Oil prices traded sideways in a quiet market as traders digest the news coming from Houston where the world’s opinion leaders in oil & gas have gathered for this year’s CERA Week. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) Chart of the Week (Click to enlarge) • Total installed wind capacity surpassed hydropower in the U.S. for the first time last year. • Hydro has been a pillar of the U.S. electricity system for decades – not as large a share of the sector as coal, natural gas or nuclear, but hydro has held a sizable share since the post-WWII build out in the 1940s and 1950s. • On February 12, in the Southwest Power Pool, which covers North Dakota down to Northern Texas, wind accounted for half of the entire system’s generation, the first time that has occurred in one of the seven regional transmission organizations (RTOs). Market Movers […]