BREAKER BRIEF
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12 TO OCTOBER 18, 2026 | BREAKERBRIEF.COM
WECC
Five electricity windows close this week, from the final ballots on NERC's 2026-02 Computational Loads on October 14 to the FERC-555 information collection on October 16. The Standards Processes Manual revisions and FERC-725S follow two weeks from today.
Corrected November 7, 2026. The first version of this edition called the week quiet, said two comment windows were open, and named the Standards Processes Manual revisions as the first to close. It also left out other open electricity windows. This version lists them and describes the 26 as tracked items rather than open ones.
Closing this week
Final ballots by October 14: NERC's 2026-02 Computational Loads.
Comments by October 15: three FERC information collection extensions, FERC-556, FERC-912, and FERC-561.
Comments by October 16: the FERC-555 information collection extension.
Coming up
Comments by October 26: Standards Processes Manual Revisions | Modernization of Standard Processes and Procedures Implementation and the FERC-725S information collection, on Monday two weeks out.
Comments by November 5: Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-603); Comment Request; Extension, published October 6.
New this week
Four items arrived in the last seven days. Besides the FERC-603 request above and the final ballots on NERC's 2026-02 Computational Loads, opened October 9, there is a notice of effectiveness of exempt wholesale generator status for AP Solar 4, LLC and others, published October 8, and BIF III Holtwood LLC's application for non-project use of project land and waters, accepted for filing with comments and motions solicited, published October 6.
The wide view
Twenty-six items sit on the tracked list for this edition. Among them are WECC-0160: WECC IBR Modeling and EMT Screening Criteria and WECC-0157: PRC-006-5 Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding, Update to the WECC Regional Variance, alongside notices for RamaFlux Sierra PSH, LLC, The City of Columbus, Ohio, and French Broad Electric Membership Corporation.
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