Data Services

The ICAP Australia Energy Desk is a recognised leading broker in Electricity and Environmental products in the national energy market.

Our active participation across these markets provides a specialist insight to market transactions, trends and importantly prices. This allows the Energy desk to accurately construct a variety of price benchmarks, covering all products, producing an invaluable market analysis tool.

As part of our service, the Energy Desk can distribute this analysis by way of “End of Day” (EoD) price summaries which is a valuable source of information for energy participants, consultants, auditors, advisors and regulators.

The ICAP Forward Price Curve has been comprehensively updated to show the Carbon, Clean/Dirty forward electricity contract price spread allowing participants to observe the impact of the carbon price on wholesale electricity contracts.   

This service is provided on a separate paid subscription basis and comprises the following detailed information.

OTC Forward Electricity and $300 Strike Cap Contracts

  • Currently traded Quarterly, Calendar and Financial Year contracts across the Nodes of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
  • The Electricity valuation displays Bid, Offer and Settlement prices for Peak, Off Peak and Flat contracts up to 3 years forward.

Daily Electricity trade summary 

  • Includes ALL electricity transactions executed on the ASX together with OTC transactions in the market that can reasonably be confirmed.
  • These are presented in “Market type” order followed by “Node” and cover Peak, Off Peak and Base contracts as well as Caps and Options.

OTC Environmental Products

Currently traded Environmental certificates in the Australian market displaying Bid, Offer and Settlement prices for the following products:

  • Large Scale Renewable Energy Certificates (LRECs)
    Spot Settled + Forward settlements out 6 years
  • Small Scale Technology Certificates (STCs)
    Spot Settled + Forward monthly settlements out 1 year
  • 15% Gas Electricity Certificates (GECs)
    Spot Settled + Forward
  • New South Wales Energy Savings Certificates (ESCs)
    Spot Settled + Forward settlements out 2 years
  • Victorian Energy Efficiency Certificates (VEECs)
    Spot Settled + Forward settlements out 2 years
  • The ICAP 10.15am Daily “Green Set” for LRECs and STCs
    The “Green Set” initiative is designed to set a regular, market based price for Small scale technology certificates (STCs) and Large Scale Renewable Energy Certificates (LRECs) that can be used as a benchmark for physically or financially settled transactions and will soon include Carbon prices.
  • EUA and CER closing futures prices from the ECX (ICE) in Euro and Australian Dollars (currency adjusted)
  • Estimated buy back prices for "Free Issue" Australian Carbon Credits under the JCP program
  • Kyoto compliant ACCU's issued under the Carbon Farming Initiative, Spot and forward settlement  

Details of the ICAP “Green Set” protocol can be made available on request. see http://www.icapenergy.com.au/blogpost/491

Features of ICAP Australia Energy Data

Collation of ICAP Australia Energy data draws on a strong domestic presence combined with Global expertise in bench mark “rate sets” across a range of commodity and energy markets that provides a data service that is timely, authoritative and independent.

  • Data is distributed via email at the close of each business day in Excel format. The content is reviewed each quarter to reflect current trading and price activity in both Electricity and Environmental markets.
  • Data templates are provided to customers prior to quarterly “data rollovers” to ensure it can be interrogated or recorded in a consistent fashion.
  • Selected historic data can be made available on request.

For further information contact:

Gary Cox
Energy & Commodities Asia Pacific
+612 9777 0873
gary.cox@icap.com.au