[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 49591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17856]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 35

[Docket No. RM16-3-000]


Ownership Information in Market-Based Rate Filings; Withdrawal

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of proposed rulemaking and termination of 
rulemaking proceeding.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is 
withdrawing its proposal to amend its regulations to clarify the scope 
of ownership information that sellers seeking to obtain or retain 
market-based rate authority must provide. The Commission is also 
concurrently issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Docket No. 
RM16-17-000, which supersedes this proposal.

DATES: The notice of proposed rulemaking published on December 24, 
2015, at 80 FR 80302, is withdrawn as of July 28, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Ashley Dougherty (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market 
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8851, [email protected].

Laura Chipkin (Legal Information), Office of General Counsel, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-8615, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    1. On December 17, 2015, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NOPR) in this proceeding.\1\ For the reasons set forth 
below, we are exercising our discretion to withdraw the NOPR and 
terminate this rulemaking proceeding.
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    \1\ Ownership Information in Market-Based Rate Filings, FERC 
Stats & Regs. ] 32,713 (2015).
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    2. In the NOPR, the Commission proposed to amend its regulations to 
clarify the scope of ownership information that sellers seeking to 
obtain or retain market-based rate authority must provide. The 
Commission has since developed a new proposal, as reflected in a 
concurrently issued NOPR (Data Collection NOPR),\2\ to streamline and 
consolidate the collection of market-based rate (MBR) information with 
new information proposed to be collected for analytics and surveillance 
purposes. Among other things, in the Data Collection NOPR, the 
Commission proposes to change certain aspects of the substance and 
format of information submitted for MBR purposes, thereby superseding 
the proposed clarifications in the instant NOPR.
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    \2\ Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-
Based Rate Purposes, 156 FERC ] 61,045 (2016).
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    3. The Commission therefore withdraws the NOPR and terminates this 
rulemaking proceeding.

    By the Commission.

    Issued: July 21, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-17856 Filed 7-27-16; 8:45 am]
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