[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 8776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02629]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD21-8-000]


Technical Conference on Reassessment of the Electric Quarterly 
Report Requirements; Second Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

    On January 8, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) issued a notice that its staff will hold a technical 
conference related to the reassessment of the Electric Quarterly Report 
(EQR) requirements on February 24, 2021. On January 13, 2021, the 
Commission issued a supplemental notice stating that all future meeting 
materials will be issued in Docket No. AD21-8-000. The technical 
conference will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 
All interested persons are invited to participate. Access to the 
meeting will be available via WebEx.
    Commission staff is hereby supplementing the January 8, 2021 notice 
with the agenda, including sample discussion topics. During the 
conference, Commission staff, EQR filers, and EQR users will discuss 
potential changes to the current EQR data fields. This technical 
conference is the first in a series of conferences related to the 
reassessment of the EQR requirements.
    Information for the technical conference, including a link to the 
webcast, will be posted prior to the event on the meeting event page on 
the Commission's website, available at: https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/technical-conference-regarding-reassessment-electric-quarterly-report. The presentation slides will be posted to the website 
prior to the conference. Any interested person that wishes to 
participate in the conference is required to register through the WebEx 
link.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY).
    For more information about the technical conference, please contact 
Jeff Sanders of the Commission's Office of Enforcement at (202) 502-
6455, or send an email to EQR@ferc.gov.

    Dated: February 3, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

AGENDA

EQR Technical Conference

February 24, 2021

10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Introduction and Logistics
     Agenda Review
     Meeting Format for Comments and Questions
     Project Overview
10:15 a.m.-10:25 a.m. Identification Data Fields (#2, 4-12)
10:25 a.m.-11:25 a.m. Proposed Changes to Location and Balancing 
Authority Fields (Contract Fields #39-42 and Transaction Fields #57-58)
     What challenges do filers currently have with reporting 
these fields?
     Do filiers have suggested improvements to these fields?
     Do data users use these fields for analysis? If so, how?
11:25 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Break
11:40 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Date Fields (Contract Fields #21-24)
     What are the challenges filers/data users have with these 
fields?
     What changes would filers/data users like to see with 
these fields?
     How often have filers/data users seen a scenario where a 
contract does not have a contract termination date and is not 
considered to be an ``evergreen'' contract?
     How often are contracts novated (i.e., sold or transferred 
to another party with a different CID)?
12:40 p.m.-1:40 p.m. Lunch
1:40 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Product Names (Contract Field #31 and Transaction 
Field #63)
     What products are captured when reporting ``Bundled'' in 
the Rate Description field?
     What are the challenges reporting multiple products with 
an ``all-in'' price?
     What products are captured when filers report 
``Grandfathered Bundled'' and ``Requirements Service'' as Product 
Names?
2:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m. Renewable Energy Certificates (REC)
     Are filers able to separate out the ``REC'' portion of the 
price from the Energy portion of a sale?
3:25 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Potential Ramping Product
     Do filers/data users have thoughts about adding 
``Ramping'' as a new Product Name in Appendix A?
3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Potential Additional Products
     What products are being reported as ``Other'' and a 
blankRate Description field?
     Are there any additional products that should be added to 
the Product Name list in Appendix A?
4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

[FR Doc. 2021-02629 Filed 2-8-21; 8:45 am]
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