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Key Benefits of Americas Gas & Power Risk Market Data

High-granularity data strengthens energy market risk management for American gas and power locations, delivering 600+ forward curves and 46,000+ daily prices.
Editorially assessed forward curves provide trusted commodity risk solutions for accurate market risk analysis and robust market risk models.
Flexible delivery via API, FTP, Platts Connect, and Excel enables rapid integration into trading systems for effective market risk management and participation in the risk analytics market.
IOSCO-aligned methodology and long-term spot history produce auditable risk management metrics and clear metrics for risk management for compliance and reporting.
Verified forward curves help gas and power valuation, support market risk solutions and benchmarking for power and gas companies and the gas and power company ecosystem.

Are commodity markets facing a new reality for market risk management?

In an uncertain market environment, S&P Global Commodity Risk Solutions provides an independent and verifiable source of data to enhance your market risk management capabilities. Our Americas Gas and Power Risk Market Data service offers over 600 forward curves and more than 46,000 individual daily forward prices published across the United States and Mexico.

We deliver comprehensive forward curve assessments for all locations in these countries, utilizing Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) settlement data. Platts publishes M2MS-Gas curves for 109 gas hubs and M2MS-Power curves for 74 power hubs, with daily publications extending up to 120 months and 240-month curves available twice a month. As the exclusive publisher of ICE-driven forward curves, Platts equips your business with the insights needed to navigate the complexities of the gas and power markets confidently.

Our Impact, by the Numbers

Product Features

Get editorially assessed and quantitatively derived forward curves data and visualization for key trading hubs.

Monitor dynamic commodity markets with extensive price data, so you can confidently negotiate contracts, perform market risk analysis, manage risk, and develop your trade and investment strategies.

Professionals across the power and gas companies trust our data every day.

Essential benefits of Platts Forward Curves

Data & Accessibility
We deliver data in a way that is easy for you to embed into your daily workflow to effectively:

Calculate key risk management metrics like Mark to Market and Value at Risk (VaR)

Manage Price Risk/Hedging

Budget and Forecast Future Cash Flows

Analyze Market Conditions

Properly Assign Assets Market Value

Validate Internally Derived Curves

All made easier with:

Availability of extensive historical data

Delivery via S&P Global Energy Core, API, FTP, CI Excel Add-In and channel partners
Global Market Coverage

We provide forward curve assessments across Americas.

North America Gas Coverage Guide

North America Power Coverage Guide
Methodology

Platts uses a defined set of methodologies and specifications to deliver consistent and quality forward curve assessments to you every day. We provide detailed descriptions and explanations of how we assess the market value of commodities so that customers understand those processes.

Methodologies for our standard forward curves provide clear explanations of the data sources and assessments in straightforward language, supporting market risk models and metrics for risk management.

M2M Americas Power Risk Market Data Methodology

M2M Americas Gas Risk Market Data Methodology

We deliver data in a way that is easy for you to embed into your daily workflow to effectively:

Calculate key risk management metrics like Mark to Market and Value at Risk (VaR)
Manage Price Risk/Hedging
Budget and Forecast Future Cash Flows
Analyze Market Conditions
Properly Assign Assets Market Value
Validate Internally Derived Curves

All made easier with:

Availability of extensive historical data
Delivery via S&P Global Energy Core, API, FTP, CI Excel Add-In and channel partners

Platts uses a defined set of methodologies and specifications to deliver consistent and quality forward curve assessments to you every day. We provide detailed descriptions and explanations of how we assess the market value of commodities so that customers understand those processes.

Methodologies for our standard forward curves provide clear explanations of the data sources and assessments in straightforward language, supporting market risk models and metrics for risk management.

M2M Americas Power Risk Market Data Methodology

M2M Americas Gas Risk Market Data Methodology

Key Americas Gas & Power Risk Solutions

Mark-to-Markets Natural Gas (M2MS – Gas)

Platts publishes M2MS-Gas curves based on Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) settlement data. The proprietary quantitative techniques combined with extensive spot price history provide natural gas forward curves for liquid and illiquid trading hubs, supporting market risk models, market risk analysis, and risk management metrics.

Published daily from Balmo extending 120 months at 109 gas hubs, with 240-month curves published twice per month, and monthly price granularity, aiding energy market risk management.

Platts is the exclusive publisher of ICE-drive forward curves and a trusted provider of commodity risk solutions.
Mark-to-Markets Power (M2MS – Power)

Platts publishes M2MS-Power curves based on Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) settlement data. The proprietary quantitative techniques combined with extensive spot price history provides power forward curves for liquid and illiquid trading hubs, supporting market risk management, the risk analytics market, and broader market risk solutions.

Published daily from Balmo extending 120 months at 74 power hubs, with 240-month curves published twice per month, and monthly price granularity, supporting energy market risk management and risk management metrics.

Platts is the exclusive publisher of ICE-drive forward curves used by power and gas companies and gas and power company stakeholders across the Americas for enhanced decision-making.

Platts publishes M2MS-Gas curves based on Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) settlement data. The proprietary quantitative techniques combined with extensive spot price history provide natural gas forward curves for liquid and illiquid trading hubs, supporting market risk models, market risk analysis, and risk management metrics.

Published daily from Balmo extending 120 months at 109 gas hubs, with 240-month curves published twice per month, and monthly price granularity, aiding energy market risk management.

Platts is the exclusive publisher of ICE-drive forward curves and a trusted provider of commodity risk solutions.

Platts publishes M2MS-Power curves based on Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) settlement data. The proprietary quantitative techniques combined with extensive spot price history provides power forward curves for liquid and illiquid trading hubs, supporting market risk management, the risk analytics market, and broader market risk solutions.

Published daily from Balmo extending 120 months at 74 power hubs, with 240-month curves published twice per month, and monthly price granularity, supporting energy market risk management and risk management metrics.

Platts is the exclusive publisher of ICE-drive forward curves used by power and gas companies and gas and power company stakeholders across the Americas for enhanced decision-making.

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Methodology

S&P Global Energy methodologies bring consistency and robustness to our natural gas price assessments through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists at every stage of the process.

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Why S&P Global Energy?

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.

Trusted benchmark pricing

Provides industry benchmark price indices with robust, transparent, proven methodologies, that guarantees data integrity with stringent quality controls, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles.

Integrated European market pricing coverage

Covers 16 European hubs—natural gas, power, renewables, nuclear and coal —in one connected pricing service.

Historical view of Pricing

Comprehensive price history back to 1985 supports deep analysis of historical price trends to better understand the current market dynamics and forecast potential price movements resulting from similar previous geopolitical events.

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