SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts revises European clean fuel spread indicator methodology

Following the discontinuation of its European emissions price assessments on Tuesday May 2, 2017, S&P Global Platts has updated its methodology for calculating European power clean dark and spark spreads, coal switching price indicators, and generating fuel cost comparisons to include daily EU Allowance (EUA) emissions futures settlement prices from the European Energy Exchange (EEX).

Effective May 2, EUA futures settlement prices from EEX have replaced the use of Platts OTC EUA emissions price assessments in those calculations.

Platts clean dark spreads are published in European Power Daily, in Coal Trader International, on European Power Alert pages EP0222 and EP0226, on Global Coal Alert pages GC0902 and GC0906 and in Platts Market Data category CI.

Platts clean spark spreads are published in European Power Daily, on European Power Alert pages EP0233, EP0645, EP0660, EP0662, EP0664, EP0668 and EP0827, on Natural Gas Alert pages NG0060, NG0812, NG0813, NG0824, NG0829, NG0835 and NG0854, and in Platts Market Data category EM.

Platts coal switching price indicators are published in European Power Daily, European Gas Daily, Coal Trader International, on European Power Alert page EP0951 and EP0953 and in Platts Market Data category EM.

Platts Generating fuel cost comparisons are published in European Power Daily, on European Power Alert page EP0502 and in EE Market Data.

Platts continues to invite comments and questions to power@spglobal.com and coal@platts.com with copy to pricemethodology@spglobal.com.