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A mandatory Greenhouse Gas regime is likely coming to America sooner than thought as Corporate America and Wall Street, particularly electric utilities, are calling for regulatory certainty in investing in new plant and equipment. Companies such as Southern California Edison, AEP, Duke Energy, and Xcel Energy are out in front of the curve. A U.S. carbon regime is now a certainty. It's time to get the rules in place so industry can respond. The question is, are you ready and do you understand what impact this potential development will have on your corporation?

UtiliPoint International, C TRADE and Global Change Associates announce a new multi-client study to address these issues and to provide guidance to corporate America and particularly, electric utilities, on what the impact of a mandatory greenhouse gas regime will be. It will examine market opportunities, market sizing, regional and national markets, project finance opportunities and review how prepared the industry really is.

Global Change Associates Inc. and Utilipoint International Inc. have released their report on the state of environmental financial markets which is their third joint research collaboration. The report is called GreenTrading TM Markets: How Environmental Financial Markets Work and is the first study to examine all environmental trading markets. Markets covered include the established SO2 and NOX trading markets in the US and the emerging carbon and renewable energy trading markets. The purpose of the study is to put in one report all the diverse information in one repository with the influential benefit of having the insights and analysis of top specialists in this area.

This study is the culmination of over six months of research of 7 analysts in this emerging market space, and is the first to cover all the green trading markets including carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and renewable energy credit trading.

Further information on how to order the $1250 report is available on Global Change Associates' Internet bookstore website, (Energy Media Group).

Two internationally known energy risk consulting firms partner on energy trading and risk management project. Their first project is a new multi-client study, "Hedge Funds Enter the Energy Trading Space" that considers the impact of hedge funds on global energy commodities prices, trading, risk and technologies.

Written by Christine Loh (CEO of Civic Exchange) and Roger Raufer (Director, Engineering Services of International Emissions Trading Group), the report explains how both traditional and emerging emissions trading systems work. It looks at the Kyoto Protocol's flexible mechanisms and other carbon markets, and discusses the prospects for post-Kyoto climate cooperation. Based on this international experience, the authors consider how emissions trading systems could be employed in China and Hong Kong to address the interlocking goals of air pollution control, energy efficiency, and reduction in carbon intensity.
Commissioned by CLSA Asia Pacific Markets.