emsTradepoint's Market rules include the Core Rules (the rules that apply to all products) and Product Supplements for natural gas and carbon (the rules specific to each).

Version 9.0 of the Natural Gas Product Supplement is effective from 1 September 2025.

Notes for Natural Gas Product Supplement version 9.0
  • Schedule 3 - Changes to gas trading fees for Small Trading and Standard Trading participants (from 1 September 2025)
  • No changes to annual access fees (including Natural Gas View-Only

Our Participants

Participants trading the NGP-TRS product on the emsTradepoint market sit throughout the Natural Gas supply-chain, including:

  • gas producers
  • electricity generators
  • retailers and wholesalers
  • industrial and commercial users
  • transmission pipeline operators.

Accredited Brokers can also play an important role in facilitating trade.

To become a Participant and begin trading, parties must:
  • sign the emsTradepoint Participant Agreement
  • demonstrate a valid Transmission Services Agreement signed with First Gas (or equivalent)
  • provide collateral in the form of a Bank Guarantee, or other approved format (Bidding Participants only).

View-only Participants are only required to sign the emsTradepoint Participant Agreement.

Participant Map

Participant types

The difference between Standard Trading and Small Trading Participants is in the fee structure. The current break-even point to warrant a Full Trading subscription is 250 TJ per annum.

*Participants will only be able to trade or view the products (NGP) according to their Participant agreement or agreements.

Option Trading

Natural Gas trading participants can also trade options via emsTradepoint's Options Product (EOP), currently available via a Master Options Agreement. Please email supportdesk@emstradepoint.co.nz or call +64 45906692 for more information.

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Standard Trading and Small Trading Participants

Trade with bidding and/or offering trading rights View and trade against live emsTradepoint trading boards View, download and analyse real-time forward and historic market data Access all market information, including weekly Market Wrap Reports.

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View-Only Participants

Access live emsTradepoint order boards (view-only) View, download and analyse real-time forward and historic market data Access all market information, including the weekly Market Wrap reports View-Only Participants incur an annual subscription fee.

Alternative arrangements

Any company that wants to trade physical natural gas volumes on emsTradepoint must hold an agreement which enables the scheduling of their trade quantities to the applicable delivery point(s) – a Maui Transmission Services Agreement.

emsTradepoint may accept alternative arrangements that achieve the same end. The Physical Delivery Agent Agreement, where a third party acts as a shipper on behalf of a participant, is an example of this.

Natural Gas Fees

Natural Gas fees for view-only and trading participants are set out in Schedule 3 of the Natural Gas Product Supplement (1 September 2025)

Training resources

Our online video tutorials provide you with all the frequently used features of our trading platform.

Please call our support desk or email us to arrange customised training.

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