[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR37.5]

[Page 301-302]
 
           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 37_OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 37.5  Obligations of Transmission Providers and Responsible Parties.

    (a) Each Transmission Provider is required to provide for the 
operation of an OASIS, either individually or jointly with other 
Transmission Providers, in accordance with the requirements of this 
Part. The Transmission Provider may delegate this responsibility to a 
Responsible Party such as another Transmission Provider, an Independent 
System Operator, a Regional Transmission Group, or a Regional 
Reliability Council.
    (b) A Responsible Party must:
    (1) Provide access to an OASIS providing standardized information 
relevant to the availability of transmission capacity, prices, and other 
information (as described in this Part) pertaining to the transmission 
system for which it is responsible;
    (2) Operate the OASIS in compliance with the standardized procedures 
and protocols found in OASIS Standards and Communication Protocols, 
which can be obtained from the Public Reference and Files Maintenance 
Branch, Room 2A, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426; and
    (3) Operate the OASIS in compliance with the Business Practice 
Standards for Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS) 
Transactions, which can be obtained at the same address as provided in 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (c) A Responsible Party may not deny or restrict access to an OASIS 
user merely because that user makes automated computer-to-computer file 
transfers or queries, or extensive requests for data.
    (d) In the event that an OASIS user's grossly inefficient method of 
accessing an OASIS node or obtaining information from the node seriously 
degrades the performance of the node, a Responsible Party may limit a 
user's access to the OASIS node without prior Commission approval. The 
Responsible Party must immediately contact the OASIS user to resolve the 
problem. Notification of the restriction must be made to the Commission 
within two business days of the incident and include a description of 
the problem. A closure report describing how the problem was resolved 
must be filed with the Commission within one week of the incident.
    (e) In the event that an OASIS user makes an error in a query, the 
Responsible Party can block the affected

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query and notify the user of the nature of the error. The OASIS user 
must correct the error before making any additional queries. If there is 
a dispute over whether an error has occurred, the procedures in 
paragraph (d) of this section apply.
    (f) Transmission Providers must provide ``read only'' access to the 
OASIS to Commission staff and the staffs of State regulatory 
authorities, at no cost, after such staff members have complied with the 
requisite registration procedures.

[Order 889, 61 FR 21764, May 10, 1996, as amended by Order 605, 64 FR 
34124, June 25, 1999; Order 638, 65 FR 17400, Mar. 31, 2000]