Clearly defined and transparent methodologies are the backbone of Platts’ price assessment processes. Platt’s methodologies provide detailed descriptions and explanations of how we assess the market value of commodities so that customers and other interested parties understand those processes. In this section, we post documentation by commodity and region for all published price assessments and indices.

Emissions methodology
(as of July 2010)

Platts RDS Power Forward Curve
(as of July 2010)

European electricity assessments and indices
(as of July 2010)

Platts - ICE Forward Curve -- Electricity (North America)
(as of January 2010)

Uranium methodology
(as of November 2009)

North American electricity markets methodology
(as of April 2010)

Platts spark spreads methodology
(as of September 2008)