On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, FERC posted an updated definition of eTariff filing types (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/etariff/filing_type.csv). It is the third time in 2011 that FERC has updated the eTariff filing types. As detailed below, most notable in this update is the reclassification of certain filing types, all of which go into effect July 1, 2011.
Power Administrations
- filing code 40 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 440 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 450 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 460 was AMENDMENT; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 1020 was AMENDMENT; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 1050 was AMENDMENT; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
NGPA 311 Gas Pipelines
- filing code 760 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 770 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 820 was NEW; on July 1 will be classified as REFILED
- filing code 980 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 1000 was AMENDMENT; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
Federal Power Act Electric (Traditional Cost of Service and Market Based Rates) Public Utilities
- filing code 1030 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 1040 was AMENDMENT; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 1080 was NEW; on July 1 will be classified as REFILED
Federal Power Act Electric (Market Based Rate) Public Utilities
- filing code 1090 was AMENDMENT; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
- filing code 1110 was NORMAL; on July 1 will be classified as COMPLIANCE
The first thing you may have noticed is that FERC programs “NGA Gas Pipelines” and “Oil Pipelines” are unaffected. Therefore, if your company is eRegistered under one of these FERC programs, you are not impacted by these changes.
We Are Updating TariffShark
In order to accommodate these filing type changes, we are updating TariffShark. Only the server components are affected (database server and application server), so these are the only components we are updating. You will not need to roll out updated desktop client software. In addition, any filings with the above filing codes that have a filing date on or after July 1, 2011 will be appropriately migrated to the new filing type definition. Rest assured, regardless of the TariffShark release you are running (1.0, 2.0, or 3.0 (previously v1.0, v1.1, or v1.1.172, respectively)), you will have an upgrade path.
Enterprise Customers
- If you are running database version 7 (a component of Release 1.0), you will need to download and run the database installer and upgrade your database to version 710 (a component of Release 1.1).
- If you are running database version 8 (a component of Release 2.0), you will need to download and run the database installer and upgrade your database to version 810 (a component of Release 2.1).
- If you are running database version 9 (a component of Release 3.0), you will need to download and run the database installer and upgrade your database to version 910 (a component of Release 3.1).
- If you are running v1.0 of the application server (a component of Release 1.0), you will need to download and install v1.0.71 (a component of Release 1.1).
- If you are running v1.1 of the application server (a component of Release 2.0), you will need to download and install v1.1.81 (a component of Release 2.1).
- If you are running v1.1.172 of the application server (a component of Release 3.0), you will need to download and install v1.1.291 (a component of Release 3.1).
Hosted Customers
We are currently programming and testing the software update. Therefore, updated TariffShark software is not available for download just yet. We will update this blog article once the software is available for download on the tariffshark.com website.
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