Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities

Document 2025-03085 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on February 27, 2025, with an effective date of April 28, 2025. 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). View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/27/2025-03085/standards-for-business-practices-and-communication-protocols-for-public-utilities.

No. Document 2025-03085 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.