Order No. 917; Filing Process and Data Collection for the Electric Quarterly Report
Abstract
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopts eXtensible Business Reporting Language-Comma-Separated Values as the standard for filing the Electric Quarterly Report (EQR). In addition, the Commission amends its regulations to require Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators to produce reports containing market participant transaction data. The Commission also modifies and clarifies EQR reporting requirements. These changes are designed to update the data collection, improve data quality, increase market transparency, decrease the costs, over time, of preparing the necessary data for submission, and streamline compliance with any future changes to the filing requirements.
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What is the 2026-05709 Federal Register document?
Document 2026-05709 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on March 24, 2026, with an effective date of May 26, 2026. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopts eXtensible Business Reporting Language-Comma-Separated Values as the standard for filing the Electric Quarterly Report (EQR). In addition, the Commission amends its regulations to require Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators to produce reports containing market participant transaction data. The Commission also modifies and clarifies EQR reporting requirements. These changes are designed to update the data collection, improve data quality, increase market transparency, decrease the costs, over time, of preparing the necessary data for submission, and streamline compliance with any future changes to the filing requirements. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05709/order-no-917-filing-process-and-data-collection-for-the-electric-quarterly-report.
Is document 2026-05709 an economically significant rule?
No. Document 2026-05709 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.