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Nodal Exchange Achieves New Records With 65% Growth in Power and 10% Growth in Environmental Futures

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Nodal Exchange today announced significant growth in both power and environmental futures in the month of September.

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  • Nodal Exchange today announced significant growth in both power and environmental futures in the month of September.
  • For Q3 2023, Nodal reported environmental futures and options volume of 84,745 lots, up 27% from 66,984 lots in Q3 2022.
  • Environmental markets on Nodal ended September with more that 270,000 lots of open interest, up 32% from a year earlier.
  • “Nodal Exchange is pleased to see continued growth in our power and environmental markets and appreciates the ongoing support of its community," said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear.

Nodal Exchange to Launch the First-Ever Washington Carbon Allowance Vintage Specific and Washington Clean Fuels Program Futures Contracts in Collaboration with IncubEx

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Monday, July 31, 2023

Nodal Exchange and IncubEx announced today the planned launch of Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) Vintage Specific futures and Washington Clean Fuels Program (CFP) futures contracts.

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  • Nodal Exchange and IncubEx announced today the planned launch of Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) Vintage Specific futures and Washington Clean Fuels Program (CFP) futures contracts.
  • These new contracts will extend Nodal’s offering which currently includes the only physically-delivered renewable fuels contracts on California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program.
  • The new contracts expand on the pioneering Washington Carbon Allowance futures launched in December 2022 and WCA options contracts listed in January 2023 on Nodal Exchange.
  • The WCA Vintage Specific futures contracts join the slate of North American listed carbon products on Nodal Exchange including: California Carbon Allowance (CCA), California Carbon Allowance Vintage Specific, California Carbon Offset (CCO) futures, and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) futures and options.

First Washington Carbon Allowance Futures Trades on Nodal Exchange

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Nodal Exchange and IncubEx announced today the successful launch of the Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) futures contract, along with the first trade in the contract, on December 5th.

Key Points: 
  • Nodal Exchange and IncubEx announced today the successful launch of the Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) futures contract, along with the first trade in the contract, on December 5th.
  • Nodal Exchange posted volume of 25 lots of Washington Carbon Allowance futures, equivalent to 25,000 WCAs at a price of $35.00/MT for December 2023 delivery.
  • The Nodal WCA futures contract is the first exchange-listed and cleared contract corresponding with the Washington carbon Cap-and-Invest program, the newest carbon market in North America.
  • The futures contracts call for delivery of Washington Carbon Allowances in the Washington Compliance Instrument Tracking System Services (CITSS) registry.