# Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities
> **Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** · Final rule; notice of extension of time. · Published 2015-01-26 · Effective 2015-01-26 · 80 FR 3880
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-01141
- **Category:** electric-grid
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 3880
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2015-01-26
- **Effective date:** 2015-01-26
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM05-5-024
## Abstract

Order No. 676-H, published on September 14, 2014, requires public utilities to comply with the incorporated Version 003 business practice standards by February 2, 2015 (former), with the exception of those standards related to the Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS) Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) template, for which compliance is required by April 25, 2016 (latter). This document extends the afore-mentioned deadline to comply with requirements not related to the NITS OASIS template from February 2, 2015 to and including May 15, 2015.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/01/26/2015-01141/standards-for-business-practices-and-communication-protocols-for-public-utilities)
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