WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nodal Exchange today announced strong performance in power, environmental, and natural gas futures as of the end of June 2026. Power futures traded volume was 211 million MWh in June, up 28% from the same period in 2025. For the first half of 2026, traded volume was 1.58 billion MWh. Nodal achieved 1.506 billion MWh of open interest as of the end of June 2026 up 2% from 1.481 billion MWh at the end of June 2025. This represents $176 billion of notional value based on both sides. Nodal Exchange remains the leading power futures exchange in North America with 56% U.S. power futures open interest.
Total open interest in Nodal environmental products ended June 2026 with 493,977 lots, up 20% from 410,510 lots a year earlier.
Environmental futures and options volume totaled 400,224 lots for the first half of 2026. Carbon futures and options posted volume of 106,822 lots in the first half of 2026 up 56% from a year earlier.
Renewable energy certificate (REC) futures and options posted volume of 31,371 lots in June 2026, up 31% from a year earlier and ended the month with open interest of 415,262 lots, up 28%.
Open interest in Nodal’s natural gas markets reached 53,070,000 MMBtus as of the end of June 2026, a 295% increase from a year ago.
“Nodal Exchange is proud to serve these markets, and we are very pleased to see them continue to grow,” said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange. “As the year progresses, we look forward to continuing to develop and offer innovative products that meet the evolving needs of our markets.”
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Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities markets. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world’s largest set of electric power locational (nodal) futures contracts and the world’s largest set of environmental contracts. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, Nodal Exchange currently offers over 1,000 contracts on hundreds of unique locations, providing the most effective basis risk management available to market participants. In addition, Nodal Exchange offers natural gas contracts. All Nodal Exchange contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear which is a CFTC registered derivatives clearing organization. Nodal Exchange is a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC. www.nodalexchange.com
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