[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Part LIII



Federal Energy Regulatory Commission



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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC)                            


  



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Ch. I

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with guidance issued by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voluntarily 
submits information about rulemakings under development. Of the 15 
rulemakings listed, 11 are current or projected rulemakings, and 4 are 
completed actions.

DATES: The dates provided represent goals, not commitments, and may be 
revised due to shifts in workload, changes in priorities, or extensive 
public comments. See the various dates listed for each specific 
rulemaking.

ADDRESSES: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Person listed for each specific 
rulemaking.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

                                                Long-Term Actions                                               
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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4267        Administrative Determination of Full Avoided Costs, Sales of Power to Qualifying                    
            Facilities and Interconnection Facilities.............................................    1902-AB00 
4268        Revisions to the Certification Statement and Regulations and to the Basic Financial                 
            Statements of FERC Annual Reports for Electric Utilities and Licensees................    1902-AB20 
4269        Modification of Steam-Electric Plant Schedules, Hydroelectric Plant Schedules, and                  
            Pumped Storage Plant Schedules in the FERC Form No. 1.................................    1902-AB21 
4270        Elimination of Unneeded Pages in the FERC Form No. 1..................................    1902-AB33 
4271        Revision of the Commission's Preservation of Records Regulations for Public Utilities,              
            Licensees, Natural Gas Companies, and Oil Pipeline Companies..........................    1902-AB34 
4272        Elimination of Unnecessary Filing Requirements From the Commission's Uniform System of              
            Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees................................    1902-AB35 
4273        Treatment of Responses to FERC Form No. 580 Interrogatories...........................    1902-AB57 
4274        Revision of Fuel Cost-Adjustment Clause Regulation Relating to Fuel Purchases From                  
            Company-Owned or Controlled Source....................................................    1902-AB58 
4275        Alternative Power Pooling Institutions Under the Federal Power Act....................    1902-AB59 
4276        Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non- discriminatory Transmission                
            Service by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and                     
            Transmitting Utilities................................................................    1902-AB65 
4277        Real-Time Information Networks and Standards of Conduct...............................    1902-AB66 
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4278        Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities.............    1902-AB56 
4279        Filing and Reporting Requirements for Interstate Natural Gas Company Rate Schedules                 
            and Tariffs...........................................................................    1902-AB62 
4280        Revisions to Uniform System of Accounts, Forms, Statements, and Reporting Requirements              
            for Natural Gas Companies.............................................................    1902-AB64 
4281        Minimum Filing Requirements for FERC Form No. 6, Annual Report for Oil Pipelines......    1902-AB67 
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC)           Long-Term Actions


  



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4267. ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION OF FULL AVOIDED COSTS, SALES OF POWER 
TO QUALIFYING FACILITIES AND INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 292

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            03/22/88                     53 FR 9331
NPRM Comment Period End         06/14/88
Final Rule                      00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Daniel L. Larcamp
Phone: 202 208-2088

RIN: 1902-AB00
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4268. REVISIONS TO THE CERTIFICATION STATEMENT AND REGULATIONS AND TO 
THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF FERC ANNUAL REPORTS FOR ELECTRIC 
UTILITIES AND LICENSEES

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 41

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James G. Baird
Phone: 202 219-2613

RIN: 1902-AB20
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4269. MODIFICATION OF STEAM-ELECTRIC PLANT SCHEDULES, HYDROELECTRIC 
PLANT SCHEDULES, AND PUMPED STORAGE PLANT SCHEDULES IN THE FERC FORM NO. 
1

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 41

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph M. Harkins
Phone: 202 219-2617

RIN: 1902-AB21
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4270. ELIMINATION OF UNNEEDED PAGES IN THE FERC FORM NO. 1

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 141

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Audrey C. Wong
Phone: 202 219-3017

RIN: 1902-AB33
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4271. REVISION OF THE COMMISSION'S PRESERVATION OF RECORDS REGULATIONS 
FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES, LICENSEES, NATURAL GAS COMPANIES, AND OIL PIPELINE 
COMPANIES

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 125; 18 CFR 225; 18 CFR 356

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Lynch
Phone: 202 219-3012

RIN: 1902-AB34
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4272. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY FILING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE 
COMMISSION'S UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS PRESCRIBED FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES 
AND LICENSEES

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 101

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James G. Baird
Phone: 202 219-2613

RIN: 1902-AB35
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4273. TREATMENT OF RESPONSES TO FERC FORM NO. 580 INTERROGATORIES

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 141; 18 CFR 388

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/01/93                    58 FR 63312
NPRM Comment Period End         03/04/94                     59 FR 1690
Final Rule                      00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gary Cohen
Phone: 202 208-2046

RIN: 1902-AB57
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4274. REVISION OF FUEL COST-ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE REGULATION RELATING TO 
FUEL PURCHASES FROM COMPANY-OWNED OR CONTROLLED SOURCE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 35

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/01/93                    58 FR 51259
NPRM Comment Period End         11/01/93
Final Rule                      00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Wayne W. Miller
Phone: 202 208-0466

RIN: 1902-AB58
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4275. ALTERNATIVE POWER POOLING INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR ch 1

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Notice of Inquiry (NOI)         11/02/94                    59 FR 54851
NOI Comment Period End          03/02/95                    59 FR 54851
NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Janice MacPherson
Phone: 202 208-0921

RIN: 1902-AB59
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4276. PROMOTING WHOLESALE COMPETITION THROUGH OPEN ACCESS NON- 
DISCRIMINATORY TRANSMISSION SERVICE BY PUBLIC UTILITIES; RECOVERY OF 
STRANDED COSTS BY PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSMITTING UTILITIES

Priority:  Economically Significant

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 35

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            04/07/95                    60 FR 17662
NPRM Comment Period End         10/04/95
Final Rule                      00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

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Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dave Withnell
Phone: 202 208-2063

RIN: 1902-AB65
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4277. REAL-TIME INFORMATION NETWORKS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

Priority:  Other

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 37

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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ANPRM                           04/07/95                    60 FR 17726
ANPRM Comment Period End        07/06/95                    60 FR 31428
NPRM                            12/21/95                    60 FR 66182
NPRM Comment Period End         02/05/96
Final Rule                      00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gary Cohen
Phone: 202 208-0321

RIN: 1902-AB66
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4278. RECOVERY OF STRANDED COSTS BY PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSMITTING 
UTILITIES

Priority:  Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority:  16 USC 791a to 825r; 16 USC 2601 to 2645; 31 USC 
9701; 42 USC 7101 to 7352

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has proposed to amend its regulations to 
establish provisions concerning the recovery of stranded costs by 
public utilities and transmitting utilities. (Docket No. RM94-7-000.)

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/11/94                    59 FR 35274
NPRM Comment Period End         12/09/94                    59 FR 41739
Supplemental NPRM               04/07/95                    60 FR 17662
NPRM Comment Period End         08/07/95
Merged With RIN 1902-AB65       02/22/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Deborah Leahy, Attorney Advisor, Office of the General 
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426
Phone: 202 208-2039

RIN: 1902-AB56
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4279. FILING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS 
COMPANY RATE SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  15 USC 717 to 717w; 31 USC 9701; 42 USC 7102 to 7352

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 154

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has adopted procedural rules governing the 
form and composition of interstate natural gas pipeline tariffs and the 
filing of rates and charges for the transportation of natural gas in 
interstate commerce. (Docket No. RM95-3-000.)

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/13/95                     60 FR 3111
NPRM Comment Period End         04/13/95
Final Rule                      10/11/95                    60 FR 52960
Final Rule Effective            11/13/95
Final Action Order on Rehearing 03/11/96                     61 FR 9613
Final Action Effective          04/10/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Richard A. White, Attorney Advisor, Office of the 
General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426
Phone: 202 208-0491

RIN: 1902-AB62
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4280. REVISIONS TO UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS, FORMS, STATEMENTS, AND 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURAL GAS COMPANIES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  15 USC 717 to 717w; 15 USC 3301 to 3432; 42 USC 7101 
to 7352; 42 USC 7651 to 7651o; 43 USC 1331 to 1356

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 201; 18 CFR 284

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has amended its Uniform System of Accounts, 
its forms, and its reports and statements for natural gas companies. 
(Docket No. RM95-4-000.)

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/13/95                     60 FR 3141
NPRM Comment Period End         04/13/95
Final Rule                      10/11/95                    60 FR 53019
Final Rule Effective            11/13/95
Final Action Order on Rehearing 03/06/96                     61 FR 8860
Final Action Effective          04/05/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Erica Yanoff, Attorney Advisor, Office of the General 
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426
Phone: 202 208-0708

RIN: 1902-AB64
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4281. MINIMUM FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR FERC FORM NO. 6, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 
OIL PIPELINES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  5 USC 551 to 557; 15 USC 717 to 717w; 15 USC 3301 to 
3432; 16 USC 791a to 825r; 16 USC 2601 to 2645; 42 USC 7101 to 7352; 49 
USC 60502; 49 USC 1 to 85 (app)

CFR Citation:  18 CFR 357; 18 CFR 382

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has exempted from filing Form No. 6, Annual 
Report of Oil Pipelines, and from paying annual charges, those 
pipelines whose jurisdictional operating revenues are at or below 
$350,000 for each of the three preceding calendar years. (Docket No. 
RM95-12-000.)

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/14/95                    60 FR 31262
NPRM Comment Period End         07/14/95
Final Action                    10/12/95                    60 FR 53114
Final Action Effective          11/13/95

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Harris S. Wood, Attorney Advisor, Office of the General 
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426
Phone: 202 208-0224

RIN: 1902-AB67
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