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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD14–11–000]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting the information
collection in Docket No. RD14–11–000
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of the information
collection requirements. Any interested
person may file comments directly with
OMB and should address a copy of
those comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
issued a Notice in the Federal Register
(79 FR 46781, 8/11/2014) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments in response to that notice and
has made this notation in its submission
to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by December 1,
2014.
SUMMARY:
Comments filed with OMB,
regarding FERC–725A (OMB Control
Number 1902–0244) and FERC–725X
(OMB Control Number TBD), should be
sent via email to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs:
oira_submission@omb.gov. Attention:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also
be reached via telephone at 202–395–
4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, identified by the Docket
No. RD14–11–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
ADDRESSES:
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Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed information collection
changes in Docket No. RD14–11–000
relate to the proposed Reliability
Standards VAR–001–4 (Voltage and
Reactive Control) and VAR–002–3
(Generator Operation for Maintaining
Network Voltage Schedules), developed
by the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC), and
submitted to the Commission for
approval. The Commission received
NERC’s petition to approve the
proposed Reliability Standards on June
9, 2014.
NERC summarizes the VAR group of
standards as follows:
The Voltage and Reactive (‘‘VAR’’) group of
Reliability Standards, which consists of two
continent-wide Reliability Standards, VAR–
001–3 and VAR–002–2b, is designed to
maintain voltage stability on the Bulk-Power
System, protect transmission, generation,
distribution, and customer equipment, and
support the reliable operation of the BulkPower System.1
In its petition, NERC also summarizes
the proposed Reliability Standards’
applicability and requirements:
In general, proposed Reliability Standard
VAR–001–4 sets forth the requirements
applicable to Transmission Operators for
scheduling, monitoring, and controlling
Reactive Power resources in the Real-time
Operations, Same-day Operations, and
Operational Planning time horizons to
regulate voltage and Reactive Power flows for
the reliable operation of the Bulk-Power
System. Proposed Reliability Standard VAR–
002–3 sets forth the requirements applicable
to Generator Operators and Generator
Owners for providing the necessary reactive
support and voltage control necessary to
maintain reliable operations. Generators are
the largest and most reliable Reactive Power
resource and play an integral role in
maintaining voltage stability on the BulkPower System. Collectively, the proposed
Reliability Standards are designed to prevent
voltage instability and voltage collapse on the
Bulk-Power System.2
Finally, NERC also states that the
proposed Reliability Standards improve
reliability, clarify requirement language
and eliminate redundant or unnecessary
requirements.3
1 NERC
Petition at 3.
at 4.
3 Id. at 15.
2 Id.
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Burden Statement: Commission staff
analyzed the proposed and currently
enforced standards and has concluded
that while information collection
requirements have been deleted, added,
and/or changed, the overall paperwork
burden and applicable respondent
universe remains unchanged. To
improve accounting of the burden, the
Commission recognizes that in the
transition from VAR–001–3 to VAR–
001–4 (requirement R1) there is a
decrease in documentation related to
policies and procedures. However, the
transmission operators are now required
to have documentation related to system
voltage and reactive power schedules as
well as documentation related to
coordination with adjacent transmission
operators and applicable reliability
coordinators. The Commission estimates
that this transition leads to a decrease of
160 hours as well as an increase of 160
hours, for a net change of zero. The
Commission seeks comment on whether
this estimate is accurate.
For the transition from VAR–002–2b
to VAR–002–3, the Commission
estimates that changes in requirement
R1 lead to an increase of 80 hours for
recordkeeping and changes in
requirement R2 lead to an increase in
120 hours for documentation. However,
the Commission estimates a decrease of
the same magnitude (200 hours) related
to the changes in requirements R3 and
R4. The remaining information
collection requirements in the two
standards remain essentially
unchanged.
Based on the above estimates, the
Commission intends to submit a total
reduction of 204,240 hours from FERC–
725A and a total increase of 204,240
hours into FERC–725X, a new collection
FERC is using to account for burden
related to VAR reliability standards. The
following table summarizes the burden
changes:
Number of
respondents 4
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
Changes
(2)
(3)
(1)×(2)×(3)
VAR–001–4 Requirement R1 Increase (FERC–725X) .......
VAR–001–4 Requirement R1 Decrease (FERC–725A) ......
VAR–002–3 Requirement R1 Increase (FERC–725X) .......
VAR–002–3 Requirement R2 Increase (FERC–725X) .......
VAR–002–3 Requirements R3 and R4 Decrease (FERC–
725A) ................................................................................
184 (TOP)
184 (TOP)
874 (GOP)
874 (GOP)
1
1
1
1
160
¥160
80
120
29,440
¥29,440
69,920
104,880
$1,766,400
¥1,766,400
4,195,200
6,292,800
874 (GOP)
1
¥200
¥174,800
¥10,488,000
0
0
Total ..............................................................................
Dated: October 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Commission
[Project No. 6957–002]
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City of Portland Water Bureau; 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. Types of Application: Surrender of
Exemption.
b. Project No.: 6957–002.
c. Date Filed: October 3, 2014.
d. Applicant: City of Portland Water
Bureau.
e. Name of Project: Mt. Tabor
Hydroelectric Project.
4 TOP = Transmission Operator, GOP = Generator
Operator.
5 The estimate for cost per hour (rounded to the
nearest dollar) is derived as follows:
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cost 5
f. Location: Mt. Tabor Reservoir, in
the City of Portland and Multnomah
County, Oregon.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Frank
Galida, Portland Hydroelectric Project
Manager, Portland Water Bureau, 1120
SW. Fifth Avenue, Room 530, Portland,
OR 97204, (503) 823–1517.
i. FERC Contact: Ms. Rebecca Martin,
(202) 502–6012, Rebecca.martin@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests, is
November 23, 2014. All documents may
be filed electronically via the Internet.
See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and
seven copies should be mailed to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Commenters
can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration,
using the eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments.
Please include the project number (P–
6957–002) on any comments, motions,
or recommendations filed.
k. Description of Request: The
applicant proposes to surrender the
exemption for the Mt. Tabor Project.
The licensee proposes to remove the
turbine, generator, and governor. The
underground electrical connection to
the local power utility would be
disconnected. No ground disturbing
activities are proposed.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street NE., Room
2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the
document. You may also register online
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
• $61/hour, the average salary plus benefits
(representing 30.1% of the total compensation) per
engineer (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at
https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm. and
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm.
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64758-64759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25901]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD14-11-000]
Proposed Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information
collection in Docket No. RD14-11-000 to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection requirements. Any
interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should
address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below.
The Commission issued a Notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 46781, 8/
11/2014) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in
response to that notice and has made this notation in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by December 1,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, regarding FERC-725A (OMB Control
Number 1902-0244) and FERC-725X (OMB Control Number TBD), should be
sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs:
oira_submission@omb.gov. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be reached via
telephone at 202-395-4718.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. RD14-11-000, by
either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection changes
in Docket No. RD14-11-000 relate to the proposed Reliability Standards
VAR-001-4 (Voltage and Reactive Control) and VAR-002-3 (Generator
Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules), developed by the
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and submitted
to the Commission for approval. The Commission received NERC's petition
to approve the proposed Reliability Standards on June 9, 2014.
NERC summarizes the VAR group of standards as follows:
The Voltage and Reactive (``VAR'') group of Reliability
Standards, which consists of two continent-wide Reliability
Standards, VAR-001-3 and VAR-002-2b, is designed to maintain voltage
stability on the Bulk-Power System, protect transmission,
generation, distribution, and customer equipment, and support the
reliable operation of the Bulk-Power System.\1\
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\1\ NERC Petition at 3.
In its petition, NERC also summarizes the proposed Reliability
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Standards' applicability and requirements:
In general, proposed Reliability Standard VAR-001-4 sets forth
the requirements applicable to Transmission Operators for
scheduling, monitoring, and controlling Reactive Power resources in
the Real-time Operations, Same-day Operations, and Operational
Planning time horizons to regulate voltage and Reactive Power flows
for the reliable operation of the Bulk-Power System. Proposed
Reliability Standard VAR-002-3 sets forth the requirements
applicable to Generator Operators and Generator Owners for providing
the necessary reactive support and voltage control necessary to
maintain reliable operations. Generators are the largest and most
reliable Reactive Power resource and play an integral role in
maintaining voltage stability on the Bulk-Power System.
Collectively, the proposed Reliability Standards are designed to
prevent voltage instability and voltage collapse on the Bulk-Power
System.\2\
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\2\ Id. at 4.
Finally, NERC also states that the proposed Reliability Standards
improve reliability, clarify requirement language and eliminate
redundant or unnecessary requirements.\3\
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\3\ Id. at 15.
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Burden Statement: Commission staff analyzed the proposed and
currently enforced standards and has concluded that while information
collection requirements have been deleted, added, and/or changed, the
overall paperwork burden and applicable respondent universe remains
unchanged. To improve accounting of the burden, the Commission
recognizes that in the transition from VAR-001-3 to VAR-001-4
(requirement R1) there is a decrease in documentation related to
policies and procedures. However, the transmission operators are now
required to have documentation related to system voltage and reactive
power schedules as well as documentation related to coordination with
adjacent transmission operators and applicable reliability
coordinators. The Commission estimates that this transition leads to a
decrease of 160 hours as well as an increase of 160 hours, for a net
change of zero. The Commission seeks comment on whether this estimate
is accurate.
For the transition from VAR-002-2b to VAR-002-3, the Commission
estimates that changes in requirement R1 lead to an increase of 80
hours for recordkeeping and changes in requirement R2 lead to an
increase in 120 hours for documentation. However, the Commission
estimates a decrease of the same magnitude (200 hours) related to the
changes in requirements R3 and R4. The remaining information collection
requirements in the two standards remain essentially unchanged.
Based on the above estimates, the Commission intends to submit a
total reduction of 204,240 hours from FERC-725A and a total increase of
204,240 hours into FERC-725X, a new collection FERC is using to account
for burden related to VAR reliability standards. The following table
summarizes the burden changes:
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\4\ TOP = Transmission Operator, GOP = Generator Operator.
\5\ The estimate for cost per hour (rounded to the nearest
dollar) is derived as follows:
$61/hour, the average salary plus benefits
(representing 30.1% of the total compensation) per engineer (from
Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm. and https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm.
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Number of Number of Average
Changes respondents responses per burden hours Total annual Total annual
\4\ respondent per response burden hours cost \5\
(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3) ..............
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VAR-001-4 Requirement R1 184 (TOP) 1 160 29,440 $1,766,400
Increase (FERC-725X)...........
VAR-001-4 Requirement R1 184 (TOP) 1 -160 -29,440 -1,766,400
Decrease (FERC-725A)...........
VAR-002-3 Requirement R1 874 (GOP) 1 80 69,920 4,195,200
Increase (FERC-725X)...........
VAR-002-3 Requirement R2 874 (GOP) 1 120 104,880 6,292,800
Increase (FERC-725X)...........
VAR-002-3 Requirements R3 and R4 874 (GOP) 1 -200 -174,800 -10,488,000
Decrease (FERC-725A)...........
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. 0 0
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Dated: October 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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