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100 rows
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Emissions Allowance Trading - CO2, NOx, SO2

This dataset provides granular records of environmental emissions allowance trading for major cap-and-trade programs, including CO2, NOx, and SO2. It includes detailed auction results, allowance prices, compliance periods, and facility-level transaction data, enabling robust analysis of market dynamics, regulatory compliance, and environmental impact. Ideal for policy evaluation, market research, and emissions tracking.

last updated 2 Nov 2025
by GoMask

The brief that made it

Market analysis of emissions allowance prices and trading volumes

Sample rows

preview · 8 of 100 rows · all 22 columns

allowance_idstring	programstring	allowance_pricefloat	retiredboolean	facility_statestring	pollutantstring	vintage_yearinteger	auction_idstring	auction_datedate	auction_roundinteger	total_allowances_soldinteger	winning_bidder_idstring	winning_bidder_namestring	bid_volumeinteger	bid_pricefloat	compliance_period_startdate	compliance_period_enddate	transaction_typestring	retirement_datedate	facility_idstring	facility_namestring	facility_countrystring
A10001	RGGI	4.12	false	NY	CO2	2018	RGGI-2018Q1	2018-03-15	1	20000	WB-CO20101	GreenGen Energy LLC	5000	4.18	2018-01-01	2020-12-31	auction	blank	F-RGGI-003	Evergreen Power Plant	USA
A10002	California	17.35	false	CA	CO2	2021	CA-2021Q2	2021-06-10	2	15000	WB-CA2102	Palo Alto Utility	3500	17.4	2021-01-01	2023-12-31	auction	blank	F-CA-022	Palo Alto Utility	USA
A10003	Acid Rain Program	260	true	PA	SO2	1995	ARP-1995A	1995-04-12	1	10000	WB-ARP9501	National Coal Corp	2500	261.5	1995-01-01	1997-12-31	auction	1997-12-31	F-ARP-100	National Coal Plant	USA
A10004	OTC	135.8	false	NJ	NOx	2008	OTC-NOX-2008	2008-05-20	1	8000	WB-OTC0801	TriState Power	2000	136.1	2008-01-01	2010-12-31	auction	blank	F-OTC-008	TriState Power	USA
A10005	California	16.8	false	CA	CO2	2020	CA-2020Q1	2020-03-12	1	18000	WB-CA2001	SunPower Generation	4000	16.95	2020-01-01	2022-12-31	auction	blank	F-CA-019	SunPower Generation	USA
A10006	RGGI	5.52	false	CT	CO2	2019	RGGI-2019Q2	2019-06-14	2	22000	WB-CO20103	NorthEast Utilities	6000	5.6	2019-01-01	2021-12-31	auction	blank	F-RGGI-005	NorthEast Utilities	USA
A10007	Acid Rain Program	155	true	IL	SO2	2000	ARP-2000B	2000-09-18	2	12000	WB-ARP0002	Midwest Electric	3000	156.25	2000-01-01	2002-12-31	auction	2002-12-31	F-ARP-110	Midwest Electric Plant	USA
A10008	OTC	145.6	false	MD	NOx	2012	OTC-NOX-2012	2012-05-15	1	9000	WB-OTC1201	Atlantic Power	2500	146	2012-01-01	2014-12-31	auction	blank	F-OTC-016	Atlantic Power	USA
A10009	RGGI	14.17	false	NY	CO2	2023	RGGI-2023Q1	2023-03-16	1	20000	WB-CO2301	Empire State Gen	6000	14.25	2023-01-01	2025-12-31	auction	blank	F-RGGI-012	Empire State Gen	USA
A10010	California	19.5	false	AZ	CO2	2022	CA-2022Q3	2022-09-08	3	17000	WB-CA2203	Solana Electric	4500	19.55	2022-01-01	2024-12-31	auction	blank	F-CA-041	Solana Electric	USA
A10011	Acid Rain Program	245.25	true	KS	SO2	2010	ARP-2010C	2010-11-10	3	9000	WB-ARP1003	Delta Generation	3500	245.5	2010-01-01	2012-12-31	auction	2012-12-31	F-ARP-130	Delta Generation	USA
A10012	RGGI	3.75	false	VT	CO2	2017	RGGI-2017Q4	2017-12-12	4	18000	WB-CO1704	Vermont Renewables	4000	3.8	2017-01-01	2019-12-31	auction	blank	F-RGGI-010	Vermont Renewables	USA
A10013	OTC	155.75	false	NY	NOx	2015	OTC-NOX-2015	2015-05-18	1	8500	WB-OTC1501	MetroGen Corp	2500	156	2015-01-01	2017-12-31	auction	blank	F-OTC-022	MetroGen Corp	USA
A10014	California	16	false	CA	CO2	2019	CA-2019Q4	2019-12-05	4	14000	WB-CA1904	BlueMountain Energy	3500	16.1	2019-01-01	2021-12-31	auction	blank	F-CA-017	BlueMountain Energy	USA
A10015	RGGI	7.65	false	NY	CO2	2020	RGGI-2020Q2	2020-06-10	2	21000	WB-CO2002	GreenGen Energy LLC	7000	7.7	2020-01-01	2022-12-31	auction	blank	F-RGGI-003	Evergreen Power Plant	USA
A10016	Acid Rain Program	210.75	true	IL	SO2	2005	ARP-2005C	2005-11-09	3	11000	WB-ARP0503	Midwest Electric	3500	211	2005-01-01	2007-12-31	auction	2007-12-31	F-ARP-110	Midwest Electric Plant	USA
A10017	OTC	160	false	MD	NOx	2018	OTC-NOX-2018	2018-06-14	2	9500	WB-OTC1802	Atlantic Power	2200	160.1	2018-01-01	2020-12-31	auction	blank	F-OTC-016	Atlantic Power	USA
A10018	California	20.1	false	AZ	CO2	2023	CA-2023Q1	2023-03-09	1	16000	WB-CA2301	Solana Electric	4100	20.12	2023-01-01	2025-12-31	auction	blank	F-CA-041	Solana Electric	USA
A10019	RGGI	2.95	false	CT	CO2	2015	RGGI-2015Q3	2015-09-09	3	17000	WB-CO1503	NorthEast Utilities	4500	3	2015-01-01	2017-12-31	auction	blank	F-RGGI-005	NorthEast Utilities	USA
A10020	Acid Rain Program	150	true	PA	SO2	2013	ARP-2013A	2013-04-17	1	8500	WB-ARP1301	National Coal Corp	2000	150.25	2013-01-01	2015-12-31	auction	2015-12-31	F-ARP-100	National Coal Plant	USA

What the 100 rows show

from the 100-row sample

Acid Rain Program program stands out: 16 of its 24 rows have retired = true, against 8 of 76 for the rest.

24%retired = true
12.1median allowance_price
3pollutants
4transaction types
2median auction_round
16,500median total_allowances_sold

Retired rate by programretired = true

Acid Rain Program program's mean allowance_price is 107.4, against 7.6 for RGGI, 17.1 for California and 80.7 for OTC.

allowance_price100 rows, in bands of 50

Median 12.1, from 2.4 to 260.0.

facility_state100 rows · top 10 of 22 values

CA23
NY18
NJ10
PA6
CT6
IL6
MD6
KS4
AZ3
VT3

22 columns by typefrom the column list below

string 11
integer 4
float 2
date 4
boolean 1

Columns

22 columns in four groups

blueprint · 22 columns
column	type	description	example
Text 11 columns
`allowance_id`	string	Unique identifier for each emissions allowance recordunique	A10001
`program`	string	Cap-and-trade program under which the allowance is issued (e.g., RGGI, California, OTC, Acid Rain Program)RGGI · California · OTC · Acid Rain Program	RGGI
`pollutant`	string	Type of pollutant covered by the allowance (CO2, NOx, SO2)CO2 · NOx · SO2	CO2
`auction_id`	string	Unique identifier for the auction in which the allowance was tradedoptional	RGGI-2018Q1
`winning_bidder_id`	string	Unique identifier for the winning bidder (entity or organization)optional	WB-CO20101
`winning_bidder_name`	string	Name of the winning bidder (entity or organization)optional	GreenGen Energy LLC
`transaction_type`	string	Type of transaction (auction, secondary market, transfer, retirement)auction · secondary_market · transfer · retirement	auction
`facility_id`	string	Unique identifier for the facility/entity using or trading the allowanceoptional	F-RGGI-003
`facility_name`	string	Name of the facility/entity using or trading the allowanceoptional	Evergreen Power Plant
`facility_state`	string	State or region where the facility is locatedoptional	NY
`facility_country`	string	Country where the facility is locatedoptional	USA
Numbers 6 columns
`vintage_year`	integer	Year the allowance is valid for compliance purposes1,990 or more	2018
`auction_round`	integer	Auction round number (if multiple rounds per auction)1 or more · optional	1
`allowance_price`	float	Price per allowance unit (e.g., per ton of pollutant) in USD0 or more	4.12
`total_allowances_sold`	integer	Total number of allowances sold in the auction0 or more · optional	20000
`bid_volume`	integer	Number of allowances bid for by the winning bidder0 or more · optional	5000
`bid_price`	float	Price per allowance unit bid by the winning bidder0 or more · optional	4.18
Dates and times 4 columns
`auction_date`	date	Date of the auction where the allowance was soldoptional	2018-03-15
`compliance_period_start`	date	Start date of the compliance period for the allowanceoptional	2018-01-01
`compliance_period_end`	date	End date of the compliance period for the allowanceoptional	2020-12-31
`retirement_date`	date	Date the allowance was retired (if applicable)optional	1997-12-31
True or false 1 column
`retired`	boolean	Indicates if the allowance has been retired for compliance	false

Use it for

An energy dashboard
The retired rate, allowance_price by program and a breakdown of facility_state. Excel, Power BI or Tableau.
Why do 24 of 100 rows have retired = true?
A root-cause class exercise
Hand out the rows and one question. The answer is in the data, not in the brief.
Allowances100
A100014.12RGGI
A10003260Acid Rai…
A10007155Acid Rai…
A software demo
Believable allowances with program, pollutant and vintage_year to fill a screen in front of a buyer.

This dataset100 rows22 columns

Yours1,000 rows22 columnsfacility_state: UK only

blueprint · emissions-allowance-trading-co2-nox-so2

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These 100 rows came out of a blueprint — 22 columns with generation rules behind each one. Open it in Data Factory to retune a column, add your own, wire in foreign keys, and run it at the size you actually need.

Rules it was built with

Emissions program: RGGI (CO2), California Cap-and-Trade, NOx Budget, SO2 Acid Rain
Allowance vintage year (year of compliance use)
Allowance type: CO2 (tons CO2), NOx (tons NOx), SO2 (tons SO2)
Allowance price in $ per ton (e.g., $13-15/ton CO2 for RGGI)
Auction results: clearing price, allowances sold vs. offered
Banking and borrowing provisions for inter-temporal trading
Offsets eligibility (limited percentage of compliance obligation)
Allowance surrender deadline and true-up process

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