
[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
[Notices]               
[Page 65114-65115]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM01-5-000]

 
Electronic Tariff Filings; Notice of Date for Submission of 
Transitional Schedules

December 1, 2009.
    Take notice that the submission of proposed transitional schedules 
for making baseline electronic tariff filings should be made by January 
22, 2010.
    In Order No. 714,\1\ the Commission adopted regulations requiring 
that tariff and tariff related filings must be made

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electronically. The Commission provided that the conversion to 
electronic tariff filings would begin April 1, 2010, with pipelines and 
utilities filing baseline tariffs according to a six-month staggered 
filing schedule worked out between staff and industry. Standard notice 
and comment periods will apply to these baseline filings. Once an oil 
or gas pipeline or electric utility has made its baseline filing, all 
subsequent tariff-related filings must be made electronically.
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    \1\ Electronic Tariff Filings, Order No. 714, 73 FR 57,515 (Oct. 
3, 2008), 124 FERC ] 61,270, FERC Stats. & Regs [Regulations 
Preambles] ] 31,276 (2008) (Sept. 19, 2008).
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    At the Commission staff technical conference held on November 20, 
2009, staff indicated that, from its perspective, a filing schedule 
would be acceptable as long as the baseline filings are reasonably 
dispersed throughout the six month period. Having to process many 
baseline applications at the same time would slow Commission processing 
time and would work to the disadvantage of both the companies and the 
Commission. Customers in comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
in this proceeding and at the conference expressed concern that filings 
be staggered reasonably so that customers would not have to review a 
large number of baseline filings at the same time. Interest was 
expressed at the conference in providing the various industries an 
opportunity to meet with their customer groups to develop a staggered 
schedule that would balance the baseline filings longitudinally and 
perhaps geographically.
    Commission staff will honor a consensus agreement so long as the 
filings are generally spread over the six-month transition period. 
Commission staff will issue a Notice of the filing schedule after 
reviewing the comments received.
    For more information, contact Andre Goodson, Office of the General 
Counsel, at 202-502-8560 or Keith Pierce, Office of Energy Market 
Regulation at 202 502-8525 or by sending an e-mail to ETariff@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29276 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
