THE BURN

Off to the Races: The Energy Derby

Off to the Races: The Energy Derby

It is easy to forget how much U.S. energy markets have changed in just the last five years.  Supply and demand of energy jockeying ahead at a blistering pace, market prices hanging in the balance. Looking back at this energy race with a mint julep in our hands, we...

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Strange Times: Natural Gas Storage Level – Remastered

Strange Times: Natural Gas Storage Level – Remastered

By Chris Amstutz No Spoilers The fall season inherently breeds uncertainty. Questions like, will the weather be 80 degrees and sunny, or 50 and rainy? Is the Stranger Things cast too old to be believable anymore? Or the most important, troubling question of them all,...

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Everyone Is an Energy Expert… So They Think

Everyone Is an Energy Expert… So They Think

By: Matthew Mattingly Gas Prices GIFfrom Gas GIFs 123 Everyone seems to have strong opinions on the high energy prices impacting our country (and the rest of the world).  Record high prices at the pump, coinciding with historically high prices for all fossil...

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Shoot Me Straight: Is Biden Wrecking Energy Markets?

Shoot Me Straight: Is Biden Wrecking Energy Markets?

By: Chris Amstutz We regret to inform you; the politicians are back at it again. We have commented on politics in energy numerous times in the past, and today we look to address the volley of energy headlines that have come out in recent weeks. Like every topic, there...

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It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

By; Chris Amstutz https://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to inform you that energy markets (and everything else for that matter) are going crazy once again. What better way to convey market volatility, than through the catchy,...

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Winter Forecasts (Not So) Set In Stone: Remastered

Winter Forecasts (Not So) Set In Stone: Remastered

By: Chris Amstutz This blog was originally posted Nov. 14, 2017 and has been updated to reflect the current 2021-2022 forecast. "Humor" has been updated for the times. The winter of 2018 (after this original blog) brought a month long January polar vortex event that...

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Risky Business: A New Era in Energy

Risky Business: A New Era in Energy

By: Chris Amstutz   Natural gas and electricity markets are going through a fundamental change. These markets are coming of age and the idea of prices falling in the future is as innocent as a young Tom Cruise picking a fight with a hustler. Gone are the days of...

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LNG Windfall Winners – Not the Usual Suspects

LNG Windfall Winners – Not the Usual Suspects

By: Matthew Mattingly https://giphy.com/gifs/snl-saturday-night-live-season-44-5bkpoGHpV6TePeyKFd The ever-changing energy landscape has proven its prowess again with the recent evolution of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) markets. Staying ahead of these trends requires a...

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Five Years and Fifty Blogs Later

Five Years and Fifty Blogs Later

Choice! Energy Management’s blog, The Burn, is an extensive and diverse selection of posts on all the latest energy news including technology, politics and business. Our goal is to open pathways for productive conversation, as well as examine Choice’s place in the...

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ERCOT Disaster: MythBusters

ERCOT Disaster: MythBusters

By: Chris Amstutz The winter storm of the century in the energy capital of the world has frozen all preconceived notions of the Electric “Reliability” Council of Texas. As the snow melts and the plumbing repairs begin, the analysts at Choice! Energy Management find...

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