129 - Energy Risk Management made Simple

Brock Mosovsky - Co-Founder, VP of Analytics, cQuant
How do you control an asset that converts weather into energy? Especially in today’s volatile electricity markets, balancing the risk and value associated with these assets is paramount! We discuss this and more with Brock Mosovsky, co-founder at CQuant.io, an energy focused Software-as-a-Service platform for analytics and portfolio optimization across a broad range of energy stakeholders. Join us as we learn about the world of energy economics and how market operators employ clever techniques based on statistical analyses to evaluate and manage risk and maintain balance between supply/ demand and price/ quantity of electricity.
Hosts: Chris Sass & Jeff McAulay
Additional Reads:
California’s Duck Curve getting deeper: www.eia.gov/to...
CQuant: cquant.io/
Assessing the value and risk of multiple ppa structures: cquant.io/2021...
Sasi Movva - CTO Cquant - / smovva
Neil Nordby - CFO Cquant - / neil-nordby-8941937
David Leevan - CEO Cquant - / david-leevan-4111637
Sameer Soleja - CEO Molecule Software - / ssoleja
Chapters:
02:30 - What are the trends in the purchasing of electricity from utility scale renewables?
05:30 - What is the difference between nodal and hub-based power purchase agreement?
09:09 - What is the risk exposure of renewables when compared to non-renewables?
18:24 - What role does utility scale storage play in determining wholesale electricity prices?
26:36 - How worried should we be of “shape-risk” with the addition renewables on grid?
34:10 - Who can take benefit of energy market analytics data to evaluate and mitigate risk?