# Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines
> **Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2024-12-09 · Effective 2025-02-07 · 89 FR 97518
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-28090
- **Category:** natural-gas-pipeline
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 97518
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 284
- **Publication date:** 2024-12-09
- **Effective date:** 2025-02-07
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM96-1-043
## Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its regulations to incorporate by reference, with certain enumerated exceptions, the latest version (Version 4.0) of Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). NAESB's revisions in this version of the standards are designed to promote greater efficiency and reliability of the natural gas industry's operations and strengthen the cybersecurity protections provided within the standards.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/09/2024-28090/standards-for-business-practices-of-interstate-natural-gas-pipelines)
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