Document ID: FERC-2015-0575-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Electronic Filing Protocols for Commission Forms; Technical Conferences
Posted Date: 2015-05-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 26241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10976]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD15-11-000]

Electronic Filing Protocols for Commission Forms; Notice of 
Conference With North American Energy Standards Board

    Take notice that, on June 10, 2015, Commission staff will lead a 
technical conference, pursuant to the Commission's April 16, 2015 Order 
Instituting Proceeding to Develop Electronic Filing Protocols for 
Commission Forms,\1\ that will include the North American Energy 
Standards Board (NAESB) and interested members of the public and 
industry to discuss the transition to a new submission format for 
certain forms and NAESB's assistance in the process of developing 
standards for the submission of data to the Commission for the 
following Commission forms: Forms 1, 1-F, 2, 2-A, 3-Q electric, 3-Q 
gas, 6, 6-Q, FERC-60, and FERC-714. The technical conference will 
explore a transition to XML format, as well as the protocols and 
standards needed to provide metadata that will enable the Commission to 
develop a database to track the information submitted to the Commission 
in those forms.
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    The technical conference will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 
p.m. (Eastern Time) at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, in the Commission Meeting Room. 
The conference is open to the public. Pre-registration through the 
Commission's Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/06-10-15-form.asp) is encouraged but not required.
    The Commission will post information on the technical conference on 
the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference. The conference will also be 
webcast and transcribed. The webcast will be available through a link 
on the Commission's Calendar of Events available at http://www.ferc.gov. An email account has been created for off-site 
participants to submit questions for the question and answer session at 
the technical conference. At any time prior to and during the technical 
conference, please email questions to eForms.Refresh@ferc.gov. The 
Capitol Connection provides technical support for webcasts and offers 
the option of listening to the meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. For 
technical support, visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 
993-3100. Transcripts of the technical conference will be available for 
a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc.; contact them at (202) 347-3700.
    Background material can be found on the Commission's Web site 
(www.ferc.gov; click on Documents & Filings, then Forms, and finally on 
eForms Refresh), and will also be available on NAESB's Web site 
(www.naesb.org). Notices of any subsequent meetings will be posted on 
both the Commission's and NAESB's Web sites.
    The Commission will accept comments following the conference, with 
a deadline of June 30, 2015.
    Conferences held at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are 
accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 
accessibility accommodations please send an email to 
accessibility@ferc.gov 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.
    For more information about this conference, please contact Robert 
Hudson (Technical Information), Office of Enforcement, at (202) 502-
6620 or Robert.Hudson@ferc.gov, or Sarah McKinley (Logistical 
Information), Office of External Affairs at (202) 502-8368 or 
Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov.

    Dated: May 1, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10976 Filed 5-6-15; 8:45 am]
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