New Market Data categories and symbols for ISO prices and heat rates

As part of the new Megawatt Daily release on March 4, 2012, the following symbols been created for average on-peak and off-peak day-ahead auction prices from six US independent system operator (ISO) markets and marginal heat rates based on Platts daily gas prices from Gas Daily. The data will be published in the new Megawatt Daily, and also will be delivered through Platts FTP and real-time services soon. The following new Market Data categories have been created. IK will be included in ES package, and IL will be in EK package.

IK Electricity: North American ISO Prices IL Electricity: North American ISO Spark Spreads

For the complete list of symbols, please copy and paste the following link into your browser: http://plts.co/ISO0212 If you have any comments or questions about this announcement, please contact Platts Customer Care or email support@platts.com.