{"id":9064,"date":"2026-02-04T18:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/?p=9064"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:23:42","slug":"9064","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/9064\/","title":{"rendered":"METI Proposal Survey Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

METI Mid-to-Long Term Market & Retail Supply Obligations Initiatives <\/strong>Survey Results Released<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For Immediate Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Skipping Stone released today the results of the energy industry survey on both METI initiatives.\u00a0 A<\/p>\n

wide variety of market participants participated including Utility and Non Utility Retailers, Trading Firms, Generators, Finance Related Companies, and Consultants, Researchers, and Advisors.\u00a0 Over 35% of the respondents identified as an executive.<\/p>\n

Regarding the proposed retail supply obligation whereby retailers will be required to secure 70% of demand for the following year and 50% for the following two years, opinions were widely negative with 55% of everyone not in favor and a not surprising 70% of non utility retailers not in favor.\u00a0 There were a variety of viewpoints on the impact this will have on retailers, most of them indicating major disruptions versus the current market rules.\u00a0 To view all the results please visit www.skipping<\/a>….. to download your free copy of the results report.<\/p>\n

Opinions on the proposed Mid to Long Term Market were more mixed, yet over half were not in favor of the scheme.\u00a0 If this were to go forward a whopping 84% believe futures market positions should count toward the obligations.\u00a0 Two key challenges were identified with 61% indicating this will require retailer business model changes and 47% concerned that many retailers will lack the credit required to comply.<\/p>\n

On the question asking if these changes will result in retailers exiting the market, an overwhelming 88% indicated it will.\u00a0 Guesses on how many will exit ranged from 10 to 20% to over 50%.\u00a0 24% of respondents expect more than 50% of retailers will exit.<\/p>\n

Unlike our past surveys of the energy market participants, this one generated a large number of comments besides answering each survey question.\u00a0 We have included all the comments in the survey report, which you can download here.<\/a><\/p>\n

To discuss this report or explore strategies in anticipation of these new rules, please contact either:\u00a0 Hiroshi Okuyama at HOkuyama@skippingstone.com<\/a> or Peter Weigand at PeterW@skippingstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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