Saturday, 15 August 2026

CME Group Embraces ERCOT Trading

The CME ("Where risk meetings opportunity") has initially listed 53 electricity futures and options on ERCOT, effective 31 August 2026.

These are purely financial contracts - with the futures financially settled, and options exercised into financial futures. 

Example contracts include:

ERCOT North 345KV Real-time Peak Monthly 1MW Futures (NRK) 

Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Europe Imports Record Russian LNG in H1 2026

Data from Kpler suggests Europe has imported 9.89 million tons of LNG from Russia's Yamal LNG field in H1 2026.