Freezing weather puts pressure on French power producers

London (Platts)--22Nov2005

With cold continental temperatures increasing power demand and putting
pressure on French producers, prices in France rose Tuesday morning from the
already high levels seen in the prompt market Monday. 
     The Powernext exchange set a price for Wednesday baseload of
Eur131.28/MWh and a price for Wednesday peak load of Eur184.74/MWh, up by
Eur34.04/MWh and Eur52.12/MWh respectively on the previous day's prices. 
     In the over-the-counter market, Wednesday baseload rose from Eur125/MWh
to Eur130/MWh, while peakload traded around Eur10/MWh either side of
Eur175/MWh.

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