We have the dates, but not the rules

At last, the filing window has been announced.  I updated my table to reflect the new dates.

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	12/19/2014	52	1/14/2015	75	3/26/2015	71

What jumps out at me?  Nothing really.  A few mildly interesting things:

1. This is the latest that the window has been announced at least since 2005.  Not way later than other years, though, and USAC had a good excuse, with the overhaul of the 471.
2. The same window close date as last year.  I like it.  Imagine if they made it the same every year....
3. The latest window open date since 2005, which probably means the latest start date ever (I'm too lazy to check).
4. Only 23 days between the announcement of the window dates and the opening of the window.  Not bad, but it just feels like there should be at least 29 days between the announcement and the window opening, so it would be possible to file a Form 470 after the announcement and still have time to file a 471 on the first day of the window.

So nothing to complain about on this timing, really.  Now if we just had the Second Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, so we could know what the rules are.