Energy
Weather and force majeure - Force majeure provisions for power contracts
Hurricane Ike left many wholesale power purchasers facing serious financial losses if they could not invoke the force majeure clause in their contracts. Stan Jensen and Jonathan Hoff of Bracewell & Giuliani discuss different elements of force majeure…
Special Report Carbon Trading - US carbon market policy play
Carbon trading is gaining renewed support from the new US administration, but at the same time, it must contend with recession. Pauline McCallion discusses the outlook for current trading schemes and their likely interaction with any federal compliance…
Farming fundamentals
While the ailing global economy is pressuring industrial commodity prices, the agricultural grains markets have some very different fundamental drivers, some of which appear fairly supportive, finds Pauline McCallion
Paul Newman
To celebrate its 15th anniversary this year, Energy Risk brings you interviews with the veterans who have helped shape today's energy markets. Paul Newman, oil derivatives pioneer and managing director of Icap Energy, discusses the past 15 years in…
Vattenfall to buy Nuon's production and supply business
In the latest of a flurry of major utility M&A deals, energy firm Vattenfall swoops for Nuon with a view to further cross-border expansion
CFTC names Chilton head of energy committee
Bart Chilton, one of four commissioners at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has this week taken charge of the regulator's energy markets advisory committee.
US government to consider cap-and-trade legislation this year
Imminent draft climate change legislation could include a federal cap-and-trade scheme for CO2 emissions, but questions remain regarding market regulation, finds Pauline McCallion
CFTC names Chilton head of energy committee
Bart Chilton, one of four commissioners at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, took charge of the regulator's energy markets advisory committee yesterday.
EPA proposes first national GHG reporting requirements
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first comprehensive national system for reporting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
S&P offers carbon efficiency
Index provider Standard & Poor's has launched the first in a series of global low carbon indexes. The S&P US Carbon Efficient Index is designed to provide exposure to the performance of large-cap US companies with low carbon emissions, while aiming to…
Brokerage launches environmental arm
Phoenix Partners Group, an interdealer credit and equity derivatives broker, has launched an environmental brokerage service for the worldwide renewable energy and emissions markets.
ICE offers margin offsets on coal and emissions contracts
ICE Futures Europe has introduced margin offsets between its Coal Futures and Emissions contracts.
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