U.S. Energy Markets - Volume V: Financial

In U.S. Energy Markets - Volume V: Financial, you'll learn ...

• How natural gas and electricity are physically traded
• The characteristics of an energy contract
• The types of contracts used in energy markets

Overview

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Credit: 2 CPD

Length: 43 pages

This course is the last part of a five-volume series on the U.S. energy markets. This volume describes the trading and capital markets for natural gas, electricity, and petroleum products. The course describes how markets are sometimes manipulated and gives case examples.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the concepts underlying financial markets.
• Describe how natural gas and electricity are physically traded.
• Identify the characteristics of an energy contract.
• Distinguish among the types of contracts used in energy markets.
• Explain how energy markets have been manipulated in the past and describe safeguards intended to prevent recurrence.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.