Recognition

The battle lines are forming as competition for recognition asthe top online energy trading platform heats up. The Energy TradingPlatform Holding Company (ETPHCo.), comprised of six of the leadingpower and natural gas trading companies, has entered into a deal topurchase an interest in Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange,which claims to be the world’s largest Internet-based,over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace for energy and metals.