Study Group: Coal Pricing Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 50
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Owner
High Energy Services
Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions allowances for several generating units across the...
Managing Director
May Commodity Associates
James May is the Managing Director of May Commodity Associates, a firm providing strategic advice to clients in the steel, steel raw materials, metals, and industrial minerals sectors. Prior, Mr. May was Director of Steel Research Metal Bulletin. He has extensive contacts within the global steel industry,...
John BechtoldCoal & Energy Consultant
John Bechtold
John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...
President
ROR Mine Consulting
Richard Rouse is the President of ROR Mine Consulting, a firm providing consulting services to large consulting firms on mining projects, new mine supply companies, and foreign companies entering the US mining products market. Mr. Rouse has more than 38 years of experience in all aspects of the mining...
Guanghua LiuPresident
AAA Minerals International
Guanghua Liu, PhD, is a President at AAA Minerals International, a Germany based firm providing consulting services in the mining industry. Dr. Liu has more than 24 years of experience in providing consulting services on coal reserves and managing marketing and production operations in Chinese Coal...
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
The Elmwood Group (WV)
Robert Boyle is the Principal and Chief Executive Officer at The Elmwood Group; a company providing consulting services in process optimization, cost management, and general management. Mr. Boyle is a recognized leader and respected advisor in domestic and international aluminum industries. He has more...
Magnus EricssonChief Executive Officer
Raw Materials Group
Magnus Ericsson is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at the Raw Materials Group, a firm providing monitoring and analyzing ownership, control, and mergers and acquisitions in the mining and metals industry. Mr. Ericsson is responsible for the company's advisory services including developing...
President
Metal Recycling Consultants
Paul Glantz is a consultant for the metalworking industry, metal recyclers, and metal traders. Mr. Glantz is the President of Metal Recycling Consultants, located in Great Neck, New York, and has been the President of Glantz Iron & Metals, Inc., a metal trading and processing firm...
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GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)
The input costs for utilities to generate electricity are up. These costs include coal, transportation, natural gas, and power purchases. There are no guarantees, however, that a regulated utility may pass along these costs as discussed in the commentary section.
Wind power qualifies for production tax credits. These production tax credits are set to expire on December 31, 2008 without renewal by Congress and the President.
Bituminous coal prices have soared over 100% in the last year. This is obviously bad news to electric consumers dependent upon utilities with a large exposure to coal-fired generation. The run-up in coal prices could be a benefit to some utilities.
As the article correctly points out, capital costs to build a new power plant have risen considerably since 2000; coal plants included. It is not just the up-front capital costs that have affected decisions to build new coal plants as discussed in the commentary sectio...
The recent plunge in SO2 allowance prices may affect the decisions of coal-fired power plant owners.
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