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Nodal Newsletter | March 2025
Nodal Highlights
NODAL POWER HIGHLIGHTS
- Nodal recorded the second-highest trading volume month of all time, with a traded volume in power futures of 356 million MWh
- Open interest at the end of February for power futures was a record 1.5 billion MWh
NODAL ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Nodal set a calendar month record in environmental futures and options trading with volume of 102,752 lots, up 105% from February 2024
- Open Interest in environmental markets reached a record high of 416,945 lots, up 34% from February 2024
NODAL NATURAL GAS HIGHLIGHTS
- Nodal set a calendar month record in natural gas futures trading with volume of 88.6 million MMBtu, up 143% from February 2024
Nodal Exchange achieves February trading records as natural gas market grows 143%, environmental market grows 105%, and power achieves second best month ever
Nodal continues to be the market leader in North American power futures achieving a record 57.3% of the open interest with 1.5 billion MWh at the end of February. The open interest represents over $148.5 billion of notional value (both sides). The traded volume in February was 356 million MWh, which is the second highest trading volume month of all time.
Nodal Exchange also announced calendar month trading records in natural gas and environmental markets in February. In Nodal’s natural gas markets, futures trading reached 88.6 million MMBtu in February 2025, up 143% from 36.5 million MMBtu in February 2024.
Nodal, with its collaborator IncubEx, also posted a calendar month trading record for February in its environmental markets with 102,752 lots traded, up 105% from 50,085 lots a year earlier. Environmental open interest at the end of February was 416,945 lots, up 34% from 311,650 a year earlier. Environmental products on Nodal set a daily volume record on February 11th of 27,823 lots.
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Upcoming Events
March 25-27, 2025
NORTH AMERICAN CARBON WORLD (NACW) 2025: Nodal Exchange and IncubEx are co-sponsoring the NACW 2025 conference taking place Tuesday, March 25th to Thursday, March 27th in Los Angeles, California. For more information visit:
North American Carbon World 2025
April 14-16, 2025
S&P GLOBAL COMMODITY INSIGHTS GLOBAL POWER MARKETS CONFERENCE 2025: Nodal Exchange is sponsoring the S&P Global Commodity Insights Global Power Markets Conference 2025 taking place Monday, April 14th to Wednesday, April 16th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our CEO, Paul Cusenza, is speaking on the topic “Managing the Risk of Increasing Price Volatility While Global Power Demand is Growing and Energy Consumption Transitions to Cleaner Power” on Day 2 of the conference. For more information visit:
S&P Global Commodity Insights Global Power Markets Conference 2025
May 5-7, 2025
NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY MARKETS ASSOCIATION’S (NAEMA) 2025 SPRING CONFERENCE: Nodal Exchange is sponsoring the NAEMA 2025 Spring Conference taking place Monday, May 5th to Wednesday, May 7th in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information visit:
NAEMA 2025 Spring Conference
May 12-14, 2025
PJM ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS: Nodal Exchange is sponsoring the PJM Annual Meeting of Members taking place Monday, May 12th to Wednesday, May 14th in Leesburg, Virginia. For more information visit:
PJM Annual Meeting of Members
Nodal in the news
February 2025
Nodal achieves January trading records in power and environmental
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January 2025
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About Nodal
Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities markets. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world's largest set of electric power locational (nodal) futures contracts. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, Nodal Exchange currently offers over 1,000 contracts on hundreds of unique locations, providing the most effective basis risk management available to market participants. In addition, Nodal Exchange offers natural gas and environmental contracts. All Nodal Exchange contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear which is a CFTC registered derivatives clearing organization. Nodal Exchange is a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC.