Wholesale energy markets will have less influence in the industry in future because there will be more activity in other “value pools”, such as structured contracts, business-to-business sales and flexibility trading. That is the view of Andrew Singleton, partner at Baringa, which he set out in a presentation to the annual Energy Trading and Technologies (ETOT) conference. What is more, he said, growth in activity in other “value pools” will change the behaviour of participants in traditional wholesale markets.