Listen: US power markets are hot, hot, hot, but summer peak season is far from over

US summer power markets are just warming up. A heat wave hit the central US in mid-July(opens in a new tab), leading to multiple alerts and records(opens in a new tab) across two grid footprints, and a late July heat wave brought triple-digit temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, shrinking power exports to neighboring regions in the West. But the summer demand season is far from over, as forecasts for summer-like temperatures now extend into September, which means there's likely much more on the way before things cool off.

US power news editor Kassia Micek, power pricing analyst Karen Rivera, senior power and gas editor Mark Watson, and North American power analytics manager Morris Greenberg discuss what's happened this season to date, and how things look down the curve.

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