[Federal Register: September 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 173)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EY04-95-14-000, RM01-10-000, PL05-12-000]

 
Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers; Extension of 
Non-Statutory Deadlines; Notice Granting Extension of Time To Comply 
With Posting and Other Requirements

August 31, 2005.
    Hurricane Katrina has created emergency conditions in the Gulf 
Coast area of the United States. Section 358.4(a)(2) of the 
Commission's Standards of Conduct regulations allows transmission 
providers to ``take whatever steps are necessary to keep the system[s] 
in operation'' notwithstanding any of the other requirements. 18 CFR 
358.4(a)(2) (2005). Section 358.4(a)(2) also provides: ``Transmission 
Providers must report to the Commission and post on the OASIS or 
Internet Web site, as applicable, each emergency that resulted in any 
deviation from the standards of conduct, within 24 hours of such 
deviation.'' As a result of the emergency, the Commission will allow 
affected transmission providers to delay compliance with the section 
358.4(a)(2) reporting requirement until September 30, 2005. In 
addition, pursuant to section 385.2008 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.2008 (2005), the Commission finds 
good cause to extend, until September 30, 2005, non-statutory deadlines 
that occur before that date for participants in proceedings pending 
before the Commission who need such extensions on account of Hurricane 
Katrina.

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4871 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]

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