SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts announces natural gas parallel publishing dates, details

After several months of preparation and testing, Platts is ready to begin parallel publishing of natural gas indices with ICE.

Key dates and details of the parallel publishing period are as follows:

DAILY INDICES

August 31: Platts to publish new preliminary daily indices in parallel with ICE daily indices. The preliminary indices will be available through market data subscription or via a free trial on the Gas Daily Preliminary Price Report website.

September 1: Platts to make available two Excel files for index comparison purposes each business day. The first file is a comparison of ICE daily indices to Platts preliminary daily indices (ICE Exchange trades only), Platts current final daily indices (data submitted by price reporters), and Platts future final daily indices (data submitted by price reporters in addition to non-price reporter ICE Exchange trades) for selected locations. The second file is a comparison of Platts current final daily indices to Platts future final daily indices for all Platts locations. These files will be posted on the Gas Daily Preliminary Price Report website and on the natural gas agreement resource page located at www.platts.com/ice. October 31: The methodology for Platts final daily indices changes. Final daily indices will now include non-price reporter ICE Exchange trades. In addition, Platts may assess daily prices.

MONTHLY INDICES:

September 25: Platts to publish new monthly indices in parallel with ICE monthly indices. The preliminary indices will be available through market data subscription or via a free trial on the Inside FERC Bidweek Watch website.

October 2: Platts to make available two Excel files for index comparison purposes when final monthly indices are published. The first file is a comparison of ICE final monthly indices to Platts current final monthly indices (data submitted by price reporters) and Platts future final monthly indices (data submitted by price reporters in addition to non-price reporter ICE Exchange trades) for selected locations. The second file is a comparison of Platts current final monthly indices to Platts future final monthly indices for all Platts locations. These files will be posted on the Inside FERC Bidweek Watch website and on the natural gas agreement resource page located at www.platts.com/ice. December 1: The methodology for final monthly indices changes for December bidweek. Final monthly indices will now include non-price reporter ICE Exchange trades.

Please send any Platts questions or comments to gas_survey_comments@platts.com and pricemethodology@spglobal.com. Send any ICE questions or comments to NaturalGas@theice.com.

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