S-4893 June 12, 2009 Amendments to Chapter 9A, Appendix A to Eliminate Secondary Aggregation for Certain Contracts Effective for trade date June 15, 2009, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. ( or Exchange ) will eliminate a secondary aggregation on all natural gas basis contracts and pipe option contracts. These amendments are reflected in Appendix A under the column titled Aggregate Into (2). In connection with the elimination of the secondary aggregation, Rules 9A.26, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, 9A.27, Expiration Month Position Limit, and 9A.27A, Expiration Accountability Level Last Day Contract, are amended accordingly (see attached). Questions concerning these amendments can be directed to Anthony V. Densieski, Director, Market Surveillance, at 212.299.2881, or Chris Reinhardt, Supervisor, Market Surveillance at 212.299.2884.
NOTIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS TO RULES 9A.26, 9A.27, 9A.27A and Aggregation Allocations (bold/underline indicates additions; strikethrough indicates deletions) Contract Name United Kingdom Commod ity Code All Month Accountability Level Any One Month Accountability Level Expiration Month Limit Expiration Accountability Level Last Day Contract Rule 9A.26 Rule 9A.26 Rule 9A.27 Rule 9A.27A Rule Chapter Reporting Level Rule 9A.34 Aggregate Into (1) Aggregate Into (2) National Balancing Point (NBP) Henry Hub Futures 332 E2 3,500 2,500 500/- -/1,000 25 E2 HH National Balancing Point (NBP) Henry Hub Basis Option 333 V1 3,500 2,500 500/- -/1,000 25 E2 HH Inside FERC ANR Pipeline ANR Louisiana Futures Contract 767 ND ANR OK Basis Contract 627 NE 1,000/- -/1,000 25 ND HH 500/- -/1,000 175 NE HH California Malin Basis Swap (NGI) Contract 623 PB SoCal City-Gate Contract 437 9A CenterPoint Energy Gas CenterPoint Basis Contract 807 PW 2,000/- -/1,000 25 PB HH 500/- -/1,000 25 9A HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 PW HH
Colorado Interstate Gas CIG Rockies Basis Futures Contract 633 CI Columbia Gas Corp. TCO Basis Contract 622 TC Columbia Gas Columbia Gulf Louisiana Basis Contract 638 GL Columbia Gulf Mainline Basis Swap Contract 428 5Z Dominion Inc. Dominion Basis Contract 632 PG East Texas Houston Ship Channel Basis Contract 518 NH 1,000/- -/1,000 25 CI HH 2,500/- -/1,000 175 TC HH 500/- -/1,000 175 GL HH 500/- -/1,000 25 5Z HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 PG HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NH HH
El Paso San Juan Basis Contract 519 NJ Permian Basis Contract 620 PM Florida Gas Florida Zone 2 Contract 429 8A FGT Zone 3 Futures Contract 806 FP Kern River Gas Kern River Futures Contract 768 NV Pipeline of America NGPL Mid-Con Contract 629 NL NGPL LA Basis Contract 626 NY NGPL STX Basis Contract 875 T5 NGPL Texok 625 PD 3,000 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NJ HH 2,000/- -/1,000 175 PM HH 2,000 150/- -/1,000 25 8A HH 500/- -/1,000 25 FP HH 1,000/- -/1,000 25 NV HH 500/- -/1,000 175 NL HH 500/- -/1,000 175 NY HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 T5 HH 1,000/- -/1,000 175 PD HH
Contract Northern Demarc Basis Contract 630 PE Ventura Basis Contract 631 PF Northwest Pipeline Corp. Rockies Basis Contract 524 NR Sumas Contract 628 NK Northeast Transco Zone 6 Contract 521 NZ Algonquin City-gates Basis Contract 876 B4 M-3 Contract 621 NX OneOk Gas Transportatio n, LLC OneOk, Oklahoma Basis Swap Contract 430 8X 3,500 1,000/- -/1,000 175 PE HH 2,000/- -/1,000 175 PF HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NR HH 1,000/- -/1,000 25 NK HH 1,500/- -/1,000 25 NZ HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 B4 HH 1,500/- -/1,000 25 NX HH 2,500 250/- -/1,000 25 8X HH
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Panhandle Contract 525 PH Questar Pipeline Questar Basis Futures Contract 769 TA South Louisiana Henry Hub Contract 509 HB Southern Sonat Basis Futures Contract 804 SZ Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. Southern Star Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas Basis Swap Contract 431 8Z Tennessee Gas Pipeline Tennessee 500 Leg Futures Contract 770 NM Tennessee 800 Leg Contract 432 6Z /12,00 0 /12,00 0 3,500 3,000 2,000/- -/1,000 175 PH HH 1,000/- -/1,000 25 TA HH 2,000/- -/1,000 175 HB HH 500/- -/1,000 25 SZ HH 2,500 250/- -/1,000 25 8Z HH 1,500/- -/1,000 25 NM HH 2,000 150/- -/1,000 25 6Z HH
Tennessee Zone 0 Futures Contract 771 NQ Texas Eastern Corp. Texas Eastern West Louisiana Contract 433 8B TETCO STX Contract 641 TX TETCO ELA Contract 640 TE Texas Gas Corp. Texas Gas Zone 1 Contract 434 9F Texas Gas, Zone SL Basis Futures Contract 772 TB Transcontinen tal Gas Pipe Line Transco Zone 1 Contract 435 8E Transco Zone 2 Contract 436 8F Transco Zone 3 Contract 639 CZ Transco Zone 4 Futures Contract 805 TR Trunkline Gas 3,500 0 1,500/- -/1,000 25 NQ HH 2,500 250/- -/1,000 25 8B HH 1,000/- -/1,000 175 TX HH 500/- -/1,000 175 TE HH 500/- -/1,000 25 9F HH 1,000/- -/1,000 25 TB HH 500/- -/1,000 25 8E HH 500/- -/1,000 25 8F HH 1,000/- -/1,000 175 CZ HH 500/- -/1,000 25 TR HH
Trunkline, LA Futures Contract 773 NU Upper Midwest Dawn Natural Gas Basis Contract (Platts 808 DW MichCon Basis Contract 619 NF West Texas Waha Futures Contract 634 NW Platts NGI Bidweek Survey AECO/NIT (NGX/CGPR) Contract 516 NA Chicago Basis Swap (NGI) Contract 517 NB Chicago "Pipe" Option 517a PY PG&E Citygate (NGI) Contract 624 PC PG&E CITYGATE "Pipe" Option 624a CW SoCal (NGI) Contract 520 NS SOCAL "Pipe" Option 520a ZN /12,00 0 1,000/- -/1,000 25 NU HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 DW HH 500/- -/1,000 175 NF HH 2,000/- -/1,000 175 NW HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NA HH 2,000/- -/1,000 175 NB HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NB HH 2,000/- -/1,000 175 PC HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 PC HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NS HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NS HH
East Houston - Katy Houston Ship Channel "Pipe" Option 518a PK Oklahoma PANHANDLE "Pipe" Option 525a PU New Mexico - San Juan Basis San Juan "Pipe" Option 519a PJ Rockies ROCKIES "Pipe" Option 524a ZR 2,000/- -/1,000 25 SM HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 SV HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 SJ HH 2,000/- -/1,000 25 NR HH