[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 57 (Friday, March 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16203-16204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06255]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM16-17-000; RM16-17-001]


Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based 
Rate Purposes; Supplemental Notice of Technical Workshop

    As first announced in the Notice of Technical Workshop issued in 
this proceeding on February 25, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) will convene a staff-led technical workshop in 
the above-referenced proceeding. The technical workshop will now be 
held on April 22, 2021, approximately from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
(ET), which is a change in the date set by the prior notice. The 
technical workshop will still be held electronically.
    This workshop will discuss the timelines, functionalities, and 
features of the relational database through which the Commission will 
begin collecting certain market-based rate (MBR) information in 
accordance with Order No. 860 (MBR Database).\1\ This workshop will 
provide a forum for dialogue between Commission staff and interested 
entities to discuss the general features of the MBR Database and the 
process for submitting information into this database through the MBR 
Portal. For reference, interested entities can access the MBR Database 
at https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/. Attached to this Supplemental Notice is an 
agenda for the technical workshop.
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    \1\ Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-
Based Rate Purposes, Order No. 860, 168 FERC ] 61,039 (2019), order 
on reh'g, Order No. 860-A, 170 FERC ] 61,129 (2020).
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    There is no fee for attendance, and the workshop is open for the 
public to attend electronically via Webex. Individuals must register to 
attend the workshop. Individuals who are interested in registering for 
and attending the workshop can do so here: https://ferc.webex.com/ferc/j.php?MTID=e6dd18def200b281ff165e57325102ee0.
    For more information about this technical workshop, please contact:


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Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, 
(202) 502-8004, [email protected].
Ryan Stertz (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market 
Regulation, (202) 502-6473, [email protected].

    Dated: March 19, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

Staff-Led Technical Workshop on the MBR Database

Docket Nos. RM16-17-000 and RM16-17-001

April 22, 2021
Agenda
10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Topic 1--Timelines and Transitions to the 
Database
    1. Review common terms and definitions used when interfacing with 
the MBR Portal
    2. Provide greater detail about filing and submission timelines in 
light of recent Commission issuances
    3. How to reference submissions made to the MBR Portal in filings
    4. How to reference asset appendices in filings
    5. Overview of differences in requirements for the XML submissions 
to the MBR Portal and the filing requirements
11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Break
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Topic 2--Overview of MBR Portal and the 
Submission Process
    1. General walk-through of the MBR Portal
    2. How to find and create identifiers
    3. Review available resources such as lookup tables and available 
documentation
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.: Lunch Break
1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Topic 3--Submission Examples
    1. How to make test submissions when the MBR Database goes live
    2. Examples of successful submissions
    3. Examples of failed submissions and troubleshooting error 
messages
1:45 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Break
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Topic 4--Reports and Downloading Information
    1. Overview of interacting with the submitted data in the MBR 
Portal
    2. Instruction of how to use the report functionalities
    3. How to verify submission data by reviewing exported information
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks and Final Questions

[FR Doc. 2021-06255 Filed 3-25-21; 8:45 am]
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