CME Expands Electricity Products

CME Group Inc., launches eight new electricity swap futures contracts, scheduled to begin trading on 26 April for trade date 27 April. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX. They will be available

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CME Group Inc., launches eight new electricity swap futures contracts, scheduled to begin trading on 26 April for trade date 27 April.

These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX. They will be available through CME ClearPort. The new swap futures contracts and their commodity codes will be:

-CAISO NP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW peak calendar-month real-time LMP (1Y)

-CAISO SP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW peak calendar-month real-time LMP (1Z)

-CAISO NP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW off-peak calendar-month real-time LMP (2D)-CAISO SP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW off-peak calendar-month real-time LMP (2E)-CAISO NP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW peak calendar-day real-time LMP (2F)

-CAISO SP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW peak calendar-day real-time LMP (2H)

-CAISO NP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW off-peak calendar-day real-time LMP (2J)

-CAISO SP15 EZ Gen Hub 5 MW off-peak calendar-day real-time LMP (2K).

The first listed month will be June 2009 for all of the contracts. The monthly contracts will be listed for the current year and the next five calendar years. The new daily contracts will be listed for the current month plus the next month.

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