FERC Workshop on Transmission Formula Rate Processes

Regs.gov: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Published March 19th, 2026

Detected March 25th, 2026

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff will hold a public workshop on May 12, 2026, to discuss electric transmission formula rate processes. The workshop will cover implementation protocols, annual updates, the audit program, compliance issues, and regulatory accounting.

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FERC staff will host a public workshop on May 12, 2026, focusing on electric transmission formula rate processes. The event will cover the annual update and challenge process, the audit program, implementation protocols, common compliance issues, and the Commission's regulatory accounting program. Attendees will include jurisdictional utilities, transmission formula rate data users, state regulators, and other stakeholders.

This workshop is informational and does not impose new obligations. It serves as a forum for discussion and information sharing regarding existing processes. Interested parties can attend in person or virtually. Further details on the agenda and attendance will be published on the Commission's website.

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Take notice that on May 12, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) will hold a workshop, open to the public, to provide information to jurisdictional utilities, transmission formula
rate data users, state regulators, and other stakeholders about the Commission's electric transmission formula rate processes,
including the annual update and challenge process and the Commission's electric transmission formula rate audit program. The
workshop will provide a forum for Commission staff, jurisdictional utilities, and transmission formula rate data users to
discuss: (1) an overview of the mechanics of transmission formula rates; (2) transmission formula rate implementation protocols;
(3) transmission formula rate annual updates; (4) the transmission formula rate audit program; (5) common compliance issues
in transmission formula rates; and (6) the Commission's regulatory accounting program.

The workshop will take place in a hybrid format, with attendees allowed in person, at the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426, or virtually. A detailed agenda and further details on both in-person and virtual attendance will be
published in eLibrary prior to the workshop. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Commission's website that enables subscribers
to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service,
please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.

This workshop will be accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free (866) 208-3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 with the required accommodations.

For more information about the workshop, please contact Ben Akintoye of the Commission's Office of Enforcement and Regulatory
Accounting at (202) 502-6497 or ben.akintoye@ferc.gov; or Bianca Hill of the Commission's Office of Energy Market Regulation at (202) 502-6032 or bianca.hill@ferc.gov. Additional information will also be provided on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's website, www.ferc.gov.

Dated: March 19, 2026. Carlos D. Clay, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2026-05701 Filed 3-23-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P