Where do I find information about energy, including prices and production?
Answer
Go to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This Website also contains great data on power plants.
- Within the Sources & Uses tab, select Electricity from that site.
- Then, scroll over the Data tab to browse by topic.
Use Bloomberg, available on select computers in the Business Library.
- Type NRG for the Bloomberg Energy Service.
- For location and fuel type of power plants, type the company's ticker symbol, hit the <EQUITY> key, type NRGA.
- To pinpoint energy facilities by type on a map, type BMAP and hit <GO>; then, to see those facilities in list form, click on the Energy tab underneath the map.
- For OPEC prices and production, type OPEC and hit <GO>.
- For crude oil, type CRUD and hit <GO>.
- For Proved Oil Reserves, type WOR and hit <GO>.
- For natural gas prices, type NGHB and hit <GO>.
- For gasoline futures, type XBA then hit the CMDTY key, then type CT and hit <GO>.
- For biofuels, type BIOF and hit <GO>.
Use DataStream, a database available through Eikon.
Go to WorldOil to access news, data, and more.
Go to EconStats.