2024-30474. Revisions to the Filing Process for Commission Forms; Notice of eForms Updates

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Department of Energy

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

1. [Docket No. RM19-12-000]

Notice is hereby given that, on March 28, 2025, the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomies, validation rules, and rendering files needed to file the FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, 2, 2-A, 3-Q electric, 3-Q natural gas, 6, 60, and 714,^[1] will be updated to Version 2025-04-01.^[2] Version 2025-04-01 will be effective starting with the first quarter 2025.

The draft updated (Version 2025-01-01) taxonomies, validation rules, and rendering files are currently available for download in the eForms portal ( https://ecollection.ferc.gov) and are available for testing in the eForms portal. Suggestions on the draft Version 2025-01-01 taxonomies can be provided by March 3, 2025, through https://XBRLview.ferc.gov. Version 2025-01-01 includes the incorporation of Order No. 898,^[3] technical edits to the codesets required for updating to Xule v1.2, Arelle v2.35.18, and the adoption of the XBRL Inline Renderer (XENDR) ( https://xbrl.us/​xule/​xendr/​) to render the human readable HTML documents.

The following FERC Form filings due after March 28, 2025, must be filed using the Version 2025-04-01 taxonomies, validation rules, and rendering files: (1) the 2024 FERC Form Nos. 60 and 714 ^[4] and; (2) the 2025 FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, 2, 2-A, 3-Q electric, 3-Q natural gas, and 6. Please see the Taxonomy History page ( https://ecollection.ferc.gov/​taxonomyHistory) for detailed version information organized by form.

Dated: December 16, 2024.

Debbie-Anne A. Reese,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  The Commission adopted the XBRL process for filing these forms in Order No. 859. Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm'n Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).

2.  The Commission adopted the final XBRL taxonomies, protocols, implementation guide, and other supporting documents, and established the implementation schedule for filing the Commission Forms following a technical conference in this proceeding. Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm'n Forms, 172 FERC ¶ 61,059 (2020). The Commission also stated that technical updates, such as the updates referenced here, will not take effect until at least 60 days after issuance of a notice from the Office of the Secretary. Id. P 26.

3.   Acct. & Reporting Treatment of Certain Renewable Energy Assets, Order No. 898, 183 FERC ¶ 61,205 (2023).

4.  The changes to FERC Form Nos. 60 and 714 consist of only the technical updates to the codesets.