Alternative Market Briefing

Nordic power and carbon exchange officials to tour US, Europe

Friday, February 17, 2006

Langschiff Partners LLC, the exclusive marketing firm for the Pareto Power Fund is pleased to present senior management of the Nordpool electricity and carbon emissions exchange. The senior representatives of the Nordpool will be in New York, Miami and London to address the infrastructure and power market surrounding the exchange’s electricity and carbon emissions futures. The vast majority of power generation in the Scandinavian region derives from hydrological production. This market characteristic offers correlations that are independent of all other global energy and financial markets.

The Nord Pool was created in 1993 to facilitate the trading of electricity for Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. It is the world's only multinational exchange for trading electric power. The vast majority of power generation in the Scandinavian region derives from hydrological production. This market characteristic offers correlations that are independent of all other global energy and financial markets.

Demand for 400 TWh (Terrawatts) a year, comparable to UK power market
Notional value of $100 billion of electricity traded per year

Nord Pool ASA - The Nordic Power Exchange - is the world's only multinational exchange for trading electric power. Nord Pool was established in 1993, and is owned by the two national grid companies, Statnett SF in Norway (50%) and Affärsverket Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden (50%). At present Nord Pool has more than 70 employees with......................

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