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Posted July 24, 2017Today in Energy
California wholesale electricity prices are higher at the beginning and end of the day ›
Comparisons of January through June electricity prices over the past three years suggest a growing premium for day-ahead hourly prices in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) energy market for certain morning and evening hours relative to prices for midday hours. More ›
Source: EIA, based on ABB Energy Velocity
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Data Highlights
WTI crude oil futures price
7/21/2017: $45.77/barrels
down$0.77 from week earlier
up$1.02 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
7/21/2017: $2.970/MMBtu
down$0.010 from week earlier
up$0.278 from year earlier
Weekly coal production
7/15/2017: 15.254 million tons
up1.814 million tons from week earlier
up3.130 million tons from year earlier
Natural gas inventories
7/14/2017: 2,973 Bcf
up28 Bcf from week earlier
down299 Bcf from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
7/14/2017: 490.6 million barrels
down4.7 million barrels from week earlier
up1.8 million barrels from year earlier
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