BALTIMORE - Marylandian -- Aelix announced the launch of The Aelix Model, a structured framework that explains how an incentive clean, asset light approach can remove bias from natural gas marketing. The model provides a clear explanation of how asset ownership creates structural conflicts for traditional marketers and outlines why independent marketers can deliver cleaner execution at the citygate.

Key Point 1: Definition of Incentive Clean Marketing
Aelix defines "incentive clean" marketing as a structure where the marketer has no ownership of pipelines, plants, storage, transportation blocks, or internal trading portfolios. Removing these obligations eliminates conflicts that distort routing, pricing, and netbacks for producers and end users.

Key Point 2: Structural Conflicts in Traditional Marketing
Traditional marketers often serve the interests of their own assets.

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This can create:

• Distorted price signals
• Biased routing
• Portfolio driven decisions
• Reduced transparency at the citygate

The Aelix Model details how these incentives operate and how they affect both upstream and downstream outcomes.

Key Point 3: Benefits of the Aelix Model
The Aelix Model claims that incentive clean marketing improves:

• Producer netback clarity
• Buyer execution quality
• Settlement transparency
• Contract auditability
• Transaction alignment
• Market signal accuracy

Key Point 4: Scope of the Model
The model focuses on natural gas and the citygate, where physical delivery and reliability are measured. It also outlines how similar principles apply to power markets under ISO settlement, which Aelix plans to support in the future.

Aelix Statement
An Aelix spokesperson stated that removing asset driven incentives "creates a cleaner transaction chain for producers and buyers, because the marketer does not have to protect infrastructure or internal portfolios." According to Aelix, this structure reflects how mature markets separate infrastructure ownership from commercial optimization.

Availability
The full text of The Aelix Model is available on the Aelix website: https://aelix.net/the-aelix-model/