Offset Pricing Monthly Market Digest – July 2018
Offset Supply Information:
All CCOs issued to date: 113.63 million
Compliance credits awaiting issuance: 32.71 million
CA and General Market Commentary:
• Offset prices have continued to remain at historically elevated levels, but with an important caveat- the prices shown for offsets above are for offsets that can be delivered before the November 1st triennial compliance deadline. This year is of particular importance, as entities are going to be completing their final submissions for the full 3-year 2015-2017 triennial period.
• ARB’s backlog of Registry Offset Credits (ROCs) increased slightly in July. Issuances in July continued to be modest. Several very large forestry projects have remained in the queue for an extended period.
• ClimeCo has again increased its estimate for the 2019 CA Auction Floor price for Allowances up to $15.68. This upward revision reflects recent US data showing that the CPI-U is on pace to be 2.8%-3.0% during the 2017-2018 period. The CA Allowance auction floor price escalates each year at the rate of 5% plus CPI-U.
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