[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 2736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00622]
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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 Providing Update on Market-Based Rate Database
On July 18, 2019, the Commission issued a final rule in Docket No.
RM16-17-000 that, among other things, adopted a proposal to collect
market-based rate information through a relational database (MBR
Database).\1\ The final rule indicated that:
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\1\ Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-
Based Rate Purposes, Order No. 860, 168 FERC 61,039 (2019).
After issuance of this final rule, documentation for the
relational database will be posted to the Commission's website,
including XML, XSD, the MBR Data Dictionary, and a test environment
user guide. Additionally, after issuance of this final rule, a basic
relational database test environment will be available to submitters
and software developers. The Commission intends to add to the new
test environment features on a prioritized, scheduled basis until
complete. We note that the Commission will inform the public of when
releases will be made publicly available. This will allow internal
and external development to occur contemporaneously as new features
are made available for outside testing.\2\
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\2\ Id. P 309.
Consistent with the final rule, please be advised that updated
versions of the XML, XSD, and MBR Data Dictionary are available on the
Commission's website.
Additionally, please be advised that the test environment for the
MBR Database is now available and can be accessed on the MBR Database
web page. At launch, this test environment will be available to users
that are eRegistered with the Commission. eRegistered users will be
able to submit test XML submissions into the database, as well as
create FERC generated IDs (GID) and Asset IDs. Please note that this is
a test environment and that all submissions into the database--
specifically XMLs and all created GIDs and Asset IDs--will not be part
of the official record and will be cleared from the database before it
officially goes live. Further, as indicated in the final rule, the
Commission intends to add features to this test environment
periodically until complete.\3\ Interested parties can obtain notice of
these new features by monitoring the market-based rate page on the
Commission's website. The Commission will issue an additional notice
prior to clearing the database shortly before the database goes live.
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Lastly, please be advised that Company Registration has been
updated to reflect MBR as a filing type. Unlike GIDs and Asset IDs, any
updates to Company Registration will remain permanent. Entities that
will need to make submissions to the database (i.e., all entities that
have market-based rate authority) must include MBR as a filing type and
assign account managers to make the submissions.
For more information about the MBR Database, please send an email
to [email protected].
Dated: January 10, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-00622 Filed 1-15-20; 8:45 am]
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