Argus Air Daily
Daily price assessments, market data and news for North American environmental commodity markets, covering carbon, renewable fuels and RECs.
Overview
Argus Air Daily is a daily price report providing comprehensive coverage of environmental commodity markets across the US and Canada. It delivers price assessments, transactional data, news and analysis across carbon allowances, low-carbon fuel standard credits, renewable energy certificates, renewable identification numbers, and SO2 and NOx allowances, supporting compliance and commercial decision-making.
At a glance
- Daily prices for carbon, REC and fuel credit markets.
- Coverage of US and Canadian environmental programmes.
- News and analysis on regulations and compliance developments.
- Volume-weighted averages and monthly price indexes.
- Market trades and deals published daily.
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Key features
Carbon market coverage
Daily price assessments for North American carbon markets, covering California Carbon Allowances, RGGI CO2, Alberta carbon offsets, Quebec compliance costs and CCA-CCO spreads.
Renewable fuel credits
Daily assessments for US biofuel RINs (D3, D4, D5, D6) and California and Oregon LCFS credits, including fuel-specific premiums and month-to-date volume-weighted averages.
Renewable energy certificates
Compliance and voluntary REC market assessments across key US states, covering SREC, Class I and NEPOOL programmes, with daily, weekly and forward-year assessments.
Air quality allowances
Daily assessments for Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOx and SO2, Acid Rain SO2 and Texas Emission Reduction Credits, with weekly and monthly indexes.
Regulatory calendar and news
A regulatory and market events calendar alongside daily corporate sustainability news, tracking policy developments and compliance timelines across the US and Canada.
Price indexes and averages
Daily and month-to-date volume-weighted averages and monthly benchmark indexes for carbon and renewable fuel markets, supporting accurate portfolio valuation.
How Argus assesses environmental markets
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Market-reflective design
Designed to reflect how North American environmental markets trade, aligned to standard currencies, locations and volume units. -
Broad market participation
Informed by data from producers, consumers and intermediaries across North American environmental markets. -
Data hierarchy and weighting
Transactions take precedence over bids and offers, which take precedence over other market data, to ensure reliable assessments. -
Transaction verification
Data is verified for price, volume, specification and counterparty, with anomalous transactions subject to further scrutiny. -
Assessment judgment
When transaction data is insufficient, reporters apply judgment using bids, offers, spreads and fundamental market information.
Who uses this service
Utility companies
- Track compliance obligations across carbon, REC and air quality markets.
- Value environmental credit portfolios using independent daily price assessments.
- Monitor regulatory developments to manage future compliance risk.
Traders
- Mark trading books daily using reliable, independently assessed environmental prices.
- Identify price movements and opportunities across carbon and credit markets.
- Access market-moving news and data from a single, consolidated source.
Regulators
- Monitor price developments across all environmental commodity markets, including those they manage.
- Inform policy decisions with transparent, consistent and independent market data.
- Track regulatory and compliance market changes in real time.
Corporate sustainability teams
- Track voluntary and compliance environmental credit markets to support net zero commitments.
- Assess the cost of greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy investment programmes.
- Stay informed on corporate sustainability news and policy developments across the US and Canada.