On January 21, 2021, the FERC Commissioner, Neil Chatterjee and Pradeep Kumar Pujari, chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) of India, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the FERC and the CERC to share regulatory experiences and practices. This MOU is the product of three years of discussions among the Commissioner, the Chairperson, and staff from both agencies and details a variety of issues ranging from development and monitoring of power markets and issues related to: (1) regulatory initiatives for facilitating investment in the power sector; (2) integrating renewable energy into the electric grid; (3) transmission pricing; (4) grid reliability; (5) technical training, and (6) regulatory practices.

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On February 4, 2021, the SEC published a request for public comment concerning potential reform measures to enhance the resilience of money market funds, which are utilized by both large institutions and individual retail investors and play a substantial role in short-term funding markets. This topic is given special attention in a report of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets published in December 2020. The SEC expects that comments received will help the agency and other relevant financial regulators in further analysis of potential reforms. Continue reading "SEC Seeks Comment on Potential Money Market..." »

XBRL US has announced that it will host two free 75-minute virtual informational sessions on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 and Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 1:30 PM ET that will aid preparers in getting ready for the new FERC XBRL mandate. XBRL US is hosting these webinars to broaden attendees’ exposure to various XBRL solution providers and to help filers get an in-depth look at how XBRL preparation will affect the reporting process. The two-day event will also feature demonstrations from select member organizations, including Novaworks.
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As a leader in the XBRL community and a provider of robust software for structured data reporting for more than a decade, Novaworks is proud to announce our newest solution to XBRL-based compliance: XBRLworks. XBRLworks is a streamlined, easy-to-use XBRL application that will launch with support for the new FERC XBRL mandate. In 2020, the FERC officially adopted XBRL as its solution to modernizing its approach to regulated financial and other reporting in the energy industry. XBRL presents a method of tagging (or marking-up) data that adds key contextual information through dimensionality defined by an XBRL taxonomy.
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On February 2, 2021, the SEC published “Administration of the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System” in the Federal Register as a result of rule changes previously approved. Rule 15 under Regulation S-T establishes measures the SEC may take in governing EDGAR and promoting the integrity and reliability of EDGAR submissions. The SEC adopted the new rule to provide transparency and further substantiate the system by which it expeditiously informs filers and other relevant individuals of its activities under the rule. Pursuant to Regulation S-T, the SEC also adopted amendments that authorize the Director of the agency’s EDGAR Business Office to take actions under the new rule and under (i) Rule 13(b) concerning setting the terms of continuing hardship exemption and (ii) Rule 202 regarding the adjustment of a filing date for an electronic filing. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Regulation S-T Rule in Federal..." »

The SEC has announced that technical issues with Form 13H (and its variants) resulting from the end of life of Adobe Flash software has been resolved. Filers who were unable to file Form 13H (or variant) because of the issue should submit their filings as soon as possible. Continue reading "Form 13H Issues Caused by Adobe Flash Player..." »

On January 19, 2021, the FERC announced that it is seeking public comment related to potential modifications to its methods for requiring financial assurance measures in hydroelectric licenses. These steps are meant to guarantee that licensees can satisfy license conditions and maintain their projects in a secure condition.
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On January 21, 2021, the SEC announced that it has amended its list of unregistered entities that use inaccurate data to solicit mainly non-US investors, adding 28 soliciting entities, six bogus regulators, and three impersonators of real firms. By revising the list of soliciting entities that have been the subject of investor complaints (referred to as the Public Alert: Unregistered Soliciting Entities (PAUSE) list), the agency can provide to the public information learned by reviewing tips, referrals, complaints, and other sources, so investors may be cautioned about potential fraud before they invest. Continue reading "SEC Updates List of Entities Using Inaccurate..." »

On January 11, 2021, the SEC announced that its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will hold a remote meeting on Friday, January 29, 2021. The event will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET and will be presented live via webcast on sec.gov for public viewing. The video conference will also be archived on the SEC’s webpage for later viewing. Members of the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will review matters related to Release Nos. 33-10919 and 34-90882 and File No. 265-32 concerning rules and regulations affecting small and emerging companies and their investors under the federal securities laws. Continue reading "SEC Announces January 29 Virtual Meeting of the..." »

Version 5.6b of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains a number of improvements to the Page View editor, including enhancements to the Image Size dialog and to fields.

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On January 15, 2021, the SEC issued the required notice concerning new fee rates under Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The agency announced that starting on February 25, 2021, the fee rates related to most securities transactions will be set at $5.10 per million dollars. Fee rate advisories must be published within 30 days of the date on which an act making a regular appropriation for the applicable fiscal year is adopted. On December 27, 2020, the President enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021, which includes total appropriations of $1,926,162,000 to the SEC for fiscal year 2021. Continue reading "Second Fee Rate Advisory for Fiscal Year 2021" »

On January 15, 2021, the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation announced that it will host its second annual Capital Call on Feb. 4, 2020, at 1 p.m. ET. The call, which is entitled “What’s Happening from Startup to Small Cap”, is freely open to the public and will explore current issues that impact small businesses and their investors. Continue reading "SEC’s Small Business Advocate to Hold Capital..." »

The SEC will be closed Monday, January 18 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. The EDGAR System will not receive, process, or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of January 18 will be due the following business day, which is Tuesday, January 19. Continue reading "Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr." »

On January 13, 2021, the SEC released a statement concerning Form 13H and filing issues due to Adobe Flash Player’s End of Life. Adobe officially discontinued support for Flash Player on December 31, 2020. Because of this, filers have been experiencing issues with filing Form 13H (and its variants). SEC staff are working on a technical fix. They expect to implement this fix no later than January 31, 2021.
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On December 22, 2020, the FERC released its Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering. Issuance of this annual report, now in its fifteenth year of publication, is required under section 1252(e)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The details presented in the report were drawn from the latest publicly available data (2018 data for retail markets and 2019 data for wholesale markets) that is used to gauge demand response potential. The report also contains FERC staff findings using non-public data to assess demand response activity in California during the summer 2020 when the state experienced four out of its five hottest August days since 1985. Continue reading "FERC Publishes 2020 Assessment of Demand..." »