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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 163 / Thursday, August 26, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
competition for purposes of section 23a2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.5

FOIA Services by telephone at 202551
7900 or by email at foiapa@sec.gov.

IV. Statutory Authority
By the Commission.
Dated: August 23, 2021.
Vanessa A. Countryman, Secretary.

The amendments contained herein have been made under the authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552 and 15 U.S.C.
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List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 200
Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Text of Amendments For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Commission amends title 17, chapter II of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 18 CFR Part 35
Docket No. RM1617000

PART 200ORGANIZATION;
CONDUCT AND ETHICS; AND
INFORMATION AND REQUESTS

Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes
Subpart DInformation and Requests
AGENCY:

1. The authority citation for part 200, subpart D, continues to read in part as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended, 15
U.S.C. 77fd, 77s, 77ggga, 77sss, 78mF3, 78w, 80a37, 80a44a, 80a44b, 80b 10a, and 80b11, unless otherwise noted.
Section 200.80 also issued under Public Law 114185 sec. 3a, 130 Stat. 538; 5 U.S.C.
552; 15 U.S.C. 77fd, 77s, 77ggga, 78d1, 78wa, 80a37a, 80a44b, 80b10a, and 80b11a, unless otherwise noted.

2. Amend 200.80 by revising paragraph a2 to read as follows:
200.80 Securities and Exchange Commission records and information.

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2i Records that the FOIA requires to be made available for public inspection in an electronic format pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a2 are accessible through the Commissions website, http www.sec.gov. Each division and office of the Commission is responsible for determining which of its records are required to be made publicly available in an electronic format, as well as identifying additional records of interest to the public that are appropriate for public disclosure, and for posting and indexing such records.
Each division and office shall ensure that its posted records and indexes are reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis.
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Adopted revisions to information collection.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopts a proposal to collect additional data from certain market-based rate sellers with ultimate upstream affiliates that have been granted blanket authorization to acquire the securities of those sellers or those sellers upstream affiliates. The adopted proposal involves certain revisions to the data dictionary and XML schema that accompany the relational database established in Order No. 860.
DATES: These revisions will become effective October 25, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Stertz Technical Information, Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE, Washington, DC 20426, 202 5026473, Ryan.Stertz@ferc.gov.
Regine Baus Legal Information, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First St. NE, Washington, DC 20426, 202 5028757, Regine.Baus@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Order Adopting Revisions to Information Collection Issued August 19, 2021
1. On March 18, 2021, the Commission issued a notice requesting comments 1 on a proposal to collect additional data from certain market1 Data Collection for Analytics & Surveillance &
Mkt.-Based Rate Purposes, 86 FR 17823 Apr. 6, 2021, 174 FERC 61,214 2021 March Notice.

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based rate MBR sellers Sellers 2
through revisions to the data dictionary and XML schema that accompany the relational database established in Order No. 860 MBR Data Dictionary.3
Specifically, the Commission proposed revising the MBR Data Dictionary to require that Sellers whose ultimate upstream affiliates 4 own their voting securities pursuant to a section 203a2
blanket authorization provide, in the relational database, three additional data fields: The docket number of the section 203a2 blanket authorization, the Utility ID Type CD of the utility whose securities were acquired under the corresponding section 203a2
blanket authorization docket number, and the Utility ID of that utility.5 In this order, we revise the MBR Data Dictionary as proposed in the March Notice.
I. Background A. Order No. 860
2. On July 18, 2019, the Commission issued Order No. 860, which revised certain aspects of the substance and format of information Sellers submit to the Commission for market-based rate purposes. Among other things, the Commission adopted the approach to collect market-based rate information in a relational database.6 The Commission also specified that any significant changes to the MBR Data Dictionary would be proposed in a Commission order or rulemaking, which would provide an opportunity for comment.7
3. In support, the Commission explained that the relational database construct provides for a more modern and flexible format for the reporting and retrieval of information. The 2 A Seller is defined as any person that has authorization to or seeks authorization to engage in sales for resale of electric energy, capacity or ancillary services at market-based rates under section 205 of the Federal Power Act FPA. 18 CFR
35.36a1; 16 U.S.C. 824d.
3 Data Collection for Analytics & Surveillance &
Mkt.-Based Rate Purposes, Order No. 860, 84 FR
36390 July 26, 2019, 168 FERC 61,039 2019, order on rehg and clarification, Order No. 860A, 85 FR 13012 Oct. 1, 2020, 170 FERC 61,129
2020.
4 Ultimate upstream affiliate is defined as the furthest upstream affiliates in the ownership chaini.e., each of the upstream of affiliates of a Seller, who itself does not have 10% or more of its outstanding securities owned, held or controlled, with power to vote, by any person including an individual or company. Order No. 860, 168 FERC
61,039 at P 5 n.10; see also 18 CFR 35.36a10.
Upstream affiliate means any entity described in 35.36a9i. 18 CFR 35.36a10.
5 The March Notice defined utilities as transmitting utilities, electric utility companies, or holding company systems containing such entities.
March Notice, 174 FERC 61,214 at P 1 n.4.
6 Order No. 860, 168 FERC 61,039 at P 4.
7 Id. P 220.

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