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National Post
3 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Nodal Achieved Record Volume in Power for Calendar Month July 2025
Article content WASHINGTON — Nodal Exchange today announced significant growth in power and environmental futures in July 2025. Nodal achieved a calendar month record for July with power futures volume of 190.3 TWh, up 32% from July 2024. The majority of U.S. power futures open interest is on Nodal Exchange with 1.475 billion MWh representing $147 billion of notional value based on both sides as of the end of July 2025. Article content Environmental futures and options volume on Nodal Exchange in July was 62,838 lots. Open interest ended the month at 391,337 lots. Environmental markets were led by renewable fuel futures and options volume which totaled 21,424 lots in July, up 827% from a year earlier. Nodal Exchange also posted a monthly delivery record in July of 48,779 contracts. Nodal, in collaboration with IncubEx, offers the world's largest exchange listed suite of environmental products. Article content 'Nodal Exchange is proud to serve the power and environmental markets, and we are very pleased to see strong performance in both,' said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear. 'We sincerely appreciate the ongoing support from our trading and clearing community.' Article content ABOUT NODAL Article content Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities markets. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world's largest set of electric power locational (nodal) futures contracts and the world's largest set of environmental contracts. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, Nodal Exchange currently offers over 1,000 contracts on hundreds of unique locations, providing the most effective basis risk management available to market participants. In addition, Nodal Exchange offers natural gas contracts. All Nodal Exchange contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear which is a CFTC registered derivatives clearing organization. Nodal Exchange is a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Article content Nodal Article content Article content Nicole Ricard Article content Article content Article content
Bloomberg
10-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Power Trading in Japan Poised to Jump as Key Purchase Deal Ends
Trading volume in Japan's power futures is set to climb as companies prepare for the upcoming expiration of a key agreement between the nation's largest utilities, a shift expected to jolt the market. The power purchase pact, which gives the retail arms of Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Chubu Electric Power Co. access to energy from top generator Jera Co., will lapse at the end of the fiscal year in March. That means the two largest distributors could procure more spot electricity — or, conversely, Jera could flood the market.
National Post
09-07-2025
- Business
- National Post
Nodal Exchange Achieves Strong Performance in Power, Gas and Environmental Futures in the First Half of 2025
Article content WASHINGTON — Nodal Exchange today announced strong performance in power, environmental, and natural gas futures as of the end of June 2025. Nodal achieved 1.481 billion MWh of open interest as of June 2025 up 7.6% from 1.377 billion MWh at the end of June 2024. This represents $149.9 billion of notional value based on both sides. Nodal Exchange remains the leading power futures exchange in North America with 57% U.S. power futures open interest. Nodal achieved half year power volume for the first half of 2025 with 1.61 billion MWh traded compared to 1.64 billion MWh traded in the first half of 2024. In June 2025, power futures volume was 164 million MWh up 6.4% from the same period in 2024. Article content Environmental futures and options on Nodal Exchange posted strong growth in the first half of 2025 in volume and open interest. For the first half of 2025, environmental futures and options volume totaled 402,364 lots, up 48% from a year earlier. Total open interest in Nodal environmental products ended June 2025 with 410,510 lots, up 17% from 351,659 lots a year earlier. Article content Carbon futures and options posted volume of 68,322 lots in the first half of 2025 up 344% from a year earlier. Renewable energy certificate (REC) futures and options posted volume of 294,986 lots through June 2025, up 55% from a year earlier. Nodal also achieved a half-year record in natural gas trading volume with a 56% increase from a year earlier. Article content 'Nodal Exchange is proud to serve our growing markets,' said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear. 'As the year progresses, we look forward to continuing to develop and offer innovative products that meet the evolving needs of our markets.' Article content ABOUT NODAL Article content Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities markets. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world's largest set of electric power locational (nodal) futures contracts and the world's largest set of environmental contracts. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, Nodal Exchange currently offers over 1,000 contracts on hundreds of unique locations, providing the most effective basis risk management available to market participants. In addition, Nodal Exchange offers natural gas contracts. All Nodal Exchange contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear which is a CFTC registered derivatives clearing organization. Nodal Exchange is a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC. Article content Article content Article content Contacts
National Post
05-06-2025
- Business
- National Post
Nodal Exchange Achieves Record Trading Volume in Power and Environmental Markets in May
Article content WASHINGTON — Nodal Exchange today announced new records in power and environmental futures. In power, Nodal set a calendar month record for May with traded power futures volume of 258 million MWh, up 5% from 245 million MWh in May 2024. Nodal continues to be the market leader in North American power futures with 57% share of open interest at the end of May with 1.493 billion MWh of open interest representing $146 billion of notional value based on both sides. Article content For the month, environmental markets on Nodal posted record May calendar month volume of 57,676 lots, up 11% from a year earlier. Nodal posted environmental open interest of 411,617 lots, up 21% from a year earlier. Further, Carbon futures and options open interest ended the month at 51,313 lots. Renewable energy certificate (REC) open interest ended the month at 318,382 lots. Renewable fuels open interest ended May at 41,922 lots. Article content Nodal, in collaboration with IncubEx, offers the largest suite of environmental contracts in the world, with more than 120 futures and options products listed on the exchange. Article content 'We are proud to serve the North American power and environmental markets and are very pleased to see continued strong performance in both,' said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear. 'We appreciate the ongoing support of this community.' Article content ABOUT NODAL Article content Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities markets. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world's largest set of electric power locational (nodal) futures contracts and the world's largest set of environmental contracts. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, Nodal Exchange currently offers over 1,000 contracts on hundreds of unique locations, providing the most effective basis risk management available to market participants. In addition, Nodal Exchange offers natural gas contracts. All Nodal Exchange contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear which is a CFTC registered derivatives clearing organization. Nodal Exchange is a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC. Article content Article content Article content Nicole Ricard Article content Article content Article content
National Post
07-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Nodal Exchange Achieves New Records in All Markets in April
Article content WASHINGTON — Nodal Exchange announced today new records in power, natural gas, and environmental futures trading. In power, Nodal set a calendar month record for April (2 nd best month ever) with traded power futures volume of 358 million MWh, up 4% from 345 million MWh in April 2024. Nodal continues to be the market leader in North American power futures with 57% share of open interest at the end of April with 1.489 billion MWh open interest representing $145 billion of notional value based on both sides. Nodal's natural gas markets achieved a calendar month record 112 million MMBtu of traded volume in April 2025, up 54% from April 2024. Article content Article content Nodal posted a calendar month record for April in environmental markets of 71,138 lots, topping the prior record of 48,865 lots in April 2024 by 46%. Open interest in environmental products on Nodal Exchange reached a record high of 424,247 lots in April, up 24% from 341,194 at the end of April 2024. Article content Carbon futures and options open interest ended the month at 50,459 lots. Renewable energy certificate (REC) open interest posted a new record of 338,571 lots in April and ended the month at 332,085 lots. Renewable fuels open interest ended April at 41,703 lots. Nodal, in collaboration with IncubEx, offers the largest suite of environmental contracts in the world, with more than 120 futures and options products listed on the exchange. Article content 'I am excited to see strong performance across all of our markets,' said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear. 'We are proud to serve these markets in managing risk and appreciate the ongoing support of this community.' Article content Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities markets. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world's largest set of electric power locational (nodal) futures contracts and the world's largest set of environmental contracts. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, Nodal Exchange currently offers over 1,000 contracts on hundreds of unique locations, providing the most effective basis risk management available to market participants. In addition, Nodal Exchange offers natural gas contracts. All Nodal Exchange contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear which is a CFTC registered derivatives clearing organization. Nodal Exchange is a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC. Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Article content Article content
