Which got me wondering: what is normally the delay between ESL release and announcement of the filing window? The answer:
FY | ESL release | Window announced | Days to announce | Window open | 60 days? | Window close | Window days |
2005 | 10/14/2004 | 11/5/2004 | 22 | 12/14/2004 | 61 | 2/17/2005 | 65 |
2006 | 11/22/2005 | 11/23/2005 | 1 | 12/6/2005 | 14 | 2/16/2006 | 72 |
2007 | 10/19/2006 | 10/20/2006 | 1 | 11/14/2006 | 26 | 2/7/2007 | 85 |
2008 | 10/19/2007 | 10/28/2007 | 9 | 11/7/2007 | 19 | 2/7/2008 | 92 |
2009 | 11/21/2008 | 11/24/2008 | 3 | 12/2/2008 | 11 | 2/12/2009 | 72 |
2010 | 12/2/2009 | 12/3/2009 | 1 | 12/3/2009 | 1 | 2/11/2010 | 70 |
2011 | 12/6/2010 | 12/10/2010 | 4 | 1/11/2011 | 36 | 3/24/2011 | 72 |
2012 | 9/28/2011 | 11/22/2011 | 55 | 1/9/2012 | 103 | 3/20/2012 | 71 |
2013 | 9/27/2012 | 11/13/2012 | 47 | 12/12/2012 | 76 | 3/14/2013 | 92 |
2014 | 10/22/2013 | 11/20/2013 | 29 | 1/9/2014 | 79 | 3/26/2014 | 77 |
2015 | 10/28/2014 | 11/20/2014 | 23 | 12/27/2014 | 60 | ||
[I started with 2005 because that's when the Third Report and Order created the requirement that the ESL be released at least 60 days before the start of the filing window.]
The information in green italics is "what-if" data. If USAC announced the window dates today, that would be 23 days after the ESL was released. If the window opened exactly 60 days after the ESL release, that would be December 27th.
This year is different, because USAC has to deal with a major systems overhaul before opening the window. The Form 470 changes were very minor, but the Form 471 is a whole new beast.
So my uneducated guess on the window dates is:
Window opens: January 15
Window closes: March 25
That would give us a 69-day window, which is the shortest since 2005, but not a lot shorter than recent years.
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