Point Carbon's Research Service is designed for players who have a high level of interest and involvement in carbon markets. This service provides regular, in-depth analyses of carbon markets in North America and around the world. The package also includes analyses of international negotiations and prospects for the global carbon market. You'll find the policy analysis of Point Carbon's Research Service invaluable in the highly political world of carbon markets. 

Typical topics we cover

  • Market and business implications of policy developments at the federal, state and provincial levels
  • Emerging market dynamics and commodity price impacts for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
  • Status and implications of market design in the Western Climate Action Initiative
  • Fuel price and corporate impacts of proposed carbon market structures on energy suppliers and users
  • North American voluntary and pre-compliance offset project markets and their implications for evolving global carbon markets 


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29 Jul 10

POINT CARBON ANALYSIS –This week’s WCI market design recommendations contain new details relevant to program compliance costs, possibly raising them through offset restrictions but lowering them through linking provisions. The recommendations also clarify provisions pertaining to the power sector, including a new approach to emissions from imported electricity and incentives for voluntary action. The overall political outlook for the WCI is shaky.

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27 Jul 10

POINT CARBON ANALYSIS –The announcement that not even a utility-only cap-and-trade program will be included in this summer’s energy bill lowers our estimated chances of cap-and-trade passing this year to five percent, but carbon caps are not off the table entirely in 2010. Both emission limits and renewable energy requirements may still make it to a vote in the Senate this year, with the latter having greater chances of passage in our view. If time runs out on both proposals, climate bill backers will make another push in 2011.

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14 Jul 10

POINT CARBON ANALYIS – A draft was leaked from Sen. Bingaman's office on July 13, which lays out a cap-and-trade program for utilities only, with an opt-in option for industrial sources. The bill includes a hard price ceiling in the form of a $25 alternative compliance payment and a restrictive approach to offsets. New measures are included in the allocation section to gain support from farm and coal states. The bill adds to the array of proposals Senate Majority Leader Reid will be able to choose from when cobbling together a full bill next week. As Bingaman is also drafting the main proposal on oil drilling and other energy provisions, we expect this text to weigh heavily into the debate alongside the revamped Kerry-Lieberman bill.

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Upcoming Events in North America

 

  • September 13, 2010:  RGGI stakeholder meeting to prepare supporting documents for the program's 2012 review, including evaluation of allowance budgets. New York City, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Webinar capability will be available for remote access.
  • September 15, 2010: Western Climate Initiative partners meeting in Montreal , Quebec 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time live or via teleconference. Click here for more info and call-in details.
  • September 16 & 17, 2010: Point Carbon analysts intro and advanced course on carbon markets in San Francisco, California at the law offices of Baker & Mackenzie. See our intro course agenda online here and click here for registration. Clickhere for advanced course agenda and registration.

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