Document ID: FERC-2013-0648-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Rule
Title: Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process: Availability of Draft XML Schema
Posted Date: 2013-05-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28732-28733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11665]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 35

[Docket No. RM12-3-000]

Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process; 
Availability of Draft XML Schema

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notification of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is making available 
on its Web site (http://www.ferc.gov), Extensible Mark-Up Language 
(XML) needed to make Electric Quarterly Report (EQR) filings with one 
of the new filing processes adopted in Order No. 770, in the 
Commission's Final Rule, 77 FR 71288 (November 30, 2012). Please refer 
to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Section below for details.

DATES: The XML is now available at the links mentioned below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Christina Switzer, Office of the 
General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. 
NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6379.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Take notice that the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) is making available on its Web site 
the

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Extensible Mark-Up Language (XML) needed to make Electric Quarterly 
Report (EQR) filings with one of the new filing processes adopted in 
Order No. 770.\1\ The Commission is also posting CSV file samples. 
Order No. 770 revised the process for filing EQRs. Pursuant to Order 
No. 770, one of the new processes for filing allows EQRs to be filed 
using an XML file. The XML schema that is needed to file EQRs in this 
manner is now posted on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr.asp. While this schema remains subject to 
any necessary changes prior to the availability of the finalized 
schema, Commission staff anticipates that changes, if any, will be 
minor.
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    \1\ Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process, Order 
No. 770, 77 FR 71288 (Nov. 30, 2012), FERC Stats. & Regs. 
[Regulation Preambles] ] 31,338 (cross-referenced at 141 FERC ] 
61,120) (Nov. 15, 2012).
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    Any comments or questions concerning the XML schema may be directed 
to eqr@ferc.gov. Please include ``XML Schema'' in the subject line of 
any such email.
    We encourage all EQR filers to subscribe to our EQR RSS Feed to 
stay up-to-date on all updates.

    Dated: May 8, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11665 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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