Natural Gas

March 28, 2024

Platts launches Platts-ICE Gas Indices Americas (GIA) natural gas indices locations and weightings for April-October 2024

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has updated the Platts-ICE Gas Indices Americas (GIA) natural gas index locations and weightings for April-October 2024.

The locations, location weightings, and region weightings are as follows:

GIA Northeast region locations and location weightings:

Columbia Gas, Appalachia 26.87%
Texas Eastern, M-2 receipts 24.95%
Transco, Leidy Line receipts 18.98%
Tennessee, zone 4-300 leg 14.72%
Transco, zone 5 delivered 14.48%

GIA Midwest region locations and location weightings:

REX, Zone 3 delivered 28.95%
Northern Border, Ventura TP 19.89%
Dawn, Ontario 19.57%
Chicago city-gates 16.47%
Alliance, into interstates 15.12%

GIA South region locations and location weightings:

El Paso, Permian Basin 30.28%
Waha 26.59%
Transco, zone 4 18.52%
Texas Gas, zone 1 13.19%
Transco, zone 3 11.42%

GIA West region locations and location weightings:

TCPL Alberta, AECO-C 40.00%
SoCal Gas, city-gate 16.96%
SoCal Gas 16.96%
PG&E, Malin 13.55%
PG&E city-gate 12.53%

GIA North America weightings:

GIA Northeast 34.72%
GIA South 24.70%
GIA Midwest 10.66%
GIA West 29.92%

These weightings took effect on trade date March 29, 2024, for flow date April 1, 2024.

Platts amends these weightings twice a year seasonally based on trade volumes from the same season a year prior.

For more information on GIA indices and how they are calculated, see the US and Canada natural gas methodology guide available here.

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