[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5560]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM05-30-000]


Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric Reliability 
Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval and 
Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards; Notice of New Docket 
Prefixes ``RR'', ``RD'', and RC for Reliability Organizations and 
Standards

April 7, 2006.
    Notice is hereby given that new docket prefixes ``RR'', ``RD'', and 
``RC'' have been established for certain filings pursuant to Order No. 
672, issued February 3, 2006.\1\
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    \1\ Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric Reliability 
Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval, and 
Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards (Order No. 672), 114 
FERC 61,104 (2006).
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    The prefixes are defined as:
    RR--ERO Rules and Organizational Filings,
    RD--Electric Reliability Standards,
    RC--Compliance and Enforcement of Reliability Standards and the 
following examples illustrate the types of reliability organization 
filings that fall under each of the new prefixes.

A. RR Prefix Filings--ERO Rules and Organizational Filings

    1. Application for certification as the Electric Reliability 
Organization [39.3(a)].
    2. The ERO's assessment of its performance [39.3(c)].
    3. Request to modify the formula or method for the allocation and 
assessment of ERO dues, fees and charges [39.4(a)].
    4. The ERO's proposed annual budget, including the annual budget 
for each Regional Entity [39.4(b)].
    5. Request for authorization to collect a special assessment 
[39.4(d)].
    6. Request for approval of penalty guidelines that set forth a 
range of penalties for the violation of Reliability Standards 
[39.7(g)(2)].
    7. Agreement to delegate authority to a Regional Entity for the 
purpose of proposing Reliability Standards to the ERO and enforcing 
Reliability Standards [39.8(c)].
    8. Application for assignment to an entity of the ERO's authority 
to enforce Reliability Standards within the entity's region [39.8(f)].
    9. Request for approval of any proposed ERO Rule or Rule change or 
proposed Regional Entity Rule or Rule change [39.10(a)].
    10. Petition to establish a Regional Advisory Body [39.13(a)].

B. RD Prefix Filings--Electric Reliability Standards

    1. Each proposed Reliability Standard or modification to a 
Reliability Standard that is processed as an Order (a proposed 
reliability standard processed as a rulemaking will be designated an RM 
docket prefix) [39.5(a)].
    2. Notification of the possible conflict of a Reliability Standard 
with a function, rule, order, tariff, rate schedule, or agreement 
accepted, approved, or ordered by the Commission [39.6(a)].
    3. Application for a determination of consistency of a state action 
with a Reliability Standard [39.12(b)].

C. RC Prefix Filings--Compliance and Enforcement of Reliability 
Standards

    1. Report to the Commission of any self-reported violation or 
investigation of a violation or an alleged violation of a Reliability 
Standard and its eventual disposition [39.7(b)].
    2. Such periodic summary reports as the Commission shall from time 
to time direct on violations of Reliability Standards [39.7(b)(5)].
    3. Notice of penalty for violation of a Reliability Standard 
[39.7(c)(2)].
    4. Application for review of a penalty [39.7(e)(1)].
    5. Report on the ERO's assessment of the reliability of the Bulk-
Power System in North America [39.11(a)].
    6. Report on the ERO's assessment of the adequacy of the Bulk-Power 
System in North America [39.11(b)].
    7. Notice of proposed penalty, filed by ERO.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-5560 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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