Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Futures

Trading Unit:
1000 RGGI CO2 allowances

Price Quotation:
U.S. dollars and cents per allowance

Minimum Tick
$0.01 per allowance

Trading Hours (All times are New York time) :
The contracts are available for trading on the CME Globex® trading platform from 6:00 PM Sundays through 5:15 PM Fridays, Eastern Time, with a 45-minute break each day between 5:15 PM and 6:00 PM. Off-Exchange transactions can be submitted solely for clearing to the NYMEX ClearPort® clearing website as an exchange of futures for swaps (EFS) or exchange of futures for physicals (EFP) transaction until 5:15 PM, Monday through Friday, and the day preceding a holiday.

Trading Months:
January 2010 through December 2011

Termination of Trading:
Trading ceases on the last business day of the contract month

Settlement Type:
Physical, at RGGI CO2 Allowance Tracking System (RGGI-COATS)

Fees *
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Trading Symbol:
CME Globex: RGI; CME ClearPort: RJ



** Fees for these contracts are as follows:

Full Name	Product Symbol	Member	Non Member
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative CO2    Allowance Futures Contract	RJ	$2.50	$2.50

Additional Fees	Member	Non Member
Delivery Notice	$1.00	$1.00
Exercise and Assignment	$0.85	$0.85

Futures from Exercise and Assignment	Product  Symbol	Member	Non  Member
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative CO2  Allowance Futures Contract	RJ	$2.50	$2.50