Of this amount, 7,157,813 MWh were traded on the electricity Spot Market. On the electricity Spot Market, base load (Phelix Base Month) was worth 34.07 Euro/MWh in the monthly average and peak load (Phelix Peak Month) 45.73 Euro/MWh.
In May the volume in electricity derivatives was 121.8 TWh. The Derivatives MarketĀ“s volume includes 86.6 TWh from OTC Clearing. On May 31, 2006 the Open Interest was 250.2 TWh. On May 31, 2006 the price for base load in Germany for the year 2007 was determined at 53.48 Euro/MWh and for peak load in Germany for the year 2007 at 80.64 Euro/MWh.
In May, 978,524 EU Allowances were traded on the EEX Spot Market. During this pe-riod, the Carbix (Carbon Index) ranged between 18.65 Euro/EUA and 11.49 Euro/EUA.
On the EEX Derivatives Market for EU Allowances the volume traded was 230,000 EU Allowances. On May 31, 2006 the contract price for the year 2006 was determined at 16.84 Euro/EUA, the contract price for the year 2008 was 22.60 Euro/EUA.
146 companies from 19 countries are active at the European Energy Exchange. Polska Energia PKH Sp. z.o.o., Poland, JPMorgan Ventures Corp., USA, and another com-pany were admitted to the Spot Market in May.
Energy Trading Company s.r.o. was admitted to the EEX Spot and Derivatives Market as the first participant from Slovenia. JPMorgan Securities Limited and MAN Financial Ltd., London, Great Britain, were admitted as both a general clearing member and trad-ing participant on the Derivatives Market. Merrill Lynch Int., Great Britain, was admitted to the Derivatives Market.