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Platts Megawatt Daily
The leading source of daily news and price information for the North American power market.
Overview
Platts Megawatt Daily is the North American power market's leading source of daily news and price information. Delivering breaking news and the latest price assessments, Platts Megawatt Daily now includes expanded analytical content to support a deeper understanding of the market based on fundamentals.
This report is part of our Americas Gas & Power Market Insights product. To learn more about this solution, please click here.
Key Benefits
Whether you're a risk manager, research analyst, trader or broker, Platts Megawatt Daily is a vital tool for anyone working in North America power markets.
Strategize with Confidence
Evaluate utility market strategies and how they meet load.
Understand Pricing
Follow new generation and its impact on zonal and regional prices, and track competition among competing fuels and renewables.
Identify Opportunities
Analyze tranmission projects and their impacts on prices.
Benchmark your Performance
Track your company’s performance in relation to your competition.
Ensure Compliance
Stay on top of policies and decisions of ISOs, FERC, CFTC, EAP and Congress and their potential market impacts.
Tailor to your Business
Select and retrieve the data that's relevant to your business from hundreds of categories of assessments. Price assessments listed in Platts Megawatt Daily are also available in data-point format for easy analysis.
Features
Indexes
44 daily on-peak indexes and off-peak indexes, Spark spreads.
Analytical Data
Data file that includes daily day-ahead prices and LMP breakdowns, prompt month prices and more, daily market commentary and generation unit outages and fundamental, analytical data showing what moves the markets.
Market Coverage
Day-ahead bilateral indexes for locations in the Southeast and West, comprehensive coverage of day-ahead prices at major ISO hubs and spot, forward market commentaries.
Price Assessments
Price assessments listed in Platts Megawatt Daily are also available in data-point format for easy analysis, proprietary forward price assessments and exclusive monthly Retail Price Index.
Demand Dynamics
RTO, federal and state policies that shape the markets, transmission developments that impact power flows, supply and demand dynamics explained.
Solicitations
Generation new builds and retirements, new capacity solicitations.
Data & Distribution
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API Solutions
Cloud
Data Feed
Desktop & Mobile
Why Choose Us?
Unparalleled Experience
For 100+ years, we've delivered Platts price assessments for physical and forward markets. Customers count on us for news, pricing, and analytics, ensuring transparent, efficient markets for confident decisions.
Benchmark Prices
With 250+ Platts benchmarks, we're the industry standard for pricing negotiations and contracts. Our proven credibility in market transparency spans established and emerging markets.
Robust Methodology
Our robust methodology guarantees data integrity with stringent quality controls, diverse sources, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles. We openly publish methodologies and price assessments to foster trust.
Data Your Way
Gain access to our essential intelligence direct and from multiple providers – from the established to the cutting edge – all via multiple platforms that can give you a decisive edge in today's global markets.
Pricing Experts
Globally, our extensive pricing experts, dedicated to each commodity ensure that pricing and methodology accuracy and that reflect the nuances and complexities of the markets, offering invaluable insights to clients.
Independent Source
Platts offers an independent and unbiased view. Our commitment to impartiality ensures that our assessments and insights are trusted by market participants.
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