ASX Energy & Environment

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) will list its thermal coal (FOB Newcastle) futures and options on 7 July, New Zealand electricity futures and options on 14 July and Victorian gas futures on 21 July 2009. ASX has received full regulatory clearance of the Operating Rules of Sydney Futures Exchange to support the contracts.

These products are the first tranche in a suite of new Energy and Environmental products that ASX is proposing to launch.  Others include Renewable Energy Certificate futures and options; Australian Emissions Unit futures and options (pending the passage of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation); and Certificate Emission Reduction futures and options (AUD denominated and Australian delivered). For product summary sheets and market briefing documents for Thermal Coal, Victorian Wholesale Gas and New Electricity futures and options click on the relevant Energy product page below.

For a wide range of energy and environmental product markets, existing infrastructure at ASX provides a proven and globally accessible platform for:Green electricity

  • transparent price discovery
  • market liquidity (risk transfer)
  • reduced counterparty risk
  • anonymity
  • initial margin flexibility
  • robust regulatory and compliance frameworks
  • standard product and contract format

As the largest futures exchange and clearing house in the Asia Pacific (by value of trade), ASX is seamlessly integrated with all of the clearing participants, brokers and financial market participants that service energy and environmental product markets globally.

Additional information

Thermal Coal

Coal

Thermal coal futures and options (FOB Newcastle) at ASX will provide additional tools for firms with exposure to sea-borne thermal coal in the Asia-Pacific to manage their price, counterparty and delivery risks.
More about Thermal Coal

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Renewable Energy Certificates

WindmillsFutures and options contracts on Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) will complement and enhance the transparency and liquidity of the existing over-the-counter (OTC) based spot and forward markets which support the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme and expanded national Renewable Energy Target (RET).
More about Renewable Energy Certificates

Natural Gas

Gas burnerVictorian wholesale gas futures, strip futures products and calendar year strip options will enable firms to better manage their market risks.
More about Natural Gas

New Zealand Electricity

Electricity and lightElectricity futures and options for two grid reference points in the New Zealand electricity market will enable firms to better manage their price and counter-party exposures. More about New Zealand Electricity

Emissions Trading

Smoke billowing out of chimneys

ASX has announced its intention to support and service the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) at the earliest opportunity through the provision of its existing contemporary trading, clearing, and settlement infrastructure. 
More about Emissions Trading

Australian Electricity

Electricity towerThe electricity futures and options market operated by ASX underpins price discovery and risk transfer in the forward markets for electricity bought and sold in the National Electricity Market (NEM).
More about Australian Electricity