CO2 Price In Northeast US Auction Hits Lowest Level At $2.05/Ton
December 04 2009 - 11:05AM
Dow Jones News
Allowances to emit greenhouse gases in the Northeast U.S. sold
for $2.05 a ton in the latest auction held by a 10-state
cap-and-trade program, falling to their lowest level.
Auction prices in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or
RGGI, have fallen steadily for most of the year amid a slump in
electricity demand and uncertainty over possible federal limits on
emissions. The price was more than 6% lower than the last auction
in September, but remained above the lowest allowed price of $1.86
a ton of carbon dioxide.
RGGI places a limit on emissions from power plants of
heat-trapping gases linked to climate change in a swath of the
Northeast stretching from Maine to Maryland. Under the program, an
emissions limit is in place and allowances are auctioned off, with
power companies buying and selling them depending on their ongoing
emission levels. RGGI is considered the nation's first
market-based, mandatory cap-and-trade program for CO2.
The auction price for allowances that can be used starting in
2012 was $1.86 a ton. A total of 28.6 million and 1.6 million
allowances sold for 2009 and 2012, respectively, raising $61.6
million for the participating states.
This week's auction was the sixth under RGGI. The next auction
is set for March 10.
-By Mark Peters, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2457;
mark.peters@dowjones.com
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