Transcript Document
CERC Hearing on Power Exchange
Presentation by NCDEX
19 December, 2006
Role of Markets and Exchange
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Role of Spot Market
Actual transfer of assets for capital between actual users
Present demand-supply matching leads to price discovery
Commodity spot markets require physical infrastructure to transfer
/ store goods
Price Discovery Process
Auctions for spot markets
Real time Order matching
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Role of Futures Market
Risk transfer platform from actual users to traders /speculators
Helps hedger concentrate on core activity
Long term price signals helps
Entrepreneurs, Corporate managers in
Investment / capital expenditure decisions
Locking price of future production & hedging input costs- credit
enhancement
Risk Mitigation - Cost of Capital reduced
No forwards market without robust spot price discovery
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Role of an Exchange
Anonymous auction platform
Price Discovery by matching of demand-supply
Neutrality - conflict of interest avoided
Transparent real time, pan-geographic price dissemination
Benchmark reference price
Liquidity to participants
Thermometer of underlying sector temperature
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Role of an Exchange
Standardized specifications - contract structure
Standard margining system
Eliminates credit rating
Risk Management in a volatile market
Robust Clearing & Settlement systems - counter party
credit risk absorbed
Fair,Safe, orderly market - rigorous financial standards
and surveillance procedures
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Products in Energy Markets
Petroleum products
Crude oil, Gasoline, Gasoil, Heating Oil
Natural Gas
Electricity
Coal
Synthetics – spark spreads, crack spreads ,
Weather Index
Energy Indices
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Market Development
Futures
Exchange
OTC
Markets
Market
Maturity
Auction
markets
Multiple
buyers &
sellers
Time
To be an energy hub all these markets are required
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Importance of Forward Curve and Liquidity
Forward Curve allows producers and consumers to get long term
price signals
For capital intensive projects long term price signals is
important to financial closure
Liquidity reduces credit risk of the contract
Allows the risk of the system to be transferred out of the power
sector
Socially optimal to transfer risk from risk averse to entities with
high risk appetite
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Electronic Commodity Trading—Indian experience
Well established robust futures market
Electricity trading is unique but still follows the laws of supply and
demand
Log normal price behavior
Credit risk issues are central to successful design of Indian power
market
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Exchange Architecture
SPAN
Trading System
Risk
management
PRISM
Clearing&
Settlement
Linkage to
Warehouse
Linkage to
Clearing bank
Technology
Linkage to
Depositories
VSAT
Trading
Terminal
Leased
line
internet
Trading
Terminal
Trading
Terminal
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Thank You
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