Electricity Market Transparency Provisions of Section 220 of the Federal Power Act

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The Commission proposes to amend its regulations pursuant to section 220 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as enacted by section 1281 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), to facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale and transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce. In doing so, the Commission proposes to require market participants that are excluded from the Commission's jurisdiction under FPA section 205 and have more than a de minimis market presence to file Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR) with the Commission. In addition, the Commission proposes to refine the existing EQR filing requirements by directing all filers to: report the transaction date and time, as well as the type of rate by which the price in the transaction or contract was set (i.e., fixed price, formula, index, regional transmission organization/independent system operator (RTO/ ISO) price, or index); indicate whether the transaction was reported to an index publisher; identify the broker or exchange used for a transaction, if applicable; and report electronic tag (e-Tag) ID data in EQRs. The Commission also proposes to: Standardize the unit for reporting energy and capacity transact