August 5, 2015

CFTC Staff Approves a Public Comment Extension for Certification Filing to Amend the Position Limits on NYISO Zone G Futures Contracts

Washington, DC — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) announced today that it has granted ICE Futures U.S. a 45-day extension of the public comment period and a 60-day extension of the stay period for Submission No. 15-101, dated May 11, 2015. ICE Futures U.S. had requested an extension. Comments must be submitted on or before September 21, 2015.

The original public comment period is scheduled to expire on August 6, 2015 and the stay on August 24, 2015. That filing had been stayed by DMO based on Section 5c(c)(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Section 40.6(c)(1) and 40.7(a)(3) of the CFTC’s regulations. The stay is based on the premise that the rule amendment was accompanied by an inadequate explanation of the subject rule amendment and is potentially inconsistent with the Act or the Commission’s regulations. Under the amendments, ICE Futures U.S. would adopt a new estimation for deliverable supply on which position limits for eight of their NYISO Zone G futures contracts would be based.

Comments may be submitted electronically through the CFTC’s Comments Online Process. The application documents and all comments received are available on CFTC’s website, www.cftc.gov.

Last Updated: September 21, 2015