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and eliminate redundant or unnecessary
requirements.3
Burden Statement: Commission staff
analyzed the proposed and currently
enforced Reliability Standards and has
concluded that proposed Reliability
Standards merely clarify or eliminate
redundancies and thus, the information
collection requirements have not
changed. Accordingly, the net overall
burden and respondent universe 4
remain unchanged, when compared to
the burden of the existing standards
being replaced.5
The Commission intends to submit a
request for approval to OMB under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) related
to the proposed Reliability Standards.
For PRA purposes, the information
collection requirements in proposed
Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 and
FAC–002–2 are identified as FERC–
725D and OMB Control Number 1902–
0247.
The annual reporting burden for the
implementation of Reliability Standards
FAC–001–2 and FAC–002–2 is
estimated as follows.
FERC–725D, MODIFICATIONS IN RD14–12
Number and type of
respondent 6
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden per
response
(hours)
Total annual
burden (hours)
Total annual
cost 7
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
($)
FAC–001–2
Documentation & updates ..
Record Retention ................
GO 5 ...................................
TO 332 ...............................
GO 5 ...................................
TO 332 ...............................
1
1
1
1
5
332
5
332
16
16
1
1
80
5,312
5
332
$5,833.60
387,351.04
145.05
9,631.32
FAC–002–2
Study ...................................
Record Retention ................
Coordination ........................
Record Retention ................
Total .............................
PC,
PC,
TO,
TO,
TP 183 ........................
TP 183 ........................
DP, LSE, GO 216 .......
DP, LSE, GO 216 .......
1
1
1
1
183
183
216
216
32
1
16
1
5,856
183
3456
216
427,019.52
5,308.83
252,011.52
6,266.16
.............................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
1,093,567.04
Dated: January 28, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–02112 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC14–16–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–537, FERC–725F, and
FERC–725I); Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
SUMMARY:
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3 Id.
at 4.
affected entities for FAC–001–2 are
Transmission Owners (TO) and applicable
Generator Owners (GO). The affected entities for
FAC–002–2 are Transmission Planners (TP),
Planning Coordinators (PC), Generator Owners
(GO), Transmission Owners (TO), Distribution
Providers (DP), and Load-Serving Entities (LSE).
Note that Planning Coordinator (PC) is the new
name for Planning Authority—a term still used in
NERC’s Compliance Registry.
4 The
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3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting its information
collections FERC–537 (Gas Pipeline
Certificates: Construction, Acquisition
and Abandonment), FERC–725F
(Mandatory Reliability Standards for
Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination),
and FERC–725I (Mandatory Reliability
Standards for the Northeast Power
Coordinating Council), 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
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (79 FR 61068, 10/9/
2014) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–537, FERC–725F, and FERC–
5 The burden for the preceding versions of the
standards being replaced was included in: (a)
FERC–725M (OMB Control No. 1902–0263) for
FAC–001–1, and (b) FERC–725A (OMB Control No.
1902–0244) for FAC–002–1. The corresponding
burden will be transferred from FERC–725M and
FERC–725A to FERC–725D.
6 The number of respondents is based on the
NERC Compliance Registry as of September 24,
2014. Although 2,163 entities are registered as TO,
DP, LSE, or GO, we expect at the most 216 entities
(ten percent) will seek to interconnect and go
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725I and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.
Comments on the collections of
information are due by March 6, 2015.
DATES:
Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902–0060 (FERC–537), 1902–0249
(FERC–725F), and 1902–0258 (FERC–
725I) 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 202–395–0710.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC14–16–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
ADDRESSES:
through the study phase that may require
coordination in any given year.
7 The estimates for cost per hour are derived as
follows:
• $72.92/hour, the average of the salary plus
benefits for a manager ($84.96/hour) and an
electrical engineer ($60.87/hour), from Bureau of
Labor and Statistics at https://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics3_221000.htm, as of 9/4/2014
• $29.01/hour, based on a Commission staff
study of record retention burden cost.
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• 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.
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:
Type of Request: Three-year
extensions of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FERC–537, Gas Pipeline Certificates:
Construction, Acquisition and
Abandonment
OMB Control No.:1902–0060
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–537 is
used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of the Natural
Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) 1 and the
Natural Gas Act (NGA).2 Under Section
7(c) of the NGA, natural gas pipeline
companies must obtain Commission
authorization to undertake the
construction or extension of any
facilities, or to acquire or operate any
such facilities or extensions. A natural
gas company must also obtain
Commission approval under Section
7(b) of the NGA prior to abandoning any
jurisdictional facility or service. Under
the NGA and the NGPA, interstate and
intrastate pipelines must also obtain
authorization for certain transportation
and storage services and arrangements,
particularly a Part 284, Subpart G—
Blanket Certificate.3
The information collected is
necessary to certificate interstate
pipelines engaged in the transportation
and sale of natural gas, and the
construction, acquisition, and operation
of facilities to be used in those
activities, to authorize the abandonment
of facilities and services, and to
authorize certain NGPA transactions. If
a certificate is granted, the natural gas
company can construct, acquire, or
operate facilities, plus engage in
interstate transportation or sale of
natural gas. Conversely, approval of an
abandonment application permits the
pipeline to cease service and/or
discontinue the operation of such
facilities. Authorization under NGPA
Section 311(a) allows the interstate or
intrastate pipeline applicants to render
certain transportation services.
The data required to be submitted
consists of identification of the
company and responsible officials,
factors considered in the location of the
facilities and the detailed impact on the
project area for environmental
considerations. The following will also
be submitted:
• Flow diagrams showing proposed
design capacity for engineering design
verification and safety determination;
• Commercial and economic data
presenting the basis for the proposed
action; and
• Cost of the proposed facilities,
plans for financing, and estimated
revenues and expenses related to the
proposed facility for accounting and
financial evaluation.
The Commission implements these
filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR
157.5–.11; 157.13–.20; 157.53; 157.201–
.209; 157.211; 157.214–.218; 284.8;
284.11; 284.126; 284.221; 284.224.
Type of Respondent: Natural Gas
Pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as: 4
FERC–537—GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND ABANDONMENT
Number of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
& cost per
response 5
Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
204 .......................................................................................
2.24
458
146
$10,293
66,868
$4,714,194
$23,109
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A more granular breakdown of the
average burden hour figure (i.e., 146
average hours per response) follows:
1 15
U.S.C. 3301–3432.
U.S.C. 717–717w.
3 18 CFR 284.8.
4 The annual public reporting burden of the
FERC–537 has changed since the publication of the
2 15
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60-day notice. The current estimate of annual
burden has been updated and is reflected in this
notice. Figures in the table have been rounded. The
reporting requirements have not changed.
5 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
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per Response * $70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The cost per hour figure is the FERC
average salary plus benefits. Subject matter experts
found that industry employment costs closely
resemble FERC’s regarding the FERC–537
information collection.
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Number of
respondents
(distinct
entities)
Average hours
per response
(average,
weighted)
Number of
responses
18 CFR Section
Regulation topic
157.5–.11; & 157.13–.20 ................................
Interstate certificate and abandonment applications.
Exemptions .....................................................
Blanket Certificates prior notice filings ...........
Blanket Certificates—annual reports .............
NGPA Sec. 311 Construction—annual reports.
Capacity Release—record keeping ...............
Intrastate bypass, semi-annual transportation
Blanket Certificates—one time filing, inc. new
tariff and rate design proposal.
Hinshaw Blanket Certificates .........................
Non-facility certificate or abandonment applications.
159
82
500
39
62
159
93
3
46
159
93
50
200
50
50
0
37
14
N/A
48
14
75
30
100
8
5
8
5
75
75
.........................................................................
204
458
146
157.53 .............................................................
157.201–.209; 157.211; 157.214–.218 ...........
157.201–.209; 157.211; 157.214–.218 ...........
284.11 .............................................................
284.8 ...............................................................
284.126(a) .......................................................
284.221 ...........................................................
284.224 ...........................................................
157.5–.11; & 157.13–.20 ................................
Totals .......................................................
FERC–725F, Mandatory Reliability
Standards for Nuclear Plant Interface
Coordination
OMB Control No.: 1902–0249
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Abstract: The Commission requires
the information collected by the FERC–
725F to implement the statutory
provisions of section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On
August 8, 2005, the Electricity
Modernization Act of 2005, which is
Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was
enacted into law.6 EPAct 2005 added a
new section 215 to the FPA, which
required a Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to
develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, which are subject
to Commission review and approval.
Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO
subject to Commission oversight, or the
Commission can independently enforce
Reliability Standards.7
On February 3, 2006, the Commission
issued Order No. 672, implementing
section 215 of the FPA.8 Pursuant to
Order No. 672, the Commission certified
one organization, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
as the ERO. The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by
the Commission apply to users, owners
and operators of the Bulk-Power System
as set forth in each Reliability Standard.
6 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16
U.S.C. 824o.
7 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
8 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric
Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the
Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of
Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No.
672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,212 (2006).
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On November 19, 2007, NERC filed its
petition for Commission approval of the
Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination
Reliability Standard, designated NUC–
001–1. In Order No. 716, issued October
16, 2008, the Commission approved the
standard while also directing certain
revisions.9 Revised Reliability Standard,
NUC–001–2, was filed with the
Commission by NERC in August 2009
and subsequently approved by the
Commission January 21, 2010.10
The purpose of Reliability Standard
NUC–001–2 is to require ‘‘coordination
between nuclear plant generator
operators and transmission entities for
the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant
safe operation and shutdown.’’ 11 The
Nuclear Reliability Standard applies to
nuclear plant generator operators
(generally nuclear power plant owners
and operators, including licensees) and
‘‘transmission entities,’’ defined in the
Reliability Standard as including a
nuclear plant’s suppliers of off-site
power and related transmission and
distribution services. To account for the
variations in nuclear plant design and
grid interconnection characteristics, the
Reliability Standard defines
transmission entities as ‘‘all entities that
are responsible for providing services
related to Nuclear Plant Interface
Requirements (NPIRs),’’ and lists eleven
types of functional entities (heretofore
9 Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear
Plant Interface Coordination, Order No. 716, 125
FERC ¶ 61,065, at P 189 & n.90 (2008), order on
reh’g, Order No. 716–A, 126 FERC ¶ 61,122 (2009).
10 North American Electric Reliability
Corporation, 130 FERC ¶ 61,051 (2010). When the
revised Reliability Standard was approved the
Commission did not go to OMB for approval. It is
assumed that the changes made did not
substantively affect the information collection and
therefore a formal submission to OMB was not
needed.
11 See Reliability Standard NUC–001–2 at https://
www.nerc.com/files/NUC–001–2.pdf.
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described as ‘‘transmission entities’’)
that could provide services related to
NPIRs.12
FERC–725F information collection
requirements include establishing and
maintaining interface agreements,
including record retention
requirements. These agreements are not
filed with FERC but with the
appropriate entities as established by
the Reliability Standard.
Type of Respondent: Nuclear
operators, nuclear plants, transmission
entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the average
annual burden for this information
collection as:
12 The list of functional entities consists of
transmission operators, transmission owners,
transmission planners, transmission service
providers, balancing authorities, reliability
coordinators, planning authorities, distribution
providers, load-serving entities, generator owners
and generator operators.
13 The cost for reporting requirements is $73.83/
hour and is based on a composite loaded (wage plus
benefits) average wage for an electrical engineer,
attorney, and administrative staff. The cost for
record keeping is $29.01/hour and is based on
wages plus benefits for a file clerk. The wages are
generated from Bureau of Labor Statistics data
retrieved September, 2014 from https://www.bls.gov/
oes/current/naics2_22.htm. The loaded wage is
calculated using BLS data indicating, as of Sept 1,
2014, that wages make up 69.9% of total salary
(https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).
14 This figure of 130 transmission entities is based
on the assumption that each agreement will be
between 1 nuclear plant and 2 transmission entities
(65 times 2 = 130). However, there is some double
counting in this figure because some transmission
entities may be party to multiple agreements with
multiple nuclear plants. The double counting does
not affect the burden estimate and the correct
number of unique respondents will be reported to
OMB. The actual number of unique entities subject
to this collection is 143.
15 The recordkeeping ‘‘responses’’ are considered
to be part of (i.e., to be contained within the same
quantity as) the Reporting responses leading to a
total number of unique responses of 420 (390 + 30
= 420).
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ERC–725F
Number of respondents
New agreements (Reporting).
New Agreements (Record
Keeping).
Modifications to agreements
(Reporting).
Modifications to Agreements
(Record Keeping).
Total .............................
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
& cost per
response 13
Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
FERC–725F
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
10 nuclear operators + 20
transmission entities.
10 nuclear operators + 20
transmission entities.
65 nuclear plants + 130
transmission entities 14.
65 nuclear plants + 130
transmission entities.
.............................................
FERC–725I, Mandatory Reliability
Standards for the Northeast Power
Coordinating Council
OMB Control No.: 1902–0258
Abstract: This information collection
relates to two FERC-approved Protection
and Control (PRC) regional Reliability
Standards: PRC–002–NPCC–01—
Disturbance Monitoring, and PRC–006–
NPCC–1—Automatic Under frequency
Load-Shedding. These Northeast Power
Coordinating Council (NPCC) regional
Reliability Standards require
respondents to provide recording
capability necessary to monitor the
response of the Bulk-Power System to
system disturbances, including
scheduled and unscheduled outages;
require each reliability coordinator to
establish requirements for its area’s
dynamic disturbance recording needs;
establish disturbance data reporting
requirements; and require planning
coordinators to incrementally gather
data, run studies, and analyze study
results to design or update the UFLS
programs that are required in the
regional Reliability Standard in addition
1
30
1
30
2
390
2
390
........................
15 420
1,080
$79,736
108
$3,133
66.67
$4,922
6.67
$193
........................
to the requirements of the NERC
Reliability Standard PRC–006–1.16
Reliability Standard PRC–002–NPCC–
01 introduced several new mandatory
and enforceable requirements for the
applicable entities. However, when
FERC approved this standard, NPCC
had (and continues to have) criteria 17
and published guidance 18 addressing
similar requirements that the Reliability
Standard made mandatory. Thus, it is
usual and customary for affected entities
within NPCC to create, maintain and
store some of the same or equivalent
information identified in Reliability
Standard PRC–002–NPCC–01.
Therefore, many of the requirements
contained in PRC–002–NPCC–01 do not
impose new burdens on the affected
entities.19
Several requirements contained in
regional Reliability Standard PRC–002–
NPCC–01 were entirely new
responsibilities for the applicable
entities when the Commission approved
the standard and each of these is listed
in the estimated annual burden section
below.
32,400
$2,392,092
3,240
$93,992
26,000
$1,919,581
2,600
$75,426
64,240
$4,481,091
$79,736
$3,133
$9,844
$387
........................
Information collection burden for
Reliability Standard PRC–006–NPCC–01
is based on the time needed for
planning coordinators and generator
owners to incrementally gather data, run
studies, and analyze study results to
design or update the UFLS programs
that are required in the regional
Reliability Standard in addition to the
requirements of the NERC Reliability
Standard PRC–006–1. There is also
burden on the generator owners to
maintain data.
Type of Respondent: Entities
registered with the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
as Generator Owners, Transmission
Owners, Reliability Coordinators and
Planning Coordinators
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
number of respondents is based on
NERC’s registry as of August 27, 2014.
Entities registered for more than one
applicable function type have been
accounted for in the figures below. The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
& cost per
response 20
Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Reliability Standard PRC–002–NPCC–
01, information collection requirements
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
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R13: GO 21 and TO to have evidence it
acquired and installed dynamic disturbance recorders and a mutually agreed
upon implementation schedule with the
RC (record retention) ...........................
1
16 The burden estimates for Reliability Standard
PRC–006–1 are included in Order No. 763 (Final
Rule in RM11–20) and covered in FERC–725A
(OMB Control No. 1902–0244). OMB approved
those requirements on 7/9/2012 (ICR Reference No.
201204–1902–001).
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17 Disturbance Monitoring Equipment Criteria
(Aug. 2007), available at https://www.npcc.org/
Standards/Criteria/A-15.pdf (Disturbance
Monitoring Criteria).
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10
$290
10
$290
$290
18 Guide for Application of Disturbance
Recording Equipment (Sept. 2006), available at
https://www.npcc.org/Standards/Guides/B-26.pdf
(Application Guide).
19 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2) (2011).
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Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
& cost per
response 20
Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Reliability Standard PRC–002–NPCC–
01, information collection requirements
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
R14.5: GO and TO to have evidence of
a maintenance and testing program for
stand-alone disturbance monitoring
equipment
including
monthly
verification of active analog quantities
169
12
2028
R14.7: GO and TO to record efforts to
return failed units to service if it takes
longer than 90 days 22 ..........................
33
1
33
1
9,960
$618,540
$3,660
10
$610
10
$290
330
$20,130
330
$9,570
$610
5
$305
10
$290
10,705
$657,605
25
$7,625
50
$1,450
........................
33
R14.7: GO and TO record retention ........
5
$305
33
R17: RC provide certain disturbance
monitoring equipment data to the Regional Entity upon request ...................
5
1
5
R17: RC record retention .........................
5
1
5
TOTAL ..............................................
........................
2,105
........................
$290
$305
$290
FERC–725I
Number of
espondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
& cost per
response
Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Reliability standard PRC–006–NPCC–01,
information collection requirements
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
PCs Design and document automatic
UFLS program ......................................
6
PCs update and maintain UFLS program
database ...............................................
1
6
1
6
145
1
145
GOs: record retention ..............................
145
1
145
TOTAL ..............................................
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estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * XX per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/oes/
current/naics2_22.htm and https://www.bls.gov/
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news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). Record retention (wage
plus benefits) cost is $29/hour, and the remaining
costs (wage plus benefits for an electrical engineer
are $61/hour.
21 For purposes of these charts, generation owner
is abbreviated to GO, transmission owner is
abbreviated to TO, reliability coordinator is
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$2,928
$488
16
$976
96
$5,856
$976
16
$976
4
$116
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2,320
$141,520
580
$16,820
3,044
$167,124
6
GOs provide documentation and data to
the planning coordinator .......................
20 The
8
$488
$976
$116
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abbreviated to RC, and planning coordinator is
abbreviated to PC.
22 We estimate that an entity will experience a
unit failure greater than 90 days once every five
years. Therefore, 20 percent of NPCC’s 166
generator owners and transmission owners will
experience a unit failure of this duration each year.
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Dated: January 28, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–02115 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 9842–006]
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Mr. Ray F. Ward; Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
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: Minor New
License.
b. Project No.: 9842–006.
c. Date filed: August 28, 2014.
d. Applicant: Mr. Ray F. Ward.
e. Name of Project: Ward Mill
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Watauga River, in
the Township of Laurel Creek, Watauga
County, North Carolina. The project
does not occupy lands of the United
States.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Andrew C.
Givens, Cardinal Energy Service, Inc.,
620 N. West St., Suite 103, Raleigh,
North Carolina 27603, (919) 834–0909.
i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer (202)
502–8449, adam.peer@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests and requests for
cooperating agency status: 60 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene and protests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–9842–006.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
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may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted,
but is not ready for environmental
analysis at this time.
l. The Ward Mill Project consists of:
(1) A 130-foot-long by 20-foot-high dam;
(2) a 4.6 acre reservoir with an estimated
gross storage capacity of 16.3 acre-feet;
(3) a 14-foot-long, 5-foot-wide, and 7.5foot-tall penstock made of rock, concrete
and reinforced steel; (4) a powerhouse
containing two generating units for a
total installed capacity of 168 kilowatts;
(5) a 45-foot-long, 12-kilovolt
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The project is estimated to
generate from below 290,000 to over
599,000 kilowatt-hours annually. The
dam and existing facilities are owned by
the applicant. No new project facilities
are proposed.
m. A copy of the application 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. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
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, contact FERC Online
Support.
n. Anyone may submit a protest or a
motion to intervene in accordance with
the requirements of Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,
385.211, and 385.214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests
filed, but only those who file a motion
to intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any protests or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified deadline date
for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or
‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (2) set
forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the
application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
and telephone number of the person
protesting or intervening; and (4)
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the
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application directly from the applicant.
A copy of any protest or motion to
intervene must be served upon each
representative of the applicant specified
in the particular application.
Dated: January 28, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–02114 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL00–95–281]
San Diego Gas & Electric Company v.
Sellers of Energy and Ancillary
Services Into Markets Operated by the
California Independent System
Operator Corporation and the
California Power Exchange; Notice of
Compliance Filing
Take notice that on January 23, 2015,
Hafslund Energy Trading LLC submitted
a compliance filing pursuant to the
Commission’s Opinion No. 536.1
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant and
all the parties in this proceeding.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of 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 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
1 San Diego Gas & Elec. Co. v. Sellers of Energy
and Ancillary Services Into Markets Operated by
the California Independent System Operator and
the California Power Exchange., 149 FERC ¶ 61,116
(2014) (Opinion No. 536).
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC14-16-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-537, FERC-
725F, and FERC-725I); Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
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 its information
collections FERC-537 (Gas Pipeline Certificates: Construction,
Acquisition and Abandonment), FERC-725F (Mandatory Reliability
Standards for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination), and FERC-725I
(Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power Coordinating
Council), 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 previously issued
a Notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 61068, 10/9/2014) requesting
public comments. The Commission received no comments on the FERC-537,
FERC-725F, and FERC-725I and is making this notation in its submittal
to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by March 6,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902-0060 (FERC-537), 1902-0249 (FERC-725F), and 1902-0258 (FERC-725I)
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 202-395-0710.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC14-16-000, by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
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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:
Type of Request: Three-year extensions of the information
collection requirements for all collections described below with no
changes to the current reporting requirements. Please note that each
collection is distinct from the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Commission, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the
burden and cost of the collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collections; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
FERC-537, Gas Pipeline Certificates: Construction, Acquisition and
Abandonment
OMB Control No.:1902-0060
Abstract: The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
537 is used by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of
the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) \1\ and the Natural Gas Act
(NGA).\2\ Under Section 7(c) of the NGA, natural gas pipeline companies
must obtain Commission authorization to undertake the construction or
extension of any facilities, or to acquire or operate any such
facilities or extensions. A natural gas company must also obtain
Commission approval under Section 7(b) of the NGA prior to abandoning
any jurisdictional facility or service. Under the NGA and the NGPA,
interstate and intrastate pipelines must also obtain authorization for
certain transportation and storage services and arrangements,
particularly a Part 284, Subpart G--Blanket Certificate.\3\
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432.
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 717-717w.
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The information collected is necessary to certificate interstate
pipelines engaged in the transportation and sale of natural gas, and
the construction, acquisition, and operation of facilities to be used
in those activities, to authorize the abandonment of facilities and
services, and to authorize certain NGPA transactions. If a certificate
is granted, the natural gas company can construct, acquire, or operate
facilities, plus engage in interstate transportation or sale of natural
gas. Conversely, approval of an abandonment application permits the
pipeline to cease service and/or discontinue the operation of such
facilities. Authorization under NGPA Section 311(a) allows the
interstate or intrastate pipeline applicants to render certain
transportation services.
The data required to be submitted consists of identification of the
company and responsible officials, factors considered in the location
of the facilities and the detailed impact on the project area for
environmental considerations. The following will also be submitted:
Flow diagrams showing proposed design capacity for
engineering design verification and safety determination;
Commercial and economic data presenting the basis for the
proposed action; and
Cost of the proposed facilities, plans for financing, and
estimated revenues and expenses related to the proposed facility for
accounting and financial evaluation.
The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 157.5-.11; 157.13-.20; 157.53;
157.201-.209; 157.211; 157.214-.218; 284.8; 284.11; 284.126; 284.221;
284.224.
Type of Respondent: Natural Gas Pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as: \4\
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\4\ The annual public reporting burden of the FERC-537 has
changed since the publication of the 60-day notice. The current
estimate of annual burden has been updated and is reflected in this
notice. Figures in the table have been rounded. The reporting
requirements have not changed.
\5\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $70.50 per
Hour = Average Cost per Response. The cost per hour figure is the
FERC average salary plus benefits. Subject matter experts found that
industry employment costs closely resemble FERC's regarding the
FERC-537 information collection.
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Average Total annual
Annual number Total number burden hours burden hours & Cost per
Number of respondents of responses of responses & cost per total annual respondent
per respondent response \5\ cost ($)
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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204............................. 2.24 458 146 66,868 $23,109
$10,293 $4,714,194
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A more granular breakdown of the average burden hour figure (i.e.,
146 average hours per response) follows:
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Number of Average hours
respondents Number of per response
18 CFR Section Regulation topic (distinct responses (average,
entities) weighted)
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157.5-.11; & 157.13-.20............... Interstate certificate 159 82 500
and abandonment
applications.
157.53................................ Exemptions.............. 39 3 50
157.201-.209; 157.211; 157.214-.218... Blanket Certificates 62 46 200
prior notice filings.
157.201-.209; 157.211; 157.214-.218... Blanket Certificates-- 159 159 50
annual reports.
284.11................................ NGPA Sec. 311 93 93 50
Construction--annual
reports.
284.8................................. Capacity Release--record 0 N/A 75
keeping.
284.126(a)............................ Intrastate bypass, semi- 37 48 30
annual transportation.
284.221............................... Blanket Certificates-- 14 14 100
one time filing, inc.
new tariff and rate
design proposal.
284.224............................... Hinshaw Blanket 8 8 75
Certificates.
157.5-.11; & 157.13-.20............... Non-facility certificate 5 5 75
or abandonment
applications.
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FERC-725F, Mandatory Reliability Standards for Nuclear Plant Interface
Coordination
OMB Control No.: 1902-0249
Abstract: The Commission requires the information collected by the
FERC-725F to implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). On August 8, 2005, the
Electricity Modernization Act of 2005, which is Title XII, Subtitle A,
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted into law.\6\
EPAct 2005 added a new section 215 to the FPA, which required a
Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop
mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards, which are subject to
Commission review and approval. Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO subject to Commission oversight,
or the Commission can independently enforce Reliability Standards.\7\
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\6\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, Title XII,
Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16 U.S.C. 824o.
\7\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
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On February 3, 2006, the Commission issued Order No. 672,
implementing section 215 of the FPA.\8\ Pursuant to Order No. 672, the
Commission certified one organization, North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC), as the ERO. The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by the Commission apply to users,
owners and operators of the Bulk-Power System as set forth in each
Reliability Standard.
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\8\ Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric Reliability
Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval, and
Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,204, order on reh'g, Order No. 672-A, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ] 31,212 (2006).
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On November 19, 2007, NERC filed its petition for Commission
approval of the Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination Reliability
Standard, designated NUC-001-1. In Order No. 716, issued October 16,
2008, the Commission approved the standard while also directing certain
revisions.\9\ Revised Reliability Standard, NUC-001-2, was filed with
the Commission by NERC in August 2009 and subsequently approved by the
Commission January 21, 2010.\10\
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\9\ Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface
Coordination, Order No. 716, 125 FERC ] 61,065, at P 189 & n.90
(2008), order on reh'g, Order No. 716-A, 126 FERC ] 61,122 (2009).
\10\ North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 130 FERC ]
61,051 (2010). When the revised Reliability Standard was approved
the Commission did not go to OMB for approval. It is assumed that
the changes made did not substantively affect the information
collection and therefore a formal submission to OMB was not needed.
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The purpose of Reliability Standard NUC-001-2 is to require
``coordination between nuclear plant generator operators and
transmission entities for the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant safe
operation and shutdown.'' \11\ The Nuclear Reliability Standard applies
to nuclear plant generator operators (generally nuclear power plant
owners and operators, including licensees) and ``transmission
entities,'' defined in the Reliability Standard as including a nuclear
plant's suppliers of off-site power and related transmission and
distribution services. To account for the variations in nuclear plant
design and grid interconnection characteristics, the Reliability
Standard defines transmission entities as ``all entities that are
responsible for providing services related to Nuclear Plant Interface
Requirements (NPIRs),'' and lists eleven types of functional entities
(heretofore described as ``transmission entities'') that could provide
services related to NPIRs.\12\
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\11\ See Reliability Standard NUC-001-2 at https://www.nerc.com/files/NUC-001-2.pdf.
\12\ The list of functional entities consists of transmission
operators, transmission owners, transmission planners, transmission
service providers, balancing authorities, reliability coordinators,
planning authorities, distribution providers, load-serving entities,
generator owners and generator operators.
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FERC-725F information collection requirements include establishing
and maintaining interface agreements, including record retention
requirements. These agreements are not filed with FERC but with the
appropriate entities as established by the Reliability Standard.
Type of Respondent: Nuclear operators, nuclear plants, transmission
entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the average
annual burden for this information collection as:
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\13\ The cost for reporting requirements is $73.83/hour and is
based on a composite loaded (wage plus benefits) average wage for an
electrical engineer, attorney, and administrative staff. The cost
for record keeping is $29.01/hour and is based on wages plus
benefits for a file clerk. The wages are generated from Bureau of
Labor Statistics data retrieved September, 2014 from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm. The loaded wage is calculated
using BLS data indicating, as of Sept 1, 2014, that wages make up
69.9% of total salary (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).
\14\ This figure of 130 transmission entities is based on the
assumption that each agreement will be between 1 nuclear plant and 2
transmission entities (65 times 2 = 130). However, there is some
double counting in this figure because some transmission entities
may be party to multiple agreements with multiple nuclear plants.
The double counting does not affect the burden estimate and the
correct number of unique respondents will be reported to OMB. The
actual number of unique entities subject to this collection is 143.
\15\ The recordkeeping ``responses'' are considered to be part
of (i.e., to be contained within the same quantity as) the Reporting
responses leading to a total number of unique responses of 420 (390
+ 30 = 420).
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Average burden Total annual
Annual number Total number hours & cost burden hours & Cost per
FERC-725F Number of respondents of responses of responses per response total annual respondent ($)
per respondent \13\ cost
(1)......................... (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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New agreements (Reporting)................ 10 nuclear operators + 20 1 30 1,080 32,400 $79,736
transmission entities. $79,736 $2,392,092
New Agreements (Record Keeping)........... 10 nuclear operators + 20 1 30 108 3,240 $3,133
transmission entities. $3,133 $93,992
Modifications to agreements (Reporting)... 65 nuclear plants + 130 2 390 66.67 26,000 $9,844
transmission entities \14\. $4,922 $1,919,581
Modifications to Agreements (Record 65 nuclear plants + 130 2 390 6.67 2,600 $387
Keeping). transmission entities. $193 $75,426
Total................................. ............................ .............. \15\ 420 .............. 64,240 ..............
$4,481,091
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FERC-725I, Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power
Coordinating Council
OMB Control No.: 1902-0258
Abstract: This information collection relates to two FERC-approved
Protection and Control (PRC) regional Reliability Standards: PRC-002-
NPCC-01--Disturbance Monitoring, and PRC-006-NPCC-1--Automatic Under
frequency Load-Shedding. These Northeast Power Coordinating Council
(NPCC) regional Reliability Standards require respondents to provide
recording capability necessary to monitor the response of the Bulk-
Power System to system disturbances, including scheduled and
unscheduled outages; require each reliability coordinator to establish
requirements for its area's dynamic disturbance recording needs;
establish disturbance data reporting requirements; and require planning
coordinators to incrementally gather data, run studies, and analyze
study results to design or update the UFLS programs that are required
in the regional Reliability Standard in addition to the requirements of
the NERC Reliability Standard PRC-006-1.\16\
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\16\ The burden estimates for Reliability Standard PRC-006-1 are
included in Order No. 763 (Final Rule in RM11-20) and covered in
FERC-725A (OMB Control No. 1902-0244). OMB approved those
requirements on 7/9/2012 (ICR Reference No. 201204-1902-001).
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Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-01 introduced several new
mandatory and enforceable requirements for the applicable entities.
However, when FERC approved this standard, NPCC had (and continues to
have) criteria \17\ and published guidance \18\ addressing similar
requirements that the Reliability Standard made mandatory. Thus, it is
usual and customary for affected entities within NPCC to create,
maintain and store some of the same or equivalent information
identified in Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-01. Therefore, many of
the requirements contained in PRC-002-NPCC-01 do not impose new burdens
on the affected entities.\19\
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\17\ Disturbance Monitoring Equipment Criteria (Aug. 2007),
available at https://www.npcc.org/Standards/Criteria/A-15.pdf
(Disturbance Monitoring Criteria).
\18\ Guide for Application of Disturbance Recording Equipment
(Sept. 2006), available at https://www.npcc.org/Standards/Guides/B-26.pdf (Application Guide).
\19\ 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2) (2011).
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Several requirements contained in regional Reliability Standard
PRC-002-NPCC-01 were entirely new responsibilities for the applicable
entities when the Commission approved the standard and each of these is
listed in the estimated annual burden section below.
Information collection burden for Reliability Standard PRC-006-
NPCC-01 is based on the time needed for planning coordinators and
generator owners to incrementally gather data, run studies, and analyze
study results to design or update the UFLS programs that are required
in the regional Reliability Standard in addition to the requirements of
the NERC Reliability Standard PRC-006-1. There is also burden on the
generator owners to maintain data.
Type of Respondent: Entities registered with the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as Generator Owners,
Transmission Owners, Reliability Coordinators and Planning Coordinators
Estimate of Annual Burden: The number of respondents is based on
NERC's registry as of August 27, 2014. Entities registered for more
than one applicable function type have been accounted for in the
figures below. The Commission estimates the annual public reporting
burden for the information collection as:
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Average burden Total annual
Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-01, information Number of Annual number Total number hours & cost burden hours & Cost per
collection requirements respondents of responses of responses per response total annual respondent ($)
per respondent \20\ cost
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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R13: GO \21\ and TO to have evidence it acquired and 1 1 1 10 10 ..............
installed dynamic disturbance recorders and a mutually $290 $290 $290
agreed upon implementation schedule with the RC (record
retention).............................................
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R14.5: GO and TO to have evidence of a maintenance and 169 12 2028 5 9,960 ..............
testing program for stand-alone disturbance monitoring $305 $618,540 $3,660
equipment including monthly verification of active
analog quantities......................................
R14.7: GO and TO to record efforts to return failed 33 1 33 10 330 ..............
units to service if it takes longer than 90 days \22\.. $610 $20,130 $610
R14.7: GO and TO record retention....................... 33 1 33 10 330 ..............
$290 $9,570 $290
R17: RC provide certain disturbance monitoring equipment 5 1 5 5 25 ..............
data to the Regional Entity upon request............... $305 $7,625 $305
R17: RC record retention................................ 5 1 5 10 50 ..............
$290 $1,450 $290
TOTAL............................................... .............. 2,105 .............. 10,705 ..............
$657,605
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Total annual
Reliability standard PRC-006-NPCC-01, information Number of Annual number Total number Average burden burden hours & Cost per
collection requirements respondents of responses of responses hours & cost total annual respondent ($)
per respondent per response cost
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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PCs Design and document automatic UFLS program.......... 6 1 6 8 48 ..............
$488 $2,928 $488
PCs update and maintain UFLS program database........... 6 1 6 16 96 ..............
$976 $5,856 $976
GOs provide documentation and data to the planning 145 1 145 16 2,320 ..............
coordinator............................................ $976 $141,520 $976
GOs: record retention................................... 145 1 145 4 580 ..............
$116 $16,820 $116
TOTAL............................................... .............. .............. 302 .............. 3,044 ..............
$167,124
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\20\ 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 hourly cost figure comes from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm and https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).
Record retention (wage plus benefits) cost is $29/hour, and the
remaining costs (wage plus benefits for an electrical engineer are
$61/hour.
\21\ For purposes of these charts, generation owner is
abbreviated to GO, transmission owner is abbreviated to TO,
reliability coordinator is abbreviated to RC, and planning
coordinator is abbreviated to PC.
\22\ We estimate that an entity will experience a unit failure
greater than 90 days once every five years. Therefore, 20 percent of
NPCC's 166 generator owners and transmission owners will experience
a unit failure of this duration each year.
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Dated: January 28, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-02115 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
