Research Service forecasts are available to decision makers and analysts in the coal and natural gas industries. The synopses are distilled versions of the forecast suitable for management whose companies are suppliers to, or consumers of, the power industry. Publication of Platts Coal Market Forecasts and PORS-Gas synopses follow the PORS schedule.

For a one-on-one interactive demonstration and a complete listing of Power Outlook Research Service market data, call Platts at 1-800-PLATTS8 (toll-free from North America) or e-mail us at support@platts.com.