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2013 SO2 Allowance Auction

Allowances Available for Auction
Origin of AllowancesSpot Auction
(First Usable in 2013)
7-Year Advance Auction
(First Usable in 2020)
EPA125,000125,000
Privately Offered00
Total125,000125,000
Spot Auction Results
AllowancesNumber of BidsNumber of BiddersBid Price
Bid For: 252,462Successful: 8Successful: 5Highest: $5.00
Sold: 125,000Unsuccessful: 1Unsuccessful: 1Clearing: $0.17
(the clearing price is the lowest price at which a successful bid was made)
 Total: 9Total: 6Lowest: $0.12
   Weighted Average of Winning Bids: $0.28
7-Year Advance Auction Results
AllowancesNumber of BidsNumber of BiddersBid Price
Bid For: 251,000Successful: 2Successful: 2Highest: $0.50
Sold: 125,000Unsuccessful: 1Unsuccessful: 1Clearing: $0.04
(the clearing price is the lowest price at which a successful bid was made)
 Total: 3Total: 3Lowest: $0.01
   Weighted Average of Winning Bids: $0.04
 
Spot Auction Winners
Bidder's NameQuantityPercentage of Total AllowancesAmount Paid
Nouvelle Ligne De Base122,53898.030$31,831.46
Holy Cross Energy1,0000.800$1,900.00
Acid Rain Retirement Fund1,2020.962$901.50
University of Tampa Environmental Protection Coalition2500.200$500.00
Green Country Energy, LLC100.008$50.00
TOTALS125,000100%$35,182.96
7-Year Advance Auction Winners
Bidder's NameQuantityPercentage of Total AllowancesAmount Paid
Nouvelle Ligne De Base124,00099.200$4,960.00
University of Tampa Environmental Protection Coalition1,0000.800$500.00
TOTALS125,000100%$5,460.00

Total Auction Proceeds: $40,642.96

Spot Bids (First Usable in 2013)
BidsBidder's NameQuantityTotal
$5.00Green Country Energy, LLC1010
$2.00University of Tampa Environmental Protection Coalition250260
$1.90Holy Cross Energy1,0001,260
$0.75Acid Rain Retirement Fund1,0002,462
$0.42Nouvelle Ligne De Base10,00012,562
$0.37Nouvelle Ligne De Base25,00037,462
$0.27Nouvelle Ligne De Base35,00072,462
$0.17Nouvelle Ligne De Base*55,000127,462

Bids below this line were unsuccessful because they were below the clearing price of $0.17.
 
$0.12LUME125,000252,462

*Awarded a partial fill of 52,538 out of 55,000 allowances bid for.

7-Year Advance Bids (First Usable in 2020)
BidsBidder's NameQuantityTotal
$0.50University of Tampa Environmental Protection Coalition1,0001,000
$0.04Nouvelle Ligne De Base*125,000126,000

Bids below this line were unsuccessful because they were below the clearing price of $0.04.
 
$0.02LUME125,000251,000

*Awarded a partial fill of 124,000 out of 125,000 allowances bid for.

The  2013 Auction Proceeds Spreadsheet (xlsx) (27.35 KB)  provides the same results. Download an Excel viewer.

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