Italian baseload electricity/spark spread assessments to launch

Platts will launch daily assessments of the following over-the-counter Italian baseload electricity contracts: month-ahead, quarter-ahead, second quarter-ahead and year-ahead.

Platts will also launch 50% and 60% efficiency spark spread and clean spark spread assessments based on month-ahead and quarter-ahead Italian power and Italian PSV gas assessments.

Platts will apply the market-on-close methodology in line with all other European electricity assessments.

The assessments will be published in Platts European Power Daily, on Platts European Power Alert and in Platts Market Data.

Launch date is scheduled for September 3, 2012.