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Federal commodity regulators revealed Tuesday they are considering imposing additional federal oversight on 11 different cash-settled electricity contracts listed by IntercontinentalExchange (ICE).

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission disclosed its intent to examine the contracts in an announcement in the Federal Register.

They are the latest contracts that the CFTC has said it will look at as part of its new authority gained from the 2008 farm bill. That bill gave the CFTC the power to impose additional oversight, including reporting and position limits, on contracts traded on exempt commercial markets like ICE if they serve a price discovery function.

Earlier this year the CFTC announced it would impose oversight on ICE's Henry Hub natural gas swap - a contract that was widely expected to be affected by the new rules enacted in the farm bill.

It is also considering new regulations for the carbon spot contract listed by the exempt commercial market arm of the Chicago Climate Exchange.

The newest ICE electricity contracts the CFTC said it is looking at are: Mid-C Financial Peak Contract, Mid-C Financial Peak Daily Contract, Mid-C Financial Off-Peak Contract, Mid-C Financial Off-Peak Daily Contract, SP-15 Financial Day-Ahead LMP Peak Contract, SP-15 Financial Day-Ahead LMP Peak Daily Contract, SP-15 Financial Day-Ahead LMP Off-Peak Daily Contract, SP-15 Financial Swap Real Time LMP-Peak Daily Contract, SP-15 Financial Day-Ahead LMP Off-Peak Contract, NP-15 Financial Day-Ahead LMP Peak Daily Contract and the NP-15 Financial Day-Ahead LMP Off-Peak Daily Contract.

-By Sarah N. Lynch, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6634; sarah.lynch@dowjones.com