OPIS Carbon Market Report

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Easily track and manage carbon compliance costs to your business.

Ever-evolving climate change policies such as LCFS, cap and trade, RFS2 and regional carbon emissions-reduction programs impose a growing influence on traditional fuel markets – plus, carbon credit markets can be extremely volatile.

OPIS puts comprehensive carbon market intelligence together into one report to help you make the right business decisions and strategically manage your costs and risks.

Try the OPIS Carbon Market Report free for 10 days. You’ll get a daily PDF report plus alerts sent to your inbox as news breaks.

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New! The IHS Markit Global Carbon Index is the first benchmark for the global price of carbon credits. It tracks the tradable carbon credit futures market and includes OPIS proprietary pricing for California Carbon Allowances, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and futures pricing for the European Union Trading System.

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Carbon credit prices assessed in one report.

OPIS collects the industry’s wide-ranging carbon price points from multiple IOSCO approved sources. It covers CCA, CCO-3, CCo-8, Golden CCO, Zero CCO, LCFS, Crude CI Deficits, RINs and RGGI markets. This streamlined assessment allows business’s to strategically manage costs and risks to make better decisions and manage expenses.

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Key Features and Benefits

  • There’s no need to reference several sources or search for credit costs – all of your environmental credit costs appear in a single report.
    • California Carbon Offset Assessments (CCO)
    • Prompt California Cap-at-the-Rack Prices (CAR)
    • OPIS California Low Carbon Fuel Standard values (LCFS)
    • California Crude Carbon Intensity (CI) Deficit
    • Quebec Cap-at-the-Rack Price
    • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Assessments (RGGI)
    • Daily RIN values for all four types, plus a 90-day trend for OPIS U.S. RIN prices
    • European Carbon Futures – CER and EUA
    • California Static Emissions (STAC) Price Assessment
  • New! The IHS Markit Global Carbon Index tracks daily the most liquid segment of the tradable carbon credit futures market and includes OPIS proprietary pricing for California Carbon Allowances (CCA) and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) as well as futures pricing for the European Union Trading System (EU ETS). It is the first benchmark for the global price of carbon credits.
  • California Static Emissions (STAC) price assessment shows costs associated with cap-and-trade at the refiner level to use in transferring cap-and-trade obligation expenses.
  • California Carbon Allowance (CCA) assessments include exclusive forward vintages so you can assess compliance costs farther into the future.
  • New! Daily Zero CCO price assessment provides the value of a California Carbon Offset sold with zero-invalidation risk regardless of current or future validation by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). This risk is erased due to a seller’s ability to deliver an eligible California Carbon Allowance as an alternative within the deal structure. This assessment gives producers and counterparties a benchmark to transact offsets risk free under California’s cap-and-trade program.
  • Real-time carbon news alerts update the factors influencing environmental markets and connected regulations.
  • Current Yr. Carbon Allowance prompt and forward market pricing plus the forward curve’s month-to-month pricing spread enable trend evaluation.
  • A 30-day price trend for California CAR and LCFS compliance cost mitigate risk by informing future planning.
  • Deal log gives a full list of trades done during the session.
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Carbon Pricing & Market Resources

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What Will Carbon Credit Trading Look Like in 2020?

OPIS outlines the factors that could influence carbon credits markets in 2020, including politics, secondary markets and the status of various U.S. and Canadian programs.

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Cap and Trade History For Fuel Markets

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