Notice of Tech. Conference in Docket RM16-17

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes

Docket No. RM16-17-000

NOTICE OF THE TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON THE DRAFT DATA DICTIONARY ATTACHED TO THE DATA COLLECTION FOR ANALYTICS AND SURVEILLANCE AND MARKET-BASED RATE PURPOSES NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

(July 21, 2016)

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes (NOPR) issued today in Docket No. RM16-17 proposes to revise the Commission’s regulations to collect certain data for analytics and surveillance purposes from market-based rate (MBR) sellers and entities trading virtual products or holding financial transmission rights and to change certain aspects of the substance and format of information submitted for MBR purposes.¹ In the NOPR, the Commission also states that a data dictionary posted to the Commission’s website would define the framework to be followed by users in submitting information for inclusion in the relational database and that staff will hold technical workshops on the data dictionary and the submittal process.² This notice announces a technical workshop to review the draft data dictionary attached to the NOPR.

All interested parties are invited to attend. The workshop will be held in Washington, D.C., on August 11, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at FERC headquarters in the Commission Meeting Room, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. For those unable to attend in person, access to the workshop sessions will be available by webcast.

The workshop is intended to provide a forum for interactive, detailed discussion of the elements contained in the sample data dictionary. Commission staff will lead the workshop. The agenda for the workshop is attached. Notes from the workshop will be posted on FERC.gov.

Due to the detailed, substantive nature of the subject matter, parties interested in actively participating in the discussion are encouraged to attend in person. All interested parties (whether attending in person or via webcast) are asked to register online at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/08-11-16-form.asp. There is no registration fee.

Those wishing to actively participate in the discussion by telephone during the workshop should send a request for a telephone line to [email protected] by close of business on Friday, August 5^th, with the subject line: RM16-17 NOPR Workshop Teleconference Request.

Commission workshops are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please send an email to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-3372 (voice) or 202-502 -8659 (TTY); or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations.

For additional information, please contact David Pierce of FERC's Office of Enforcement at (202) 502-6454 or send an e-mail to [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

AGENDA
Technical Workshop on the Draft Data Dictionary Attached to the Data Collection For Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
August 11, 2016
Commission Meeting Room
FERC, 888 1st St. NE
Washington, DC
Session I
	Welcome, Introductions, Logistics
	Fact and Dimensions Tables
		Filing Information
		Natural Person
		Entities
		Generation Assets
		Dimensions Tables
Session II
	Market-Based Rate Tables
		Authorizations
		Category Status & Mitigations
		Other Authorizations & Limitations
		Indicative Screens
	Contracts
		Long-Term Power Purchase Agreements
		Contracts

AGENDA (continued)
Technical Workshop on the Draft Data Dictionary Attached to the Data Collection For Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Session III
	Linking Tables
		Entities to Entities
		Natural Person Affiliates to Entities
		Entities to Generation Assets
		Seller Entities to Vertical Assets
		Entities to RTO/ISO Accounts
		Traders to RTO/ISO Accounts
		Entities to NAESB/OATI Purchaser Seller Entity ID
		Traders to Entities
		Entities to CID

1 Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes, 156 FERC ¶61, 045 (2016).

2 Id. at P 15.