Duke Energy
Corporate risk manager of the year: Duke Energy
US electricity firm overhauled its ERM programme after Dan River spill
Turning points: Duke Energy’s CRO, Swati Daji
Nothing creates a good risk officer like challenging times, says Duke Energy’s CRO, Swati Daji. She talks to Pauline McCallion about managing risks through both the good and the bad
Duke Energy refuses to disclose cap-and-trade lobby spend
Shareholders have failed to force Duke Energy to detail its lobbying spend in support of the US Government’s carbon cap-and-trade plan.
Trading positions
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodities markets
BarCap takes over Duke's energy portfolio
Barclays Capital has taken on the energy portfolio of Duke Energy North America through a $700 million novation deal.
Energy swaps
Oil
Eyeing the pricing
Natural Gas
Duke exits North America prop trading
Duke Energy has closed its proprietary trading business at its North American merchant energy businesses, Duke Energy North America (DENA) and Duke Energy Merchants (DEM). The move by the Charlotte, North Carolina-based energy company was not entirely…
Trading with a small ‘t’
What made headlines before is now becoming everyday news: energy companies are scaling back or leaving energy trading. Some industry observers are emphasising the shift to ‘trading around assets’. Anne Ku investigates just what this means
Exchanges gradually gain pace
Germany
Coal on the rocks
Faced with liquidity problems, falling volumes and uncertainty over the accuracy of price data, coal trading has had many of the same difficulties as the natural gas and power sectors over the past year. How can it get back on its feet, asks Kevin Foster
Entergy Koch enters Spanish power market
US energy trader Entergy Koch Trading (EKT) has started to trade derivatives in the Spanish power market. The move will enhance EKT’s cross-commodity capabilities across power and weather, and will add to cross-border trading activities, an EKT…
Duke bows out of European power trading
Duke Energy is to pull out of power trading in Europe, following a strategic review of its business, a spokeswoman for the US energy company told RiskNews today.
Dynegy exits trading and cuts jobs
Dynegy became the latest big-name US energy company to confirm its withdrawal from the worldwide energy-trading arena in October, as attempts to find a partner for its trading business failed.
OpenLink introduces Swift messaging capability
OpenLink, a New York-based trading and risk management software company, has released its Open Settlement Solution - an integrated Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) messaging capability for its Findur system. Evaluating…
Duke says Ferc probe unrelated to Australian investment curb
Duke Energy International (DEI) today denied speculation that its curb in Australian pipelines investments was related to US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) investigations into US parent Duke Energy’s alleged round-trip trades on the…
Chief executives back formation of Committee of CROs
The newly formed Committee of CROs (chief risk officers) - aimed to create best practice in risk management for the U energy industry - has received strong backing from energy company chief executives.
ASX to launch electricity futures
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) plans to begin trading electricity futures contracts by the end of the year, according to an official at the exchange.