The FERC has announced that it will be taking its eForms system offline for maintenance. The system will be unavailable from September 24, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. to September 27 at 9:00 a.m ET. During this time, all test filings will be removed from the system and the database will be updated to include all the migrated filings available. {expires: 2021-09-28} Continue reading "FERC eForms System Temporarily Unavailable for..." »

The FERC has approved final modifications to its Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes proposal to collect further data from certain market-based sellers with ultimate upstream affiliates that have been given blanket authorization to procure the securities of those sellers or upstream affiliates of those sellers. The proposal includes certain updates to the data dictionary and XML schema that accompany the relational database introduced in Order No. 860. Continue reading "FERC Approves New Identifier Requirements" »

The staff at the FERC will host the second in a series of virtual technical conferences related to a review of the Electric Quarterly Report (EQR) requirements. The event will provide a forum for FERC staff, filers, and data users to address potential changes to the current EQR data fields. Continue reading "FERC to Host Tech Conference on Reassessment of..." »

On March 23, 2021, the FERC announced several filing deadline extensions for third quarter 2021 quarterly filings for electric utilities, natural gas, and oil pipeline companies. These extensions are intended to allow additional time necessary for the transition to the XBRL-based system. Continue reading "FERC Extends 3rd Quarter Filing Deadlines for..." »

XBRL US has announced it will extend its webinar “Get Ready to Comply with FERC XBRL Requirements” to two additional sessions on February 23, 2021 and February 25, 2021. {expires: 2021-03-26} Continue reading "XBRL US Extends Webinar to Prepare for FERC..." »

XBRL US has announced that it will host two free 75-minute virtual informational sessions on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 and Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 1:30 PM ET that will aid preparers in getting ready for the new FERC XBRL mandate. XBRL US is hosting these webinars to broaden attendees’ exposure to various XBRL solution providers and to help filers get an in-depth look at how XBRL preparation will affect the reporting process. The two-day event will also feature demonstrations from select member organizations, including Novaworks.
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As a leader in the XBRL community and a provider of robust software for structured data reporting for more than a decade, Novaworks is proud to announce our newest solution to XBRL-based compliance: XBRLworks. XBRLworks is a streamlined, easy-to-use XBRL application that will launch with support for the new FERC XBRL mandate. In 2020, the FERC officially adopted XBRL as its solution to modernizing its approach to regulated financial and other reporting in the energy industry. XBRL presents a method of tagging (or marking-up) data that adds key contextual information through dimensionality defined by an XBRL taxonomy.
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The FERC released its 2020 Annual Report on Enforcement, the fourteenth such report, on November 19, 2020. Prepared by FERC’s Office of Enforcement (OE), the report provides information about the office’s activities over the last fiscal year, including activities performed by the office’s Divisions of Investigations (DOI), Audits and Accounting (DAA), and Analytics and Surveillance (DAS). The report also summarizes audits, litigation filings, and settlements which were approved by the FERC and are publicly available. Continue reading "FERC Presents the 2020 Annual Report on..." »

XBRL US recently announced that it will host a free 60-minute webinar on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 3:00 PM EDT, to discuss whether regulators can build an efficient, cost-effective data standards program that establishes a long-term infrastructure while allowing for rapid responses to changing reporting needs. Continue reading "XBRL US to Present October 28 Webinar:..." »

In 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) revised its electronic filing format to incorporate structured data in the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. As has been the case with other federal regulators, the move to adopt XBRL is being undertaken to modernize the reporting environment and increase efficiency in submitting and consuming data. Broad support across the industry also helped drive the action.
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On August 28, FERC extended deadlines for some forms through and including September 30th for entities and investment professionals affected by Hurricane Laura in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. In recognition of these emergency conditions, and following sections 385.101(e) and 385.2008 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 C.F.R. §§ 385.101(e) and 385.2008 (2019), FERC has determined that there is good cause to grant this extension of time.
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On July 17th, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) finalized its proposed XBRL reporting taxonomy. FERC announced it would adopt a structured data approach to its regulatory reporting system on June 20, 2019. In addition to the taxonomy, the agency has adopted protocols, an implementation guide, and other supporting documents, all of which are available on FERC’s eCollection website.
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