Policy risk
Oil ETF/commodities indexes
Investment in oil-based commodities indexes and ETFs has grown this year, but how will potential regulatory changes impact their development? Katie Holliday looks at what products are being offered and to what extent regulatory uncertainty is impacting…
Carbon experts forecast global trading agreement by mid-2011
The outlook for the COP-15 in Copenhagen this year has been buoyed by reduction target pledges by the US and China, despite almost unanimous agreement from experts that a legally binding treaty is unlikely to be concretised. Katie Holliday and Pauline…
Power sector concerned about regulatory overlap
Power sector trade bodies yesterday criticised proposals for regulation of over-the-counter derivatives, saying it would duplicate current Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) oversight of the US power market.
Cap-and-trade bill passed by Senate committee
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) passed the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act by 11 votes to one today, with all seven Republican committee members absent from the vote.
Electric utilities urge prudent reform
Increased transparency in the OTC derivatives markets is a goal supported by the US power industry, but it’s imperative that increased regulation doesn’t push up the cost of hedging and cause higher or more volatile electricity prices, writes Richard…
Poland's power market potential
Liquidity on Poland’s power market has boomed in the past year and the government hopes to boost volumes further by forcing integrated generators to trade on-exchange. However, its plans have met a mixed response, finds Roderick Bruce
Report highlights US cap-and-trade winners and losers
The power sector is likely to top the list of both winners and losers if a proposed cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions in the US comes into existence, according to Point Carbon.
Russia permits national bank to sell AAUs
According to reports today, Russia has given the go-ahead to its largest national bank, Sberbank, to sell the country’s Assigned Amount Units (AAUs), prompting fears of a potential flood of AAUs entering the market pre-2013.
Japan and Singapore move towards carbon trading
Japan and Singapore both announced steps towards establishing domestic markets for carbon trading this week.
Senate starts deliberations on cap-and-trade bill
Senate committee hearings began yesterday on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, co-authored by senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer.
Report notes potential of NGV demand
Natural gas demand could be boosted by two initiatives being debated in Congress that promote natural gas vehicles (NGVs).
International energy regulator launched
The creation of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER), a group of 12 regional energy regulatory associations, was announced by John Mogg, president of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), at the fourth World Forum of…
An audience with Bainton Capital
Steve Drummond from Bainton Capital discusses the potential outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December.
India’s energy efficiency scheme won't impact CDM, say experts
India’s plans for a domestic energy efficiency cap-and-trade scheme have raised concerns over how the market for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects will be affected.
Exchanges disagree over position limits plan
The CME Group has pre-empted long-awaited action from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to implement position limits for energy trading, publishing its own suggestions for a regime.
CFTC boosts transparency with new report
The expansion of the CFTC’s Commitments of Traders report has garnered industry support in its attempt to enhance market transparency. Pauline McCallion reports
Doubts over EU plan for OECD carbon market by 2015
The EU is unlikely to meet its vision for an OECD-wide carbon market by 2015, Emmanuel Fages, senior analyst at Orbeo, said at the Carbon Show in London on September 29.
China will beat US to cap-and-trade scheme says Bluenext
“China will have a cap-and-trade scheme before the US and we will hear some statement from China on this at Copenhagen,” Philippe Chauvancy, director of sales at Paris-based exchange Bluenext predicted during a panel discussion at the Carbon Show in…
Canada’s first renewables feed-in tariff launched
The government of Ontario has launched Canada’s first feed-in tariff (Fit) for renewable power under its Green Energy Act. The move is part of a series of incentives designed to create 500,000 jobs in the renewable energy sector over the next five years.