01 Dec 2014 | 05:35 UTC — Washington

SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts discontinues electricity assessments in ISO markets

As previously announced, starting with the trading day of December 1, Platts will no longer publish price assessments for North American bilateral electricity markets that are served by an independent system operator.

Platts North American electricity price assessments were largely redundant with the day-ahead, on-peak and off-peak prices the ISOs publish. Also, ISO auctions provide price transparency for a much larger number of hubs and zones than were traded in the bilateral power markets.

Below are the day-ahead, weekend and near-term bilateral indexes that Platts is discontinuing:

AD Hub Dominion Hub Entergy, into ERCOT, Houston ERCOT, North ERCOT, South ERCOT, West Illinois Hub Indiana Hub MAPP, South Mass Hub Michigan Hub Minnesota Hub N.Y. Zone-A N.Y. Zone-G N.Y. Zone-J NI Hub NP15 Ontario PJM West SP15 SPP, North If you have any questions regarding the discontinuations, please contact mark.callahan@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com.