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copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Paul Scheihing, EE–5A/
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, by
fax at 202–586–9234, or by email at
paul.scheihing@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: New.
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Department of Energy Superior
Energy PerformanceTM Certification
Program Information Collection
Request.
(3) Type of Request: New.
(4) Purpose: This Information
Collection Request applies to the
Department of Energy (DOE) voluntary
certification program for industrial
facilities: Superior Energy
PerformanceTM (SEP). The information
being collected is needed so as to
include participants in the DOE’s SEP.
SEP is an energy efficiency certification
and recognition program for industrial
facilities demonstrating energy
management excellence and sustained
energy savings. SEP builds on the ISO
50001 energy management system
standard and provides a rigorous,
internationally-recognized business
process for companies to continually
improve their energy performance. The
SEP third-party verification of energy
performance improvement is unique in
the marketplace, and assists to
differentiate certified companies from
their competitors. This request for
information consists of a voluntary data
collection process for SEP participation:
To enroll industrial facilities, manage
and track certification cycles, and relay
the costs and benefits of SEP
certification to industry.
There are four types of information to
be collected from primary participants:
(1) Background data, including contact
information and basic information about
the facility’s experience with energy
management—collected in the SEP
Enrollment Form; (2) Basic facility
information about its energy use, energy
consumption, and energy performance
indicators—collected in the SEP
Application Form; (3) Information on
energy performance improvement in
SEP-certified facilities—collected in the
SEP Energy Performance Improvement
Report; (4) Information on the costs and
benefits of participating in SEP
(optional; not required for SEP
certification)—collected in the SEP
Voluntary Costs/Benefits Form.
Background data will primarily be
used to track basic information about
SEP participants and identify
opportunities to provide participants
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with technical assistance. Basic
information about a facility’s energy
use, energy consumption, and energy
performance indicators will be used to
administer the SEP program and
determine readiness for SEP
certification audit. Information on
energy performance improvement will
be used by DOE to manage and track
certification cycles, and to track the
results of SEP participation. Optional
information on costs and benefits of SEP
participation will be used to conduct
and refine analysis on the costs and
benefits of SEP participation, as called
for in Executive Order 13624:
Accelerating Investment in Industrial
Energy Efficiency. Responses to the
DOE’s Information Collection Request
will be voluntary.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 575.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 475.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 650.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $31,295.
Statutory Authority: Accelerating
Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency.
Executive Order 13624, 77 FR 54779 (Aug.
30, 2012); 42 U.S.C. 16191.
Paul Scheihing,
Technology Manager, Advanced
Manufacturing Office.
[FR Doc. 2014–15065 Filed 6–26–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD14–4–000]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
invites public comment in Docket No.
RD14–4–000 on a proposed collection of
information that the Commission is
developing for submission to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
SUMMARY:
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of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before August 26,
2014.
DATES:
Comments, identified by
docket number, may be filed in the
following ways:
• Electronic Filing through https://
www.ferc.gov. Documents created
electronically using word processing
software should be filed in native
applications or print-to-PDF format and
not in a scanned format.
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable
to file electronically may mail or handdeliver an original of their comments to:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed information collection in
Docket No. RD14–4–000 relates to a
proposed revision to the Interchange
Scheduling and Coordination (INT)
group of Reliability Standards,
developed by the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
and submitted to the Commission for
approval. The proposed revision
modifies the Interchange Scheduling
and Coordination Reliability Standards
in response to Commission directives in
Order No. 693,1 as well as some other
clarifying revisions relating to the ten
revised definitions and four new
definitions to be added to the NERC
Glossary of Terms Used in NERC
Reliability Standards (NERC Glossary).
The information collection requirements
contained in the Interchange Scheduling
and Coordination group of Reliability
Standards are contained in FERC–725A
(OMB Control Number 1902–0244).
On March 16, 2007, the Commission
issued Order No. 693, approving 83 of
the 107 Reliability Standards and
ADDRESSES:
1 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the BulkPower System, Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr.
4, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,242, at PP 819,
821, 843, 848, 872, 875 & 887, order on reh’g, Order
No. 693–A, 120 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007).
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associated definitions filed by NERC,
including the Interchange Scheduling
and Coordination group of Reliability
Standards INT–001, INT–003, INT–004,
INT–005, INT–006, INT–007, INT–008,
INT–009, and INT–010.2 In Order No.
693, the Commission directed NERC to
make changes through the Reliability
Standards development process to
address certain directives. Specifically,
the Commission directed NERC to: (1)
Develop a modification to INT–001–2
that includes a requirement that
interchange information must be
submitted for all point-to-point transfers
entirely within a balancing authority
area, including all grandfathered and
‘‘non-Order No. 888’’ transfers; and (2)
to develop a modification to INT–006–
1 through the Reliability Standards
development process to make the
standard applicable to reliability
coordinators and transmission
operators, and require reliability
coordinators and transmission operators
to review energy interchange
transactions from the wide-area and
local area reliability viewpoints
respectively and, where their review
indicates a potential detrimental
reliability impact, communicate to the
sink balancing authorities necessary
transaction modifications.
In its February 27, 2014 petition,
NERC seeks Commission approval of
proposed revisions to the currently
effective Reliability Standards, as well
as one new Reliability Standard to
address the Commission’s directives.
NERC asserts that, collectively, the five
proposed Reliability Standards,
consisting of fourteen requirements,
consolidate the body of Interchange
Scheduling and Coordination Reliability
Standards. In its petition, NERC also
seeks approval for the retirement of the
currently effective Reliability
Standards.3 NERC also seeks approval of
ten revised definitions and four new
definitions to be added to the NERC
Glossary. NERC proposes to add the
term ‘‘Interchange’’ to the existing
definition for ‘‘Operational Planning
Analysis.’’ 4 NERC States that ‘‘by
explicitly including ‘Interchange’ in the
definition of ‘Operational Planning
Analysis,’ the Reliability Coordinator
must consider Interchange when
performing the analysis required in
Reliability Standard IRO–008–1.’’ 5
Therefore, the estimates for this
information collection are based on the
proposed modifications.
The Commission estimates a modest
increase in information collection and
reporting that would result from
implementing NERC’s proposed
revision to the NERC Glossary definition
of ‘‘Operational Planning Analysis’’ and
new proposed Reliability Standard INT–
011–1. The estimate reflects NERC’s
proposal to include a requirement that
interchange information must be
submitted for all point-to-point transfers
entirely within a balancing authority
area, including all grandfathered and
‘‘non-Order No. 888’’ transfers; and
NERC’s alternative proposal to address
the Commission’s concern regarding
INT–006–1, as described above.
NERC explains that ‘‘by explicitly
including ‘Interchange’ in the definition
of ‘Operational Planning Analysis,’ the
Reliability Coordinator must consider
Interchange when performing the
analysis required in Reliability Standard
IRO–008–1.’’ 6 These administrative
burdens fall into three categories of
‘‘Submit Interchange Information,’’
‘‘Communicate Transaction
Modification’’ and ‘‘Submit a Request
for Interchange’’ as described in NERC’s
petition.7 NERC’s technical justification
has shown that when the results of
reliability coordinator studies indicate
the need for action, the reliability
coordinator is required to share the
results per Requirement R3 of
Reliability Standard IRO–008–1. NERC
explains that because energy transfers
within a balancing authority area that
use point-to-point transmission service
can impact transmission congestion,
proposed Reliability Standard INT–011–
1 ensures that these transfers are
communicated and accounted for in
congestion management procedures. If a
transfer within a balancing authority
area is submitted as a request for
interchange or otherwise accounted for
in congestion management procedures,
it can be evaluated and processed
comparable to a request for interchange
that crosses balancing authority areas.8
Accordingly, we estimate an increase
of one hour needed for ‘‘Submit
Interchange Information’’ for balancing
authorities, ‘‘Communicate Transaction
Modification’’ for the reliability
coordinators, and ‘‘Submit a Request for
Interchange’’ for the load-serving
entities, respectively. With respect to
the proposed revisions and retirement of
the currently-effective Reliability
Standards, the Commission estimates no
material change in information
collection because the consolidation of
the standards does not impact the
paperwork burden.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this proposed collection is
estimated as:
FERC–725A
Number and type of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden & cost
per response 9
Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2) = (3)
(4)
(3)*(4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
114, Balancing authority (BA) .............
52
Communicate Transaction Modification.
Submit Request for Interchange (INT–
011–1).
Evidence Retention .............................
21, Reliability coordinator (RC) ...........
502, Load-serving entity (LSE) ...........
637, BA/RC/LSE .................................
1
637
1, $32
Total .............................................
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Submit Interchange Information ..........
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12,841
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2 Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,242 at
PP 814–887.
3 NERC Petition at 4.
5,928
1, $60
12
252
1, $60
12
6,024
1, $60
4 ‘‘Interchange’’ is defined in the NERC Glossary
as ‘‘Energy transfers that cross Balancing Authority
Boundaries.
5 NERC Petition at 32.
6 NERC Petition at 32.
5,928,
$355,680
252, $15,120
$3,120
6,024,
$361,440
637, $20,384
720
12,841,
$752,624
........................
720
32
7 NERC
Petition, Exhibit E at 1–2.
Petition at 22.
9 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * XX per Hour = Average Cost per
8 NERC
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Dated: June 18, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–15091 Filed 6–26–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP14–498–000]
Notice of Application; Rockies Express
Pipeline LLC
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Take notice that on June 10, 2014,
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Rockies
Express), 370 Van Gordon Street,
Lakewood, Colorado 80228–1519, filed
an application under section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act to modify, construct
and operate certain facilities that will
enable the bi-directional flow of natural
on the Rockies Express mainline from
Monroe County, Ohio to the existing
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America (NGPL) delivery interconnect
located in Moultrie County, Illinois, all
as more fully set forth in the
application. This filing is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. There is
an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site
that enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding this project
should be directed to Robert F.
Harrington, Vice President, Regulatory,
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 370 Van
Gordon Street, Lakewood, CO 80228–
1519 at (303) 763–3258 (phone) or
robert.harrington@
tallgrassenergyylp.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice, the
Commission staff will either: Complete
Response. The estimates for cost per hour (rounded
to the nearest dollar) are derived as follows:
• $60/hour, the average salary plus benefits per
engineer (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://
bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm).
• $82/hour, the salary plus benefits per manager
(from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/
oes/current/naics3_221000.htm).
• $32/hour, the salary plus benefits per
information and record clerks (from Bureau of
Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics3_221000.htm).
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its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below, file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
7 copies of filings made with the
Commission and must mail a copy to
the applicant and to every other party in
the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
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Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentors
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file
electronically should submit an original
and 7 copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on July 14, 2014.
Dated: June 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–15076 Filed 6–26–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1388–075]
Southern California Edison Company;
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions
To Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Application
for Temporary Variance of Minimum
Pool Elevation Requirement.
b. Project No.: 1388–075.
c. Date Filed: June 16, 2014.
d. Applicant: Southern California
Edison Company (licensee).
e. Name of Project: Lee Vining.
f. Location: Lee Vining Creek in Mono
County, CA.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne
Allen, Southern California Edison
Company, 1515 Walnut Grove Avenue,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD14-4-000]
Proposed Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) invites
public comment in Docket No. RD14-4-000 on a proposed collection of
information that the Commission is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before August 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by docket number, may be filed in the
following ways:
Electronic Filing through https://www.ferc.gov. Documents
created electronically using word processing software should be filed
in native applications or print-to-PDF format and not in a scanned
format.
Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable to file electronically
may mail or hand-deliver an original of their comments to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection in
Docket No. RD14-4-000 relates to a proposed revision to the Interchange
Scheduling and Coordination (INT) group of Reliability Standards,
developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC), and submitted to the Commission for approval. The proposed
revision modifies the Interchange Scheduling and Coordination
Reliability Standards in response to Commission directives in Order No.
693,\1\ as well as some other clarifying revisions relating to the ten
revised definitions and four new definitions to be added to the NERC
Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards (NERC Glossary).
The information collection requirements contained in the Interchange
Scheduling and Coordination group of Reliability Standards are
contained in FERC-725A (OMB Control Number 1902-0244).
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\1\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System,
Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr. 4, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ]
31,242, at PP 819, 821, 843, 848, 872, 875 & 887, order on reh'g,
Order No. 693-A, 120 FERC ] 61,053 (2007).
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On March 16, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 693, approving
83 of the 107 Reliability Standards and
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associated definitions filed by NERC, including the Interchange
Scheduling and Coordination group of Reliability Standards INT-001,
INT-003, INT-004, INT-005, INT-006, INT-007, INT-008, INT-009, and INT-
010.\2\ In Order No. 693, the Commission directed NERC to make changes
through the Reliability Standards development process to address
certain directives. Specifically, the Commission directed NERC to: (1)
Develop a modification to INT-001-2 that includes a requirement that
interchange information must be submitted for all point-to-point
transfers entirely within a balancing authority area, including all
grandfathered and ``non-Order No. 888'' transfers; and (2) to develop a
modification to INT-006-1 through the Reliability Standards development
process to make the standard applicable to reliability coordinators and
transmission operators, and require reliability coordinators and
transmission operators to review energy interchange transactions from
the wide-area and local area reliability viewpoints respectively and,
where their review indicates a potential detrimental reliability
impact, communicate to the sink balancing authorities necessary
transaction modifications.
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\2\ Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,242 at PP 814-887.
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In its February 27, 2014 petition, NERC seeks Commission approval
of proposed revisions to the currently effective Reliability Standards,
as well as one new Reliability Standard to address the Commission's
directives. NERC asserts that, collectively, the five proposed
Reliability Standards, consisting of fourteen requirements, consolidate
the body of Interchange Scheduling and Coordination Reliability
Standards. In its petition, NERC also seeks approval for the retirement
of the currently effective Reliability Standards.\3\ NERC also seeks
approval of ten revised definitions and four new definitions to be
added to the NERC Glossary. NERC proposes to add the term
``Interchange'' to the existing definition for ``Operational Planning
Analysis.'' \4\ NERC States that ``by explicitly including
`Interchange' in the definition of `Operational Planning Analysis,' the
Reliability Coordinator must consider Interchange when performing the
analysis required in Reliability Standard IRO-008-1.'' \5\ Therefore,
the estimates for this information collection are based on the proposed
modifications.
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\3\ NERC Petition at 4.
\4\ ``Interchange'' is defined in the NERC Glossary as ``Energy
transfers that cross Balancing Authority Boundaries.
\5\ NERC Petition at 32.
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The Commission estimates a modest increase in information
collection and reporting that would result from implementing NERC's
proposed revision to the NERC Glossary definition of ``Operational
Planning Analysis'' and new proposed Reliability Standard INT-011-1.
The estimate reflects NERC's proposal to include a requirement that
interchange information must be submitted for all point-to-point
transfers entirely within a balancing authority area, including all
grandfathered and ``non-Order No. 888'' transfers; and NERC's
alternative proposal to address the Commission's concern regarding INT-
006-1, as described above.
NERC explains that ``by explicitly including `Interchange' in the
definition of `Operational Planning Analysis,' the Reliability
Coordinator must consider Interchange when performing the analysis
required in Reliability Standard IRO-008-1.'' \6\ These administrative
burdens fall into three categories of ``Submit Interchange
Information,'' ``Communicate Transaction Modification'' and ``Submit a
Request for Interchange'' as described in NERC's petition.\7\ NERC's
technical justification has shown that when the results of reliability
coordinator studies indicate the need for action, the reliability
coordinator is required to share the results per Requirement R3 of
Reliability Standard IRO-008-1. NERC explains that because energy
transfers within a balancing authority area that use point-to-point
transmission service can impact transmission congestion, proposed
Reliability Standard INT-011-1 ensures that these transfers are
communicated and accounted for in congestion management procedures. If
a transfer within a balancing authority area is submitted as a request
for interchange or otherwise accounted for in congestion management
procedures, it can be evaluated and processed comparable to a request
for interchange that crosses balancing authority areas.\8\
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\6\ NERC Petition at 32.
\7\ NERC Petition, Exhibit E at 1-2.
\8\ NERC Petition at 22.
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Accordingly, we estimate an increase of one hour needed for
``Submit Interchange Information'' for balancing authorities,
``Communicate Transaction Modification'' for the reliability
coordinators, and ``Submit a Request for Interchange'' for the load-
serving entities, respectively. With respect to the proposed revisions
and retirement of the currently-effective Reliability Standards, the
Commission estimates no material change in information collection
because the consolidation of the standards does not impact the
paperwork burden.
Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this proposed
collection is estimated as:
FERC-725A
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Average Total annual
Number and type of Annual number Total number burden & cost burden hours & Cost per
respondents of responses of responses per response total annual respondent ($)
per respondent \9\ cost
(1)......................... (2) (1)*(2) = (3) (4) (3)*(4) = (5) (5) / (1)
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Submit Interchange Information............ 114, Balancing authority 52 5,928 1, $60 5,928, $3,120
(BA). $355,680
Communicate Transaction Modification...... 21, Reliability coordinator 12 252 1, $60 252, $15,120 720
(RC).
Submit Request for Interchange (INT-011-1) 502, Load-serving entity 12 6,024 1, $60 6,024, 720
(LSE). $361,440
Evidence Retention........................ 637, BA/RC/LSE.............. 1 637 1, $32 637, $20,384 32
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Total................................. ............................ .............. 12,841 .............. 12,841, ..............
$752,624
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\9\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * XX per Hour =
Average Cost per Response. The estimates for cost per hour (rounded
to the nearest dollar) are derived as follows:
$60/hour, the average salary plus benefits per engineer
(from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm).
$82/hour, the salary plus benefits per manager (from
Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm).
$32/hour, the salary plus benefits per information and
record clerks (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm).
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Dated: June 18, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-15091 Filed 6-26-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
