Document ID: FERC-2020-0239-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes; Technical Workshop
Posted Date: 2020-02-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11067-11068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03794]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM16-17-000]

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

    On January 22, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) issued a notice that Commission staff will hold a 
technical workshop on the relational database

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being built in accordance with Order No. 860 (MBR Database).\1\ The 
meeting will take place on February 27, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 
p.m.\2\ (EST) in the Commission Meeting Room, at 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. All interested persons are invited to attend. For 
those unable to attend in person, access to the meeting will be 
available via webcast.
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    \1\ Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-
Based Rate Purposes, Order No. 860, 168 FERC 61,039 (2019).
    \2\ Please note that the technical workshop was originally 
scheduled to end at 12:30 p.m.
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    Commission staff is hereby supplementing the January 22, 2020 
notice with the agenda for discussion. During the meeting Commission 
staff will provide an overview of the MBR Database, discuss how the MBR 
Database will fit into the market-based rate program; and answer 
questions presented live or via email to mbrdatabase@ferc.gov.
    Please note that matters pending before the Commission and subject 
to ex parte limitations cannot be discussed at this meeting. An agenda 
of the meeting is attached.
    Due to the nature of the discussion, those interested in 
participating are encouraged to attend in person. All interested 
persons (whether attending in person or via webcast) are asked to 
register at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/02-27-20-form.asp. There is no registration fee. Anyone with internet access can 
listen to the meeting by navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of 
Events, locating the MBR Data Technical Workshop, and clicking on the 
link to the webcast. The webcast will allow persons to listen to the 
technical conference and email questions during the meeting to 
mbrdatabase@ferc.gov.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov, 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 the technical workshop, please contact 
Ryan Stertz at 202-502-6473, or send an email to mbrdatabase@ferc.gov. 
For logistics, contact Sarah McKinley at 202-502-8368 or 
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

    Dated: February 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

Agenda

MBR Database Technical Workshop, Commission Meeting Room, February 27, 
2020

9:00-9:10 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:10-9:35 a.m. Purpose of Database
9:35-10:15 a.m. Overview of MBR Portal and Features
10:15-11:15 a.m. Data Dictionary Walk-Through
11:15-11:45 a.m. Making submissions into the MBR database
11:45-12:00 p.m. Market-Based Rate Filing Process
12:00-12:30 p.m. Break
12:30-2:30 p.m. Question and Answer session

[FR Doc. 2020-03794 Filed 2-25-20; 8:45 am]
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