Document ID: FERC-2021-0378-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Revisions to the Filing Process for Commission Forms
Posted Date: 2021-03-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16591-16592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06477]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM19-12-000]

Revisions to the Filing Process for Commission Forms; Notice of 
Eforms Updates, Termination of Visual Foxpro Filings, and Extension of 
Filing Deadlines

    As provided for in the July 17, 2020 Order on Technical Conference, 
notice

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is hereby given that on April 15, 2021, the eXtensible Business 
Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomies, validation rules, and rendering 
files needed to file FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, 3-Q (electric), 2, 2-A, 3-Q 
(natural gas), 6, 6-Q (oil), 60, and 714 (collectively, Commission 
Forms),\1\ will be updated to Release 1.5.\2\ The updated taxonomies 
will be available in the Yeti viewer at https://xbrlview.ferc.gov/.\3\ 
The updated validation rules and rendering files will be available at 
https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/filing-forms/eforms-refresh. The eForms system will incorporate the updated (Release 1.5) 
taxonomies, validation rules, and rendering files and use them to 
process filers' test-only submissions in May 2021. In addition, as 
noted below, the deadlines for submitting the third quarter 2021 
filings of FERC Form Nos. 3-Q (electric), 3-Q (natural gas), and 6-Q 
(oil) are extended until December 31, 2021.
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    \1\ The Commission adopted the XBRL process for filing the 
Commission Forms in Order No. 859. Revisions to the Filing Process 
for Comm'n Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ] 61,241 (2019).
    \2\ The Commission adopted the final XBRL taxonomy, protocols, 
implementation guide, and other supporting documents, and 
established the implementation schedule for filing the Commission 
Forms following a technical conference in this proceeding. Revisions 
to the Filing Process for Comm'n Forms, 172 FERC ] 61,059 (2020). 
The Commission also stated that technical updates, such as the 
updates referenced here, will not take effect until at least 60 days 
after issuance of a notice from the Office of the Secretary. Id. P 
26.
    \3\ These technical updates incorporate feedback on the 
taxonomies submitted by interested parties through various means, 
including the Yeti review tool.
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    The updated (Release 1.5) taxonomies, validation rules, and 
rendering files will become effective beginning with the third quarter 
2021 filings of FERC Form Nos. 3-Q (electric), 3-Q (natural gas), and 
6-Q (oil). The current Visual FoxPro-based system for filing Commission 
Forms will no longer be available for submissions after September 30, 
2021. Therefore, all subsequent filings and any future refilings, i.e., 
all post-September 30, 2021 filings and refilings, of the FERC Form 
Nos. 3-Q (electric), 3-Q (natural gas), and 6-Q (oil) and the other 
Commission Forms (i.e., FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, 2, 2-A, 6, 60, and 714) 
must be made using the applicable taxonomies, validation rules, and 
rendering files for the relevant form, as indicated on the eForms 
portal.
    To provide the additional time necessary to complete the transition 
to an XBRL-based system, the deadlines for the third quarter filings of 
the FERC Form Nos. 3-Q (electric), 3-Q (natural gas), and 6-Q (oil) are 
hereby extended.
    Accordingly, the deadline for filing the FERC Form No. 3-Q 
(electric) for Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Others for the 
third quarter of 2021 is extended from November 29, 2021 until December 
31, 2021. The deadline for filing the FERC Form No. 3-Q (electric) for 
Non-major Public Utilities and Licensees for the third quarter of 2021 
is extended from December 9, 2021 until December 31, 2021.
    In addition, the deadline for filing the FERC Form No. 3-Q (natural 
gas) for Major Natural Gas Companies for the third quarter of 2021 is 
extended from November 29, 2021 until December 31, 2021. The deadline 
for filing the FERC Form No. 3-Q (natural gas) for Non-major Gas 
Companies for the third quarter of 2021 is extended from December 9, 
2021 until December 31, 2021.
    Finally, the deadline for filing the FERC Form No. 6-Q (oil) for 
Oil Pipeline Companies for the third quarter of 2021 is extended from 
December 9, 2021 until December 31, 2021.

    Dated: March 23, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-06477 Filed 3-29-21; 8:45 am]
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