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2012 SO2 Allowance Auction

Allowances Available for Auction
Origin of Allowances Spot Auction
(First Usable in 2012)
7-Year Advance Auction
(First Usable in 2019)
EPA 125,000 125,000
Privately Offered 0 0
Total 125,000 125,000
Spot Auction Results
Allowances Number of Bids Number of Bidders Bid Price
Bid For: 400,415 Successful: 28 Successful: 11 Highest: $10.00
Sold: 125,000 Unsuccessful: 11 Unsuccessful: 2 Clearing: $0.56
(the clearing price is the lowest price at which a successful bid was made)
  Total: 39 Total: 13 Lowest: $0.01
      Weighted Average of Winning Bids: $0.67
7-Year Advance Auction Results
Allowances Number of Bids Number of Bidders Bid Price
Bid For: 378,733 Successful: 5 Successful: 5 Highest: $2.00
Sold: 125,000 Unsuccessful: 5 Unsuccessful: 3 Clearing: $0.12
(the clearing price is the lowest price at which a successful bid was made)
  Total: 10 Total: 8 Lowest: $0.01
      Weighted Average of Winning Bids: $0.13
Spot Auction Winners
Bidder's Name Quantity Percentage of Total Allowances Amount Paid
LUME 75,000 60.000 $52,000.00
Venator C. McFadden 38,617 30.894 $21,625.52
Ohio Valley Electric Corp. 11,000 8.800 $8,700.00
University of Tampa Environmental Protection Coalition 200 0.160 $1,000.00
Quadrivium Partners LLC 100 0.080 $250.00
Bates College Environmental Econ B 45 0.036 $81.49
Enlightened Citizen at UW-Madison 17 0.014 $30.15
Bates College Environmental Econ A 9 0.007 $17.11
Coral Cavanagh 6 0.005 $60.00
Green Country Energy, LLC 5 0.004 $25.00
Bates College Environmental Econ 1 1 0.001 $2.50
TOTALS 125,000 100% $83,791.77
7-Year Advance Auction Winners
Bidder's Name Quantity Percentage of Total Allowances Amount Paid
Venator C. McFadden 121,442 97.154 $14,573.04
Quadrivium Partners LLC 3,000 2.400 $750.00
University of Tampa Environmental Protection Coalition 500 0.400 $1,000.00
Enlightened Citizen at UW-Madison 50 0.040 $10.00
Green Country Energy, LLC 8 0.006 $16.00
TOTALS 125,000 100% $16,349.04

Total Auction Proceeds: $100,140.81

The 2012 Auction Proceeds Spreadsheet (XLS)(5 pp, 73 K)  provides the same results. Download an Excel viewer. Exit

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