Monthly Energy Market Updates

Monthly updates give you the bigger picture that daily noise can obscure. While weekly reports track short-term movements, monthly analysis helps you understand longer-term trends, seasonal patterns, and structural market shifts. This perspective is essential for strategic planning — whether you're budgeting for next year, timing a major contract renewal, or advising your board on energy costs.

Weekly updates focus on what happened in the last 7 days and immediate renewal guidance. Monthly updates step back to analyse the full 30-day picture: how much prices actually moved, what drove those changes, and crucially, what to expect in the months ahead. We also cover regulatory developments, supplier news, and market events that may not make the weekly cut but matter for your planning.

We publish our monthly market review in the first week of each month, covering the previous month's activity. This timing lets us include final settlement data and give you a complete picture of what happened. You'll typically see it by the 5th of each month.

Monthly updates include forward-looking analysis that's ideal for budgeting. We track Cal-26 and seasonal contract prices, highlight where analysts expect prices to go, and flag upcoming regulatory changes that could affect costs. Many finance teams use our monthly summaries to update their energy cost forecasts and justify budget assumptions to leadership.

It depends on when your contract ends. If your renewal is 6+ months away, monthly updates are ideal — they'll keep you informed about market direction without overwhelming you with detail. As you get closer to renewal, you may want to increase frequency to weekly updates so you can time your decision more precisely. Some businesses even check our daily reports in the final weeks before signing. Start broad, then zoom in as your renewal approaches.

Each update covers the full calendar month. So the "November 2024" update analyses price movements, key events, and market drivers from 1st November through 30th November. We compare against the previous month and the same month last year to give you proper context on whether changes are significant or seasonal.