# Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities
> **Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2025-02-27 · Effective 2025-04-28 · 90 FR 10787
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-03085
- **Category:** electric-grid
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 10787
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2025-02-27
- **Effective date:** 2025-04-28
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM05-5-031
## Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its regulations to incorporate by reference, with certain exceptions, the latest version (Version 004) of the Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities adopted by the Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). The revisions made by NAESB in the WEQ Version 004 standards are designed to aid public utilities with the consistent and uniform implementation of requirements promulgated by the Commission as part of the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/27/2025-03085/standards-for-business-practices-and-communication-protocols-for-public-utilities)
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