Hedging Electricity

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The “EL0 + ELNP1 + ELRisk” products are for all three courses in a session: this bundle attracts a 10% discount on the individual course prices.

Code: ELRisk

Objective: To provide a practical introduction to the hedge market, and to techniques and methods for hedging price risk in electricity markets, with an emphasis on developing skills in working with and applying common forms of hedge contract.

ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Auckland 10th May 2012 ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Auckland 10th May 2012 Yes Price: $1,275.00
Early Discount:$1,147.50
(special ends 04 May 2012)
Register seat(s)  

 

An Introduction to Risk Management in the Electricity Market

 

Code: ELRisk

 

Objective: To provide a practical introduction to the hedge market, and to techniques and methods for hedging price risk in electricity markets, with an emphasis on developing skills in working with and applying common forms of hedge contract.

 

Prerequisites: EL0, with ELNP1 also being useful background.  Alternatively, familiarity with key elements of the electricity supply system including the Grid, metering and various types of generation.  Some familiarity with the behaviour of prices from the spot market is also useful.

 

The course includes a number of rounds of our hedging simulation which simulates the process by which hedging decisions are made.

 

Introduction

What is a hedge?

Common supply arrangements – ‘contracts for differences’, ‘fixed price variable volume’

Volatility in the electricity spot market

Attitudes to risk, risk premiums

 

Hedging Electricity

Securities Markets Act

Contracts for differences

Swaps and options

Futures and swaptions

Financial transmission rights (FTRs)

The spot market’s ‘losses and constraints surplus’

 

Hedging Strategy

Location factor adjustments

Optimum generation with hedges in place

Using FTRs

Timing of hedge transactions

Building a “hedge book”

The forward curve

The role of forecasts

Pricing and valuing futures, swaps and options

Modelling hedge strategies

Stress testing

 

The Hedge Market

The hedge market in New Zealand

Hedge market liquidity

 

Miscellaneous

The ISDA agreement

Front, middle and back offices

Fair value and hedge accounting

 

NB:       Course material may vary from the above on the day.

 

ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Auckland 6th September 2012 ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Auckland 6th September 2012 Yes Price: $1,275.00
Early Discount:$1,147.50
(special ends 31 Aug 2012)
Register seat(s)  

 

An Introduction to Risk Management in the Electricity Market

 

Code: ELRisk

 

Objective: To provide a practical introduction to the hedge market, and to techniques and methods for hedging price risk in electricity markets, with an emphasis on developing skills in working with and applying common forms of hedge contract.

 

Prerequisites: EL0, with ELNP1 also being useful background.  Alternatively, familiarity with key elements of the electricity supply system including the Grid, metering and various types of generation.  Some familiarity with the behaviour of prices from the spot market is also useful.

 

The course includes a number of rounds of our hedging simulation which simulates the process by which hedging decisions are made.

 

Introduction

What is a hedge?

Common supply arrangements – ‘contracts for differences’, ‘fixed price variable volume’

Volatility in the electricity spot market

Attitudes to risk, risk premiums

 

Hedging Electricity

Securities Markets Act

Contracts for differences

Swaps and options

Futures and swaptions

Financial transmission rights (FTRs)

The spot market’s ‘losses and constraints surplus’

 

Hedging Strategy

Location factor adjustments

Optimum generation with hedges in place

Using FTRs

Timing of hedge transactions

Building a “hedge book”

The forward curve

The role of forecasts

Pricing and valuing futures, swaps and options

Modelling hedge strategies

Stress testing

 

The Hedge Market

The hedge market in New Zealand

Hedge market liquidity

 

Miscellaneous

The ISDA agreement

Front, middle and back offices

Fair value and hedge accounting

 

NB:       Course material may vary from the above on the day.

 

ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Wellington 15th March 2012 ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Wellington 15th March 2012 Yes Price: $1,275.00
Early Discount:$1,147.50
(special ends 09 Mar 2012)
Register seat(s)  

 

An Introduction to Risk Management in the Electricity Market

 

Code: ELRisk

 

Objective: To provide a practical introduction to the hedge market, and to techniques and methods for hedging price risk in electricity markets, with an emphasis on developing skills in working with and applying common forms of hedge contract.

 

Prerequisites: EL0, with ELNP1 also being useful background.  Alternatively, familiarity with key elements of the electricity supply system including the Grid, metering and various types of generation.  Some familiarity with the behaviour of prices from the spot market is also useful.

 

The course includes a number of rounds of our hedging simulation which simulates the process by which hedging decisions are made.

 

Introduction

What is a hedge?

Common supply arrangements – ‘contracts for differences’, ‘fixed price variable volume’

Volatility in the electricity spot market

Attitudes to risk, risk premiums

 

Hedging Electricity

Securities Markets Act

Contracts for differences

Swaps and options

Futures and swaptions

Financial transmission rights (FTRs)

The spot market’s ‘losses and constraints surplus’

 

Hedging Strategy

Location factor adjustments

Optimum generation with hedges in place

Using FTRs

Timing of hedge transactions

Building a “hedge book”

The forward curve

The role of forecasts

Pricing and valuing futures, swaps and options

Modelling hedge strategies

Stress testing

 

The Hedge Market

The hedge market in New Zealand

Hedge market liquidity

 

Miscellaneous

The ISDA agreement

Front, middle and back offices

Fair value and hedge accounting

 

NB:       Course material may vary from the above on the day.

 

ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Wellington 15th November 2012 ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Wellington 15th November 2012 Yes Price: $1,275.00
Early Discount:$1,147.50
(special ends 09 Nov 2012)
Register seat(s)  

 

An Introduction to Risk Management in the Electricity Market

 

Code: ELRisk

 

Objective: To provide a practical introduction to the hedge market, and to techniques and methods for hedging price risk in electricity markets, with an emphasis on developing skills in working with and applying common forms of hedge contract.

 

Prerequisites: EL0, with ELNP1 also being useful background.  Alternatively, familiarity with key elements of the electricity supply system including the Grid, metering and various types of generation.  Some familiarity with the behaviour of prices from the spot market is also useful.

 

The course includes a number of rounds of our hedging simulation which simulates the process by which hedging decisions are made.

 

Introduction

What is a hedge?

Common supply arrangements – ‘contracts for differences’, ‘fixed price variable volume’

Volatility in the electricity spot market

Attitudes to risk, risk premiums

 

Hedging Electricity

Securities Markets Act

Contracts for differences

Swaps and options

Futures and swaptions

Financial transmission rights (FTRs)

The spot market’s ‘losses and constraints surplus’

 

Hedging Strategy

Location factor adjustments

Optimum generation with hedges in place

Using FTRs

Timing of hedge transactions

Building a “hedge book”

The forward curve

The role of forecasts

Pricing and valuing futures, swaps and options

Modelling hedge strategies

Stress testing

 

The Hedge Market

The hedge market in New Zealand

Hedge market liquidity

 

Miscellaneous

The ISDA agreement

Front, middle and back offices

Fair value and hedge accounting

 

NB:       Course material may vary from the above on the day.

 

ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Wellington 19th July 2012 ELRisk: Hedging Electricity Wellington 19th July 2012 Yes Price: $1,275.00
Early Discount:$1,147.50
(special ends 13 Jul 2012)
Register seat(s)  

 

An Introduction to Risk Management in the Electricity Market

 

Code: ELRisk

 

Objective: To provide a practical introduction to the hedge market, and to techniques and methods for hedging price risk in electricity markets, with an emphasis on developing skills in working with and applying common forms of hedge contract.

 

Prerequisites: EL0, with ELNP1 also being useful background.  Alternatively, familiarity with key elements of the electricity supply system including the Grid, metering and various types of generation.  Some familiarity with the behaviour of prices from the spot market is also useful.

 

The course includes a number of rounds of our hedging simulation which simulates the process by which hedging decisions are made.

 

Introduction

What is a hedge?

Common supply arrangements – ‘contracts for differences’, ‘fixed price variable volume’

Volatility in the electricity spot market

Attitudes to risk, risk premiums

 

Hedging Electricity

Securities Markets Act

Contracts for differences

Swaps and options

Futures and swaptions

Financial transmission rights (FTRs)

The spot market’s ‘losses and constraints surplus’

 

Hedging Strategy

Location factor adjustments

Optimum generation with hedges in place

Using FTRs

Timing of hedge transactions

Building a “hedge book”

The forward curve

The role of forecasts

Pricing and valuing futures, swaps and options

Modelling hedge strategies

Stress testing

 

The Hedge Market

The hedge market in New Zealand

Hedge market liquidity

 

Miscellaneous

The ISDA agreement

Front, middle and back offices

Fair value and hedge accounting

 

NB:       Course material may vary from the above on the day.

 

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Prerequisites: EL0, with ELNP1 also being useful background.  Alternatively, familiarity with key elements of the electricity supply system including the Grid, metering and various types of generation.  Some familiarity with the behaviour of prices from the spot market is also useful.

The course includes a number of rounds of our hedging simulation which simulates the process by which hedging decisions are made.

  1. Introduction
    What is a hedge?
    Common supply arrangements – ‘contracts for differences’, ‘fixed price variable volume’
    Volatility in the electricity spot market
    Attitudes to risk, risk premiums
  2. Hedging Electricity
    Securities Markets Act
    Contracts for differences
    Swaps and options
    Futures and swaptions
    Financial transmission rights (FTRs)
    The spot market’s ‘losses and constraints surplus’
  3. Hedging Strategy
    Location factor adjustments
    Optimum generation with hedges in place
    Using FTRs
    Timing of hedge transactions
    Building a “hedge book”
    The forward curve
    The role of forecasts
    Pricing and valuing futures, swaps and options
    Modelling hedge strategies
    Stress testing
  4. The Hedge Market
    The hedge market in New Zealand
    Hedge market liquidity
  5. Miscellaneous
    The ISDA agreement
    Front, middle and back offices
    Fair value and hedge accounting

NB: Course material may vary from the above on the day.