NAESB Report

NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD

1301 Fannin, Suite 2350 • Houston, Texas 77002 • Phone: (713) 356-0060 • Fax: (713) 356-0067
email: naesb@naesb.org • Web Site Address: www.naesb.org

September 3, 2008
Filed Electronically
The Honorable Kimberly D. Bose
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street N.E., Room 1A
Washington, D.C. 20585
RE:

Standards for Business Practices for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines (Docket No. RM96-1-027)

Dear Ms. Bose:
The North American Energy Standards Board ("NAESB") is voluntarily submitting this report to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) regarding the FERC Order No. 698 standards. The standards
will be included in version 1.9 of the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (“WGQ”) standards when published; and in the
meantime, the individual standards can be accessed through the final actions as noted in this report. This NAESB
report is submitted in response to Docket No. RM96-1-027. The report addresses two sets of standards adopted by
NAESB to respond to issues raised in FERC Order No. 698 and also highlights action taken by the NAESB WGQ
Executive Committee (“EC”) in one area of development that concluded in no action. The NAESB standard to
provide increased receipt and delivery point flexibility through the use of redirects of scheduled quantities and the
NAESB standards providing for index-based pricing for capacity release transactions were ratified by NAESB
membership on August 25, 2008 and are now accessible as final actions. Also included in this report is a description
of the industry effort that led to a no action determination concerning modifications to the intra-day nomination
timeline.
We very much appreciate the time, knowledge and industry leadership provided by all participants, both members
and non-members. The report is being filed electronically in Adobe Acrobat® Print Document Format (.pdf). All of
the documents are also available on the NAESB web site (www.naesb.org). Please feel free to call me at (713) 3560060 or refer to the NAESB website (www.naesb.org) should you have any questions or need additional information
regarding the NAESB FERC Order No. 698 standards or any other NAESB work products.

Respectfully submitted,

Rae McQuade
Ms. Rae McQuade
President & COO, North American Energy Standards Board

NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD

1301 Fannin, Suite 2350 • Houston, Texas 77002 • Phone: (713) 356-0060 • Fax: (713) 356-0067
email: naesb@naesb.org • Web Site Address: www.naesb.org

September 3, 2008
Page 2

cc without enclosures:

The Honorable Joseph Kelliher, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Honorable Suedeen Kelly, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Honorable Philip D. Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
The Honorable Marc Spitzer, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Honorable Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Mr. Shelton Cannon, Director of Energy Market Regulations, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Mr. Michael Goldenberg, Senior Attorney, Office of General Counsel, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission
Ms. Cynthia Marlette, General Counsel of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Mr. William P. Boswell, General Counsel of the North American Energy Standards
Board
Mr. Michael Desselle, Chairman of the North American Energy Standards Board
Ms. Valerie Crockett, Vice Chairman Wholesale Gas Quadrant, North American Energy
Standards Board

Enclosures (all documents noted in the appendices are available publicly on the NAESB web site – www.naesb.org):
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G

List of Participants
Summary of Meetings and Related Events
Links to Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Comments and Voting Records
Links to Ratification Ballots and Ratification Results
List of Available Transcripts
NAESB Process Summary
WGQ Annual Plan

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
September 3, 2008

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Standards for Business Practices and

)

Communication Protocols for Public Utilities

)

Docket No. RM96-1-027

REPORT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD

The North American Energy Standards Board ("NAESB") is voluntarily submitting this report in accordance with
FERC Order No. 6981 in the above referenced dockets.
In January 2002, the Gas Industry Standards Board (“GISB”) became the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of
NAESB and three other quadrants were formed, the Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ), the Retail Gas Quadrant,
and the Retail Electric Quadrant. NAESB serves as an industry forum for the development and promotion of
standards, which will lead to a seamless marketplace for wholesale and retail natural gas and electricity, as
recognized by its customers, business community, participants, and regulatory entities.
Contained in this report are the business practice standards for increased receipt and delivery point flexibility
through the use of redirects of scheduled quantities and index-based pricing for capacity releases. The technical
implementation standards for index-based pricing for capacity releases will be filed subsequent to this submittal as
they are still in the development process. The WGQ Executive Committee (“EC”) approved the recommendation of
the WGQ Business Practices Subcommittee (“BPS”) to take no action concerning modifications to the intra-day
nomination timeline; therefore, no standards are being submitted on this issue.
There are seven enclosures supporting this report. Provided in Appendix A is a list of the participants from all the
meetings related to FERC Order No. 698. Appendix B provides a summary of the relevant meetings and related
events. Provided in Appendix C are the links to the EC meeting minutes, comments and the voting records.
Appendix D provides the links to ratification ballots and the ratification results. Provided in Appendix E is the list
of available transcripts. Appendix F contains the American National Standards Institute accredited process by
which NAESB develops standards. Lastly, Appendix G contains the current 2008 WGQ Annual Plan2.
The NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 meetings and EC meetings where these standards were drafted, discussed and
adopted took place from June 2007 to July 2008. There were thirteen subcommittee meetings, many of them multiday in duration, focused solely on FERC Order No. 698 issues. There were three EC meetings where the FERC
Order No. 698 standards development effort was discussed as a key agenda topic. All meetings were open to all
interested parties and were publicly noticed, and were available by phone and web cast for those unable to travel.
The meetings were held in various locations, diverse geographically. Any interested party was encouraged to submit
comments if their schedules would not permit them to participate either in person or over the phone/web cast. The
minutes of these meetings are provided as links in appendices B and C, which include the voting records of the EC,
and include all comments filed as part of the formal comment period for the FERC Order No. 698 standards. The
ratification ballots and member ratification voting record results are also included as links in appendix D. An
abbreviated review of the NAESB process by which the standards were drafted, considered and adopted is provided
in appendix F. Provided in appendix G is the WGQ Annual Plan. More detailed process descriptions can be
accessed from the NAESB web site.
1

Standards for Business Practices for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines; Standards for Business Practices for Public Utilities, Order No. 698, 18
C.F.R. §38, 284, FERC Stats. & Regs., ¶ 31,251 (June 25, 2007), order on clarification and reh’g, Order No. 698-A, 121 FERC ¶ 61,264 (2007).
2
NAESB 2008 WGQ Annual Plan, available at http://www.naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_2008_annual_plan.doc.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 1

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
September 3, 2008
The development of the FERC Order No. 698 standards reflected multiple market interests and is the work product
of the WGQ. While this was a WGQ standards effort since only WGQ standards were considered for change, all
interested parties including the Wholesale Electric Quadrant (“WEQ”) membership were asked to participate and
make their perspectives known. All interested parties regardless of membership in NAESB were encouraged to
participate, as they are in all NAESB meetings, to provide the broadest possible input from the industry, as work
products are prepared. Appendix A provides a list of all who participated in the meetings related to FERC Order
No. 698.
The standards development activity undertaken that produced the FERC Order No. 698 standards had considerable
industry debate before an agreement was reached. The NAESB process supports a wide range of perspectives, and
through a public process permitting all segments of the marketplace to voice equally their issues, balanced voting
allows a disparate group to move toward consensus. As such, NAESB was able to produce and/or modify standards
for business practices for index-based pricing for capacity release transactions and business practices to allow for
increased receipt and delivery point flexibility through the use of redirects of scheduled quantities. After much
consideration, no action was recommended to modify the existing intra-day nomination timeline.
NAESB Standards for Indexed Based Pricing for Released Capacity (2008 WGQ Annual Plan Item 4a)
In FERC Order No. 698, the Commission requested NAESB to develop standards directing the releasing shipper to
set out clearly the terms and conditions of indexed releases that would include the means for implementing the
formula rate3. Over the course of ten meetings in seven months, the NAESB WGQ BPS modified three existing
WGQ business practice standards, developed ten new WGQ business practice standards and two new WGQ
definitions for index-based pricing for capacity release transactions. The recommendation was supported by the
subcommittee on March 13, 2008. The recommendation was sent out for a thirty-day industry comment period on
April 3, 2008 and one comment was received. The WGQ EC revised and approved all of the above on June 25,
2008 with a needed super-majority threshold of 67% overall, and a minimum of 40% affirmative vote from each
segment. No negative votes were received. The standards were ratified on August 25, 2008.
During the development process, a concern was raised that the terms and conditions of licensing agreements offered
by indices publishing companies could be an obstacle to the facilitation of index-based transactions between
multiple parties. Specifically, issues regarding the expense of licensing and the ability to share indices data within a
company and with third parties were noted. In response to those concerns, representatives from Platts attended the
November 15, 2007 WGQ BPS meeting to respond to questions and provide a presentation. On June 25, 2008 at a
WGQ EC meeting, presentations were given by SNL Energy (“SNL”), ICE Data (“ICE”), and Natural Gas
Intelligence (“NGI”). Information can be found through the meeting minutes and presentations posted on the
NAESB web site.
The translation of business practice standards to technical implementations of those standards is accomplished
through the identification of the data required to support the transactions, definition of information requirements for
the data, and mapping of that data into specific electronic transactions. This translation is performed by the
Information Requirements (“IR”) and Technical subcommittees and completes the standards development process,
often referred to as full staffing. Both the IR and Technical subcommittees work in tandem to complete this crucial
technical implementation activity. Although the business practice standards addressing index-based pricing for
capacity release transactions have been ratified by the NAESB membership and are included in this filing, the
standards have not completed the full staffing process. It is in progress now. NAESB considers a review of the
implemental aspects of business practice standards an essential step in the standards development process, and
therefore directed the IR and Technical subcommittees to designate the full staffing of the index-based capacity
release standards as high priority. These standards are currently being addressed by the subcommittees and are
expected to be fully staffed as early as fourth quarter 2008 but more probably during the first quarter 2009. This
effort is being completed in conjunction with the subcommittees’ response to FERC Order No. 7124. Upon
completion of the technical implementation standards for index-based capacity release transactions, NAESB will
submit a supplemental filing containing the complementary technical standards. The concept of full staffing is
important to any industry standards organization, to ensure that implementers of the business practices are not
required to design and build technical solutions for the business practices - once when the standards for technical

3
4

FERC Order No. 698, supra note 1, ¶56.
Promotion of a More Efficient Capacity Release Market, Order No. 712, 18 C.F.R. §284, 123 FERC ¶61,286 (June 19, 2008).

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 2

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
September 3, 2008
implementation do not exist, and again after they do. This duplication of effort can be time consuming and
expensive, not to mention disruptive to the parties to the transactions.
NAESB Standards for Increased Receipt and Delivery Point Flexibility (2008 WGQ Annual Plan Item 4b)
In FERC Order No. 6985, the Commission requested NAESB to consider developing standards for increased receipt
and delivery point flexibility through the use of redirects of scheduled quantities. Over the course of seven meetings
in five months, the NAESB WGQ BPS developed one WGQ standard to address increased receipt and delivery
point flexibility. The recommendation passed a subcommittee vote on January 9, 2008. The recommendation was
sent out for a thirty-day industry comment period on April 3, 2008 and three comments were received. The WGQ
EC approved the standard on May 15, 2008 with a needed super-majority threshold of 67% in total, with a minimum
of 40% affirmative vote from each segment. No negative votes were received. The standard was ratified on August
25, 2008. After review, it was determined by the subcommittee that no technical implementation standards were
needed to support redirects. As such, it is considered fully staffed.
NAESB Consideration of Changes to the Intra-day Nomination Schedules (2008 WGQ Annual Plan Item 4c)
In paragraph 69 of FERC Order No. 698,6 the Commission requested NAESB staff to consider whether changes to
existing intra-day nomination schedules would benefit all shippers, and provide for better coordination of gas and
electric markets. Over the course of twelve meetings in the span of nine months, the WGQ BPS met to discuss the
possibility of modifying the intra-day nomination timeline (NAESB WGQ Standard No. 1.3.2). A scoping issues
document was prepared on August 30-31, 2007 by the subcommittee. After discussions began on several models to
modify the intra-day nomination timeline, the subcommittee prepared a timeline design considerations work paper
on March 12-13, 2008. It was modified on April 22-23, 2008 and applied to the models offered by participants for
comparison purposes. A straw vote was taken by the subcommittee on April 23 to identify the models with the most
support. The models with the most support were submitted by a pipeline collaborative, FPL Energy (“FPL”) and
Tennessee Valley Authority/Arizona Public Service (“TVA/APS”)). These models were reconsidered at a May 1920 meeting, and on May 20, 2008, the subcommittee was not able to reach a balanced simple majority vote to
support any of the three models going forward as a recommendation.
The pipeline collaborative model received ten supporting votes and fifty votes in opposition, resulting in a balanced
vote of 1.68 in favor to 8.32 opposed, thereby failing to obtain the requisite simple majority. The end users segment
cast one supporting vote and eighteen opposing votes. The local distribution companies (“LDCs”) cast three
supporting votes and nine opposing votes. The pipelines cast four supporting votes and twelve opposing votes. The
producers did not cast any votes in favor and cast six votes in opposition. The services segment cast two votes in
favor and five votes in opposition.
The FPL model received seven votes in favor and fifty-three votes in opposition resulting in a balanced vote of 1.25
in favor to 8.75 opposed, thereby failing to obtain the requisite simple majority. The end users segment cast four
votes in favor and fifteen votes in opposition. The LDCs cast one supporting vote and eleven opposing votes. The
pipelines cast no votes in support and seventeen votes in opposition. The producer segment did not cast any
supporting votes and six opposing votes. The services segment cast two votes in support and four votes in
opposition.
The TVA/APS model received twenty votes in support and thirty-seven votes in opposition resulting in a balanced
vote of 3.45 in favor to 6.52 opposed, thereby failing to obtain the requisite simple majority. The end users segment
cast eleven supporting votes and seven opposing votes. The LDCs cast five votes in support and four votes in
opposition. The pipeline segment did not cast any votes in support and seventeen opposing votes. The producer
segment did not cast any supporting votes and six opposing votes. The services segment cast four supporting votes
and three opposing votes.
Each segment given the opportunity to voice their concerns on the issues that was important to them in making a
final determination on whether or not to support a proposed model. The minutes of May 20 BPS meeting during
which the voting took place can be reviewed along with comments and work papers to understand the breadth of
interests expressed during the consideration of these models.

5
6

FERC Order No. 698, supra note 1, ¶63.
FERC Order No. 698, supra note 1, ¶69.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 3

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
September 3, 2008
Participants from the end user segment, the LDC segment and the services segment all prepared written comments
for consideration by the EC as it determined the disposition of the recommendation to take no action to develop
standards for WGQ 2008 annual plan item 4c. Although the pipeline segment actively participated and provided
leadership in the intra-day nomination timeline discussions, there were no formal comments submitted by pipeline
representatives. Similarly, the producers segment also actively participated and provided leadership in discussions
regarding the intra-day nomination timeline although no formal comments were submitted on their behalf. Details
of the issues expressed by the participants can be found in the formal comments, discussion in the meeting minutes
of both the BPS and the EC, and the EC transcripts related to 2008 WGQ Annual Plan Item 4(c)7.
The recommendation to take no action was sent out for a thirty-day industry comment period on June 3, 2008 and
seventeen comments were received. When a subcommittee determines that no action is to be taken on a particular
request for standards development or for an annual plan standards development item, that item is posted for a 30-day
industry comment period. The EC reviews the comments submitted and the item must pass a simple majority vote
of the EC. Development items that are determined to need no action do not need to be sent out for membership
ratification. On July 14, 2008, the WGQ EC voted to support the subcommittee’s decision to not modify the current
timeline. The vote to support no action to be taken passed with 15 in favor and 8 opposed.

7

NAESB 2008 WGQ Annual Plan Item 4(c), 2007 WGQ Annual Plan Item 7(c), supra note 4.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 4

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix A: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Participant List – Sorted by Participant Name

Steve Abbey

Anadarko

Mary Dalton

Bonneville Power Administration

Michael Alexander

Southern California Edison Co

Kelly Daly

Arizona Public Service Co.

Brenda Anderson

Bonneville

Dale Davis

Williams Gas Pipeline

Patricia Anderson

ONEOK

Ed Davis

Entergy Services

Bill Alletzhauser

American Gas Association

Rae Davis

Carolina Gas Transmission

Mariam Arnaout

American Gas Association

Patricia DeLa Rosa

Tennessee Gas Pipeline

John F. Baileys

ACES Power Marketing

Rhonda Denton

BP Energy

Pat Barry

Northern Natural Gas

Michael Desselle

Southwest Power Pool

D. Richard Beam

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Jay Dibble

Calpine Corporation

Ken Bekman

Brick Power

Michael DiCarlo

Williams Gas Pipeline

Steven Bennett

Exelon Power Team

Mary Darveaux

Northern Natural Gas

Pamela Berberich

Platts

Garvin J. Donohue

Jim Blasiak

Washington Gas Light

Independent Power Producers of New
York, Inc.

Mike Bodnar

Northern Natural Gas

Pat Downey

Xcel Energy

Jonathan Booe

NAESB

Mary Doyle

BG North America

Jim Bowden

Marathon Oil Company

Mary Draemer

Transwestern Pipeline

Debbie Bradbury

Trunkline Gas

Eric Egge

Black Hills Corporation

Rusty Braziel

Bentek Energy

Rhonda Erickson

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

CenterPoint MRT

Gene Fava

TransCanada

Kelly Brooks

Williston Basin

Janis E. Fischer

Missouri Public Service Commission

Jim Buccigross

8760 Inc.

Chelsea Fowler

Old Dominion Electric Coop

John Buchanan

Transwestern Pipeline

Patrick Fox

Wisconsin Public Services
Corporation

Paul Buckley

Washington Gas & Light

Rene Free

Santee Cooper

Kathryn Burch

Spectra Energy Trans

Christopher Burden

Williams Gas Pipeline

Darryl Briscoe

Tina Burnett

Boeing

Jim Busbin

Southern Company Services

Ernie Cardone

New York ISO

Derek Carlson

Chevron

Mary Beth Carroll

National Grid Gas Distribution
Company

Jim Cashin

EPSA

James Castle

New York ISO

Dolores Chezar

National Grid Gas Distribution
Company

Pete Frost

Conoco Phillips

Cory Galik

NAESB

Stephanie Gardner

Marathon Oil Company

Jay Glaubitz

Sacramento MUD

Craig Glazer

PJM Interconnection, LLC

Amy Gold

Shell Energy

Matthew Goldberg

ISO New England

Michael Goldenberg

FERC

Terri Grabiak

Allegheny Energy

Mark Gracey

Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Bob Gray

ACC

Ruth Clark

TransCanada Pipeline

Jason T. Gray

Kansas Corporation Commission

John Clemens

El Paso Western Pipeline

April Gregory

Northern Natural Gas

Scott Coburn

Northern Border Pipeline

Bill Griffith

El Paso Natural Gas

Craig Colombo

Dominion Resources

Jerry Gross

Questar Pipeline

(comments received)

Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc.

Stanley Gross

El Paso Electric Company

Donna Gussow

FPL

Peter Connor

NiSource Distribution Comp.

Tom Gwillliam

Iroquois Gas Transmission

Chuck Cook

Chevron

Ron Hallmark

Southern Natural gas Company

Pete Craska

ANR Pipeline

Francis Halpin

Bonneville Power Administration

Valerie Crockett

TVA

Scott Hansen

Questar Pipeline

Deonne Cunningham

NAESB

Joseph F. Harkins

Kansas Corporation Commission

Jim Cyrulewski

JDRJC Associates

David Harrell

Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC

David D’Alessandro

APS

Mike Hastings

Conoco Phillips

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 5

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix A: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Participant List – Sorted by Participant Name
Paul Herron

Southern Natural Gas

Lucia Nail

Gary Highberger

Williams Midstream

Tracey Nicholson

Southern Natural Gas

Gary Hinners

Reliant Energy

Liam Noailles

Xcel Energy

Marvin Hoffman

TransCanada

Kenneth Nordlander

Arizona Public Service Company

Ralph Honeycutt

Suez Energy

Mike Novak

National Fuel Gas Distribution

Brad Holmes

Florida Gas Transmission

Lou Oberski

Dominion

Brenda Horton

Kern River Gas Transmission

Angela O’Connor

Shah Hossain

Westar Energy

New England Power Generators
Association, Inc.

Tony Hunziker

Midwest ISO

Greg Olsen

Ontario Power Generation

David G. Hutchens

UNS Gas, Inc.

Katy Onnen

Southwest Power Pool

Richard Ishikawa

Southern California Gas Company

Mark Pelkey

National Fuel Gas Supply

Margi Janopaul

PG&E

Lori-Lynn Pennock

Salt River Project

Alan Johnson

NRG Energy

Marjorie Perlman

Energy East

Ben Johnson

TransCanada

Don Petersen

PG&E

Ernest G. Johnson

Arizona Corporation Commission

Tracy Phillips

Tiger Natural Gas

Ty Johnson

Williams Gas Pipeline

Greg Poynter

Williams

Paul Jones

Salt River Project

Phil Precht

Baltimore Gas and Electric

Defense Energy Support Center

Robert Pulcini

The Structure Group

Platts

Denise Rager

NAESB

Joe Kardas

National Fuel Supply

David Reitz

National Fuel Gas Supply

Rodereck, Kelley

Bonneville Power Administration

Dennis Robinson

ISO New England

Scott Kesling

SCANA

Mark Rogers

Southwest Power Pool

Laura Kennedy

NAESB

Brandon Roop

ACES Power Marketing

Drake Kijowski

PSE&G

Doug Rudd

New Jersey Natural Gas

Dominion

Dale Sanders

Southern Star Central Pipeline

Kevin Kirby

ISO New England, Inc.

Keith Sappenfield

EnCana

Toby Kuehl

Northern Natural Gas

W. Scharfenberg

New Jersey Natural Gas Company

Williams Gas Pipeline

Micki Schmitz

Northern Natural Gas

Rob Lamoureux

Midwest ISO

Gwen Schoepp

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Amy Lee

Northwest Natural Gas

Rodger Schwecke

SoCal Gas

Cathie Legge

Alliance Pipeline

Donna Scott

Florida Gas Transmission

FERC

Phillip Shafeei

NYISO

Paul Love

NGPL

Mike Shepard

Mewbourne Oil Company

Patricia Lynch

NRG Energy

Chris Sherman

New England Power Generators
Association

Ken Shubert

TransCanada Pipeline

George Simmons

NiSource

Lisa Simpkins

Constellation Energy

Ed Skiba

Midwest ISO

George Smith

Virginia Power Energy Marketing

Richard Smith

Exxon Mobil

Veronica Jones
Brian Jordan

Iris King

Ross Kyger

Bill Lohrman

Beth Martin

We Energies

Marcy McCain

Spectra Energy Transmission

Diane McVicker

SRP

Rae McQuade

NAESB

Theresa Mead

Tucson Electric Power

Rick Miles

FERC

Becky Miller

Dominion

Robin Moates

TVA

Michael C. Moffet

Kansas Corporation Commission

Richard Moreno

Sea Robin Pipeline

Diane Morgan

Shell

Art Morris

FPL

Ron Mucci

Ron Mucci Consulting, LLC

Tim Mueller

Dynegy

Sylvia Munson

SunGard

SunGard

Jana Sobel

Southern Natural Gas

Michael G. Sorensen

Salt River Project

Leigh Spangler

Latitude Technologies

Julee Stephenson

NiSource Gas Transmission

Chuck Stodola

NiSource

Jay Story

TransCanada

Jamie Taft

Williams Gas Pipeline

Darren Taylor

Calpine

Jim Templeton

Comprehensive Energy Services

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 6

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix A: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Participant List – Sorted by Participant Name
Scott Thompson

ACES Power

Keith Tiggelaar

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Sarah Tomalty

FPL Energy/PMI

Henry Tran

Williams Gas Pipeline

Kim Van Pelt

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Toby Voge

Tucson Electric Power Co.

Karen Wei

The Structure Group

Velma Whittier

Energy East - CMPCo

Mark Wilke

Columbia Gas Transmission

Shyletha Williams

Defense Energy Support Center

Emilie Witkowski

Portland General Electric

Mary Wolosek

Nicor Gas Company

Byron Woodard

Platts

Thomas E. Wright

Kansas Corporation Commission

Charles Yeung

Southwest Power Pool

Randy Young

Boardwalk Pipelines

Omar Zakaria

Williams Gas Pipeline

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 7

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix A: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Participant List – Sorted by Organization
August 29, 2008

Jim Buccigross

8760 Inc.

Tim Mueller

Bob Gray

ACC

Stanley Gross

El Paso Electric Company

John F. Baileys

ACES Power Marketing

Bill Griffith

El Paso Natural Gas

Scott Thompson

ACES Power Marketing

John Clemens

El Paso Western Pipeline

Brandon Roop

ACES Power Marketing

Keith Sappenfield

EnCana

Terri Grabiak

Allegheny Energy

Marjorie Perlman

Energy East

Cathie Legge

Alliance Pipeline

Velma Whittier

Energy East

Bill Alletzhauser

American Gas Association

Ed Davis

Entergy Services

Mariam Arnaout

American Gas Association

Jim Cashin

EPSA

Steve Abbey

Anadarko

Steven Bennett

Exelon Power Team

Pete Craska

ANR Pipeline

Richard Smith

Exxon Mobil

David D’Alessandro

APS

Michael Goldenberg

FERC

Kelly Daly

Arizona Public Service Co.

Bill Lohrman

FERC

Ernest G. Johnson

Arizona Public Service Co.

Rick Miles

FERC

Kenneth Nordlander

Arizona Public Service Co.

Brad Holmes

Florida Gas Transmission

Phil Precht

Baltimore Gas and Electric

Donna Scott

Florida Gas Transmission

Rusty Braziel

Bentek Energy

Donna Gussow

FPL

Mary Doyle

BG North America

Art Morris

FPL

Eric Egge

Black Hills Corporation

Sarah Tomalty

FPL Energy/PMI

Randy Young

Boardwalk Pipelines

Garvin J. Donohue

Tina Burnett

Boeing

Independent Power Producers of New
York, Inc.

Brenda Anderson

Bonneville Power Administration

Tom Gwillliam

Iroquois Gas Transmission

Mary Dalton

Bonneville Power Administration

Francis Halpin

Bonneville Power Administration

Rodereck Kelley

Bonneville Power Administration

Rhonda Denton
Ken Bekman

BP Energy
Brick Power

Darren Taylor

Calpine

Jay Dibble

Calpine Corporation

Rae Davis

Carolina Gas Transmission

Darryl Briscoe

CenterPoint MRT

Derek Carlson

Chevron

Chuck Cook

Chevron

Mark Wilke

Columbia Gas Transmission

Jim Templeton

Comprehensive Energy Services

Pete Frost

Conoco Phillips

Mike Hastings

Conoco Phillips

Dynegy

Matthew Goldberg

ISO New England

Kevin Kirby

ISO New England

Dennis Robinson

ISO New England

Jim Cyrulewski

JDRJC Associates

Jason T. Gray

Kansas Corporation Commission

Thomas E. Wright

Kansas Corporation Commission

Michael C. Moffet

Kansas Corporation Commission

Joseph F. Harkins

Kansas Corporation Commission

Brenda Horton

Kern River Gas Transmission

Leigh Spangler

Latitude Technologies

Jim Bowden

Marathon Oil Company

Stephanie Gardner

Marathon Oil Company

Mike Shepard

Mewbourne Oil Company

Tony Hunziker

Midwest ISO

Rob Lamoureux

Midwest ISO

Ed Skiba

Midwest ISO

(comments received)

Consolidated Edison Company of
New York, Inc.

Janis E. Fischer

Missouri Public Service Commission

Lisa Simpkins

Constellation Energy

Ron Mucci

Ron Mucci Consulting, LLC

Veronica Jones

Defense Energy Support Center

Jonathan Booe

NAESB

Shyletha Williams

Defense Energy Support Center

Deonne Cunningham

NAESB

Iris King

Dominion

Cory Galik

NAESB

Becky Miller

Dominion

Laura Kennedy

NAESB

Lou Oberski

Dominion

Rae McQuade

NAESB

Craig Colombo

Dominion Resources

Denise Rager

NAESB

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 8

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix A: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Participant List – Sorted by Organization
Mike Novak

National Fuel Gas Distribution

Jay Glaubitz

Mark Pelkey

National Fuel Gas Supply

Paul Jones

Salt River Project

David Reitz

National Fuel Gas Supply

Lori-Lynn Pennock

Salt River Project

Joe Kardas

National Fuel Supply

Michael G. Sorensen

Salt River Project

Mary Beth Carroll

National Grid Gas Distribution
Company

Rene Free

Santee Cooper

Scott Kesling

SCANA

Dolores Chezar

National Grid Gas Distribution
Company

Richard Moreno

Sea Robin Pipeline

Angela O’Connor

New England Power Generators
Association

Sacramento MUD

Diane Morgan

Shell

Amy Gold

Shell Energy

Chris Sherman

New England Power Generators
Association

Rodger Schwecke

SoCal Gas

Michael Alexander

Southern California Edison Co

Doug Rudd

New Jersey Natural Gas

Richard Ishikawa

Southern California Gas Company

W. Scharfenberg

New Jersey Natural Gas Company

James Busbin

Southern Company Services

Ernie Cardone

New York ISO

Paul Herron

Southern Natural Gas

James Castle

New York ISO

Tracey Nicholson

Southern Natural Gas

Paul Love

NGPL

Jana Sobel

Southern Natural Gas

Mary Wolosek

Nicor Gas Company

Ron Hallmark

Southern Natural gas Company

George Simmons

NiSource

Dale Sanders

Southern Star Central Pipeline

Chuck Stodola

NiSource

Michael Desselle

Southwest Power Pool

Peter Connor

NiSource Distribution Comp.

Katy Onnen

Southwest Power Pool

Julee Stephenson

NiSource Gas Transmission

Mark Rogers

Southwest Power Pool

Scott Coburn

Northern Border Pipeline

Charles Yeung

Southwest Power Pool

Pat Barry

Northern Natural Gas

Kathryn Burch

Spectra Energy Trans

Mike Bodnar

Northern Natural Gas

Marcy McCain

Spectra Energy Transmission

Mary Darveaux

Northern Natural Gas

Diane McVicker

SRP

April Gregory

Northern Natural Gas

Ralph Honeycutt

Suez Energy

Toby Kuehl

Northern Natural Gas

Sylvia Munson

SunGard

Micki Schmitz

Northern Natural Gas

Lucia Nail

SunGard

Amy Lee

Northwest Natural Gas

Patricia DeLa Rosa

Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Alan Johnson

NRG Energy

Mark Gracey

Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Patricia Lynch

NRG Energy

Robert Pulcini

The Structure Group

Phillip Shafeei

NYISO

Karen Wei

The Structure Group

D. Richard Beam

Old Dominion Electric Coop

Tracy Phillips

Tiger Natural Gas

Chelsea Fowler

Old Dominion Electric Coop

Gene Fava

TransCanada

Patricia Anderson

ONEOK

Marvin Hoffman

TransCanada

Greg Olsen

Ontario Power Generation

Ben Johnson

TransCanada

David Harrell

Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC

Jay Story

TransCanada

Kim Van Pelt

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Ruth Clark

TransCanada Pipeline

Margi Janopaul

PG&E

Ken Shubert

TransCanada Pipeline

Don Petersen

PG&E

John Buchanan

Transwestern Pipeline

Craig Glazer

PJM Interconnection, LLC

Mary Draemer

Transwestern Pipeline

Pamela Berberich

Platts

Debbie Bradbury

Trunkline Gas

Brian Jordan

Platts

Theresa Mead

Tucson Electric Power

Byron Woodard

Platts

Toby Voge

Tucson Electric Power

Emilie Witkowski

Portland General Electric

Valerie Crockett

TVA

Drake Kijowski

PSE&G

Robin Moates

TVA

Jerry Gross

Questar Pipeline

David G. Hutchens

UNS Gas, Inc.

Scott Hansen

Questar Pipeline

George Smith

Virginia Power Energy Marketing

Gary Hinners

Reliant Energy

Paul Buckley

Washington Gas & Light

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 9

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix A: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Participant List – Sorted by Organization
Jim Blasiak

Washington Gas Light

Beth Martin

We Energies

Shah Hossain

Westar Energy

Greg Poynter

Williams

Christopher Burden

Williams Gas Pipeline

Dale Davis

Williams Gas Pipeline

Michael DiCarlo

Williams Gas Pipeline

Ty Johnson

Williams Gas Pipeline

Ross Kyger

Williams Gas Pipeline

Jamie Taft

Williams Gas Pipeline

Henry Tran

Williams Gas Pipeline

Omar Zakaria

Williams Gas Pipeline

Gary Highberger

Williams Midstream

Kelly Brooks

Williston Basin

Rhonda Erickson

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Gwen Schoepp

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Keith Tiggelaar

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Patrick Fox

Wisconsin Public Services
Corporation

Pat Downey

Xcel Energy

Liam Noailles

Xcel Energy

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 10

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Order No. 698 Effort – Assigned to WGQ:
•

August 30-31, 2007: The WGQ BPS met at the NAESB office in Houston, Texas to begin work on Order No.
698. During the meeting the participants heard presentations from those in the pipeline industry that have had
experience with the issues presented by Order No. 698, and discussed the scope of WGQ Annual Plan Items 7a,
7b, and 7c. The group discussed the various approaches to addressing Order No. 698, and created a document
capturing issues that will have to be considered as the group continues.

•

September 18-19, 2007: The WGQ BPS met in Richmond, VA at the Dominion offices to continue work on
Order No. 698. During the meeting, the subcommittee developed scoping statements for WGQ annual plan
Items 7a, and 7b, and continued their discussions regarding potential scoping issues to address as the group
proceeds. Presentations were given in response to Annual Plan Items 7a and 7b, and the group drafted proposed
modifications to WGQ Standard 5.3.26 in response to Annual Plan Item 7b. The subcommittee also noted the
need for proposals and work papers on Item 7c and encouraged those in attendance to prepare such for the next
meeting.

•

October 9-10, 2007: The WGQ BPS met at the NAESB offices in Houston, Texas to continue their efforts in
addressing Order No. 698. During this meeting, the group reviewed proposals created in response to Annual
Plan Items 7a and 7c, and continued their discussions concerning potential standards to address the Annual Plan
Items. The group also began answering some of the scoping issues identified for Annual Plan Item 7b, and
proposed varying standards language to respond.

•

October 30-31, 2007: The WGQ BPS met in Houston at the NAESB offices to continue work on Order No.
698. The intra-day nomination timeline work paper was presented with discussions on inclusion of regional
differences. The work paper for redirects – alternate receipt point upstream of or an alternate delivery point
downstream of a point of constraint was presented and discussed, including a number of proposed definitions.
The work paper for additional index standards concepts was presented and discussed, including remarks on the
inadvisability of using EDI for capacity release transactions.

•

November 14-15, 2007: The WGQ BPS met in NYC at the KeySpan offices to continue work on Order No.
698. Discussion continued on possible standards language for redirects including the review of two sets of work
papers. It is expected that a more complete proposal will be presented at the December meeting, including the
definition of a constraint point. Additional work papers were presented regarding intra-day nomination
timelines. For the December meeting, it is expected that the pipelines will present a counter proposal and the
existing proposal will be modified to include details on recalls and released capacity. The work paper for indexbased pricing for capacity release transactions was reviewed including draft standards language, some of which
may imply daily bidding for volumetric index-based released capacity. It is expected that further discussion on
this proposal including changes reflected in the meeting will be a topic for December. Platts Energy provided a
presentation in indexed pricing.

•

December 4-5, 2007: The WGQ BPS met in Washington DC at the AGA offices to continue work on Order No.
698. The meeting focused on proposed standards for redirects and for price indexing for capacity release
programs.

•

January 9-10, 2008: The WGQ BPS met in Houston TX to continue work on Order No. 698. During the
meeting, the redirect standard was approved and the price indexing standards were further reviewed and refined.
The proposals for intra-day nominations were introduced.

•

January 25, 2008: NAESB received and responded to correspondence from the Kansas Corporation
Commission
(http://www.naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_012508corr_kcc.pdf
–
KCC
Letter,
http://www.naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_012508corr_desselle.pdf, -- NAESB Response) regarding intra-day
nomination periods and the NAESB process.

•

February 8, 2008: The WGQ BPS met via web cast/conference call to complete the review of the price
indexing standards. While the review did not conclude, it is at most one or two meetings away from a vote.

•

February 21, 2008: The WGQ BPS met via web cast/conference call to complete the review of the price
indexing standards. The review did not conclude, but should complete with a vote at the meeting in March.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 11

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events
•

February 26-27, 2008: The WGQ BPS met in a two-day session hosted PSEG in New Jersey. The primary
focus of the meeting was on review and discussion of proposals for changes to intra-day nominations timelines.
A number of comments indicate strong support for a bumpable intra-day nomination period that is more closely
aligned with the electric market clearing times. The comments can be found on the NAESB web site
(http://www.naesb.org/wgq/wgq_bps_698.asp), under the meeting date for February 26-27, 2008. Comments in
support of adding an additional bumpable period were received from Arizona Corporation Commission
(http://www.naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_022608w10.doc) , Arizona Electric Power Corporative, Buckeye
Power, Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, El Paso Electric Company, Honeywell International, Kansas
Corporation
Commission,
KeySpan/National
Grid,
Missouri
Public
Service
Commission
(http://www.naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_022608w25.pdf), New York Independent System Operator, North
Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Phelps Dodge, Salt River
Project, Southwest Power Pool, Tucson Electric Power Company, Unisource Energy Services. The intra-day
timelines effort includes now a review of three proposals – TVA and APS, a pipeline collaborative, and EPNG
(two models). All endeavor to more closely align the electric market requirements with the gas nomination
deadlines.

•

March 12-13, 2008: EPNG in Colorado Springs is the host of the meeting, the focus of which was two-fold – to
complete the work on price indexing and to continue the discussion on intra-day nomination proposals. In
addition to the intra-day proposal offered by Tennessee Valley Authority/Arizona Public Service, additional ones
have been submitted from El Paso Natural Gas, Spectra Energy and TransCanada Pipelines.

•

April 22-23, 2008: Iroquois Gas Transmission, Northern Border and FPL added models to the mix for review –
with a full count of 10 models for options for intra-day nominations. TVA/APS prepared a revised model and
ISO-NE prepared a presentation overlaying gas schedules and electric schedules to highlight the discrepancies.
The evaluation criteria were reviewed and additional text added for clarity. The models were compared against
the evaluation criteria and straw balanced votes were taken to ascertain levels of support. The revised TVA/APS
model, the FPL model prepared in the meeting passed and the pipeline collaborative model while failed, was a
close vote. These three models will be reviewed at the upcoming May meeting in DC.

•

May 15, 2008: The redirect standard was voted out of the WGQ EC. Ratification will not take place until it has
been processed through the Information Requirements and Technical subcommittees. The technical
implementation with comments due July 7 will be forwarded to the WGQ EC for its consideration.

•

May 19-20, 2008: The WGQ BPS met in Washington DC, hosted by Stinson Morrison and Hecker to continue
the discussion on the intra-day nomination models. During the meeting, it was decided after votes on the
TVA/APS model, the FPL model and the Pipeline Collaborative model, that a recommendation of no action be
prepared for EC consideration. The recommendation that no change is needed went out for comment, July 2. At
the end of the comment period the WGQ EC will meet to consider the recommendation.

•

June 9, 2008: The WGQ EC met via conference call to discuss the price indexing recommended standards. A
notational ballot went out, but the result was inconclusive. The recommendation and additional comments will
be considered by the WGQ EC on June 25.

•

June 25, 2008: The WGQ EC met on June 25 to consider the price indexing standards (WGQ 2007 Annual Plan
Item 7b/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan Item 4b). The recommendation was voted out as revised by the WGQ EC.
Several index providers made presentations at the meeting.

•

July 14, 2008: The WGQ EC met on July 14 to consider the technical implementation recommendation part 2
for redirects standards (WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan Item 4b) and the
recommendation for standards, comments submitted on nomination timeline (WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item
7c/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan Item 4c). The technical implementation recommendation part 2 of no technical
changes necessary for redirects standards (WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan Item 4b)
was voted out of the WGQ EC. The WGQ EC reviewed comments submitted on the recommendation for
nomination timeline. The recommendation to decline to adopt a modified nomination timeline (WGQ 2007
Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan Item 4c) was voted out of the WGQ EC.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 12

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Reference Documents -- Related Work papers:
• WGQ Annual Plan (http://www.naesb.org/pdf2/bd062807a1.doc) approved by the Board of Directors, June 28,
2007 and the WGQ Annual Plan for 2008 (http://www.naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_2008_annual_plan.doc), approved by
the Board on December 13, 2007.
• FERC Order No. 698 (http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=ferc062507.doc): Issued June 25, 2007 - FERC
Final Rule - Order No. 698 re FERC's amendment to its open access regulations governing standards for business
practices and electronic communications with interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities under RM96-1.
• NRRI Primer (http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=nrri_0706.pdf), Dated July 2006 - The National
Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI), Briefing Paper - Efforts to Harmonize gas Pipeline Operations With the
Demands of the Electricity Sector
• DoE Primer (http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=icf_geic_primer062206.pdf), Dated June 22, 2006 Summary of NAESB Gas and Electric Interdependency Final Report to the FERC in Docket No. RM05-28-000
"NAESB Report on the Efforts of the Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee".
• NAESB Report (http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=ferc022406.pdf), Dated February 24, 2006 - Docket
No. RM05-28-000, NAESB Final Report on the Efforts of the Gas-Electric Interdependency Committee.

FERC Order No. 698 – Timeline of Events:
•

November 14, 2003: Letter from Chm. Wood asking NAESB to develop interdependency standards – related to
2003 cold snap in New England, which resulted in a NAESB Gas-Electric Coordination subcommittee

•

Gas-Electric Coordination efforts resulted in two reports:
•

Gas Electric Coordination Interim Status Report, filed 4-16-04, 31 issues identified

•

Gas Electric Coordination Final Report, filed 11-30-04, 31 issues further defined

•

Outcome of Reports: Received 3 requests for standards development: R04016: Energy Day, R04020: Market
Timelines, R04021: Pipeline-Generator Communications

•

All requests approved and found within the scope of NAESB by both NAESB and the Joint Interface Committee
(including NERC and the ISO-RTO Council)

•

R04016 and R04021 were jointly assigned to wholesale gas and wholesale electric groups, R04020 was assigned
to wholesale electric group only -- Two pronged approach: Work began on R04021, and Board Committee
formed to determine other actions

•

Results of approach -- Report filed with FERC on June 26, 2005 with gas-electric interdependency
communication standards (Interim GEIC Report) and Requests R04016 and R04020 were withdrawn

•

February 24, 2006: NAESB identifies 6 Interdependency Issues raised in Docket No. RM05-28-000 (Final
GEIC Report)

•

June 22, 2006: The U.S. Department of Energy sponsors the creation of a primer from Jimmy Glotfelty of ICF
addressing issues in the GEIC report

•

July 30, 2006: A primer from Ken Costello of NRRI is issued addressing issues identified in the GEIC Report

•

October 25, 2006: NOPR issued on standards. Order No. on Inquiry to the ISOs and RTOs. Comments were
due 1-15-07 and data from the ISOs and RTOs forwarded on 1-16-07.

•

June 25, 2007: FERC issued Order No. 698 (http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=ferc062507.doc)
regarding FERC’s amendment to its open access regulations governing standards for business practices and
electronic communications with interstate gas pipelines and public utilities under Docket Nos. RM96-1 and
RM05-5-001 (Standards for Business Practices for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines; Standards for Business
Practices for Public Utilities).

•

August 31, 2007: FERC issued a series of orders
(http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20070831-3050) (Docket Nos. EL07-1 to EL07-6)
terminating the six section 206 proceedings related to gas-electric coordination.
Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 13

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events
•

December 20, 2007: FERC issued Order No. 698-A
(http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=ferc122007.pdf), Order on Clarification and Rehearing.

Order No. 698 decisions:
•

Issued June 25, 2007

•

Compliance with gas-electric communication standards by November 1, 2007

•

Compliance Statements filed by November 1

•

All standards incorporated by reference without change

Order No. 698 standards Adopted:
•

WEQ Standard 011-0.1/WGQ Standard 0.2.1 defines the term “Power Plant Operator.”

•

WEQ Standard 011-1.2/WGQ Standard 0.3.12 directs PPO & TSP to establish procedures to communicate
material changes in circumstances that may impact hourly flow rates, and the power plant operator to provide
projected hourly flow rates accordingly.

•

WEQ Standard 011-1.3/WGQ Standard 0.3.13 states a PPO should not operate without an approved scheduled,
may request daily flow rates as established by the standard, should work to resolve the PPO’s request if it can
be accommodated within the standard boundaries.

•

WEQ Standard 011-1.4 and WGQ Standard 0.3.14 requires specified parties to sign up to receive critical notices
from the appropriate TSP and the reciprocal TSP(s) to provide critical notices to parties specified in the
Standard.

•

WEQ Standard 011-1.5 requires upon request, a PPO must provide to the appropriate independent BA and/or RC
pertinent information concerning the level of gas transportation service (firm or interruptible) and its natural gas
supply (firm, fixed or variable quantity, or interruptible).

•

WEQ Standard 011-1.6/WGQ Standard 0.3.15 requires specified parties to establish operational communication
procedures with the appropriate TSP and/or PPO.

Order No. 698 Request to NAESB:
•

¶ 56 - “Under the Commission regulations, the releasing shipper is responsible for clearly setting out the terms
and conditions of the release and that would include the means for implementing the formula rate. This is also
an issue on which NAESB can develop standards to ensure that such releases can be processed quickly and
efficiently.”

•

¶ 63 – “The Commission is not modifying its requirement for within-the-path scheduling as adopted in Order
No. 637. The example posited by NAESB appears consistent with the within-the-path scheduling concept and
with pipeline proposals that have been accepted. It would not be appropriate for the Commission here to try to
provide generic clarification to cover all possible proposals by pipelines for according flexibility to shippers.
These proposals will have to be judged on an individual basis. In addition, NAESB can consider through its
consensus process possible standards for according increased receipt and delivery point flexibility.”

•

¶ 69 – “As we stated in the NOPR, the Commission has recognized the interest of interruptible shippers in
achieving business certainty by making the last intra-day nomination opportunity one in which firm nominations
do not bump interruptible nominations. However, within the confines of current Commission policy, NAESB
should actively consider whether changes to existing intra-day schedules would benefit all shippers, and provide
better provide for coordination between gas and electric scheduling. In addition, the NAESB nomination
timeline establishes only the minimum requirement to which pipelines must adhere.”

Order No. 698-A synopsis:
•

Summary: “This order denies requests for rehearing, and provides clarification of the final rule issued on July
16, 2007 that incorporated by reference standards dealing with coordination of scheduling between electric
utilities and natural gas pipelines that were promulgated by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) and the
Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), and provided
policy guidance on issues relating to such coordination.”
Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 14

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events
•

Summary: “In addition, the Commission provided policy guidance on issues raised by NAESB relating to
scheduling coordination and to the possible development of additional standards by NAESB. First, the
Commission discussed the use of gas indices for pricing capacity release transactions, stating that the
Commission’s regulations permit releasing shippers to use price indices or other formula rates on all pipelines,
regardless of whether the pipeline has a provision allowing the use of indices as part of its discounting
provisions, so long as the prices are less than the maximum rate in the pipeline’s tariff.
Second, the
Commission discussed, but did not modify, the shipper’s ability to choose alternate delivery points, stating that
the ability to shift a delivery point when a pipeline constraint occurs upstream would make it easier for shippers
to redirect gas supplies to generators when capacity is scarce. Lastly, the Commission discussed possible
changes to the gas intra-day nomination schedule, clarifying that NAESB should actively consider whether
changes to existing intra-day schedules would benefit all shippers.”

•

¶ 14 “The existing WGQ NAESB standards recognize that non-standard pricing terms may be included in
release transactions, but do not necessarily permit such releases to be accorded the same processing timeline as
standard releases. The Commission requested NAESB to consider standards that would create a standardized
indexing methodology so that the use of indexed releases could become faster and could compete on a more
equal footing with pipeline discounts and negotiated rate transactions.”

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 15

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Below is a listing of NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee meeting minutes links.
Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

August 30-31, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: Redirects

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
NAESB Offices
Houston, TX

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_083007fm.doc

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing
WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

September 18, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: Redirects
WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing

September 19, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

Number of Participants
48

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Scoping issues:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_083007a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7b – Scoping issues:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_083007a2.doc
Annual Plan Item 7c – Scoping issues:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_083007a3.doc

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: Dominion
Glen Allen, VA

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_091807fm.doc

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: Dominion
Glen Allen, VA

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_091907fm.doc

39

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Scoping issues:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_091807a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7b – Scoping issues:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_091807a2.doc
Proposed modified WGQ standard no. 5.3.26 – revised
8/18/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_091807a3.doc
39

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 16

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

October 9, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: Redirects

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
NAESB Offices
Houston, TX

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_100907fm.doc

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

October 10, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing
WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
NAESB Offices
Houston, TX

Number of Participants
49

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7b - Scoping issues:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_100907a1.doc
Intra-day four (ID4) strawman work paper – revised
10/09/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_100907a2.doc
Revised Annual Plan Item 7b – Scoping issues:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_100907a4.doc
Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_101007fm.doc

40

Attachment to Minutes:
Additional index standards concepts:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_100907a3.doc

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 17

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

October 30, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: Redirects

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
NAESB Offices
Houston, TX

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103007fm.doc

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

October 31, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
NAESB Offices
Houston, TX

Number of Participants
38

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7b – Attributes of additional
proposed standards – revised 10/30/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103007a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7b – Proposed redirect language
(redline) – revised 10/30/07 http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103007a2.doc
Annual Plan Item 7c – Timely intra-day nomination
timeline (redline) – revised 10/30/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103007a3.doc
Annual Plan Item 7c – Timely intra-day nomination
timeline (clean) – revised 10/30/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103007a4.doc
Annual Plan Item 7b - Scoping issues – revised
10/30/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103007a7.doc
Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103107fm.doc

31

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Modified and new proposed
standards – revised 10/31/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103107a5.doc
Annual Plan Item 7a – Additional index standard
concepts – revised 10/31/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_103107a6.doc

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 18

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

November 14, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: Redirects

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: KeySpan
New York, NY

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_111407fm.doc

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

November 15, 2007

December 4, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing

Number of Participants
40

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7b – Attributes of additional
proposed standards – revised 11/14/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_111407a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7b – Examples from meeting
11/14/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_111407a2.doc
Annual Plan Item 7c – Timely intra-day nomination
timeline (redline/clean) – revised 11/14/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_111407a3.doc

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: KeySpan
New York, NY

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_111507fm.doc

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: AGA
Washington, DC

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_120407fm.doc

43

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Modified and new proposed
standards – revised 11/15/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_111407a4.doc
Annual Plan Item 7a – Examples from meeting
11/15/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_111407a5.doc
41

Attachment to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Modified and new proposed
standards – revised 12/04/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_120407a1.doc

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 19

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

December 5, 2007

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: Redirects

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: AGA
Washington, DC

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_120507fm.doc

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline
January 9, 2008

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: Redirects
WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

January 10, 2008

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
NAESB - Crowne Plaza Hotel
Houston, TX

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
NAESB - Crowne Plaza Hotel
Houston, TX

Number of Participants
44

Attachment to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7b – Proposed standard – revised
12/05/07:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_120407a2.doc
Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_010908fm.doc

51

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7b – Approved standard 01/09/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_010908a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7c – Work paper for intra-day
discussion submitted by TVA and APS:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_010908a3.xls
Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_011008fm.doc

36

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Modified and proposed
standards and definitions – revised 01/10/08 (redline
changes for 01/10/08 meeting ONLY):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_010908a2.doc
Annual Plan Item 7a – Modified and proposed
standards and definitions – revised 01/10/08 (complete
redline):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_010908a4.doc

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 20

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

January 25, 2008

Correspondence between Kansas
Corporation Commission and Michael
Desselle, NAESB Board Chairman

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

Number of Participants

Letter from Kansas Corporation Commission regarding
Order No. 698:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_012508corr_kcc.p
df
Response to Kansas Corporation Commission from
Michael Desselle regarding Order No. 698:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_012508corr_desse
lle.pdf

February 8, 2008

February 21, 2008

February 26-27, 2008

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4a: Price Indexing

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Conference Call with Web
Conferencing

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_020808fm.doc

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Conference Call with web
conferencing

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_022108fm.doc

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: PSEG
Newark, NJ

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_022608fm.doc

37

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a - Approved definitions, modified
and new standards 02/08/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_020808a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7a - Modified and new proposed
standards – revised 02/08/08 (redline):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_020808a2.doc
32

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Modified and new proposed
standards – revised 02/21/08 (redline):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_022108a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7a – Corrected file – Approved
definitions, modified and new standards – revised
02/08/08 and 02/21/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_022108a2_correct
ed.doc
59

Attachment to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7c - Discussion captured on pipeline
collaborative proposal – 02/26-27/08 (redline):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_022608a1.xls

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 21

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

March 12-13, 2008

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: El Paso Western
Pipelines
Colorado Springs, CO

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_031208fm.doc

Number of Participants
56

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7a – Modified and new proposed
standards – revised 03/13/08 (redline):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_031208a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7a – Corrected file: approved
definitions, modified and new standards – revised
02/08/08, 02/21/08, and 03/13/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_031208a2_correct
ed.doc
Annual Plan Item 7c – Timeline design considerations
– 03/13/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_031208a3.doc

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 22

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

April 22-23, 2008

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: AGA
Washington, DC

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208dm.doc

Number of Participants
70

Attachments to Minutes:
Annual Plan Item 7c – Timeline design considerations
– 04/23/08 (redline):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a1.doc
Annual Plan Item 7c - Timeline design considerations
– 04/23/08 (clean):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a2.doc
Revised TVA/APS proposed model (redline) –
04/23/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a4.xls
Iroquois proposed models 1 & 2 - 04/23/08 presented
by T. Gwilliam:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a5.doc
Northern Border proposed model - 04/23/08 presented
by S. Coburn:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a6.xls
El Paso (12 PM) proposed model - 04/23/08 presented
by B. Griffith:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a7.doc
El Paso (1 PM) proposed model - 04/23/08 presented
by B. Griffith:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a8.doc
TransCanada proposed models 1 & 2 - 04/23/08
presented by K. Shubert:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a9.pdf
Pipeline Collaborative proposed model - 04/23/08
presented by K. Burch:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a10.xls
FPL Energy proposed model - 04/23/08 presented by
S. Tomalty:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a12.doc
Straw vote tally on models - 04/23/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_042208a11.xls

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 23

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix B: NAESB WGQ BPS Order 968 Subcommittee Summary of Meetings and Related Events

Appendix B – NAESB WGQ BPS Order 698 Subcommittee Meeting Minutes Links
Date of Meeting

Recommendation/Description

Meeting Location

Meeting Minutes

May 19-20, 2008

WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7c/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4c: Nominations
Timeline

WGQ BPS Order 698 Meeting
Host: Stinson Morrison &
Hecker
Washington, DC

Meeting Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_051908dm.doc

Number of Participants
79

Attachments to Minutes:
Existing timeline and current proposals – 05/20/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_051908a1.xls
Vote tally 05/20/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_bps_698_051908a2.doc

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 24

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix C: Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Comments, Voting Records Links and Availability of Transcripts

Appendix C – Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Comments, Voting Records Links and Availability of Transcripts
Date

Link to EC Minutes and Voting Records

Link to Comments

Availability of Transcripts8

May 15, 2008

NAESB WGQ Executive Committee Meeting, Houston, TX

Request for comments – due 05/02/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_040308reqcom.doc

Ace Federal Reporters - 202-347-3700

Redirects - Recommendation WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b: http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec051508a4.doc
(approved by the WGQ EC 05/15/08)
WGQ EC Minutes: http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec051508fm.doc

New Jersey Natural Gas Company:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_040308_7b_njng.doc
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_040308_7b_wbip.pdf

Attachment to Minutes:
Price Indexing - Recommendation WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item
7a/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4a (redlines from WGQ EC meeting –
05/15/08 to be considered at a subsequent meeting):
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec051508a10.doc
June 9, 2008

NAESB WGQ Executive Committee Meeting
Conference call with web conferencing

Request for comments – due 05/02/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_040308reqcom.doc

Price Indexing - Recommendation WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item
7a/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4a:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec060908a1.doc (as revised by the WGQ
EC on 6/9/08 - redline)
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec060908a2.doc (as revised by the WGQ
EC on 6/9/08 - clean)

NGPL:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_040308_7a_ngpl.doc

Preferred Legal - 800-405-4056

WGQ EC Minutes: http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec060908fm.doc
June 25, 2008

NAESB WGQ Executive Committee Meeting, Houston, TX

Preferred Legal - 800-405-4056

Price Indexing - Recommendation WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item
7a/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4a:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec062508a1.doc (redline as revised by the
WGQ EC – 06/25/08)
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec062508a2.doc (clean as revised by the
WGQ EC – 06/25/08)
WGQ EC Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec062508dm.doc
Attachment to Minutes:
6/25/08 Discussion on proposed Index-Based Capacity Release
standards and modifications submitted by B. Griffith, El Paso Natural
Gas: http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec062508a3.doc

8 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other regulatory agencies may contact NAESB office to obtain electronic copies of the transcripts. All others can contact the transcription service and order the
transcripts for a nominal fee.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 25

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix C: Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Comments, Voting Records Links and Availability of Transcripts

Appendix C – Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Comments, Voting Records Links and Availability of Transcripts
Date

Link to EC Minutes and Voting Records

Link to Comments

Availability of Transcripts8

July 14, 2008

NAESB WGQ Executive Committee Meeting
Conference call with web conferencing

Request for comments on Nomination Timeline:
Recommendation WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item
7c/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4c – due 07/02/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308reqcom.doc

Preferred Legal - 800-405-4056

Redirects - Recommendation Part 2 -WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item
7b/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4b:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/2007_wgq_ap_7b_2008_wgq_ap_4b_rec_part2.
doc (approved by the WGQ EC)
Nomination Timeline: Recommendation WGQ 2007 Annual Plan
Item 7c/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4c:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_2007_ap_7c_2008_ap_4c_rec.doc
WGQ EC Minutes:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec071408dm.doc

National Grid Gas Delivery Companies:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308ngrid.doc
Salt River Project:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308srp.pdf
Pacific Gas & Electric Company:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308pge.doc
PSEG Energy Resources and Trade LLC:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308pseg.doc
Arizona Corporation Commission:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308acc.pdf
Tennessee Valley Authority:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308tva.pdf
New Jersey Natural Gas Company:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308njng.doc
Joint Comments Submitted by K. Daly for the
Arizona Public Service Company, The Boeing
Company, El Paso Electric, ISO New England,
Inc., Midwest Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc., Missouri Public Service
Commission, New York Independent System
Operator, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative,
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Salt River Project
Agricultural Improvement and Power District,
Southwest Power Pool, Tennessee Valley
Authority, Tucson Electric Power Co., UNS Gas,
Inc. and Virginia Power Energy Marketing, Inc.:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308aps.pdf
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308odec.pdf
Joint Comments Submitted by M. Arnaout for
Interested LDCs: BGE, ConEdison, National
Fuel, National Grid, New Jersey Natural,
NiSource, PSEG, Southern California and
Washington Gas Light:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308ldc.pdf
FPL Group:

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 26

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix C: Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Comments, Voting Records Links and Availability of Transcripts

Appendix C – Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Comments, Voting Records Links and Availability of Transcripts
Date

Link to EC Minutes and Voting Records

Link to Comments

Availability of Transcripts8

http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308fpl.doc
Independent Power Producers of New York:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308ippny.pdf
BG Energy Merchants, LLC and Dynegy
Marketing and Trade:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308bgem_dmt.doc
Arizona Public Service Company:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308aps_supp.pdf
New England Power Generators Association:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308nepga.pdf
National Fuel Gas Distribution:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308nfgd.pdf
The Electric Power Supply Association:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060308epsa.doc
Request for comments on Redirects Recommendation Part 2 -WGQ 2007 Annual Plan
Item 7b/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4b – due
07/07/08:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_060508reqcom.doc
No comments

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 27

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix D: Links to Ratification Ballots and Ratification Results

Appendix D – Ratification Ballots and Results Links
Date of
Ratification
July 24, 2008

Ratification Ballot

Results

Final Actions

Ratification Ballot Due August 25, 2008:
http://naesb.org/member_login_form.asp?doc=wgq_rat072408ballot.doc

Ratification Tally:
http://naesb.org/member_login_form.as
p?doc=rat_wgq082508tally.xls

Final Action Price Indexing - WGQ 2007
Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ 2008 Annual
Plan 4a:
http://naesb.org/member_login_form.asp?d
oc=fa_2007_wgq_api7a_2008_wgq_api4a.
doc

Price Indexing - Recommendation WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7a/WGQ 2008
Annual Plan 4a:
http://naesb.org/member_login_check.asp?doc=wgq_rat072408_2007_wgq_api7
a_2008_wgq_api4a_rev_rec_redline.doc (redline)
http://naesb.org/member_login_check.asp?doc=wgq_rat072408_2007_wgq_api7
a_2008_wgq_api4a_rev_rec_clean.doc (clean)
Redirects - Recommendation Part 2 -WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item 7b/WGQ
2008 Annual Plan 4b:
http://naesb.org/member_login_check.asp?doc=wgq_rat072408_2007_wgq_api7
b_2008_wgq_api4b_rec.doc

Comments:
Natural Gas Pipe Line Company of
America:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_rat082508co
mments_ngpl.doc
Williams Gas Pipeline:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_rat082508co
mments_williams.doc

Final Action Redirects - Recommendation
Part 2 -WGQ 2007 Annual Plan Item
7b/WGQ 2008 Annual Plan 4b:
http://naesb.org/member_login_form.asp?d
oc=fa_2007_wgq_api7b_2008_wgq_api4b
.doc

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 28

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board – Enclosures
FERC Order No. 698 Efforts
Appendix E: List of Available Transcripts

Appendix E –List of Available Transcripts
Date of Meeting

Meeting and Minutes

Transcription Service

How to obtain transcripts9

May 15, 2008

WGQ EC Meeting:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/ec051308a.doc

Ace Federal Reporters

Call Ace Federal Reporters - 202-347-3700

June 9, 2008

WGQ EC Meeting:
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec060908ra.doc
WGQ EC Meeting
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec062508ra2.doc

Preferred Legal

Call Preferred Legal - 800-405-4056

Preferred Legal

Call Preferred Legal - 800-405-4056

Preferred Legal

Call Preferred Legal - 800-405-4056

June 25, 2008
July 14, 2008

WGQ EC Meeting
http://naesb.org/pdf3/wgq_ec071408ra.doc

9

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other regulatory agencies may contact the NAESB office to obtain electronic copies of the transcripts. All others can contact the transcription service
and order the transcripts for a nominal fee.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 29

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698
Appendix F: NAESB Process to Develop and Adopt Standards

The NAESB Standards Development Process
NAESB is focused on proposing, considering, and adopting voluntary standards and model business practices
that will have a significant and lasting impact on all aspects of the natural gas and electricity marketplaces. As a
result of the standards NAESB adopts, it is expected that the industry will operate more efficiently and effectively,
benefiting both the industry and its customers. At the same time, it must be acknowledged that NAESB standards
may constitute a change in the way parties do business, with an accompanying effect on the use and allocation of
resources.
NAESB’s policy is to move at a deliberate pace, consistent with its annual plan(s), thus permitting those
affected by its standards, especially those standards adopted as regulations by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) or other regulatory bodies, to assimilate them as part of their business practices. To this end,
NAESB will carefully consider whether proposed standards are both timely and necessary. In particular, it will try to
avoid adopting and implementing new standards, however beneficial, before the industry is able to reasonably make
use of them.
The standards development process is governed by the annual plan, and items can be included in the plan or
modified only with Board approval. The plan typically reflects requests from NAESB members, government
agencies, and other interested parties. In approving the annual plan, the Board considers the availability of resources,
including the NAESB budget and staff and the availability of industry volunteers. New requests received throughout
the year are either considered part of the existing annual plan or as new items that require Board approval.
The standards development process begins with an annual plan item or a triaged and approved request. Triage is
a process used by each quadrant of the Executive Committee (EC) to determine whether a request is within scope,
which quadrant(s) it applies to, which subcommittee(s) it should be referred to, and what priority it should be
assigned. Triage is carried out by EC members appointed by the EC chair. Triage recommendations are submitted to
the en banc EC and require EC approval, and may also require Board approval if there are scope questions or if a
modification of the annual plan is required.
Once the triage process is completed, the subcommittees—more than one are normally involved in standards
recommendations—review the request, compare it to existing standards, and prepare recommendations that may
take the form of new or modified standards or interpretations. Participation in EC subcommittees is open to any
interested party regardless of membership status. All subcommittee participants may vote; voting is balanced by
segment and quadrant. All votes are public.
When the recommendation is complete, it is made available for a thirty-day industry comment period. The
recommendation and comments are then forwarded to the EC, which considers the recommendation, makes any
changes it deems necessary, and takes a vote. A recommendation must receive an affirmative vote of at least 67
percent from each applicable quadrant EC and 40 percent from each of the segments of the applicable quadrant(s).
After passage by the EC, the recommendation must be ratified by the NAESB members. An affirmative vote of
67 percent of the members of the applicable quadrant(s) is required for ratification. After ratification, standards and
modifications are considered final actions and will be published in the next version of NAESB standards.
All NAESB quadrants follow the same development process described herein. The process has been followed
by the WGQ since 1994 and has been used to develop more than five hundred standards that have been incorporated
by reference into federal regulations.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 30

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698
Appendix F: NAESB Process to Develop and Adopt Standards

North American Energy Standards Board
Standards Development Process Flow Chart

Request For Standard is forwarded to the NAESB
Office from any group. The request may include
fully developed recommended standards.

Board provides approved Annual
Plan to the EC

Triage Subcommittee considers request and
prepares a triage disposition

Executive Committee (EC) approves triage
disposition and specific Quadrant EC(s) to
which the work is assigned, directs its work
or directs work on the annual plan item.

EC Subcommittees consider request or
Annual Plan Item as directed by EC.

Recommendations including new or
modified standards are prepared by EC
Subcommittees

Industry comment on EC Subcommittee(s)
recommendations

Executive Committee for approval of
recommendation

Membership Ratification

Posting as Final Action, Publication of
Standards, Filings with FERC

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 31

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698
Appendix F: NAESB Process to Develop and Adopt Standards

Flexibility
NAESB recognizes that flexibility is necessary, as standards are developed to address regional concerns or to
incorporate variances to accommodate operational or structural differences. Several WEQ standards incorporate
regional or operational differences for both Version 0 and Version 1. There is a high threshold for incorporating
such variances in a standard; the subcommittee(s) in drafting the standard, the EC in approving the subcommittee
recommendation, and the membership in approving the standard must all agree that such variance is necessary.
Nonetheless, NAESB procedures are well suited to take into account operational and regional differences.
Transparency
All NAESB meetings are open for attendance and participation by any interested party, with the exception of
executive sessions of the Board or Managing Committee for purposes of discussing personnel, compensation or
legal issues. Meeting announcements and agendas are posted in advance to permit the widest possible participation.
Conference-calling capability is available for all meetings and web casting is available for most. Those intending to
attend a meeting in person or by telephone are asked to notify NAESB by a specific date to permit adequate meeting
planning.
Transcripts are made of all Board of Directors and EC meetings, and may also be made of other meetings that
are expected to be controversial. Transcripts are maintained in the NAESB office and are provided to regulatory
agencies for their internal use. All other interested parties can purchase transcripts from the relevant transcription
service.
Coordination with NERC
For business practice standards development for the WEQ, if it is determined by NERC and NAESB Executive
Management that joint development is needed by NERC and NAESB, the NERC-NAESB Coordination Joint
Development Process is implemented.10 This process requires that the appropriate NAESB subcommittee and
NERC Standards Drafting Team work together to develop reliability standards and business practices. This process
is currently being implemented by the NAESB WEQ BPS and ESS/ITS with the NERC ATC Standards Drafting
Team to develop reliability standards and business practice standards to address Commission Order No. 890.
The Joint Interface Committee of NAESB, NERC and the ISO-RTO Council (“JIC”) was dissolved as part of
the agreement to create the Independent Grid Operator segment of the WEQ. The joint development process
between NAESB and NERC is being used to ensure appropriate coordination. The ISOs and RTOs have strong
decision-making roles in both NERC and NAESB, and thus with the use of the joint development process, the JIC
was no longer necessary. Documentation is being prepared to formally dissolve the JIC, which has not met since
June 15, 2006. The record of the meetings can be found on the NAESB web site at the following link:
http://www.naesb.org/weq/weq_nercmou.asp.

10
The NERC-NAESB Coordination Joint Development Process was submitted to the Commission on February 17, 2006 in Attachment C of the
Progress Report on NAESB Activities impacting Docket No. RM05-5-000, “Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for
Public Utilities”: http://www.naesb.org/doc_view2.asp?doc=ferc021706.pdf.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 32

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698
Appendix G: NAESB WGQ Annual Plan
NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
2008 WGQ Annual Plan Adopted by the NAESB Board of Directors on March 27, 2008 with Revisions Suggested by the
Wholesale Gas Quadrant Executive Committee on June 25 and July 14, 2008
Item Description

Completioni

Assignmentii

Damage Reporting for Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities
1

Review and develop standards as appropriate to support posting of information as
noted in Docket No. RM06-18-000, Order No. 682 and Docket No. RM06-18-001,
Order No. 682-A. Review transmission line damage reporting to identify
commonality and apply as appropriate.

4th Q 2008

BPS

1st Q, 2008

BPS/EDM

1st Q, 2008

Contracts

Status: Not Started.
Electronic Delivery Mechanisms and Related Activities
2

Develop or amend WGQ technical standards, as appropriate, to address to the DoE
Sandia National Laboratories 2006 surety assessment findings and recommendations.
Status: Underway.

Contracts Activities
3

Update ISDA Gas Annex to correspond to the updated NAESB Base Contract for
Sale and Purchase of Sale of Natural Gas, dated September 5, 2006.
Status: Underway.

Gas-Electric Interdependency
4

Respond to requests of FERC Order No. 698 issued 6-25-07, Docket Nos. RM05-5-001 and RM96-1-027 as related to the
NAESB reports submitted in Docket No. RM05-28-000:
a.

¶ 56 of Order No. 698: “… Under the Commission regulations, the releasing shipper is responsible for clearly setting
out the terms and conditions of the release and that would include the means for implementing the formula rate. This is
also an issue on which NAESB can develop standards to ensure that such releases can be processed quickly and
efficiently.” (emphasis added)
i.)

Develop business practice standards to address the threshold questions
of ¶ 56 of Order No. 698:

2nd Q, 2008

BPS

TBD

IR/Tech

Status: Underway.
ii.)

Prepare fully staffed recommendation
Status: In progress

b.

¶ 63 of Order No. 698: “The Commission is not modifying its requirement for within-the-path scheduling as adopted in
Order No. 637. The example posited by NAESB appears consistent with the within-the-path scheduling concept and
with pipeline proposals that have been accepted. It would not be appropriate for the Commission here to try to provide
generic clarification to cover all possible proposals by pipelines for according flexibility to shippers. These proposals
will have to be judged on an individual basis. In addition, NAESB can consider through its consensus process possible
standards for according increased receipt and delivery point flexibility.”(emphasis added)

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 33

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698
Appendix G: NAESB WGQ Annual Plan
NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
2008 WGQ Annual Plan Adopted by the NAESB Board of Directors on March 27, 2008 with Revisions Suggested by the
Wholesale Gas Quadrant Executive Committee on June 25 and July 14, 2008
Item Description
i.)

Develop business practice standards to address the threshold questions
of ¶ 63 of Order No. 698:

Completioni

Assignmentii

2nd Q, 2008

BPS

2nd Q, 2008

IR/Tech

Status: Completed.
ii.)

Prepare fully staffed recommendation
Status: Completed.

c.

¶ 69 of Order No. 698: “As we stated in the NOPR, the Commission has recognized the interest of interruptible
shippers in achieving business certainty by making the last intra-day nomination opportunity one in which firm
nominations do not bump interruptible nominations. However, within the confines of current Commission policy,
NAESB should actively consider whether changes to existing intra-day schedules would benefit all shippers, and
provide better provide for coordination between gas and electric scheduling. In addition, the NAESB nomination
timeline establishes only the minimum requirement to which pipelines must adhere...”(emphasis added)
i.)

Develop business practice standards to address the threshold questions
of ¶ 69 of Order No. 698:

2nd Q, 2008

BPS

2nd Q, 2008

BPS

3rd Q, 2008

BPS

1st Q, 2008

Joint WEQ/WGQ eTariff

TBD

TBD

4th Q, 2008

BPS

1st Q, 2009

BPS

Status: Completed.
ii.)

Prepare fully staffed recommendation
Status: Completed.

Capacity Release
5

Review capacity release transactions upload and related responses to determine
suitability for EDI.
Status: Not started, action pending submittal of request and process for request
assignment.

Review and develop business practices standards to support e-Tariff program
6

Develop business practices as needed to support the e-Tariff program including
submittal of tariffs and metadata. (Docket No RM05-1-000)
Status: Complete.

Customer Security Administration
7

Review and develop standards as appropriate to support Customer Security
Administration Standards (Comment Submittal, 10-29-07)
Status: Not started, action pending submittal of request and process for request
assignment.

Gas Quality Reporting
8

Respond to requests of FERC Docket No. RP07-504-000:
¶ 10 “… develop a uniform set of standards regarding the posting of rapidly
changing gas quality information applicable to those pipelines which are required by
their tariffs to do so.” (Docket No. RP07-504-000)
Status: Not started

Promotion of a More Efficient Capacity Release Market
9

Review FERC Order No. 712 and modify NAESB standards (Docket No. RM08-1000)
Status: Underway.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 34

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698
Appendix G: NAESB WGQ Annual Plan

NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STANDARDS BOARD
2008 WGQ Annual Plan to be Presented to the NAESB Board of Directors on March 27, 2008l
Item Description

Completion

Assignment

Program of Standards Maintenance & Fully Staffed Standards Work
Business Practice Requests

Ongoing

Assigned by the ECiii

Continue review against plan for migration to ANSI ASC X12 new versions as
needed and coordinate such activities with DISA.

Ongoing

ANSI X12
subcommittee

Information Requirements and Technical Mapping of Business Practices

Ongoing

Assigned by the EC4

Ongoing Interpretations for Clarifying Language Ambiguities

Ongoing

Assigned by the EC4

Ongoing Maintenance of Code Values and Other Technical Matters

Ongoing

Assigned by the EC4

Provisional Activities
Respond to requests as received that are related to Docket No. AD06-11-000 (Market Transparency Reporting).
Notes: (a) Priority is given to action items that are carry-overs from the 2007 Annual Plan.
(b) Any new activity should be preceded by a request from the submitter after which the annual plan will be revisited.
The provisional items would only be addressed after a request is submitted or an order is issued by the FERC.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 35

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board
FERC Order No. 698
Appendix G: NAESB WGQ Annual Plan
Wholesale Gas Quadrant
Executive Committee (WGQ EC)

Business Practices
Subcommittee (BPS)

Contracts Subcommittee

Practices
Development
Interpretations Subcommittee

Joint WEQ/WGQ e-Tariff
Subcommittee

Information Requirements
Subcommittee (IR)

Technical
Implementati
on

Technical Subcommittee

Electronic Delivery Mechanism
Subcommittee (EDM)

The translation of
business practices to
usable uniform
business transactions
is accomplished
through the definition
of information
requirements for the
data, and mapping of
that data into specific
electronic
transactions. This
translation is
performed by IR and
Technical
subcommittees and
completes the
standards
development process,
often referred to as
“full staffing.” Both
IR and Technical
work in tandem to
complete this crucial
technical
implementation
activity. Until these
steps have been
completed, the
process is

ANSI X12 Subcommittee

Task Forces & Working Groups

NAESB 2008 WGQ EC and Subcommittee Leadership:
Executive Committee: Jim Buccigross, Chair and Mike Novak, Vice-Chair
Business Practices Subcommittee: Kim Van Pelt, Valerie Crockett, Dolores Chezar and Richard Smith
Information Requirements Subcommittee: Dale Davis, Christopher Burden
Technical Subcommittee: Mike Stender
Contracts Subcommittee: Keith Sappenfield
Electronic Delivery Mechanism Subcommittee: Leigh Spangler, Christopher Burden
Interpretations Subcommittee: Paul Love
Joint WEQ/WGQ e-Tariff Subcommittee: Keith Sappenfield, Jane Daly

End Notes WGQ 2008 Annual Plan:
i
Dates in the completion column are by end of the quarter for completion by the assigned committee. The dates do not
necessarily mean that the standards are fully staffed to be implementable by the industry, and/or ratified by membership. If one
item is completed earlier than planned, another item can begin earlier and possibly complete earlier than planned. There are no
begin dates on the plan.
ii
The assignments are abbreviated. The abbreviations and committee structure can be found at the end of the annual plan
document.
iii
The EC assigns maintenance of existing standards on a request-by-request basis.

Report of the North American Energy Standards Board, September 3, 2008
Page 36