Glossary of
Electric Utility Terms

 


hedging contract

A type of contract used to establish a predetermined price that will be paid for a given amount of electricity regardless of what the actual market value of that energy might be at the time it is delivered to the customer. This type of contract provides the purchaser with the certainty of a fixed price for the commodity and insures a guaranteed sale price for the seller.

See also:

contracts for differences, forward, futures contract