Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities; Correction
Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2014)
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2014)
Rules and Regulations
Pages 60953-60954
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2014-24093
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Parts 2 and 38
Docket No. RM05-5-022; Order No. 676-H
Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities; Correction
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final rule in Docket No. RM05-5-022 that was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 (79 FR 56939). The final rule amended the Commission's regulations to incorporate by reference, with certain enumerated exceptions, the latest version (Version 003) of the Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities adopted by the Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) as mandatory enforceable requirements.
DATES: This correction is effective October 24, 2014. Dates for implementation are provided in the final rule published September 24, 2014 (79 FR 56939).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tony Dobbins (Technical Issues), Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6630.
Gary D. Cohen (Legal Issues), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8321.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Need for Correction
On September 18, 2014, the Commission issued a ``Final Rule, Order No. 676-H'' in the above-captioned proceeding. Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities, 148 FERC 61,205 (2014).
This document serves to correct the citations of five of the incorporated standards listed in PP 18, 89 and in the regulatory text to incorporate Standards WEQ-000, WEQ-001, WEQ-002, WEQ-003 and WEQ-
013. We also correct a date for waiver requests in P 86.
Accordingly, we are correcting the citations given in the final rule in this proceeding (Docket No. RM05-5-022) published on September 24, 2014, 79 FR 56939.
Corrections to Preamble
1. On page 56941, third column, and page 56942, first column, correct WEQ-000, WEQ-001, WEQ-002, and WEQ-003 to read as follows:
WEQ-000, Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definition of Terms, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Oct. 4, 2012, Nov. 28, 2012 and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013);
WEQ-001, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS), OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013) excluding Standards 001-9.5, 001-10.5, 001-14.1.3, 001-
15.1.2 and 001-106.2.5;
WEQ-002, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Business Practice Standards and Communication Protocols (S&CP), OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Nov. 28, 2012 and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013);
WEQ-003, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Data Dictionary Business Practice Standards, OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013).
2. On page 56942, first column, correct WEQ-013 to read as follows:
WEQ-013, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Implementation Guide, OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013).
3. On page 56950, third column, correct ``February 24, 2016'' to read ``January 24, 2016''.
4. On page 56951, first column, correct WEQ-000, WEQ-001, WEQ-002, and WEQ-003 to read as follows:
WEQ-000, Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definition of Terms, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Oct. 4, 2012, Nov. 28, 2012 and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013);
WEQ-001, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS), OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013) excluding Standards 001-9.5, 001-10.5, 001-14.1.3, 001-
15.1.2 and 001-106.2.5;
WEQ-002, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Business Practice Standards and Communication Protocols (S&CP), OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Nov. 28, 2012 and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013);
WEQ-003, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Data Dictionary Business Practice Standards, OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013).
5. On page 56951, second column, correct WEQ-013 to read as follows:
WEQ-013, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Implementation Guide, OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013).
Corrections to Regulatory Text
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6. On page 56954, third column, and page 56955, first column, correct Sec. 38.1(b)(1) through (4) and (b)(12), to read as follows:
Sec. 38.1 Incorporation by reference of North American Energy Standards Board Wholesale Electric Quadrant standards.
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(1) WEQ-000, Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definition of Terms, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Oct. 4, 2012, Nov. 28, 2012 and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013);
(2) WEQ-001, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS), OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013) excluding Standards 001-9.5, 001-10.5, 001-14.1.3, 001-
15.1.2 and 001-106.2.5;
(3) WEQ-002, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Business Practice Standards and Communication Protocols (S&CP), OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Nov. 28, 2012 and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013);
(4) WEQ-003, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Data Dictionary Business Practice Standards, OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013);
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(12) WEQ-013, Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) Implementation Guide, OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013).
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Dated: October 3, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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