Notice to Members
Notice No. 325
08/09/2005
Eight New Electricity Futures Contracts; Large Trader Reporting Requirements; Expiration Position Limits; All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. will launch eight new Electricity Futures Contracts commencing Monday, August 15, 2005.

For these products, the quantity fixed for filing reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 (Position Reporting) is 25 contracts. If a customer controls or holds a position equal to, or greater than, 25 long or short in any one month in any of these contracts, then all the contracts, whether above the reportable level or not, shall be deemed reportable positions.

For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, the Exchange commodity codes for these additional products are as follows:

Contract Name
Commodity Code
Cinergy Hub Calendar-Month LMP Swap
EM
Cinergy Hub Off-Peak LMP Swap
EJ
Michigan Hub Calendar-Month LMP Swap
HM
Michigan Hub Off-Peak LMP Swap
HJ
MISO Illinois Hub-Calendar-Month LMP Swap
OM
MISO Illinois Off-Peak LMP Swap
OJ
Minnesota Hub Calendar-Month LMP Swap
LM
Minnesota Off-Peak LMP Swap
LJ


Additionally, the accountability levels, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.26 (All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability), and expiration position limits, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.27 (Expiration and Current Delivery Month Position Limits or Position Accountability), for the above contracts are as follows:

Any one Month/All Months Net Futures of Futures-
      Equivalent Position Accountability Levels
5,000
Expiration Position Limits
500
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com