[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49637-49638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17857]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM16-17-000]


Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based 
Rate Purposes; Notice of the Technical Workshop on the Draft Data 
Dictionary Attached to the Data Collection for Analytics and 
Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking

    The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Data Collection for Analytics 
and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes (NOPR) issued today in 
Docket No. RM16-17 proposes to revise the Commission's regulations to 
collect certain data for analytics and surveillance purposes from 
market-based rate (MBR) sellers and entities trading virtual products 
or holding financial transmission rights and to change certain aspects 
of the substance and format of information submitted for MBR 
purposes.\1\ In the NOPR, the Commission also states that a data 
dictionary posted to the Commission's Web site would define the 
framework to be followed by users in submitting information for 
inclusion in the relational database and that staff will hold technical 
workshops on the data dictionary and the submittal process.\2\ This 
notice announces a technical workshop to review the draft data 
dictionary attached to the NOPR.
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    \1\ Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-
Based Rate Purposes, 156 FERC ]61, 045 (2016).
    \2\ Id. at P 15.
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    All interested parties are invited to attend. The workshop will be 
held in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
at FERC headquarters in the Commission Meeting Room, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC. For those unable to attend in person, access to 
the workshop sessions will be available by webcast.
    The workshop is intended to provide a forum for interactive, 
detailed discussion of the elements contained in the sample data 
dictionary. Commission staff will lead the workshop. The agenda for the 
workshop is attached. Notes from the workshop will be posted on 
FERC.gov.
    Due to the detailed, substantive nature of the subject matter, 
parties interested in actively participating in the discussion are 
encouraged to attend in person. All interested parties (whether 
attending in person or via webcast) are asked to register online at 
https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/08-11-16-form.asp. There is 
no registration fee.
    Those wishing to actively participate in the discussion by 
telephone during the workshop should send a request for a telephone 
line to [email protected] by close of business on Friday, August 
5th, with the subject line: RM16-17 NOPR Workshop Teleconference 
Request.
    Commission workshops are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an email to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY); or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.

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    For additional information, please contact David Pierce of FERC's 
Office of Enforcement at (202) 502-6454 or send an email to [email protected].

    Dated: July 21, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-17857 Filed 7-27-16; 8:45 am]
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