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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 2, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
American Energy Standards Board NAESB, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2020 March 30 Filing. The WEQ Version 003.3 Standards build upon an earlier version of the standards that the Commission previously included and incorporated by reference into its regulations at 18 CFR parts 2
and 38, respectively, in Order No. 676
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2. The WEQ Version 003.3 Standards include newly created standards as well as modifications to existing standards developed through the NAESB Business Practice Standards development or minor correction processes. The WEQ
Version 003.3 Standards include revisions related to the surety assessment on cybersecurity performed by Sandia National Laboratories Sandia designed to strengthen the practices and cybersecurity protections established within the standards.
NAESB also revised its Open Access Same-Time Information System OASIS
suite of standards,3 including revisions to support new OASIS functionality that will allow for the posting of third party offers of planning redispatch services as well as providing additional information regarding the curtailment of firm transmission service. In addition, the WEQ Version 003.3 Standards include revisions to the NAESB WEQ
023 Modeling Business Practice Standards. The Commission also revises 18 CFR 37.6b2i to codify that the calculation of Available Transfer Capability ATC must be conducted in manner that is transparent, consistent with system conditions and outages for the relevant timeframe, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.
I. Background
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A. NAESB and Past Standards 3. NAESB is a non-profit standards development organization established in late 2001 as the successor to the Gas Industry Standards Board GISB, which was established in 1994 and serves as an industry forum for the development of business practice standards and communication protocols for the wholesale and retail natural gas and electricity industry sectors. Since 1995, NAESBs predecessor GISB and subsequently NAESB itself have been accredited members of the American 2 Standards for Bus. Practices & Commcn Protocols for Pub. Utils., Order No. 676I, 85 FR
10,571 Feb. 25, 2020, 170 FERC 61,062 2020.
3 The OASIS suite of standards are the WEQ001
OASIS Business Practice Standards, the WEQ002
OASIS Standards and Communication Protocols Business Practice Standards, the WEQ003 OASIS
Data Dictionary Business Practice Standards, and the WEQ013 OASIS Implementation Guide Business Practice Standards.

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National Standards Institute ANSI, complying with ANSIs requirements that its standards reflect a consensus of the affected industries.4
4. NAESBs standards include business practices intended to standardize and streamline the transactional processes of the natural gas and electric industries, as well as communication protocols and related standards designed to improve the efficiency of communication within each industry. NAESB supports all three quadrants of the gas and electric industries: wholesale gas, wholesale electric, and retail markets.5 All participants in the gas and electric industries are eligible to join NAESB
and participate in standards development.
5. NAESB develops its standards under a consensus process so that the standards draw support from a wide range of industry members. NAESBs procedures are designed to ensure that all persons choosing to participate can have input into the development of a standard, regardless of whether they are members of NAESB, and each standard NAESB adopts must be supported by a consensus of the relevant industry segments. Standards that fail to gain consensus support are not adopted.
NAESBs consistent practice has been to submit a report to the Commission after it has revised existing business practice standards or has developed and adopted new business practice standards.
NAESBs standards are initially voluntary standards, which become mandatory for public utilities upon incorporation by reference by the Commission.
6. NAESB filed its WEQ Version 003.2
Business Practices Standards WEQ
Version 003.2 Standards on December 8, 2017 December 8 Filing, in Docket No. RM055027.6 After consideration of the December 8 Filing, the Commission issued the WEQ Version 4 Prior to the establishment of NAESB in 2001, the Commissions development of business practice standards for the wholesale electric industry was aided by two ad hoc industry working groups established during the rulemaking proceeding that resulted in issuance of Order No. 889 and the creation of the OASIS, while GISBs efforts involved the development of business practice standards for the wholesale natural gas industry. Once formally established, NAESB took over the standards development previously handled by GISB and by the electric working groups.
5 The retail gas quadrant and the retail electric quadrant were combined into the retail markets quadrant. NAESB continues to refer to these working groups as quadrants even though there are now only three quadrants.
6 See Docket No. RM055027, Report of the North American Energy Standards Board on Wholesale Electric Quadrant Business Practice Standards Version 003.2 under RM055 Dec. 8, 2017 NAESB WEQ Version 003.2 Report.

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003.2 NOPR on May 16, 2019, wherein the Commission proposed to revise its regulations to incorporate by reference the WEQ Version 003.2 Standards, with certain enumerated exceptions.7 The Commission announced that NAESBs WEQ023 Modeling Business Practice Standards would be addressed separately, proposing only to incorporate by reference the WEQ023
Modeling Business Practice Standards that were moved from the WEQ001
OASIS Business Practice Standards by the changes made to the WEQ Version 003.1 Standards.8
7. On February 4, 2020, the Commission issued Order No. 676I, in which it amended its regulations under the FPA to incorporate by reference into its regulations as mandatory enforceable requirements, with certain enumerated exceptions, the WEQ Version 003.2
Standards. The WEQ Version 003.2
Standards included the changes proposed in WEQ Version 003.1
Standards, which were the subject of an earlier notice of proposed rulemaking.9
All of these standards, except for the WEQ022 and WEQ023 Business Practice Standards, update and replace standards that the Commission previously incorporated by reference in Order No. 676H.
8. Among the NAESB Business Practice Standards incorporated by reference in Order No. 676I, the Commission incorporated the WEQ022
Electric Industry Registry EIR Business Practice Standards, but did not incorporate by reference in its entirety the WEQ023 Modeling Business Practice Standards. The Commission only incorporated by reference the WEQ023 Modeling Business Practice Standards that were moved from the WEQ001 OASIS Business Practice Standards by the changes made to the WEQ Version 003.1 Standards.10 The Commission also did not adopt the NOPR proposal to incorporate by 7 See Standards for Bus. Practices & Commcn Protocols for Pub. Utils., Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 84 FR 24050 May 16, 2019, 167 FERC
61,127 2019 WEQ Version 003.2 NOPR.
8 WEQ Version 003.2 NOPR, 167 FERC 61,127
at P 12. See also Standards for Bus. Practices &
Commcn Protocols for Pub. Utils., Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 81 FR 49580 Jul. 28, 2016, 156 FERC 61,055, at P 42 2016 WEQ Version 003.1 NOPR.
9 NAESB filed the WEQ Version 003.1 Standards on October 26, 2015 October 2015 Filing. See, e.g., WEQ Version 003.1 NOPR, 156 FERC 61,055.
10 The following WEQ023 Modeling Business Practice Standards were incorporated by reference in Order No. 676I: WEQ0235; WEQ0235.1;
WEQ0235.1.1; WEQ0235.1.2; WEQ023
5.1.2.1; WEQ0235.1.2.2; WEQ0235.1.2.3;
WEQ0235.1.3; WEQ0235.2; WEQ0236;
WEQ0236.1; WEQ0236.1.1; WEQ0236.1.2;
and WEQ023A Appendix A.

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