no 41/18 German Electricity Futures and DS Futures Spot Reference Fix calculation procedures

Post German-Austrian price zone split on October 1, 2018


From October 1, 2018, the split of the German-Austrian price zone becomes effective.  The Nasdaq German Electricity Futures and DS Futures with the average of the hourly prices from the day-ahead auction for the German-Austrian price zone as Contract Base will use the weighted average of the hourly day-ahead prices for the German and Austrian price zones as Spot Reference Fix. The weighting will be 90% of the hourly prices from the day–ahead auction for the German price zone and 10% of the hourly prices from the day-ahead auction for the Austrian price zone.

The Nasdaq German Only Electricity Futures and Monthly DS Futures will be settled against the average of the hourly prices from the day-ahead auction for the German price zone.

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David Augustsson, Head of Communications, Nasdaq Commodities Europe, phone +46 734496135 david.augustsson@nasdaq.com

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