2.17 Incorporation of Certain Business Practice Standards

Pursuant to Commission Order No. 676-K, the ISO incorporates by reference the following business practice standards developed by the North American Energy Standards Board’s Wholesale Electric Quadrant:

1.                  WEQ-000, Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definition of Terms (Version 004, July 31, 2023);
2.                WEQ-001, Open Access Same-Time Information Systems (OASIS) (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023), with Minor Correction MC24004 applied to standard WEQ-001-24.2.4 (August 9, 2024), except as provided in section 2.17.1 below;

(v) WEQ-004, Coordinate Interchange (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023), except as provided in section 2.17.1 below;

(vi) WEQ-005, Area Control Error (ACE) Equation Special Cases (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(vii) WEQ-006, Manual Time Error Correction (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(viii) WEQ-007 Inadvertent Interchange Payback (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(ix) WEQ-008, Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) – Eastern Interconnection (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(x) WEQ-011, Gas/Electric Coordination (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(xi) WEQ-012, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(xiii) WEQ-015, Measurement and Verification of Wholesale Electricity Demand Response (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(xiv) WEQ-021, Measurement and Verification of Energy Efficiency Products (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(xv) WEQ-022, Electric Industry Registry (EIR) (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023);

(xvi) WEQ-023, Modeling (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023), except as provided in section 2.17.1 below; and

(xvii) WEQ-024, Cybersecurity (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023).

2.17.1    The ISO is not required to comply with the following Standards:

(ii) WEQ-001, Open Access Same-Time Information Systems (OASIS) (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023), with Minor Correction MC24004 applied to standard WEQ-001-24.2.4 (August 9, 2024): Standards 001-2, 001-3, 001-4, 001-5, 001-6, 001-7, 001-8, 001-9, 001-10, 001-011, 001-012, 001-13.1.3 (c), 001-13.2, 001-014, 001-015, 001-016, 001-017, 001-020, 001-021, 001-022, 001-23, 001-24, 001-25, 001-26, 001-27, 001-28, 001-101 through 001-108, 001-Appendix A, and 001-Appendix B, pursuant to [Order] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 194 FERC ¶ 61,235 (March 27, 2026);

(iii) WEQ-002, Open Access Same-Time Information Systems (OASIS) Business Practice Standards and Communication Protocols (S&CP) (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023), pursuant to [Order] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 194 FERC ¶ 61,235 (March 27, 2026);

(iv) WEQ-003, Open Access Same-Time Information Systems (OASIS) Data Dictionary (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023), pursuant to [Order] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 194 FERC ¶ 61,235 (March 27, 2026);

(v) WEQ-004, Coordinate Interchange (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023): Standards 004-3, 004-18, 004-Appendix A, and 004-Appendix C, pursuant to [Order] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 194 FERC ¶ 61,235 (March 27, 2026);

(xii) WEQ-013, Open Access Same-Time Information Systems (OASIS) Implementation Guide, (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023), pursuant to [Order] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 194 FERC ¶ 61,235 (March 27, 2026); and

(xvi) WEQ-023, Modeling, (WEQ Version 004, July 31, 2023): Standards 023-5; 023-6; and 023-A Appendix A, pursuant to [Order] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 194 FERC ¶ 61,235 (March 27, 2026).