{"abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is amending its regulations under the Federal Power Act to incorporate by reference the following standards promulgated by the Wholesale Electric Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board: Business Practices for Open Access Same-Time Information Systems (OASIS); Business Practices for OASIS Standards and Communication Protocols; OASIS Data Dictionary; Coordinate Interchange; Area Control Error (ACE) Equation Special Cases; Manual Time Error Correction; and Inadvertent Interchange Payback. Incorporating these standards by reference into the Commission's regulations will standardize utility business practices and transactional processes and OASIS procedures.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2006/05/04/06-4072.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":35,"title":18},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":37,"title":18},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":38,"title":18}],"citation":"71 FR 26199","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This Final Rule will become effective June 5, 2006. The incorporation by reference of certain standards listed in this Final Rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 5, 2006. Public utilities must implement the standards adopted in this Final Rule by July 1, 2006, and must file revisions to their open access transmission tariffs (OATTs) to include these standards in accordance with the following schedule. On or after June 1, 2006, a public utility proposing OATT revisions unrelated to this rule is required to include the standards adopted in this Final Rule as part of that filing. (Prior to June 1, 2006, a public utility making OATT revisions unrelated to this rule has the option of including the standards adopted in this Final Rule as part of that filing.) As the standards adopted in this Final Rule must be implemented by July 1, 2006, the OATT revisions filed to comply with this rule are to include an effective date of July 1, 2006. Any requests for waiver of any of these standards must be filed on or before June 1, 2006.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. RM05-5-000","Order No. 676"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"06-4072","effective_on":"2006-06-05","end_page":26213,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2006/05/04/06-4072.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/05/04/06-4072/standards-for-business-practices-and-communication-protocols-for-public-utilities","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/06-4072?publication_date=2006-05-04","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2006-05-04/06-4072/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":15,"page_views":{"count":77,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 14:15:12 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-05-04/pdf/06-4072.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2006-05-04","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2006/05/04/06-4072.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T19:16:51Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":26199,"subtype":null,"title":"Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities","toc_doc":"Business practice standards and communication protocols for public utilities","toc_subject":"Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):","topics":["Electric power plants","Electric utilities","Incorporation by reference","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements"],"type":"Rule","volume":71}