Two New Trading Participants Admitted To The EEX Futures Market - Three Municipal Supppliers Already Active In Electricity Futures Trading

EEX, the European Energy Exchange, has admitted two new participants to trading on its futures market for electricity, the municipal supplier of Düsseldorf and MVV Energie AG. Germany's Number One electricity exchange made the announcement today.

EEX accounts now for three municial suppliers for its futures market. In addition to the two new companies, the municipal supplier of Hannover is trading on the EEX derivatives market. A total of 1.7 million megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity have already been traded at EEX since the launch of futures trading in electricity on March 1.