CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch 26 new PJM peak and off-peak electricity swap futures contracts on ClearPort(R), beginning December 7 for trade date December 8.
The contracts and their commodity codes are: PJM Northern Illinois Hub peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (N3); PJM Northern Illinois off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (L3); PJM AECO Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (A1); PJM AECO Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (X1); PJM AEP Dayton Hub peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (D7); PJM AEP Dayton Hub off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (R7); PJM APS Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (S4); PJM APS Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (W4); PJM BGE Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (E3); PJM BGE Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (R3); PJM DPL Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (L8); PJM DPL Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (E8); PJM Eastern Hub peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (E9); PJM Eastern Hub off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (O9); PJM JCPL Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (J2); PJM JCPL Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (F2); PJM PEPCO Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (R8); PJM PEPCO Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (Q8); PJM PPL Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP Swap Futures Contract (L5); PJM PPL Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (F5); PJM PSEG Zone peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (L6); PJM PSEG Zone off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (W6); PJM Western Hub peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (J4); PJM Western Hub off-peak calendar month day-ahead LMP (E4); PJM Western Hub peak calendar month real-time LMP (F9); and PJM Western Hub off-peak calendar month real-time LMP (N9).
These contracts will be financially settled using PJM day-ahead and real time prices. They will be listed for the current year plus the next five calendar years, beginning with the January 2009 contract. The contract size will be 80 megawatt hours (5 megawatt hours per hour) for the peak contracts and 5 megawatt hours for the off-peak contracts. The minimum price fluctuation will be $0.05 per megawatt hour.
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