1902-AE82 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1902 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC Coordination of the Scheduling Processes of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines and Public Utilities

The Commission proposed, as part of a series of orders, to revise its regulations at section 284.12 to better coordinate the scheduling of natural gas and electricity markets in light of increased reliance on natural gas for electric generation, as well as to provide additional flexibility to all shippers on interstate natural gas pipelines. The proposed revisions in this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking dealt principally with revision of the operating day and scheduling practices used by interstate pipelines to schedule natural gas transportation service. These proposed revisions affect the business practices of the natural gas industry, which the industry has developed through the North American Energy Standards Board, and which the Commission has incorporated by reference into its regulations. The Commission, therefore, provided the natural gas and electric industries with six months to reach consensus on standards, consistent with the Commission's guidance, including any revisions or modifications to the Commission's proposed revisions (Docket No. RM14-2-000).

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 18 CFR 284 15 USC 717 to 717z 15 USC 3301 to 3432 42 USC 7101 to 7352 43 USC 1331 to 1356 No NPRM 04/01/2014 79 FR 18223 NPRM Comment Period End 11/28/2014 No None No No No David Maranville Legal Information, Office of the General Counsel 1902 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC 202 502-6351 david.maranville@ferc.gov 888 First Street NE., Washington DC 20426 Anna Fernandez Legal Information, Office of the General Counsel 1902 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC 202 502-6682 anna.fernandez@ferc.gov 888 First Street, NE., Washington DC 20426 Caroline Wozniak Daly Technical Information, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation 1902 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC 202 502-8931 caroline.wozniak@ferc.gov 888 First Street, NE., Washington DC 20426