Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities

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.