# Availability of Certain North American Electric Reliability Corporation Databases to the Commission
**AGENCY:**
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
**ACTION:**
Notice of compliance date.
**SUMMARY:**
This document provides notice of the compliance date for the amended regulations adopted in the final rule issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) in Docket No. RM15-25-000, requiring the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to provide the Commission with access to certain databases compiled and maintained by NERC.
**DATES:**
The date for compliance with the amended regulations adopted in Docket No. RM15-25-000 is February 21, 2017.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Raymond Orocco-John (Technical Information), Office of Electric Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: (202) 502-6593, *[email protected].*
Julie Greenisen (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: (202) 502-6362, *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On June 16, 2016, the Commission issued a final rule amending its regulations to require NERC to provide the Commission, and Commission staff, with access to certain databases compiled and maintained by NERC. [^1] The compliance date for the new regulation was deferred based on issuance of the final rule in a related rulemaking, Commission Docket No. RM16-15-000. The final rule in the related proceeding has now been issued and was published in the *Federal Register* on December 21, 2016, to become effective February 21, 2017. This document provides notice of the corresponding date for compliance with the regulations adopted in Docket No. RM15-25-000.
[^1]*Availability of Certain North American Electric Reliability Corporation Databases to the Commission,* Order No. 824, 155 FERC ¶ 61,275 (2016).
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.