[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79077-79079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32680]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM01-8-000]


Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements; Notice Providing 
Detail on Electric Quarterly Reports Software Availability and 
Announcing Schedule for Software Demonstrations

December 20, 2002.
    The Commission issued an order on December 18, 2002, instructing 
all public utilities to file Electric Quarterly Reports using software 
available on its Web site beginning with the report due on or before 
January 31, 2003. The order ends the interim filing format and fully 
implements Order No. 2001,\1\ a final rule which requires public 
utilities to file Electric Quarterly Reports.\2\ This

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notice gives more details on the implementation of the new software and 
announces the availability of in-person and Internet-based software 
demonstrations.
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    \1\ Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements, Order No. 2001, 
67 FR 31043, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,127 (April 25, 2002); reh'g 
denied, Order No. 2001-A, 100 FERC ] 61,074, reconsideration and 
clarification denied, Order No.2001-B, 100 FERC ] 61,342 (2002).
    \2\ Respondents are reminded that complete contract data, 
including all active contracts under 18 CFR part 35, are required 
beginning with this quarter's filing.
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    The Electric Quarterly Report System can be accessed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/electric/eqr/eqr.htm. The 
Electric Quarterly Report System Users Guide, a detailed guidance 
document, is also available to be downloaded from that web page. The 
software provides a user interface on the filer's workstation. (For 
those familiar with the Commission's Form 1 or Form 423 software, the 
Electric Quarterly Report System uses a similar approach.) It can be 
loaded onto several PCs to allow multiple users working on a LAN. Data 
can reside anywhere on the user's network. Data can be entered manually 
or imported into the system in Comma Separated Values (CSV) format.
    In addition to the Electric Quarterly Report System Users Guide, 
respondents can participate in demonstrations of the software at the 
Commission and on-line, using the Internet. A live demo will be held at 
the Commission on Friday, December 20, 2002, at 10 a.m. Webex demos 
will be held on-line on December 20, 2002, at 3:30 p.m. and December 
30, 2002, at 11 a.m. The Webex demos combine a conference call with an 
on-line demo in which the software is demonstrated on users' PC 
screens. (For more information on how Webex works, see http://www.webex.com.) It is free to the respondents who participate. There 
will also be a recorded Webex demo made available for downloading from 
the Commission's Web site by December 20. Persons desiring to 
participate in either of the Webex demos should e-mail 
[email protected] and state which demo they would like to 
participate in. No prior registration is necessary for the demo to be 
held at the Commission. If there is sufficient demand for more demos, 
they will be scheduled in January.
    The data collected by the new Electric Quarterly Report System is 
identical to the data collected during the interim format period. A 
properly constructed Electric Quarterly Report file (using the interim 
format defined for the filings covering the second and third quarters 
of 2002) should be able to be imported easily into the software. For 
Excel filers, a new template has been created, which has field content 
and order identical to the Excel templates issued for the interim 
filings, but some ``behind-the-scenes'' formatting has been changed to 
facilitate a successful import.
    The software has error checking features to ensure (to the extent 
possible) compliance with Order No. 2001. Among other things, the error 
checks will ensure consistency in the terms used in several data 
fields. The lists of acceptable values for the some of the restricted 
fields in the system have been revised. These fields include Increment 
Name, Increment Peaking Name, Product Name, and Time Zone. The 
permissible values for these fields are listed in Appendix A. In 
addition, consistent with the requirement in Order No. 2001 that public 
utilities must report book outs,\3\ a new value for Product Name, 
``Booked Out Power,'' has been added. Power sales that have been booked 
out must be identified in the transaction portion of the report using 
this Product Name.
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    \3\ Order No. 2001 at P 285, Order No. 2001-A at P 26.
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    If filers wish to include other values, they should register them 
as provided for in Order No. 2001. Filers are requested to list the 
suggested value in a document and file the document as a Comment in 
Docket ER02-2001-000 via the Internet. The requests will be reviewed to 
determine if the additional value is needed, or if an existing value 
will suffice.
    The Electric Quarterly Report System includes a feature to submit 
the Electric Quarterly Report filing to the Commission. There is no 
file size limit for the Electric Quarterly Report submittals as there 
was in the interim format. In order to submit a filing to the 
Commission, a PIN code is required. (The software can be downloaded and 
used without the PIN; the PIN is required only for filing the Electric 
Quarterly Report with the Commission.) By January 15, 2003, respondents 
will receive an e-mail with their assigned PIN code. The e-mails will 
be sent to the contacts designated in the utilities' previous Electric 
Quarterly Report filings. If utilities have not previously filed an 
Electric Quarterly Report, or for some reason they do not receive an e-
mail from the Commission designating their PIN code by January 15, 
2003, they should e-mail [email protected] to request one. For 
security reasons, PINS will not be given out over the phone. The 
Electric Quarterly Report filing for the fourth quarter of 2002 must be 
filed using the new Electric Quarterly Report System on or before 
January 31, 2003. Submittals made using any other format will not be 
considered in compliance with Order No. 2001.
    Beta testers and others who accessed the test software do not need 
to uninstall the Electric Quarterly Report software that they used 
during the testing period. The system will automatically update the 
test software to the production version. Any test filings made prior to 
January 1, 2003 will be purged from the Commission's data base.
    If, after reading the Users Guide, respondents have questions about 
how to install or use the Electric Quarterly Report System software, 
they should call toll free at (866) 208-3676 or locally at (202) 502-
6652 (or (202) 502-8659 for TTY) , or e-mail [email protected] 
to obtain help.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Appendix A

Allowable Values for Restricted Fields

Increment Name
H = Hourly
D = Daily
M = Monthly
Y = Yearly 5x8
5x16
7x8
7x16
N/A = Not Applicable, Undefined, or Other

Increment Peaking Name
P = On Peak
OP = Off Peak
FP = Full Period
SH = Shoulder
UL = Ultra Peak
N/A = Not Applicable, Undefined, or Other
Product Name
For Cost-Based Power Sales:
Cost-Based Power
Economy Power
Emergency Energy
Unit Capacity
Unit Power Sale
Exchange
Peaking
Sale with exchange
Supplemental Power
Capacity
Energy
Back-up Power
Energy furnished without charge
Fuel Replacement Energy
Interchange Power
System Black Start Capability
SC--Schedule System Control & Dispatch
RV--Reactive Supply & Voltage Control
RF--Regulation & Frequency Response
EI--Energy Imbalance
SP--Spinning Reserve
SU--Supplemental Reserve
DT--Dynamic Transfer
Demand Charge
Customer Charge
Fuel Charge
Billing Service
Other

For Market-Based Power Sales:
Load Following
Marginal Peaking
Indexed Peaking
Capacity
Energy
System Black Start Capability

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SC--Schedule System Control & Dispatch
RV--Reactive Supply & Voltage Control
RF--Regulation & Frequency Response
EI--Energy Imbalance
SP--Spinning Reserve
SU--Supplemental Reserve
DT--Dynamic Transfer
Demand Charge
Customer Charge
Fuel Charge
Billing Service
Other

For Transmission:
Point-to-Point
Network
SC--Schedule System Control & Dispatch
RV--Reactive Supply & Voltage Control
RF--Regulation & Frequency Response
EI--Energy Imbalance
SP--Spinning Reserve
SU--Supplemental Reserve
DT--Dynamic Transfer
Real Power Transmission Loss
System Black Start Capability
Must Run
Specialized affiliate transactions
System Impact and/or Facilities Study Charge(s)
Direct Assignment Facilities Charge
Demand Charge
Customer Charge
Billing Service
Other

For Services
Return in Kind Transactions Between Control Areas
System Operating Agreements
Interconnection Agreement
Standards of Conduct
Network Operating Agreement
Membership Agreement
Reliability Agreement
Transmission Owners Agreement
Other

Time Zone
AD = Atlantic Daylight Savings Time
AS = Atlantic Standard Time
AP = Atlantic Prevailing Time
ED = Eastern Daylight Savings Time
ES = Eastern Standard Time
EP = Eastern Prevailing Time
CD = Central Daylight Savings Time
CS = Central Standard Time
CP = Central Prevailing Time
MD = Mountain Daylight Savings Time
MS = Mountain Standard Time
MP = Mountain Prevailing Time
PD = Pacific Daylight Savings Time
PS = Pacific Standard Time
PP = Pacific Prevailing Time
UT = Universal Time

[FR Doc. 02-32680 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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