Commodities Markets

SNL Energy provides comprehensive coverage of North American energy commodities. SNL’s index methodology is endorsed by the Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) and complies with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Policy Statement of Natural Gas and Electric Price Indices.¹ Use our interactive online platform to access standardized prices for power, natural gas, coal, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), oil, emissions and uranium for the U.S. and Canadian markets sourced from SNL, OTC Global Holdings, CME Group/NYMEX and North American ISOs.

ISO Data
SNL covers Day-Ahead, Hour-Ahead and hourly Real-Time LMP prices as well as hourly and forecasted loads from all North American ISOs. Gain instant access to nodal, zonal and hub price points across the U.S. and Canada. SNL also gathers marginal congestion and line losses where available.

SNL Proprietary Indexes & Fundamental Forecasts
SNL publishes daily spot power and natural gas price indexes and other price information developed through independent data collection in the wholesale electricity market. These prices are compiled by veteran analysts with knowledge of the power industry and commodity markets. Our staff receives information from market participants of all kinds to gather prices and volumetric data on next-day and forward transactions.

In 2012, SNL Energy introduced its fundamental coal forecast. Gain access to 20-year FOB price forecasts for 18 steam coal benchmarks and steam coal price assessments, plus 10-year basin-level production, demand, and inventory forecasts.

OTC Global Holdings Natural Gas and Power Forwards
OTC Global Holdings ("OTCGH" or "OTC") and its affiliate ("EOX Holdings") developed a forward pricing data service to provide customers with valuable natural gas and power forward market pricing transparency that enables companies to enhance their energy risk management processes. Forward curves are used for portfolio risk-management decision-making, risk disaggregation and for validating a company's internally-generated natural gas and electricity forward price curves. SNL redistributes OTCGH's 7-year power and natural gas forwards.

Integrated data, news and analytics.
SNL combines proprietary indexes, CME and ISO prices on a single platform and incorporates news and market commentary to provide robust analysis and market context. Our Excel^® Add-in provides immediate access to data and reports including an extensive library of customizable Excel templates used to view history, create spark spreads, generate dark spreads and compare prices over time.

More data, faster with an exclusive data accuracy guarantee.
As the leading provider of energy industry intelligence and data, SNL continually improves the process of gathering, vetting and scrubbing data. As a result, we are the only provider that guarantees data accuracy.

Click the links below for more commodities coverage details:

SNL Energy’s proprietary indexes*

OTC Global Holdings Power and Natural Gas Forwards

CME Forwards, Futures and Swaps*

ISO Prices and Loads*

¹In 2004, the FERC determined that Io Energy and BTU, under SNL Financial, met FERC standards for creation and publication of energy indices for jurisdictional tariffs.