RM5-5-022 Errata Notice

149 FERC ¶ 61,014

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Standards for Business Practices and Docket No. RM05-5-022

Communication Protocols for Public

Utilities; Order No. 676-H

ERRATA NOTICE

(October 3, 2014)

On September 18, 2014, the Commission issued a Final Rule in the above-referenced proceeding. Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities, 79 FR 56939 (Sep. 24, 2014), 148 FERC ¶ 61,205 (Sep. 18, 2014) (Final Rule). In this Final Rule, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amended its regulations to incorporate by reference into its regulations the latest version (Version 003) of Business Practice Standards (Standards) adopted by the Wholesale Electric Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). In the notice of proposed rulemaking that preceded the Final Rule, the Commission proposed for incorporation the Version 003 standards reported by NAESB to the Commission in September 2012, as well as subsequent modifications made to a handful of sub-standards in October, November and December 2012.¹ 

In November 2013, after issuance of the NOPR, NAESB reported some additional minor corrections to its standards to ensure consistency among the OASIS standards. Certain citations to the Standards in the Final Rule reference the November 2013 modifications made by NAESB but omit reference to the prior October – December 2012 modifications.  

This errata notice serves to correct the citations of five of the incorporated standards listed in Paragraphs 18, 89 and in the regulatory text to incorporate Standards WEQ-000, WEQ-001, WEQ-002, WEQ-003 and WEQ-013. It also corrects a date for waiver requests in Paragraph 86. Thus, the preamble and regulatory text are revised as follows:

1. In paragraphs 18, 89 and the regulatory text, the citations for WEQ-000, WEQ-001, WEQ-002, WEQ-003, and WEQ-13 are corrected 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).

• 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).

2. In paragraph 86 of preamble, correct “February 24, 2016” to read “January 24, 2016”.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

1 Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 78 FR 45,096 (July 26, 2013), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 32,698 (July 18, 2013).