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Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities

FR Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its regulations to incorporate by reference, with certain exceptions, the latest version (Version 004) 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). The revisions made by NAESB in the WEQ Version 004 standards are designed to aid public utilities with the consistent and uniform implementation of requirements promulgated by the Commission as part of the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).

Incorporation

FR Document Number

2025-03085

Federal Register Volume

Federal Register Year

2025-02-27

Federal Register Start Page

10787

Federal Register End Page

10797

Federal Agency

Energy Department

Federal Register Link

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-27/pdf/2025-03085.pdf

CFR Citation

18 CFR 38

FR Citation

90 FR 10787

CFR title

CFR Part

Document Number

NAESB WEQ Version 004

Document Edition

2023

Standard Title

NAESB Wholesale Electric Quadrant Business Practice Standards for Public Utilities, Version 004, Published July 31, 2023

SDO

North American Energy Standards Board

Standard Number Link

https://www.naesb.org/weq/weq_standards.asp

Excerpts

different proposed effective dates as described above. 46. In their compliance filings, public utilities must specify in the tariff records a list of all the NAESB standards incorporated by reference by the Commission, and also must include: (a) whether the standard is incorporated by reference by the public utility; (b) for those standards not incorporated by reference, the tariff provision that complies with the standard; and (c) a statement identifying any standards for which the public utility has been granted a waiver, extension of time,

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