[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65526-65541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26209]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 35

[Docket Nos. RM01-8-009 and RM01-8-010]


Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements for Electric Quarterly 
Reports

Issued October 28, 2008.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Order No. 2001-I; Order Revising Electric Quarterly Report 
(EQR) Data Dictionary.

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SUMMARY: In this order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) revises the EQR Data Dictionary to define and rename Field 
22 of the EQR to ``Commencement Date of Contract Terms'' and to clarify 
the information to be reported in the EQR concerning ancillary 
services. These revisions will make reporting this information less 
burdensome and more accessible.

DATES: Effective Date: This order will become effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register. The definitions adopted in this 
order shall be used in filing the Q1, 2009 EQR due on April 30, 2009 
and in subsequent filings of the EQR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Blazejowski (Technical Information), Office of Enforcement, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6055.
Gary D. Cohen (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8321.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Before Commissioners: Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman; Suedeen G. Kelly, 
Marc Spitzer, Philip D. Moeller, and Jon Wellinghoff.

    1. In this order, after consideration of the comments filed in 
response to our notices seeking comment,\1\ we are revising the 
Electric Quarterly Report (EQR) Data Dictionary. Specifically, we are 
revising the EQR Data Dictionary to define and rename Field 22 of the 
EQR to ``Commencement Date of Contract Terms,'' as this field is 
intended to be used to identify when the current terms of the reported 
contract became effective. This order also clarifies the information to 
be reported in the EQR concerning ancillary services.
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    \1\ Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements for Electric 
Quarterly Reports, 73 FR 12983 (Mar. 11, 2008), FERC Stats. & Regs. 
] 35,557 (2008) (EQR Ancillary Services Notice); Revised Public 
Utility Filing Requirements for Electric Quarterly Reports, 73 FR 
30543 (May 28, 2008), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 35,558 (2008) 
(Commencement Date Notice).
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I. Background

A. EQRs and EQR Data Dictionary

    2. On April 25, 2002, the Commission issued Order No. 2001, a final 
rule establishing revised public utility filing requirements. This rule 
requires public utilities to file EQRs summarizing specified pertinent 
data about their currently effective contracts (contract data) and data 
about wholesale power sales they made during the reporting period 
(transaction data).\2\ The requirement to file EQRs replaced the 
requirement to file quarterly transaction reports summarizing a 
utility's market-based rate transactions and sales agreements that 
conformed to the utility's tariff.
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    \2\ Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements, Order No. 2001, 
67 FR 31043, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,127 (2002), reh'g denied, 
Order No. 2001-A, 100 FERC ] 61,074 (2002), reh'g denied, Order No. 
2001-B, 100 FERC ] 61,342 (2002).
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    3. In Order No. 2001, the Commission also adopted a new section in 
its regulations, 18 CFR 35.10b, which requires that the EQRs are to be 
prepared in conformance with the Commission's software and guidance 
posted and available from the Commission's Web site. This provision 
obviates the need to revise the Commission's regulations to implement 
revisions to the EQR software and guidance. Since the issuance of Order 
No. 2001, as need has arisen, the Commission has issued orders to 
resolve questions raised by EQR users and has directed Staff to issue 
additional guidance on how to report certain transactions.\3\
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    \3\ See, e.g., Notice Providing Guidance on the Filing of 
Information on Transmission Capacity Reassignments in Electric 
Quarterly Reports, 124 FERC ] 61,244 (2008), which provided guidance 
on complying with the Commission's Order No. 890-B reporting 
requirements; Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements, Order No. 
2001-E, 105 FERC ] 61,352 (2003), where the Commission standardized 
the terminology for control areas; and Revised Public Utility Filing 
Requirements, 67 FR 65973 (Oct. 29, 2002), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 
35,045 (Oct. 21, 2002), which provided general guidance for using 
the EQR software.
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    4. On September 24, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 2001-G, 
adopting an EQR Data Dictionary that collected in one document the 
definitions of certain terms and values used in filing EQR data and 
providing formal definitions for fields that were previously undefined.

B. Commencement Date

    5. On December 20, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 2001-H, 
which addressed a pending request for rehearing and clarified the 
information to be reported in several EQR data fields. In Order No. 
2001-H, the Commission defined Field 22 in the Contract Data section of 
the EQR, named ``Contract Commencement Date,'' as:

    The date the terms of the contract reported in the EQR were 
effective. If the terms reported in the Contract Data section of the 
EQR became effective or if service under those terms began on 
multiple dates (i.e., due to an amendment), the date to be reported 
as the Commencement Date is the date when service began pursuant to 
the most recent amendment to the terms reported in the Contract Data 
section of the EQR.\4\
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    \4\ Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements for Electric 
Quarterly Reports, Order No. 2001-H, 121 FERC ] 61,289 (2007), Data 
Dictionary at Field 22.

    6. On February 26, 2008, the Commission held a technical conference 
to ``review the EQR Data Dictionary and address questions from EQR 
users.'' \5\

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During this technical conference, the participants discussed, among 
other matters, whether the Commission intended in Order No. 2001-H for 
the commencement date field to be used to report the date the contract 
terms reported in the EQR (original or amended) became effective. On 
April 17, 2008, in response to participants' requests, the Commission's 
Director, Office of Enforcement, issued a waiver, for the first quarter 
of 2008, of the requirement to file EQRs using the commencement date 
definition as clarified in Order No. 2001-H.\6\ On July 9, 2008, the 
waiver was extended until final action is taken in this docket.\7\
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    \5\ See Notice of Electric Quarterly Reports Technical 
Conference, 73 FR 2477 (Jan. 15, 2008).
    \6\ See Edison Electric Institute, Docket Nos. RM01-8-000, RM01-
8-007 and ER02-2001-000 (Apr. 17, 2008) (unpublished letter order).
    \7\ See Edison Electric Institute, Docket Nos. RM01-8-000, RM01-
8-007 and ER02-2001-000 (July 9, 2008) (unpublished letter order).
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    7. On May 28, 2008, the Commission issued the Commencement Date 
Notice to invite comment on the issues raised in the technical 
conference. In addition, the Commencement Date Notice proposed defining 
commencement date as:

    The date the terms of the contract reported in the Contract 
Products section of the EQR (Field Nos. 26 through 45) were 
effective. If the terms reported in the Contract Data section of the 
EQR became effective on multiple dates (i.e., due to one or more 
amendments), the date to be reported as the Commencement Date is the 
date the most recent amendment became effective. If the contract or 
the most recent reported amendment does not have an effective date, 
the date when service began pursuant to the contract or most recent 
reported amendment may be used. If the terms of the contract 
reported in the Contract Products section have not been amended 
since January 1, 2008, the initial date the contract became 
effective may be used.

    8. The Commission also proposed renaming the field to 
``Commencement Date of Contract Terms.'' \8\ On April 10, 2008, three 
entities filed timely comments on the Commencement Date Notice.\9\
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    \8\ As noted above, Field 22 has been previously titled 
``Contract Commencement Date.''
    \9\ Timely comments on the Commencement Date Notice were filed 
by: Edison Electric Institute (EEI); Sempra Energy, Inc. (Sempra); 
and Occidental Power Services, Inc. (Occidental).
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C. Ancillary Service Reporting

    9. Order No. 888 adopted six ancillary services to be included in 
the open access transmission tariff (OATT): Scheduling, System Control 
and Dispatch (Schedule 1); Reactive Supply and Voltage Control 
(Schedule 2); Regulation and Frequency Response (Schedule 3); Energy 
Imbalance (Schedule 4); Operating Reserve--Spinning-or Spinning 
Reserve--(Schedule 5); and Operating Reserve--Supplemental--or 
Supplemental Reserve--(Schedule 6).\10\
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    \10\ Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-
discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery 
of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, 
Order No. 888, 61 FR 21540 (May 10, 1996), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 
31,036 (1996), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-A, 62 FR 12274 (Mar. 
14, 1997), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,048 (1997), order on reh'g, 
Order No. 888-B, 81 FERC ] 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 
888-C, 82 FERC ] 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom. 
Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. 
Cir. 2000) (TAPS v. FERC), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 
1 (2002).
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    10. The six ancillary services established in Order No. 888 are now 
offered under the Order No. 890 pro forma OATT. In Order No. 890, the 
Commission also adopted ``generator imbalance'' as a new ancillary 
service.\11\
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    \11\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, 72 FR 12266 (Mar. 15, 2007), 
FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241, at P 668 (2007), order on reh'g, Order 
No. 890-A, 73 FR 2984 (Jan. 16, 2008), FERC Stats. and Regs. ] 
31,261 (2007), order on reh'g, Order No. 890-B, 123 FERC ] 61,299 
(2008).
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    11. On June 21, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 697, a Final 
Rule that codified and, in certain respects, revised the Commission's 
standards for market-based rate authority for sales of electric energy, 
capacity, and ancillary services.\12\ Among other matters, Order No. 
697 addressed the posting and reporting requirements for third-party 
sellers of ancillary services at market-based rates.
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    \12\ Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, 
Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities, Order No. 697, 
72 FR 39904 (July 20, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,252 (2007), 
clarifying order, 121 FERC ] 61,260 (2007), order on reh'g, Order 
No. 697-A, 73 FR 25,832 (May 7, 2008), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,268 
(2008).
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    12. The matter of third-party sellers of ancillary services at 
market-based rates had previously been addressed in Avista Corporation, 
87 FERC ] 61,223, order on reh'g, 89 FERC ] 61,136 (1999) (Avista), 
among other cases. Avista provided a policy that third-party ancillary 
service providers that could not perform a market power study would be 
allowed to sell ancillary services at market-based rates, under certain 
conditions. The authorization in Avista extended only to the following 
four ancillary services: Regulation Service; Energy Imbalance Service; 
Spinning Reserves; and Supplemental Reserves.
    13. On March 3, 2008, the Commission issued the EQR Ancillary 
Services Notice to clarify the requirement to report third-party 
ancillary service transactions. The notice proposed adding the phrase 
``Reported for power sales and transmission-related transactions'' to 
clarify the EQR reporting requirements with regard to Energy Imbalance, 
Regulation & Frequency Response, Spinning Reserve, and Supplemental 
Reserve--the four products identified in Avista--``to clarify that 
sales of these services must be reported both in the Contract and 
Transaction sections of the EQR.'' The notice also proposed to add 
Generator Imbalance as a Product Name in the EQR.\13\ On June 27, 2008, 
three entities filed comments in response to the EQR Ancillary Services 
Notice.\14\
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    \13\ EQR Ancillary Services Notice, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 35,557 
at P 12.
    \14\ Timely comments on the EQR Ancillary Services Notice were 
filed by: EEI; California Independent System Operator Corporation 
(CAISO); and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM).
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II. Discussion

A. Commencement Date

1. Comments
    14. CAISO states that it supports the intent of the proposed 
clarification of the definition of the ``Contract Commencement Date'' 
in the EQR Data Dictionary and the proposal to rename that EQR field as 
``Commencement Date of Contract Terms.'' However, CAISO is concerned 
that the proposed commencement date definition (Field 22) is confusing 
because it refers to ``the Contract Data section of the EQR'' in the 
second sentence and ``the Contract Products section'' elsewhere.\15\ 
CAISO recommends that the Commission only require that entries to Field 
22 be changed as a result of matters affecting the Contract Products 
section of the contract data and not based on any other revisions to a 
contract. CAISO argues that other information included in the EQR has 
no substantive effect on Field 22. CAISO also suggests that, rather 
than referring to the ``Commencement Date,'' the definition should 
refer specifically to ``Commencement Date of Contract Terms.''
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    \15\ EQR filers summarize their contracts in the Contract Data 
section of the EQR: Fields 14 through 45. Fields 14 through 20 of 
the Contract Data section capture the seller/customer identification 
information and fields 21 through 25 capture relevant contract dates 
such as commencement and termination dates. The Contract Products 
section (Fields 26 through 45) is a subset of the Contract Data 
section describing the various offerings under the contract such as 
firm and non-firm, long-term, short-term.
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    15. EEI's comments generally support the proposed modification. 
EEI, however, requests that the Commission modify the definition to 
make clear that if the terms of the contract reported in the Contract 
Products section have not been amended since January 1, 2008, the filer 
may, at its election, use the initial date the contract became 
effective (or absent an effective date the initial

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date when service began) as the contract commencement date, even if the 
terms of the contract reported in the Contract Products section were 
amended prior to January 1, 2008.
    16. PJM states that the proposed commencement date definition seems 
to raise the possibility that an EQR filer may begin reporting a 
contract upon its effective date. PJM raises the concern that this 
conflicts with the statement in Order No. 2001 that ``the requirement 
to file contract data and transaction data begins with the first 
Electric Quarterly Report filed after service commences under an 
agreement.'' \16\ PJM asks that the Commission ``permit public 
utilities to report agreements in their EQRs upon their effective dates 
* * * rather than when service is taken under the agreements.''
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    \16\ Order No. 2001, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,127 at P 216.
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2. Commission Determination
    17. With regard to CAISO's comments regarding which revisions to 
contract terms necessitate changes to the date reported in the 
commencement date field, we note that, in Order No. 2001-H, the 
Commission stated:

    There is a very real public interest in identifying when key 
terms of the contract were determined. As market conditions change 
over time, it is imperative to be able to sort the deals that 
occurred years ago from those that were confirmed more recently. To 
better understand the market conditions at the time a contract was 
put in place, it is necessary to document the date that key terms 
were established.\17\
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    \17\ Order No. 2001-H, 121 FERC ] 61,289 at P 12.

    18. As discussed below, based on our consideration of the comments, 
the Commission concludes that additional specificity is needed to 
provide clarity. As an initial matter, we adopt the NOPR's proposal to 
change the name of Field 22 to ``Commencement Date of Contract Terms.'' 
We note that several commenters filed comments supporting such a 
change, and no comment was filed that raised objections to this 
proposal.
    19. In addition, as discussed below, we are also revising the 
definition of Field 22 to clearly delineate the contractual changes 
that would require a change in the date reported.
    20. With regard to EEI's comments, we agree with the suggestion 
regarding pre-2008 amendments. In particular, EEI suggests we add the 
phrase ``or absent an effective date the initial date when service 
began.'' We find this additional phrase further clarifies that the 
Commission does not intend to require filers to research contract 
histories to comply with its requirements for this field and, 
accordingly, we will adopt this proposal.
    21. Second, we reject EEI's suggestion that we add the phrase ``the 
Filer at its election may use'' because we find that such a phrase 
would result in greater ambiguity, rather than clarity, by offering a 
range of options on what may be reported rather than requiring a 
standard by which all filers must comply. Further, the notion of 
inconsistent filings is contrary to the intention of the EQR Data 
Dictionary, which was created to reduce the range of possible 
interpretations for appropriate entries in the EQR. Such allowable 
disparities make the data less uniform and less useful.
    22. Finally, we reject the EEI suggestion to add the phrase, ``even 
if the terms of the contract reported in the Contract Products section 
were amended prior to January 1, 2008'' because we find it redundant 
and subject to conflicting interpretations.
    23. Accordingly, we rename Field 22 in the EQR as ``Commencement 
Date of Contract Terms.'' The field is defined as:

    The date the terms of the contract reported in fields 18, 23 and 
25 through 45 (as defined in the data dictionary) became effective. 
If those terms became effective on multiple dates (i.e., due to one 
or more amendments), the date to be reported in this field is the 
date the most recent amendment became effective. If the contract or 
the most recent reported amendment does not have an effective date, 
the date when service began pursuant to the contract or most recent 
reported amendment may be used. If the terms reported in fields 18, 
23 and 25 through 45 have not been amended since January 1, 2009, 
the initial date the contract became effective (or absent an 
effective date the initial date when service began) may be used.

    24. This definition will become effective on January 1, 2009 and 
will be applicable for EQRs filed beginning in the first quarter of 
2009. The start date for the reporting of contract amendments has been 
changed in the definition to January 1, 2009, to account for the 
effective date of the revised EQR Data Dictionary that we are adopting 
in this order. The limited waiver for compliance that the Commission 
granted on April 17, 2008 and extended on July 9, 2008 will apply to 
all 2008 EQRs.\18\
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    \18\ The expiration date of the limited waiver also applies to 
the Increment Name fields (Fields 28 and 60), for which additional 
time was provided to comply with Order No. 2001-G.
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    25. PJM is incorrect in its interpretation that the proposed 
commencement date definition raises the possibility that an EQR filer 
may begin reporting a contract upon its effective date. The 
commencement date definition specifies which date should be used to 
populate the field and does not otherwise address when a contract must 
first be reported in the EQR. The Commission recognizes that, 
logistically, it may be more convenient to begin reporting a contract 
upon execution. Although the requirement to file a contract in the EQR 
once service under that contract commences will remain in effect, the 
Commission neither prohibits nor discourages the earlier reporting of 
contracts.

B. Ancillary Service Reporting

1. Comments
    26. With regard to third-party ancillary service transactions, the 
EQR Ancillary Services Notice proposed to add to the phrase ``Reported 
for power sales and transmission-related transactions'' to clarify the 
EQR reporting requirements with regard to Energy Imbalance, Regulation 
& Frequency Response, Spinning Reserve, and Supplemental Reserve in 
Appendix A (Product Names) to the EQR Data Dictionary. The notice also 
proposed to add the product ``Generator Imbalance'' in the Appendix.
    27. In response to this notice, EEI filed comments arguing that 
ancillary services associated with transmission contracts should not be 
reported in the EQR. Thus, EEI suggests that the reporting requirements 
regarding Energy Imbalance, Regulation & Frequency Response, Spinning 
Reserve, and Supplemental Reserve be changed to read as follows: ``For 
Contracts, reported if the contract provides for sale of the product. 
For Transactions, sales by third-party providers (i.e., non-
transmission function) are reported.'' EEI argues that its proposed 
language is superior to that proposed by the Commission, because the 
language proposed in the EQR Ancillary Services Notice may cause 
confusion over whether transmission-related agreements are to be 
reported in the EQR. EEI states that ``the Commission has never 
required transmission functions to report ancillary service sales in 
the Transactions portion of the EQR, which was established in Order No. 
2001,'' and ``the suggested changes to the Appendix A definitions may 
not clearly enough reflect this existing policy.''
    28. EEI also states that ``the definition for Energy Imbalance and 
the proposed definition for Generator Imbalance do not indicate that 
they may be Ancillary Services'' and asks ``the Commission to clarify 
that Energy Imbalance and Generator Imbalance can be an [sic] Ancillary 
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[o]nly ancillary services provided by a marketer are reportable 
transactions, though both marketers and transmission functions must 
list them in the Contracts section of the EQR.''
2. Commission Determination
    29. Order No. 2001 stated:

    We clarify that ancillary service transaction data associated 
with transmission need not be reported when the transmission 
services are provided on an unbundled basis * * * On the other hand, 
ancillary service transaction data associated with power sales are 
currently required to be filed in Quarterly Transaction Reports and 
the requirement to file these data is retained in this rule.\19\
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    \19\ Order No. 2001 at P 271.

    30. Our proposal in the EQR Ancillary Services Notice was intended 
to provide clarification regarding the EQR reporting requirements for 
ancillary services provided in association with unbundled sales of 
transmission services rather than to change the policy (quoted 
immediately above) that we established in Order No. 2001.\20\
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    \20\ Order No. 697, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,252 at P 1058.
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    31. Accordingly, with regard to EEI's suggested changes to the 
reporting requirements for Energy Imbalance, Regulation & Frequency 
Response, Spinning Reserve, and Supplemental Reserve, the Commission 
finds that EEI's proposal provides additional clarity and we therefore 
adopt EEI's proposal.
    32. Specifically, we revise the ancillary service Product Names as 
follows:
    Energy Imbalance: Service provided when a difference occurs between 
the scheduled and the actual delivery of energy to a load obligation 
(Ancillary Service). For Contracts, reported if the contract provides 
for sale of the product. For Transactions, sales by third-party 
providers (i.e., non-transmission function) are reported.
    Generator Imbalance: Service provided when a difference occurs 
between the output of a generator located in the Transmission 
Provider's Control Area and a delivery schedule from that generator to 
(1) another Control Area or (2) a load within the Transmission 
Provider's Control Area over a single hour (Ancillary Service). For 
Contracts, reported if the contract provides for sale of the product. 
For Transactions, sales by third-party providers (i.e., non-
transmission function) are reported.
    Regulation & Frequency Response: Service providing for continuous 
balancing of resources (generation and interchange) with load, and for 
maintaining scheduled interconnection frequency by committing on-line 
generation where output is raised or lowered and by other non-
generation resources capable of providing this service as necessary to 
follow the moment-by-moment changes in load (Ancillary Service). For 
Contracts, reported if the contract provides for sale of the product. 
For Transactions, sales by third-party providers (i.e., non-
transmission function) are reported.
    Spinning Reserve: Unloaded synchronized generating capacity that is 
immediately responsive to system frequency and that is capable of being 
loaded in a short time period or non-generation resources capable of 
providing this service (Ancillary Service). For Contracts, reported if 
the contract provides for sale of the product. For Transactions, sales 
by third-party providers (i.e., non-transmission function) are 
reported.
    Supplemental Reserve: Service needed to serve load in the event of 
a system contingency, available with greater delay than SPINNING 
RESERVE. This service may be provided by generating units that are on-
line but unloaded, by quick-start generation, or by interruptible load 
or other non-generation resources capable of providing this service 
(Ancillary Service). For Contracts, reported if the contract provides 
for sale of the product. For Transactions, sales by third-party 
providers (i.e., non-transmission function) are reported.

C. Reporting of Ancillary Service Product Type Names

1. Comments
    33. EEI asks the Commission to ``clarify the appropriate manner to 
report the Product Type Name [Field No. 30] for ancillary service sales 
in the Contracts portion of the EQR,'' namely, that an ancillary 
service ``reported by a transmission function'' should be identified 
with a Product Type Name of ``T,'' indicating the product was sold 
under a FERC-approved transmission tariff. Alternatively, a merchant 
sale would be reported as sold under a FERC-approved cost-based tariff 
by entering ``CB'' or market-based tariff by entering ``MB'' as 
``factual circumstances dictate.''
    34. Occidental seeks clarification ``that imbalances that are 
settled in the real-time markets operated by the ISOs and RTOs are not 
intended to be reported as `Generator Imbalances' under the proposed 
revisions to the EQR Data Dictionary.'' Occidental states that 
``imbalances that are settled within the organized markets [are] 
handled through the settlement process, in which the generator pays the 
real-time price for any under production and is paid the real-time 
price for any over production [and] should not be reported in the EQRs 
as `Generator Imbalances' under this [FERC-proposed] definition.''
2. Commission Determination
    35. Regarding EEI's request for clarification, if the transmission 
provider (i.e., non-merchant function) makes an ancillary service sale, 
the product type is ``T.'' With respect to third-party sales, the 
product type is listed as ``CB,'' if the third-party sale is made under 
a cost-based rate tariff or ``MB,'' if the third-party sale is made 
under a market-based rate tariff. We believe that Product Type Name 
[Field No. 30] adequately addresses this distinction and, thus, do not 
find any reason to revise the ancillary service reporting requirements 
that we proposed in the EQR Ancillary Services Notice to add clarity on 
this issue.
    36. In addition, we find that Occidental is correct in its 
interpretation of the difference between energy imbalance service 
offered as an ancillary service in general and the method by which 
organized markets address imbalances through settlement in the Real-
Time market. The Commission has adopted conventions for reporting 
trading within Real-Time markets.\21\ This order does not change those 
conventions.
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    \21\ Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements for Electric 
Quarterly Reports, Order No. 2001-G, 120 FERC ] 61,270, at P 55 
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D. Whether Ancillary Services Not Included in the OATT Should Be 
Reported in EQRs

1. Comments
    37. The EQR Ancillary Services Notice invited comment on the need 
to include additional non-OATT ancillary services in the list of 
Product Names in the EQR Data Dictionary. Two commenters filed comments 
addressing this issue. EEI states that it ``recommends against 
including any other ancillary services in the EQR at this time.''
    38. Sempra comments that ``the industry may benefit from additional 
clarification with respect to the reporting of ISO/RTO-specific 
ancillary services that may not be currently reflected'' in the OATT. 
Sempra also suggests that there are benefits to clarifying ``the 
reporting of other ISO/RTO-specific products.'' To this end, Sempra 
asks that the Commission clarify ``the appropriate reporting `bucket' 
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as Instructed Imbalance Energy and Uninstructed Imbalance Energy.'' As 
to whether the Commission should add specific new ancillary services to 
the EQR Data Dictionary, Sempra asks that the Commission ``consider 
whether any additional CAISO products or ancillary services should be 
included in the EQR Data Dictionary once the CAISO MRTU [Market 
Redesign and Technology Upgrade] program is put into effect.'' \22\
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    \22\ We note that, while Sempra asks the Commission to consider 
these matters, it does not explicitly advocate that the Commission 
add any additional products to the EQR Data Dictionary.
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2. Commission Determination
    39. The Commission will continue its policy of identifying only the 
standard OATT ancillary services as ancillary services in the Product 
Name field of the EQR. This policy is consistent with the Commission's 
intention, in establishing the EQR filing requirements, that the same 
kinds of information be reported by all EQR filers, in the same format 
and using the same definitions. This approach is intended to allow EQR 
users and Commission staff to readily compare and contrast the 
transactions and contracts reported by one utility to those of other 
utilities. We will continue to add products that reflect common and new 
offerings by the industry where it appears that these products are 
widely offered, but, in this case, we agree with EEI that the current 
list of ancillary service product names to be reported in the EQR is 
sufficient.
    40. As to Sempra's comments about providing clarification regarding 
the appropriate reporting of the specific products offered by CAISO, in 
Order No. 2001-E, the Commission encouraged RTOs and ISOs to work with 
Commission staff to develop EQR-ready reports to ease the filing 
process for respondents and to improve consistency in reporting within 
and among the organized markets.\23\ Three ISOs--New York ISO, Midwest 
ISO and ISO New England--currently provide reports to their members 
that format settlement data for the EQR. PJM expects to begin doing so 
by the end of 2008.
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    \23\ Order No. 2001-E, 105 FERC ] 61,352 at P 11.
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    41. In addition, we note that CAISO's staff met with Commission 
staff and market participants on May 18, 2004 to map the CAISO's 
products to the EQR product list.\24\ Likewise, we encourage CAISO to 
meet with Commission staff on MRTU product mapping and provide EQR-
ready reports to ease the filing process for respondents.
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    \24\ Notice of Electric Quarterly Reports Western Outreach 
Session, 69 FR 25897 (May 10, 2004). The mapping developed in this 
meeting is available on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?ID=1096&CalType=%20&Date=5/18/2004&CalendarID=116).
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III. Document Availability

    42. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
Internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) and 
in the Commission's Public Reference Room during normal business hours 
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    43. From the Commission's Home Page on the Internet, this 
information is available in the eLibrary. The full text of this 
document is available in the eLibrary both in PDF and Microsoft Word 
format for viewing, printing, and/or downloading. To access this 
document in eLibrary, type ``RM01-8'' in the docket number field. User 
assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's Web site 
during the Commission's normal business hours. For assistance contact 
the Commission's Online Support services at [email protected] 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    The Commission orders:
    (A) The Commission hereby adopts the changes in the EQR Data 
Dictionary shown in the Attachment, as discussed in the body of this 
order.
    (B) This order will become effective upon publication in the 
Federal Register. The definitions adopted in this order shall be used 
in filing the Q1, 2009 EQR due on April 30, 2009 and in subsequent 
filings of the EQR.
    (C) The limited waiver for compliance granted on April 17, 2008 and 
extended on July 9, 2008 will apply to all 2008 EQRs and only to 2008 
EQRs, regardless of when they are filed.

    By the Commission.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

Attachment

Electric Quarterly Report Data Dictionary Version 1.1 (Issued October 
28, 2008)

                                               EQR Data Dictionary
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     Field No.               Field                Required                Value                Definition
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                                                     ID Data
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1..................  Filer Unique          X....................  FR1.................  (Respondent)--An
                      Identifier.                                                        identifier (i.e.,
                                                                                         ``FR1'') used to
                                                                                         designate a record
                                                                                         containing Respondent
                                                                                         identification
                                                                                         information in a comma-
                                                                                         delimited (csv) file
                                                                                         that is imported into
                                                                                         the EQR filing. Only
                                                                                         one record with the FR1
                                                                                         identifier may be
                                                                                         imported into an EQR
                                                                                         for a given quarter.
1..................  Filer Unique          X....................  FS (where    (Seller)--An identifier
                      Identifier.                                  ``'' is an   (e.g., ``FS1'',
                                                                   integer).             ``FS2'') used to
                                                                                         designate a record
                                                                                         containing Seller
                                                                                         identification
                                                                                         information in a comma-
                                                                                         delimited (csv) file
                                                                                         that is imported into
                                                                                         the EQR filing. One
                                                                                         record for each seller
                                                                                         company may be imported
                                                                                         into an EQR for a given
                                                                                         quarter.
1..................  Filer Unique          X....................  FA1.................  (Agent)--An identifier
                      Identifier.                                                        (i.e., ``FA1'') used to
                                                                                         designate a record
                                                                                         containing Agent
                                                                                         identification
                                                                                         information in a comma-
                                                                                         delimited (csv) file
                                                                                         that is imported into
                                                                                         the EQR filing. Only
                                                                                         one record with the FA1
                                                                                         identifier may be
                                                                                         imported into an EQR
                                                                                         for a given quarter.
2..................  Company Name........  X....................  Unrestricted text     (Respondent)--The name
                                                                   (100 characters).     of the company taking
                                                                                         responsibility for
                                                                                         complying with the
                                                                                         Commission's
                                                                                         regulations related to
                                                                                         the EQR.

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2..................  Company Name........  X....................  Unrestricted text     (Seller)--The name of
                                                                   (100 characters).     the company that is
                                                                                         authorized to make
                                                                                         sales as indicated in
                                                                                         the company's FERC
                                                                                         tariff(s). This name
                                                                                         may be the same as the
                                                                                         Company Name of the
                                                                                         Respondent.
2..................  Company Name........  X....................  Unrestricted text     (Agent)--The name of the
                                                                   (100 characters).     entity completing the
                                                                                         EQR filing. The Agent's
                                                                                         Company Name need not
                                                                                         be the name of the
                                                                                         company under
                                                                                         Commission
                                                                                         jurisdiction.
3..................  Company DUNS Number.  for Respondent and     Nine digit number...  The unique nine digit
                                            Seller.                                      number assigned by Dun
                                                                                         and Bradstreet to the
                                                                                         company identified in
                                                                                         Field Number 2.
4..................  Contact Name........  X....................  Unrestricted text     (Respondent)--Name of
                                                                   (50 characters).      the person at the
                                                                                         Respondent's company
                                                                                         taking responsibility
                                                                                         for compliance with the
                                                                                         Commission's EQR
                                                                                         regulations.
4..................  Contact Name........  X....................  Unrestricted text     (Seller)--The name of
                                                                   (50 characters).      the contact for the
                                                                                         company authorized to
                                                                                         make sales as indicated
                                                                                         in the company's FERC
                                                                                         tariff(s). This name
                                                                                         may be the same as the
                                                                                         Contact Name of the
                                                                                         Respondent.
4..................  Contact Name........  X....................  Unrestricted text     (Agent)--Name of the
                                                                   (50 characters).      contact for the Agent,
                                                                                         usually the person who
                                                                                         prepares the filing.
5..................  Contact Title.......  X....................  Unrestricted text     Title of contact
                                                                   (50 characters).      identified in Field
                                                                                         Number 4.
6..................  Contact Address.....  X....................  Unrestricted text...  Street address for
                                                                                         contact identified in
                                                                                         Field Number 4.
7..................  Contact City........  X....................  Unrestricted text     City for the contact
                                                                   (30 characters).      identified in Field
                                                                                         Number 4.
8..................  Contact State.......  X....................  Unrestricted text (2  Two character state or
                                                                   characters).          province abbreviations
                                                                                         for the contact
                                                                                         identified in Field
                                                                                         Number 4.
9..................  Contact Zip.........  X....................  Unrestricted text     Zip code for the contact
                                                                   (10 characters) CA--  identified in Field
                                                                   Canada, MX--Mexico.   Number 4.
10.................  Contact Country Name  X....................  US--United States,    Country (USA, Canada,
                                                                   UK--United Kingdom.   Mexico, or United
                                                                                         Kingdom) for contact
                                                                                         address identified in
                                                                                         Field Number 4.
11.................  Contact Phone.......  X....................  Unrestricted text     Phone number of contact
                                                                   (20 characters).      identified in Field
                                                                                         Number 4.
12.................  Contact E-Mail......  X....................  Unrestricted text...  E-mail address of
                                                                                         contact identified in
                                                                                         Field Number 4.
13.................  Filing Quarter......  X....................  YYYYMM..............  A six digit reference
                                                                                         number used by the EQR
                                                                                         software to indicate
                                                                                         the quarter and year of
                                                                                         the filing for the
                                                                                         purpose of importing
                                                                                         data from csv files.
                                                                                         The first 4 numbers
                                                                                         represent the year
                                                                                         (e.g., 2007). The last
                                                                                         2 numbers represent the
                                                                                         last month of the
                                                                                         quarter (e.g., 03 = 1st
                                                                                         quarter; 06 = 2nd
                                                                                         quarter, 09 = 3rd
                                                                                         quarter, 12 = 4th
                                                                                         quarter).
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                                                  Contract Data
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14.................  Contract Unique ID..  X....................  An integer preceded   An identifier beginning
                                                                   by the letter ``C''   with the letter ``C''
                                                                   (only used when       and followed by a
                                                                   importing contract    number (e.g., ``C1'',
                                                                   data).                ``C2'') used to
                                                                                         designate a record
                                                                                         containing contract
                                                                                         information in a comma-
                                                                                         delimited (csv) file
                                                                                         that is imported into
                                                                                         the EQR filing. One
                                                                                         record for each
                                                                                         contract product may be
                                                                                         imported into an EQR
                                                                                         for a given quarter.
15.................  Seller Company Name.  X....................  Unrestricted text     The name of the company
                                                                   (100 characters).     that is authorized to
                                                                                         make sales as indicated
                                                                                         in the company's FERC
                                                                                         tariff(s). This name
                                                                                         must match the name
                                                                                         provided as a Seller's
                                                                                         ``Company Name'' in
                                                                                         Field Number 2 of the
                                                                                         ID Data (Seller Data).
16.................  Customer Company      X....................  Unrestricted text     The name of the
                      Name.                                        (70 characters).      counterparty.
17.................  Customer DUNS Number  X....................  Nine digit number...  The unique nine digit
                                                                                         number assigned by Dun
                                                                                         and Bradstreet to the
                                                                                         company identified in
                                                                                         Field Number 16.
18.................  Contract Affiliate..  X....................  Y (Yes), N (No).....  The customer is an
                                                                                         affiliate if it
                                                                                         controls, is controlled
                                                                                         by or is under common
                                                                                         control with the
                                                                                         seller. This includes a
                                                                                         division that operates
                                                                                         as a functional unit. A
                                                                                         customer of a seller
                                                                                         who is an Exempt
                                                                                         Wholesale Generator may
                                                                                         be defined as an
                                                                                         affiliate under the
                                                                                         Public Utility Holding
                                                                                         Company Act and the
                                                                                         FPA.

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19.................  FERC Tariff           X....................  Unrestricted text     The FERC tariff
                      Reference.                                   (60 characters).      reference cites the
                                                                                         document that specifies
                                                                                         the terms and
                                                                                         conditions under which
                                                                                         a Seller is authorized
                                                                                         to make transmission
                                                                                         sales, power sales or
                                                                                         sales of related
                                                                                         jurisdictional services
                                                                                         at cost-based rates or
                                                                                         at market-based rates.
                                                                                         If the sales are market-
                                                                                         based, the tariff that
                                                                                         is specified in the
                                                                                         FERC order granting the
                                                                                         Seller Market Based
                                                                                         Rate Authority must be
                                                                                         listed.
20.................  Contract Service      X....................  Unrestricted text     Unique identifier given
                      Agreement ID.                                (30 characters).      to each service
                                                                                         agreement that can be
                                                                                         used by the filing
                                                                                         company to produce the
                                                                                         agreement, if
                                                                                         requested. The
                                                                                         identifier may be the
                                                                                         number assigned by FERC
                                                                                         for those service
                                                                                         agreements that have
                                                                                         been filed with and
                                                                                         accepted by the
                                                                                         Commission, or it may
                                                                                         be generated as part of
                                                                                         an internal
                                                                                         identification system.
21.................  Contract Execution    X....................  YYYYMMDD............  The date the contract
                      Date.                                                              was signed. If the
                                                                                         parties signed on
                                                                                         different dates, use
                                                                                         the most recent date
                                                                                         signed.
22.................  Commencement Date of  X....................  YYYYMMDD............  The date the terms of
                      Contract Terms.                                                    the contract reported
                                                                                         in fields 18, 23 and 25
                                                                                         through 45 (as defined
                                                                                         in the data dictionary)
                                                                                         became effective. If
                                                                                         those terms became
                                                                                         effective on multiple
                                                                                         dates (i.e.: due to one
                                                                                         or more amendments),
                                                                                         the date to be reported
                                                                                         in this field is the
                                                                                         date the most recent
                                                                                         amendment became
                                                                                         effective. If the
                                                                                         contract or the most
                                                                                         recent reported
                                                                                         amendment does not have
                                                                                         an effective date, the
                                                                                         date when service began
                                                                                         pursuant to the
                                                                                         contract or most recent
                                                                                         reported amendment may
                                                                                         be used. If the terms
                                                                                         reported in fields 18,
                                                                                         23 and 25 through 45
                                                                                         have not been amended
                                                                                         since January 1, 2009,
                                                                                         the initial date the
                                                                                         contract became
                                                                                         effective (or absent an
                                                                                         effective date the
                                                                                         initial date when
                                                                                         service began) may be
                                                                                         used.
23.................  Contract Termination  If specified in the    YYYYMMDD............  The date that the
                      Date.                 contract.                                    contract expires.
24.................  Actual Termination    If contract            YYYYMMDD............  The date the contract
                      Date.                 terminated.                                  actually terminates.
25.................  Extension Provision   X....................  Unrestricted text...  Description of terms
                      Description.                                                       that provide for the
                                                                                         continuation of the
                                                                                         contract.
26.................  Class Name..........  X....................  ....................  See definitions of each
                                                                                         class name below.
26.................  Class Name..........  X....................  F--Firm.............  For transmission sales,
                                                                                         a service or product
                                                                                         that always has
                                                                                         priority over non-firm
                                                                                         service. For power
                                                                                         sales, a service or
                                                                                         product that is not
                                                                                         interruptible for
                                                                                         economic reasons.
26.................  Class Name..........  X....................  NF--Non-firm........  For transmission sales,
                                                                                         a service that is
                                                                                         reserved and/or
                                                                                         scheduled on an as-
                                                                                         available basis and is
                                                                                         subject to curtailment
                                                                                         or interruption at a
                                                                                         lesser priority
                                                                                         compared to Firm
                                                                                         service. For an energy
                                                                                         sale, a service or
                                                                                         product for which
                                                                                         delivery or receipt of
                                                                                         the energy may be
                                                                                         interrupted for any
                                                                                         reason or no reason,
                                                                                         without liability on
                                                                                         the part of either the
                                                                                         buyer or seller.
26.................  Class Name..........  X....................  UP--Unit Power Sale.  Designates a dedicated
                                                                                         sale of energy and
                                                                                         capacity from one or
                                                                                         more than one specified
                                                                                         generation unit(s).
26.................  Class Name..........  X....................  N/A--Not Applicable.  To be used only when the
                                                                                         other available Class
                                                                                         Names do not apply.
27.................  Term Name...........  X....................  LT--Long Term, ST--   Contracts with durations
                                                                   Short Term, N/A--     of one year or greater
                                                                   Not Applicable.       are long-term.
                                                                                         Contracts with shorter
                                                                                         durations are short-
                                                                                         term.
28.................  Increment Name......  X....................  ....................  See definitions for each
                                                                                         increment below.
28.................  Increment Name......  X....................  H--Hourly...........  Terms of the contract
                                                                                         (if specifically noted
                                                                                         in the contract) set
                                                                                         for up to 6 consecutive
                                                                                         hours (<= 6 consecutive
                                                                                         hours).
28.................  Increment Name......  X....................  D--Daily............  Terms of the contract
                                                                                         (if specifically noted
                                                                                         in the contract) set
                                                                                         for more than 6 and up
                                                                                         to 60 consecutive hours
                                                                                         (> 6 and <= 60
                                                                                         consecutive hours).
28.................  Increment Name......  X....................  W--Weekly...........  Terms of the contract
                                                                                         (if specifically noted
                                                                                         in the contract) set
                                                                                         for over 60 consecutive
                                                                                         hours and up to 168
                                                                                         consecutive hours (> 60
                                                                                         and <= 168 consecutive
                                                                                         hours).

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28.................  Increment Name......  X....................  M--Monthly..........  Terms of the contract
                                                                                         (if specifically noted
                                                                                         in the contract) set
                                                                                         for more than 168
                                                                                         consecutive hours up
                                                                                         to, but not including,
                                                                                         one year (>168
                                                                                         consecutive hours and <
                                                                                         1 year).
28.................  Increment Name......  X....................  Y--Yearly...........  Terms of the contract
                                                                                         (if specifically noted
                                                                                         in the contract) set
                                                                                         for one year or more
                                                                                         (>= 1 year).
28.................  Increment Name......  X....................  N/A--Not Applicable.  Terms of the contract do
                                                                                         not specify an
                                                                                         increment.
29.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  ....................  See definitions for each
                      Name.                                                              increment peaking name
                                                                                         below.
29.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  FP--Full Period.....  The product described
                      Name.                                                              may be sold during
                                                                                         those hours designated
                                                                                         as on-peak and off-peak
                                                                                         in the NERC region of
                                                                                         the point of delivery.
29.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  OP--Off-Peak........  The product described
                      Name.                                                              may be sold only during
                                                                                         those hours designated
                                                                                         as off-peak in the NERC
                                                                                         region of the point of
                                                                                         delivery.
29.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  P--Peak.............  The product described
                      Name.                                                              may be sold only during
                                                                                         those hours designated
                                                                                         as on-peak in the NERC
                                                                                         region of the point of
                                                                                         delivery.
29.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  N/A--Not Applicable.  To be used only when the
                      Name.                                                              increment peaking name
                                                                                         is not specified in the
                                                                                         contract.
30.................  Product Type Name...  X....................  ....................  See definitions for each
                                                                                         product type below.
30.................  Product Type Name...  X....................  CB--Cost Based......  Energy or capacity sold
                                                                                         under a FERC-approved
                                                                                         cost-based rate tariff.
30.................  Product Type Name...  X....................  CR--Capacity          An agreement under which
                                                                   Reassignment.         a transmission provider
                                                                                         sells, assigns or
                                                                                         transfers all or
                                                                                         portion of its rights
                                                                                         to an eligible
                                                                                         customer.
30.................  Product Type Name...  X....................  MB--Market Based....  Energy or capacity sold
                                                                                         under the seller's FERC-
                                                                                         approved market-based
                                                                                         rate tariff.
30.................  Product Type Name...  X....................  T--Transmission.....  The product is sold
                                                                                         under a FERC-approved
                                                                                         transmission tariff.
30.................  Product Type Name...  X....................  Other...............  The product cannot be
                                                                                         characterized by the
                                                                                         other product type
                                                                                         names.
31.................  Product Name........  X....................  See Product Name      Description of product
                                                                   Table, Appendix A.    being offered.
32.................  Quantity............  If specified in the    Number with up to 4   Quantity for the
                                            contract.              decimals.             contract product
                                                                                         identified.
33.................  Units...............  If specified in the    See Units Table,      Measure stated in the
                                            contract.              Appendix E.           contract for the
                                                                                         product sold.
34.................  Rate................  One of four rate       Number with up to 4   The charge for the
                                            fields (34, 35, 36,    decimals.             product per unit as
                                            or 37) must be                               stated in the contract.
                                            included.
35.................  Rate Minimum........  One of four rate       Number with up to 4   Minimum rate to be
                                            fields (34, 35, 36,    decimals.             charged per the
                                            or 37) must be                               contract, if a range is
                                            included.                                    specified.
36.................  Rate Maximum........  One of four rate       Number with up to 4   Maximum rate to be
                                            fields (34, 35, 36,    decimals.             charged per the
                                            or 37) must be                               contract, if a range is
                                            included.                                    specified.

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37.................  Rate Description....  One of four rate       Unrestricted text...  Text description of
                                            fields (34, 35, 36,                          rate. If the rate is
                                            or 37) must be                               currently available on
                                            included.                                    the FERC Web site, a
                                                                                         citation of the FERC
                                                                                         Accession Number and
                                                                                         the relevant FERC
                                                                                         tariff including page
                                                                                         number or section may
                                                                                         be included instead of
                                                                                         providing the entire
                                                                                         rate algorithm. If the
                                                                                         rate is not available
                                                                                         on the FERC Web site,
                                                                                         include the rate
                                                                                         algorithm, if rate is
                                                                                         calculated. If the
                                                                                         algorithm would exceed
                                                                                         the 150 character field
                                                                                         limit, it may be
                                                                                         provided in a
                                                                                         descriptive summary
                                                                                         (including bases and
                                                                                         methods of
                                                                                         calculations) with a
                                                                                         detailed citation of
                                                                                         the relevant FERC
                                                                                         tariff including page
                                                                                         number and section. If
                                                                                         more than 150
                                                                                         characters are
                                                                                         required, the contract
                                                                                         product may be repeated
                                                                                         in a subsequent line of
                                                                                         data until the rate is
                                                                                         adequately described.
38.................  Rate Units..........  If specified in the    See Rate Units        Measure stated in the
                                            contract.              Table, Appendix F.    contract for the
                                                                                         product sold.
39.................  Point of Receipt      If specified in the    See Balancing         The registered NERC
                      Balancing Authority   contract.              Authority Table,      Balancing Authority
                      (PORBA).                                     Appendix B.           (formerly called NERC
                                                                                         Control Area) where
                                                                                         service begins for a
                                                                                         transmission or
                                                                                         transmission-related
                                                                                         jurisdictional sale.
                                                                                         The Balancing Authority
                                                                                         will be identified with
                                                                                         the abbreviation used
                                                                                         in OASIS applications.
                                                                                         If receipt occurs at a
                                                                                         trading hub specified
                                                                                         in the EQR software,
                                                                                         the term ``Hub'' should
                                                                                         be used.
40.................  Point of Receipt      If specified in the    Unrestricted text     The specific location at
                      Specific Location     contract.              (50 characters). If   which the product is
                      (PORSL).                                     ``HUB'' is selected   received if designated
                                                                   for PORCA, see Hub    in the contract. If
                                                                   Table, Appendix C.    receipt occurs at a
                                                                                         trading hub, a
                                                                                         standardized hub name
                                                                                         must be used. If more
                                                                                         points of receipt are
                                                                                         listed in the contract
                                                                                         than can fit into the
                                                                                         50 character space, a
                                                                                         description of the
                                                                                         collection of points
                                                                                         may be used. `Various,'
                                                                                         alone, is unacceptable
                                                                                         unless the contract
                                                                                         itself uses that
                                                                                         terminology.
41.................  Point of Delivery     If specified in the    See Balancing         The registered NERC
                      Balancing Authority   contract.              Authority Table,      Balancing Authority
                      (PODBA).                                     Appendix B.           (formerly called NERC
                                                                                         Control Area) where a
                                                                                         jurisdictional product
                                                                                         is delivered and/or
                                                                                         service ends for a
                                                                                         transmission or
                                                                                         transmission-related
                                                                                         jurisdictional sale.
                                                                                         The Balancing Authority
                                                                                         will be identified with
                                                                                         the abbreviation used
                                                                                         in OASIS applications.
                                                                                         If delivery occurs at
                                                                                         the interconnection of
                                                                                         two control areas, the
                                                                                         control area that the
                                                                                         product is entering
                                                                                         should be used. If
                                                                                         delivery occurs at a
                                                                                         trading hub specified
                                                                                         in the EQR software,
                                                                                         the term ``Hub'' should
                                                                                         be used.
42.................  Point of Delivery     If specified in the    Unrestricted text     The specific location at
                      Specific Location     contract.              (50 characters). If   which the product is
                      (PODSL).                                     ``HUB'' is selected   delivered if designated
                                                                   for PODCA, see Hub    in the contract. If
                                                                   Table, Appendix C.    receipt occurs at a
                                                                                         trading hub, a
                                                                                         standardized hub name
                                                                                         must be used.
43.................  Begin Date..........  If specified in the    YYYYMMDDHHMM........  First date for the sale
                                            contract.                                    of the product at the
                                                                                         rate specified.
44.................  End Date............  If specified in the    YYYYMMDDHHMM........  Last date for the sale
                                            contract.                                    of the product at the
                                                                                         rate specified.
45.................  Time Zone...........  X....................  See Time Zone Table,  The time zone in which
                                                                   Appendix D.           the sales will be made
                                                                                         under the contract.
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                                                Transaction Data
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46.................  Transaction Unique    X....................  An integer preceded   An identifier beginning
                      ID.                                          by the letter ``T''   with the letter ``T''
                                                                   (only used when       and followed by a
                                                                   importing             number (e.g., ``T1'',
                                                                   transaction data).    ``T2'') used to
                                                                                         designate a record
                                                                                         containing transaction
                                                                                         information in a comma-
                                                                                         delimited (csv) file
                                                                                         that is imported into
                                                                                         the EQR filing. One
                                                                                         record for each
                                                                                         transaction record may
                                                                                         be imported into an EQR
                                                                                         for a given quarter. A
                                                                                         new transaction record
                                                                                         must be used every time
                                                                                         a price changes in a
                                                                                         sale.

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47.................  Seller Company Name.  X....................  Unrestricted text     The name of the company
                                                                   (100 Characters).     that is authorized to
                                                                                         make sales as indicated
                                                                                         in the company's FERC
                                                                                         tariff(s). This name
                                                                                         must match the name
                                                                                         provided as a Seller's
                                                                                         ``Company Name'' in
                                                                                         Field 2 of the ID Data
                                                                                         (Seller Data).
48.................  Customer Company      X....................  Unrestricted text     The name of the
                      Name.                                        (70 Characters).      counterparty.
49.................  Customer DUNS Number  X....................  Nine digit number...  The unique nine digit
                                                                                         number assigned by Dun
                                                                                         and Bradstreet to the
                                                                                         counterparty to the
                                                                                         contract.
50.................  FERC Tariff           X....................  Unrestricted text     The FERC tariff
                      Reference.                                   (60 Characters).      reference cites the
                                                                                         document that specifies
                                                                                         the terms and
                                                                                         conditions under which
                                                                                         a Seller is authorized
                                                                                         to make transmission
                                                                                         sales, power sales or
                                                                                         sales of related
                                                                                         jurisdictional services
                                                                                         at cost-based rates or
                                                                                         at market-based rates.
                                                                                         If the sales are market-
                                                                                         based, the tariff that
                                                                                         is specified in the
                                                                                         FERC order granting the
                                                                                         Seller Market Based
                                                                                         Rate Authority must be
                                                                                         listed.
51.................  Contract Service      X....................  Unrestricted text     Unique identifier given
                      Agreement ID.                                (30 Characters).      to each service
                                                                                         agreement that can be
                                                                                         used by the filing
                                                                                         company to produce the
                                                                                         agreement, if
                                                                                         requested. The
                                                                                         identifier may be the
                                                                                         number assigned by FERC
                                                                                         for those service
                                                                                         agreements that have
                                                                                         been filed and approved
                                                                                         by the Commission, or
                                                                                         it may be generated as
                                                                                         part of an internal
                                                                                         identification system.
52.................  Transaction Unique    X....................  Unrestricted text     Unique reference number
                      Identifier.                                  (24 Characters).      assigned by the seller
                                                                                         for each transaction.
53.................  Transaction Begin     X....................  YYYYMMDDHHMM (csv     First date and time the
                      Date.                                        import),              product is sold during
                                                                   MMDDYYYYHHMM          the quarter.
                                                                   (manual entry).
54.................  Transaction End Date  X....................  YYYYMMDDHHMM (csv     Last date and time the
                                                                   import),              product is sold during
                                                                   MMDDYYYYHHMM          the quarter.
                                                                   (manual entry).
55.................  Time Zone...........  X....................  See Time Zone Table,  The time zone in which
                                                                   Appendix D.           the sales will be made
                                                                                         under the contract.
56.................  Point of Delivery     X....................  See Balancing         The registered NERC
                      Balancing Authority                          Authority Table,      Balancing Authority
                      (PODBA).                                     Appendix B.           (formerly called NERC
                                                                                         Control Area)
                                                                                         abbreviation used in
                                                                                         OASIS applications.
57.................  Point of Delivery     X....................  Unrestricted text     The specific location at
                      Specific Location                            (50 characters). If   which the product is
                      (PODSL).                                     ``HUB'' is selected   delivered. If receipt
                                                                   for PODBA, see Hub    occurs at a trading
                                                                   Table, Appendix C.    hub, a standardized hub
                                                                                         name must be used.
58.................  Class Name..........  X....................  ....................  See class name
                                                                                         definitions below.
58.................  Class Name..........  X....................  F--Firm.............  A sale, service or
                                                                                         product that is not
                                                                                         interruptible for
                                                                                         economic reasons.
58.................  Class Name..........  X....................  NF--Non-firm........  A sale for which
                                                                                         delivery or receipt of
                                                                                         the energy may be
                                                                                         interrupted for any
                                                                                         reason or no reason,
                                                                                         without liability on
                                                                                         the part of either the
                                                                                         buyer or seller.
58.................  Class Name..........  X....................  UP--Unit Power Sale.  Designates a dedicated
                                                                                         sale of energy and
                                                                                         capacity from one or
                                                                                         more than one specified
                                                                                         generation unit(s).
58.................  Class Name..........  X....................  BA--Billing           Designates an
                                                                   Adjustment.           incremental material
                                                                                         change to one or more
                                                                                         transactions due to a
                                                                                         change in settlement
                                                                                         results. ``BA'' may be
                                                                                         used in a refiling
                                                                                         after the next
                                                                                         quarter's filing is due
                                                                                         to reflect the receipt
                                                                                         of new information. It
                                                                                         may not be used to
                                                                                         correct an inaccurate
                                                                                         filing.
58.................  Class Name..........  X....................  N/A--Not Applicable.  To be used only when the
                                                                                         other available class
                                                                                         names do not apply.
59.................  Term Name...........  X....................  LT--Long Term, ST--   Power sales transactions
                                                                   Short Term, N/A--     with durations of one
                                                                   Not Applicable.       year or greater are
                                                                                         long-term. Transactions
                                                                                         with shorter durations
                                                                                         are short-term.
60.................  Increment Name......  X....................  ....................  See increment name
                                                                                         definitions below.
60.................  Increment Name......  X....................  H--Hourly...........  Terms of the particular
                                                                                         sale set for up to 6
                                                                                         consecutive hours (<= 6
                                                                                         consecutive hours).
                                                                                         Includes LMP based
                                                                                         sales in ISO/RTO
                                                                                         markets.
60.................  Increment Name......  X....................  D--Daily............  Terms of the particular
                                                                                         sale set for more than
                                                                                         6 and up to 60
                                                                                         consecutive hours (> 6
                                                                                         and <= 60 consecutive
                                                                                         hours). Includes sales
                                                                                         over a peak or off-peak
                                                                                         block during a single
                                                                                         day.

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60.................  Increment Name......  X....................  W--Weekly...........  Terms of the particular
                                                                                         sale set for over 60
                                                                                         consecutive hours and
                                                                                         up to 168 consecutive
                                                                                         hours (> 60 and <= 168
                                                                                         consecutive hours).
                                                                                         Includes sales for a
                                                                                         full week and sales for
                                                                                         peak and off-peak
                                                                                         blocks over a
                                                                                         particular week.
60.................  Increment Name......  X....................  M--Monthly..........  Terms of the particular
                                                                                         sale set for more than
                                                                                         168 consecutive hours
                                                                                         up to, but not
                                                                                         including, one year (>
                                                                                         168 consecutive hours
                                                                                         and < 1 year). Includes
                                                                                         sales for full month or
                                                                                         multi-week sales during
                                                                                         a given month.
60.................  Increment Name......  X....................  Y--Yearly...........  Terms of the particular
                                                                                         sale set for one year
                                                                                         or more (>= 1 year).
                                                                                         Includes all long-term
                                                                                         contracts with defined
                                                                                         pricing terms (fixed-
                                                                                         price, formula, or
                                                                                         index).
60.................  Increment Name......  X....................  N/A--Not Applicable.  To be used only when
                                                                                         other available
                                                                                         increment names do not
                                                                                         apply.
61.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  ....................  See definitions for
                      Name.                                                              increment peaking
                                                                                         below.
61.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  FP--Full Period.....  The product described
                      Name.                                                              was sold during Peak
                                                                                         and Off-Peak hours.
61.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  OP--Off-Peak........  The product described
                      Name.                                                              was sold only during
                                                                                         those hours designated
                                                                                         as off-peak in the NERC
                                                                                         region of the point of
                                                                                         delivery.
61.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  P--Peak.............  The product described
                      Name.                                                              was sold only during
                                                                                         those hours designated
                                                                                         as on-peak in the NERC
                                                                                         region of the point of
                                                                                         delivery.
61.................  Increment Peaking     X....................  N/A--Not Applicable.  To be used only when the
                      Name.                                                              other available
                                                                                         increment peaking names
                                                                                         do not apply.
62.................  Product Name........  X....................  See Product Names     Description of product
                                                                   Table, Appendix A.    being offered.
63.................  Transaction Quantity  X....................  Number with up to 4   The quantity of the
                                                                   decimals.             product in this
                                                                                         transaction.
64.................  Price...............  X....................  Number with up to 6   Actual price charged for
                                                                   decimals.             the product per unit.
                                                                                         The price reported
                                                                                         cannot be averaged or
                                                                                         otherwise aggregated.
65.................  Rate Units..........  X....................  See Rate Units        Measure appropriate to
                                                                   Table, Appendix F.    the price of the
                                                                                         product sold.
66.................  Total Transmission    X....................  Number with up to 2   Payments received for
                      Charge.                                      decimals.             transmission services
                                                                                         when explicitly
                                                                                         identified.
67.................  Total Transaction     X....................  Number with up to 2   Transaction Quantity
                      Charge.                                      decimals.             (Field 63) times Price
                                                                                         (Field 64) plus Total
                                                                                         Transmission Charge
                                                                                         (Field 66).
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                                               EQR Data Dictionary
                                           [Appendix A. Product Names]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Contract       Transaction
             Product name                  product          product                     Definition
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACK START SERVICE..................               X                X   Service available after a system-wide
                                                                          blackout where a generator
                                                                          participates in system restoration
                                                                          activities without the availability of
                                                                          an outside electric supply (Ancillary
                                                                          Service).
BOOKED OUT POWER.....................  ...............               X   Energy or capacity contractually
                                                                          committed bilaterally for delivery but
                                                                          not actually delivered due to some
                                                                          offsetting or countervailing trade
                                                                          (Transaction only).
CAPACITY.............................               X                X   A quantity of demand that is charged on
                                                                          a $/KW or $/MW basis.
CUSTOMER CHARGE......................               X                X   Fixed contractual charges assessed on a
                                                                          per customer basis that could include
                                                                          billing service.
DIRECT ASSIGNMENT FACILITIES CHARGE..               X   ...............  Charges for facilities or portions of
                                                                          facilities that are constructed or
                                                                          used for the sole use/benefit of a
                                                                          particular customer.
EMERGENCY ENERGY.....................               X   ...............  Contractual provisions to supply energy
                                                                          or capacity to another entity during
                                                                          critical situations.
ENERGY...............................               X                X   A quantity of electricity that is sold
                                                                          or transmitted over a period of time.
ENERGY IMBALANCE.....................               X                X   Service provided when a difference
                                                                          occurs between the scheduled and the
                                                                          actual delivery of energy to a load
                                                                          obligation (Ancillary Service). For
                                                                          Contracts, reported if the contract
                                                                          provides for sale of the product. For
                                                                          Transactions, sales by third-party
                                                                          providers (i.e., non-transmission
                                                                          function) are reported.
EXCHANGE.............................               X                X   Transaction whereby the receiver
                                                                          accepts delivery of energy for a
                                                                          supplier's account and returns energy
                                                                          at times, rates, and in amounts as
                                                                          mutually agreed if the receiver is not
                                                                          an RTO/ISO.
FUEL CHARGE..........................               X                X   Charge based on the cost or amount of
                                                                          fuel used for generation.

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GENERATOR IMBALANCE..................               X                X   Service provided when a difference
                                                                          occurs between the output of a
                                                                          generator located in the Transmission
                                                                          Provider's Control Area and a delivery
                                                                          schedule from that generator to (1)
                                                                          another Control Area or (2) a load
                                                                          within the Transmission Provider's
                                                                          Control Area over a single hour
                                                                          (Ancillary Service). For Contracts,
                                                                          reported if the contract provides for
                                                                          sale of the product. For Transactions,
                                                                          sales by third-party providers (i.e.,
                                                                          non-transmission function) are
                                                                          reported.
GRANDFATHERED BUNDLED................               X                X   Services provided for bundled
                                                                          transmission, ancillary services and
                                                                          energy under contracts effective prior
                                                                          to Order No. 888's OATTs.
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT............               X   ...............  Contract that provides the terms and
                                                                          conditions for a generator,
                                                                          distribution system owner,
                                                                          transmission owner, transmission
                                                                          provider, or transmission system to
                                                                          physically connect to a transmission
                                                                          system or distribution system.
MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT.................               X   ...............  Agreement to participate and be subject
                                                                          to rules of a system operator.
MUST RUN AGREEMENT...................               X   ...............  An agreement that requires a unit to
                                                                          run.
NEGOTIATED-RATE TRANSMISSION.........               X                X   Transmission performed under a
                                                                          negotiated rate contract (applies only
                                                                          to merchant transmission companies).
NETWORK..............................               X   ...............  Transmission service under contract
                                                                          providing network service.
NETWORK OPERATING AGREEMENT..........               X   ...............  An executed agreement that contains the
                                                                          terms and conditions under which a
                                                                          network customer operates its
                                                                          facilities and the technical and
                                                                          operational matters associated with
                                                                          the implementation of network
                                                                          integration transmission service.
OTHER................................               X                X   Product name not otherwise included.
POINT-TO-POINT AGREEMENT.............               X   ...............  Transmission service under contract
                                                                          between specified Points of Receipt
                                                                          and Delivery.
REACTIVE SUPPLY & VOLTAGE CONTROL....               X                X   Production or absorption of reactive
                                                                          power to maintain voltage levels on
                                                                          transmission systems (Ancillary
                                                                          Service).
REAL POWER TRANSMISSION LOSS.........               X                X   The loss of energy, resulting from
                                                                          transporting power over a transmission
                                                                          system.
REGULATION & FREQUENCY RESPONSE......               X                X   Service providing for continuous
                                                                          balancing of resources (generation and
                                                                          interchange) with load, and for
                                                                          maintaining scheduled interconnection
                                                                          frequency by committing on-line
                                                                          generation where output is raised or
                                                                          lowered and by other non-generation
                                                                          resources capable of providing this
                                                                          service as necessary to follow the
                                                                          moment-by-moment changes in load
                                                                          (Ancillary Service). For Contracts,
                                                                          reported if the contract provides for
                                                                          sale of the product. For Transactions,
                                                                          sales by third-party providers (i.e.,
                                                                          non-transmission function) are
                                                                          reported.
REQUIREMENTS SERVICE.................               X                X   Firm, load-following power supply
                                                                          necessary to serve a specified share
                                                                          of customer's aggregate load during
                                                                          the term of the agreement.
                                                                          Requirements service may include some
                                                                          or all of the energy, capacity and
                                                                          ancillary service products. (If the
                                                                          components of the requirements service
                                                                          are priced separately, they should be
                                                                          reported separately in the
                                                                          transactions tab.)
SCHEDULE SYSTEM CONTROL & DISPATCH...               X                X   Scheduling, confirming and implementing
                                                                          an interchange schedule with other
                                                                          Balancing Authorities, including
                                                                          intermediary Balancing Authorities
                                                                          providing transmission service, and
                                                                          ensuring operational security during
                                                                          the interchange transaction (Ancillary
                                                                          Service).
SPINNING RESERVE.....................               X                X   Unloaded synchronized generating
                                                                          capacity that is immediately
                                                                          responsive to system frequency and
                                                                          that is capable of being loaded in a
                                                                          short time period or non-generation
                                                                          resources capable of providing this
                                                                          service (Ancillary Service). For
                                                                          Contracts, reported if the contract
                                                                          provides for sale of the product. For
                                                                          Transactions, sales by third-party
                                                                          providers (i.e., non-transmission
                                                                          function) are reported.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESERVE.................               X                X   Service needed to serve load in the
                                                                          event of a system contingency,
                                                                          available with greater delay than
                                                                          SPINNING RESERVE. This service may be
                                                                          provided by generating units that are
                                                                          on-line but unloaded, by quick-start
                                                                          generation, or by interruptible load
                                                                          or other non-generation resources
                                                                          capable of providing this service
                                                                          (Ancillary Service). For Contracts,
                                                                          reported if the contract provides for
                                                                          sale of the product. For Transactions,
                                                                          sales by third-party providers (i.e.,
                                                                          non-transmission function) are
                                                                          reported.
SYSTEM OPERATING AGREEMENTS..........               X   ...............  An executed agreement that contains the
                                                                          terms and conditions under which a
                                                                          system or network customer shall
                                                                          operate its facilities and the
                                                                          technical and operational matters
                                                                          associated with the implementation of
                                                                          network.
TOLLING ENERGY.......................               X                X   Energy sold from a plant whereby the
                                                                          buyer provides fuel to a generator
                                                                          (seller) and receives power in return
                                                                          for pre-established fees.
TRANSMISSION OWNERS AGREEMENT........               X   ...............  The agreement that establishes the
                                                                          terms and conditions under which a
                                                                          transmission owner transfers
                                                                          operational control over designated
                                                                          transmission facilities.
UPLIFT...............................               X                X   A make-whole payment by an RTO/ISO to a
                                                                          utility.
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                                               EQR Data Dictionary
                                        [Appendix B. Balancing Authority]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Balancing authority                                 Abbreviation                    Outside US *
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AESC, LLC--Wheatland CIN........................  AEWC.........................................  ...............
Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc...............  AEC..........................................  ...............
Alberta Electric System Operator................  AESO.........................................               X
Alliant Energy Corporate Services, LLC--East....  ALTE.........................................  ...............
Alliant Energy Corporate Services, LLC--West....  ALTW.........................................  ...............
Ameren Transmission.............................  AMRN.........................................  ...............
Ameren Transmission, Illinois...................  AMIL.........................................  ...............
Ameren Transmission, Missouri...................  AMMO.........................................  ...............
American Transmission Systems, Inc..............  FE...........................................  ...............
Aquila Networks--Kansas.........................  WPEK.........................................  ...............
Aquila Networks--Missouri Public Service........  MPS..........................................  ...............
Aquila Networks--West Plains Dispatch...........  WPEC.........................................  ...............
Arizona Public Service Company..................  AZPS.........................................  ...............
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc............  AECI.........................................  ...............
Avista Corp.....................................  AVA..........................................  ...............
Batesville Balancing Authority..................  BBA..........................................  ...............
Big Rivers Electric Corp........................  BREC.........................................  ...............
Board of Public Utilities.......................  KACY.........................................  ...............
Bonneville Power Administration Transmission....  BPAT.........................................  ...............
British Columbia Transmission Corporation.......  BCTC.........................................               X
California Independent System Operator..........  CISO.........................................  ...............
Carolina Power & Light Company--CPLW............  CPLW.........................................  ...............
Carolina Power and Light Company--East..........  CPLE.........................................  ...............
Central and Southwest...........................  CSWS.........................................  ...............
Central Illinois Light Co.......................  CILC.........................................  ...............
Chelan County PUD...............................  CHPD.........................................  ...............
Cinergy Corporation.............................  CIN..........................................  ...............
City of Homestead...............................  HST..........................................  ...............
City of Independence P&L Dept...................  INDN.........................................  ...............
City of Tallahassee.............................  TAL..........................................  ...............
City Water Light & Power........................  CWLP.........................................  ...............
Cleco Power LLC.................................  CLEC.........................................  ...............
Columbia Water & Light..........................  CWLD.........................................  ...............
Comision Federal de Electricidad................  CFE..........................................               X
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--       PUPP.........................................  ...............
 Arkansas.
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--City   BUBA.........................................  ...............
 of Benton, AR.
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--City   DERS.........................................  ...............
 of Ruston, LA.
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--       CNWY.........................................  ...............
 Conway, Arkansas.
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--Gila   GRMA.........................................  ...............
 River.
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--       HGMA.........................................  ...............
 Harquehala.
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--North  DENL.........................................  ...............
 Little Rock, AK.
Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch--West   WMUC.........................................  ...............
 Memphis, Arkansas.
Dairyland Power Cooperative.....................  DPC..........................................  ...............
DECA, LLC--Arlington Valley.....................  DEAA.........................................  ...............
Duke Energy Corporation.........................  DUK..........................................  ...............
East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc............  EKPC.........................................  ...............
El Paso Electric................................  EPE..........................................  ...............
Electric Energy, Inc............................  EEI..........................................  ...............
Empire District Electric Co., The...............  EDE..........................................  ...............
Entergy.........................................  EES..........................................  ...............
ERCOT ISO.......................................  ERCO.........................................  ...............
Florida Municipal Power Pool....................  FMPP.........................................  ...............
Florida Power & Light...........................  FPL..........................................  ...............
Florida Power Corporation.......................  FPC..........................................  ...............
Gainesville Regional Utilities..................  GVL..........................................  ...............
Georgia System Operations Corporation...........  GSOC.........................................  ...............
Georgia Transmission Corporation................  GTC..........................................  ...............
Grand River Dam Authority.......................  GRDA.........................................  ...............
Grant County PUD No. 2..........................  GCPD.........................................  ...............
Great River Energy..............................  GRE..........................................  ...............
Great River Energy..............................  GREC.........................................  ...............
Great River Energy..............................  GREN.........................................  ...............
Great River Energy..............................  GRES.........................................  ...............
GridAmerica.....................................  GA...........................................  ...............
Hoosier Energy..................................  HE...........................................  ...............
Hydro-Quebec, TransEnergie......................  HQT..........................................               X
Idaho Power Company.............................  IPCO.........................................  ...............
Illinois Power Co...............................  IP...........................................  ...............
Illinois Power Co...............................  IPRV.........................................  ...............
Imperial Irrigation District....................  IID..........................................  ...............
Indianapolis Power & Light Company..............  IPL..........................................  ...............

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ISO New England Inc.............................  ISNE.........................................  ...............
JEA.............................................  JEA..........................................  ...............
Kansas City Power & Light Co....................  KCPL.........................................  ...............
Lafayette Utilities System......................  LAFA.........................................  ...............
LG&E Energy Transmission Services...............  LGEE.........................................  ...............
Lincoln Electric System.........................  LES..........................................  ...............
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.......  LDWP.........................................  ...............
Louisiana Energy & Power Authority..............  LEPA.........................................  ...............
Louisiana Generating, LLC.......................  LAGN.........................................  ...............
Madison Gas and Electric Company................  MGE..........................................  ...............
Manitoba Hydro Electric Board, Transmission       MHEB.........................................               X
 Services.
Michigan Electric Coordinated System............  MECS.........................................  ...............
Michigan Electric Coordinated System--CONS......  CONS.........................................  ...............
Michigan Electric Coordinated System--DECO......  DECO.........................................  ...............
MidAmerican Energy Company......................  MEC..........................................  ...............
Midwest ISO.....................................  MISO.........................................  ...............
Minnesota Power, Inc............................  MP...........................................  ...............
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.....................  MDU..........................................  ...............
Muscatine Power and Water.......................  MPW..........................................  ...............
Nebraska Public Power District..................  NPPD.........................................  ...............
Nevada Power Company............................  NEVP.........................................  ...............
New Brunswick Power Corporation.................  NBPC.........................................               X
New Horizons Electric Cooperative...............  NHC1.........................................  ...............
New York Independent System Operator............  NYIS.........................................  ...............
North American Electric Reliability Council.....  TEST.........................................  ...............
Northern Indiana Public Service Company.........  NIPS.........................................  ...............
Northern States Power Company...................  NSP..........................................  ...............
NorthWestern Energy.............................  NWMT.........................................  ...............
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation................  OVEC.........................................  ...............
Oklahoma Gas and Electric.......................  OKGE.........................................  ...............
Ontario--Independent Electricity Market Operator  IMO..........................................               X
OPPD CA/TP......................................  OPPD.........................................  ...............
Otter Tail Power Company........................  OTP..........................................  ...............
P.U.D. No. 1 of Douglas County..................  DOPD.........................................  ...............
PacifiCorp-East.................................  PACE.........................................  ...............
PacifiCorp-West.................................  PACW.........................................  ...............
PJM Interconnection.............................  PJM..........................................  ...............
Portland General Electric.......................  PGE..........................................  ...............
Public Service Company of Colorado..............  PSCO.........................................  ...............
Public Service Company of New Mexico............  PNM..........................................  ...............
Puget Sound Energy Transmission.................  PSEI.........................................  ...............
Reedy Creek Improvement District................  RC...........................................  ...............
Sacramento Municipal Utility District...........  SMUD.........................................  ...............
Salt River Project..............................  SRP..........................................  ...............
Santee Cooper...................................  SC...........................................  ...............
SaskPower Grid Control Centre...................  SPC..........................................               X
Seattle City Light..............................  SCL..........................................  ...............
Seminole Electric Cooperative...................  SEC..........................................  ...............
Sierra Pacific Power Co.--Transmission..........  SPPC.........................................  ...............
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company...........  SCEG.........................................  ...............
South Mississippi Electric Power Association....  SME..........................................  ...............
South Mississippi Electric Power Association....  SMEE.........................................  ...............
Southeastern Power Administration--Hartwell.....  SEHA.........................................  ...............
Southeastern Power Administration--Russell......  SERU.........................................  ...............
Southeastern Power Administration--Thurmond.....  SETH.........................................  ...............
Southern Company Services, Inc..................  SOCO.........................................  ...............
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative.............  SIPC.........................................  ...............
Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co..............  SIGE.........................................  ...............
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency.......  SMP..........................................  ...............
Southwest Power Pool............................  SWPP.........................................  ...............
Southwestern Power Administration...............  SPA..........................................  ...............
Southwestern Public Service Company.............  SPS..........................................  ...............
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation............  SECI.........................................  ...............
Tacoma Power....................................  TPWR.........................................  ...............
Tampa Electric Company..........................  TEC..........................................  ...............
Tennessee Valley Authority ESO..................  TVA..........................................  ...............
Trading Hub.....................................  HUB..........................................  ...............
TRANSLink Management Company....................  TLKN.........................................  ...............
Tucson Electric Power Company...................  TEPC.........................................  ...............
Turlock Irrigation District.....................  TIDC.........................................  ...............
Upper Peninsula Power Co........................  UPPC.........................................  ...............

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Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach..  NSB..........................................  ...............
Westar Energy--MoPEP Cities.....................  MOWR.........................................  ...............
Western Area Power Administration--Colorado-      WACM.........................................  ...............
 Missouri.
Western Area Power Administration--Lower          WALC.........................................  ...............
 Colorado.
Western Area Power Administration--Upper Great    WAUE.........................................  ...............
 Plains East.
Western Area Power Administration--Upper Great    WAUW.........................................  ...............
 Plains West.
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative............  WFEC.........................................  ...............
Western Resources dba Westar Energy.............  WR...........................................  ...............
Wisconsin Energy Corporation....................  WEC..........................................  ...............
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation............  WPS..........................................  ...............
Yadkin, Inc.....................................  YAD..........................................  ...............
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* Balancing authorities outside the United States may only be used in the Contract Data section to identify
  specified receipt/delivery points in jurisdictional transmission contracts.


                           EQR Data Dictionary
                            [Appendix C. Hub]
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             HUB                               Definition
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ADHUB........................  The aggregated Locational Marginal Price
                                (``LMP'') nodes defined by PJM
                                Interconnection, LLC as the AEP/Dayton
                                Hub.
AEPGenHub....................  The aggregated Locational Marginal Price
                                (``LMP'') nodes defined by PJM
                                Interconnection, LLC as the AEPGenHub.
COB..........................  The set of delivery points along the
                                California-Oregon commonly identified as
                                and agreed to by the counterparties to
                                constitute the COB Hub.
Cinergy (into)...............  The set of delivery points commonly
                                identified as and agreed to by the
                                counterparties to constitute delivery
                                into the Cinergy balancing authority.
Cinergy Hub (MISO)...........  The aggregated Elemental Pricing nodes
                                (``Epnodes'') defined by the Midwest
                                Independent Transmission System
                                Operator, Inc., as Cinergy Hub (MISO).
Entergy (into)...............  The set of delivery points commonly
                                identified as and agreed to by the
                                counterparties to constitute delivery
                                into the Entergy balancing authority.
FE Hub.......................  The aggregated Elemental Pricing nodes
                                (``Epnodes'') defined by the Midwest
                                Independent Transmission System
                                Operator, Inc., as FE Hub (MISO).
Four Corners.................  The set of delivery points at the Four
                                Corners power plant commonly identified
                                as and agreed to by the counterparties
                                to constitute the Four Corners Hub.
Illinois Hub (MISO)..........  The aggregated Elemental Pricing nodes
                                (``Epnodes'') defined by the Midwest
                                Independent Transmission System
                                Operator, Inc., as Illinois Hub (MISO).
Mead.........................  The set of delivery points at or near
                                Hoover Dam commonly identified as and
                                agreed to by the counterparties to
                                constitute the Mead Hub.
Michigan Hub (MISO)..........  The aggregated Elemental Pricing nodes
                                (``Epnodes'') defined by the Midwest
                                Independent Transmission System
                                Operator, Inc., as Michigan Hub (MISO).
Mid-Columbia (Mid-C).........  The set of delivery points along the
                                Columbia River commonly identified as
                                and agreed to by the counterparties to
                                constitute the Mid-Columbia Hub.
Minnesota Hub (MISO).........  The aggregated Elemental Pricing nodes
                                (``Epnodes'') defined by the Midwest
                                Independent Transmission System
                                Operator, Inc., as Minnesota Hub (MISO).
NEPOOL (Mass Hub)............  The aggregated Locational Marginal Price
                                (``LMP'') nodes defined by ISO New
                                England Inc., as Mass Hub.
NIHUB........................  The aggregated Locational Marginal Price
                                (``LMP'') nodes defined by PJM
                                Interconnection, LLC as the Northern
                                Illinois Hub.
NOB..........................  The set of delivery points along the
                                Nevada-Oregon border commonly identified
                                as and agreed to by the counterparties
                                to constitute the NOB Hub.
NP15.........................  The set of delivery points north of Path
                                15 on the California transmission grid
                                commonly identified as and agreed to by
                                the counterparties to constitute the
                                NP15 Hub.
NWMT.........................  The set of delivery points commonly
                                identified as and agreed to by the
                                counterparties to constitute delivery
                                into the Northwestern Energy Montana
                                balancing authority.
PJM East Hub.................  The aggregated Locational Marginal Price
                                nodes (``LMP'') defined by PJM
                                Interconnection, LLC as the PJM East
                                Hub.
PJM South Hub................  The aggregated Locational Marginal Price
                                (``LMP'') nodes defined by PJM
                                Interconnection, LLC as the PJM South
                                Hub.
PJM West Hub.................  The aggregated Locational Marginal Price
                                (``LMP'') nodes defined by PJM
                                Interconnection, LLC as the PJM Western
                                Hub.
Palo Verde...................  The switch yard at the Palo Verde nuclear
                                power station west of Phoenix in
                                Arizona. Palo Verde Hub includes the
                                Hassayampa switchyard 2 miles south of
                                Palo Verde.
SOCO (into)..................  The set of delivery points commonly
                                identified as and agreed to by the
                                counterparties to constitute delivery
                                into the Southern Company balancing
                                authority.
SP15.........................  The set of delivery points south of Path
                                15 on the California transmission grid
                                commonly identified as and agreed to by
                                the counterparties to constitute the
                                SP15 Hub.
TVA (into)...................  The set of delivery points commonly
                                identified as and agreed to by the
                                counterparties to constitute delivery
                                into the Tennessee Valley Authority
                                balancing authority.

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ZP26.........................  The set of delivery points associated
                                with Path 26 on the California
                                transmission grid commonly identified as
                                and agreed to by the counterparties to
                                constitute the ZP26 Hub.
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                           EQR Data Dictionary
                          Appendix D. Time Zone
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               Time zone                           Definition
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AD....................................  Atlantic Daylight.
AP....................................  Atlantic Prevailing.
AS....................................  Atlantic Standard.
CD....................................  Central Daylight.
CP....................................  Central Prevailing.
CS....................................  Central Standard.
ED....................................  Eastern Daylight.
EP....................................  Eastern Prevailing.
ES....................................  Eastern Standard.
MD....................................  Mountain Daylight.
MP....................................  Mountain Prevailing.
MS....................................  Mountain Standard.
NA....................................  Not Applicable.
PD....................................  Pacific Daylight.
PP....................................  Pacific Prevailing.
PS....................................  Pacific Standard.
UT....................................  Universal Time.
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                           EQR Data Dictionary
                            Appendix E. Units
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                 Units                             Definition
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KV....................................  Kilovolt.
KVA...................................  Kilovolt Amperes.
KVR...................................  Kilovar.
KW....................................  Kilowatt.
KWH...................................  Kilowatt Hour.
KW-DAY................................  Kilowatt Day.
KW-MO.................................  Kilowatt Month.
KW-WK.................................  Kilowatt Week.
KW-YR.................................  Kilowatt Year.
MVAR-YR...............................  Megavar Year.
MW....................................  Megawatt.
MWH...................................  Megawatt Hour.
MW-DAY................................  Megawatt Day.
MW-MO.................................  Megawatt Month.
MW-WK.................................  Megawatt Week.
MW-YR.................................  Megawatt Year.
RKVA..................................  Reactive Kilovolt Amperes.
FLAT RATE.............................  Flat Rate.
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                           EQR Data Dictionary
                         Appendix F. Rate Units
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              Rate units                           Definition
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$/KV..................................  dollars per kilovolt.
$/KVA.................................  dollars per kilovolt amperes.
$/KVR.................................  dollars per kilovar.
$/KW..................................  dollars per kilowatt.
$/KWH.................................  dollars per kilowatt hour.
$/KW-DAY..............................  dollars per kilowatt day.
$/KW-MO...............................  dollars per kilowatt month.
$/KW-WK...............................  dollars per kilowatt week.
$/KW-YR...............................  dollars per kilowatt year.
$/MW..................................  dollars per megawatt.
$/MWH.................................  dollars per megawatt hour.
$/MW-DAY..............................  dollars per megawatt day.
$/MW-MO...............................  dollars per megawatt month.
$/MW-WK...............................  dollars per megawatt week.
$/MW-YR...............................  dollars per megawatt year.
$/MVAR-YR.............................  dollars per megavar year.
$/RKVA................................  dollars per reactive kilovar
                                         amperes.
CENTS.................................  cents.
CENTS/KVR.............................  cents per kilovolt amperes.
CENTS/KWH.............................  cents per kilowatt hour.
FLAT RATE.............................  rate not specified in any other
                                         units.
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 [FR Doc. E8-26209 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P