Open Access Same-Time Information System

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to: Extend the retention period and availability of information on curtailments and interruptions; allow the Commission staff and the public to access the supporting information on curtailments and interruptions, upon request; codify that OASIS users are allowed to make file transfers and queries as defined in the Standards and Communications Protocols (S&CP) Document; clarify that Responsible Parties are required to provide access to their OASIS sites for OASIS users making automated queries for extensive amounts of data; add a provision to allow Responsible Parties, under certain circumstances, to limit a user's access to an OASIS node; and add a provision to require OASIS users to notify Responsible Parties one month in advance of initiating a significant amount, or significantly increasing the use, of automated queries. The Commission believes that additional information about the state of the transmission system will enable customers to make better decisions about the quality of the transmission service they intend to purchase.