European Union regulators have delivered on the promise of a new LNG benchmark for the region in the hopes of increasing price transparency and deflating similar price surges that rocked markets last year. The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) reported its first liquefied natural gas benchmark price Friday. ACER has…
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EU Tweaks LNG Price Assessments Ahead of Benchmark Launch
European Union (EU) regulators this week updated their methodology for assessing spot LNG transactions on the continent just weeks before the bloc rolls out a benchmark aimed at improving price transparency. The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) said there were periodically insufficient eligible spot transactions to calculate price assessments for both…
March 8, 2023
EU Agencies Report Natural Gas Price Cap Impacts Looming as Mechanism Remains Untested
Europe’s energy regulators and financial market authority reported the European Union’s (EU) natural gas price cap policies haven’t appeared to impact trading, but the bloc’s price control mechanism hasn’t been tested. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s independent financial markets regulator, delivered a preliminary report Monday as part of the European Council’s…
January 23, 2023
First LNG Spot Price Reported in Europe, but Lack of Liquidity Hinders Assessment
The European Union (EU) published its first daily LNG spot price assessment on Thursday for transactions in Northwest Europe, but it again failed to collect adequate data for deals in South Europe. The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) reported a delivered ex-ship (DES) spot price in Northwest Europe for the first…
January 19, 2023
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