Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

Document 2026-10600 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on May 28, 2026, with an effective date of July 27, 2026. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its regulations to incorporate by reference, as mandatory enforceable requirements, revisions to three of the Version 4.0 Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). These revisions are designed to streamline the process for accessing publicly available gas-electric coordination data during extreme cold weather or emergency events. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/28/2026-10600/standards-for-business-practices-of-interstate-natural-gas-pipelines.

No. Document 2026-10600 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.