10 Jul 2014 | 05:46 UTC — New York

Platts to launch Coal Switching Price Indicator

Platts will launch Coal Switching Price Indicators (CSPI) for UK and The Netherlands For each market, the indicators will be published for Month Ahead, Quarter Ahead and Year Ahead and for both 50% and 45% HHV gas fired plant efficiency. The coal and European unit allowance (EUA) prices used in the calculation are the corresponding Platts price assessment published on European Power Daily and International Coal Trader. The value of each single calculation will be expressed in EUR/MWh and p/th for the UK and EUR/MWh for the Netherlands.

CSPI indicate what is the threshold needed for gas prices to be more competitive than coal price as input fuel in power generation. The indicators will be published on European Power Daily and European Gas Daily.

Launch date is scheduled for August 1, 2104

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
EM
EDCTM00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW Dutch MA coal switching price 45% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EDUTM00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW Dutch MA coal switching price 50% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EDCTQ00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW Dutch QA coal switching price 45% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EDUTQ00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW Dutch QA coal switching price 50% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EDCTY00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW Dutch YA coal switching price 45% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EDUTY00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW Dutch YA coal switching price 50% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EUCTM00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW UK MA coal switching price 45% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EUCVM00
u
4
DW
GBC
THR UK MA coal switching price 45% efficiency p/th
EM
EUKTM00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW UK MA coal switching price 50% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EUKVM00
u
4
DW
GBC
THR UK MA coal switching price 50% efficiency p/th
EM
EUCTQ00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW UK QA coal switching price 45% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EUCVQ00
u
4
DW
GBC
THR UK QA coal switching price 45% efficiency p/th
EM
EUKTQ00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW UK QA coal switching price 50% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EUKVQ00
u
4
DW
GBC
THR UK QA coal switching price 50% efficiency p/th
EM
EUCTY00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW UK YA coal switching price 45% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EUCVY00
u
4
DW
GBC
THR UK YA coal switching price 45% efficiency p/th
EM
EUKTY00
u
4
DW
EUR
MGW UK YA coal switching price 50% efficiency Eur/MWh
EM
EUKVY00
u
4
DW
GBC
THR UK YA coal switching price 50% efficiency p/th

p/th