The Makayda Energy Blog
Insights on clean energy, disciplined execution, and building for the long term.
At Makayda Energy, we believe in timeless ideas—drawn from the fields of renewable energy, entrepreneurship, and our own journey as developers. Each post shares lessons from real-world experience, reflections on clean power’s future, or principles that guide how we work.
Whether you're a landowner, investor, policymaker, or simply curious, you’ll find stories here worth reading—and revisiting.
Electricity Derivatives: Managing Energy Price Risk and Reward
Electricity derivatives, including futures, swaps, options, and forwards, offer various benefits such as price stability, speculation, and risk mitigation for market participants like power plants, traders, marketers, and end users, while also presenting risks like basis risk stemming from discrepancies in location, time, or quantity, ultimately serving as tools to manage risk.