In this month’s issue, Olga Gorstenko discusses trends in the electricity market—specifically, new trends pertaining to deregulation, disintegration, and the effect these movements have upon private and disintegrated electric utilities. Erynn Reitmayer also assesses the impact of data latency upon participants in the energy and commodities markets. Numerous short articles provide updates on events in the energy, commodities, and financial markets in the month of November, including the introduction of new Italian power futures to the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Argus Media’s expansion of their North American sulphur data.

More News This Month

– The ISO Board of Governors Approves Western Energy Imbalance Market Design
– Italian Power Futures Traded for the First Time on EEX
– Platts Proposes to Change European Power Day-Ahead Close
– MISO Launches Results of First Multi-Period Monthly Financial Transmission Rights Auction
– Platts Transitions to Gregorian Calendar
– FERC Authorizes Information Sharing by Gas Pipelines and Electric Utilities
– Genscape Launches Canadian Crude Oil Production Forecast
– EIA Releases a New Monthly Drilling Productivity Report
– Argus Introduces FMB North American Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid Data
– Dalian Commodity Exchange Lists New Soybean, Corn, and Egg Contracts for Trade
– LME Clear Partners with DTCC to Provide Trade Reporting Service
– NOAA Launches a New Instrument to Measure the Sun’s Energy Output
– EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
– Deutsche Börse Announces Launch of Xetra Release14.0
– Strate and Clearstream Launch a Centralized Collateral Management Service for South Africa’s Financial Market
– NYSE Euronext U.S. Options Exchanges to Begin Trading Options on TWTR
– Deutsche Börse Purchases a Minority Stake in GMEX Group
– Markit and Bloomberg Announce Cross-Distribution Deal for EDM Services
– NYSE: ICE to Acquire Singapore Mercantile Exchange
– NYSE: ICE Acquires NYSE Euronext
– MIAX Options Exchange Enters Information Sharing Agreement with JSE of South Africa

DataWatch November 2013