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2017.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–2–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–725y), Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the information collection FERC–725Y,
Mandatory Reliability Standards
(Personnel Performance, Training, and
Qualifications), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of the information collection
requirements.
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Comments in consideration of
the collection of information are due
February 26, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. IC18–2–000 by
either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
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.
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, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725Y, Mandatory
Reliability Standard (Personnel
Performance, Training, and
Qualifications).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0279.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725Y information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–725Y
information collection is intended to
help ensure the safe and reliable
operation of the interconnected grid
through the retention of suitably trained
and qualified personnel in positions
that can impact the reliable operation of
the Bulk-Power System. The
Commission uses the FERC–725Y to
implement the Congressional mandate
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to
develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards to better ensure
the reliability of the nation’s BulkPower System. FERC–725Y will ensure
that personnel performing or supporting
real-time operations on the Bulk Electric
System (BES) are trained using a
systematic approach. The Reliability
Standard requires entities to maintain
records subject to review by the
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Commission and NERC to ensure
compliance with the Reliability
Standard.
The Reliability Standard requires
entities to maintain records subject to
review by the Commission and NERC to
ensure compliance with the Reliability
Standard. This Reliability Standard
contains of six Requirements:
• R1 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, and
transmission operators to develop and
implement a training program for
system operators
• R2 requires transmission owners to
develop and implement a training
program for system operators
• R3 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, transmission
operators and transmission owners to
verify the capabilities of their
identified personnel
• R4 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, transmission
operators and transmission owners to
provide those personnel with
emergency operations training using
simulation technology
• R5 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, and
transmission operators to develop and
implement training for their
operations support personnel
• R6 requires applicable generator
operators to develop and implement
training for certain of their dispatch
personnel at a centrally located
dispatch center.
Type of Respondents: Reliability
coordinators, balancing authorities,
transmission operators, transmission
owners, and generator owners.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 Our
estimate below regarding the number of
respondents is based on the NERC
compliance registry as of September 29,
2017. According to the NERC
compliance registry, NERC has
registered 176 transmission operators,
331 transmission owners and 890
generator operators.
The Commission estimates the
additional annual reporting burden and
cost as follows:
1 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
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FERC–725Y IN DOCKET NO. IC18–2–000
Number and type
of respondents 2
Verification and Retention of Evidence of capabilities of personnel
[R3, M3, C1.2], and Creation and
Retention of Records on Simulation Training.
Total ............................................
Total number
of responses
Average
burden &
cost per
response 3
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
(1)
Annual Evaluation and Update of
Training Program and Task List.
Retention of Records .........................
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
..............................
1
4 1,064
1
4 1,064
1
331
........................
........................
TO (331), GOP
(890).
TO (331), GOP
(890).
TO (331) ..............
6 hrs.,
$408.72
10 hrs.,
$408.90
10 hrs.,
$408.90
6,384 hrs.,
$434,878
10,640 hrs.,
$435,070
3,310 hrs.,
$135,346
........................
$68.12
20,334 hrs.;
$1,005,294
40.89
40.89
2 TO=Transmission
Owner; RC=Reliability Coordinator; BA=Balancing Authority; TOP=Transmission Operator; GOP=Generator Operator.
estimates for cost per response are loaded hourly wage figure (includes benefits) is based on the average of three occupational categories for 2016 found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2l22.htm): Electrical Engineer (Occupational Code: 17–2071): $68.12; Office and Administrative Support (Occupation Code: 43–0000): $40.89.
4 Some transmission owners are also generator operators. To eliminate double counting some entities, this figure reflects the number of unique
entities (1064) within the group of TOs and GOPs. That approach is used throughout the table.
3 The
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is 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 estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: December 19, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
announcing its intent to revoke the
market-based rate authority of the
public utilities listed in the caption of
that order, which had failed to file their
required Electric Quarterly Reports.1
The Commission directed those public
utilities to file the required Electric
Quarterly Reports within 15 days of the
date of issuance of the order or face
revocation of their authority to sell
power at market-based rates and
termination of their electric marketbased rate tariffs.2
The time period for compliance with
the November 20 Order has elapsed.
The above-captioned companies failed
to file their delinquent Electric
Quarterly Reports. The Commission
hereby revokes the market-based rate
authority and terminates the electric
market-based rate tariff of each of the
companies who are named in the
caption of this order.
Dated: December 19, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[FR Doc. 2017–27730 Filed 12–22–17; 8:45 am]
Notice of Revocation of Market-Based
Rate Tariff
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Docket Nos.
Electric Quarterly Reports ...........
Niagara Generation, LLC ............
C2K Energy, LLC ........................
Castlebridge Energy Group LLC
Intercom Energy, Inc. ..................
Chesapeake Renewable Energy
LLC.
ER02–2001–020
ER10–3154–000
ER14–1751–001
ER11–4629–000
ER11–125–000
ER13–28–001
On November 20, 2017, the
Commission issued an order
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1 Electric Quarterly Reports, 161 FERC ¶ 61,208
(2017) (November 20 Order).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–25–000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Take notice that on December 8, 2017,
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite
700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed
in Docket No. CP18–25–000 a prior
notice request pursuant to sections
157.205 and 157.213(b) of the
Commission’s regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended,
requesting authorization to construct
and operate one new horizontal storage
well (Donegal Storage Well 12618),
approximately 703 feet of eight-inchdiameter of related pipeline, and
appurtenances at its existing Donegal
Storage Field in Washington County,
Pennsylvania. Columbia proposes to
construct Donegal Storage Well 12618 in
lieu of multiple well recompletions and
stimulations. Columbia states that
Donegal Storage Well 12618 could
provide 15 million cubic feet per day or
more during a design flow day,
dependent on certain parameters.
Columbia estimates the cost of the
project to be approximately $3,300,000.
Columbia avers that there will be no
change in the certificated physical
parameters of the Donegal Storage Field,
including maximum reservoir pressure,
reservoir and buffer boundaries, and
certificated storage capacity as a result
of the proposal, all as more fully set
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC18-2-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (Ferc-725y), Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the
information collection FERC-725Y, Mandatory Reliability Standards
(Personnel Performance, Training, and Qualifications), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection
requirements.
DATES: Comments in consideration of the collection of information are
due February 26, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. IC18-2-000
by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's website: 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 [email protected], 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
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725Y, Mandatory Reliability Standard (Personnel
Performance, Training, and Qualifications).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0279.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725Y information
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC-725Y information collection is intended to help
ensure the safe and reliable operation of the interconnected grid
through the retention of suitably trained and qualified personnel in
positions that can impact the reliable operation of the Bulk-Power
System. The Commission uses the FERC-725Y to implement the
Congressional mandate of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to develop
mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards to better ensure the
reliability of the nation's Bulk-Power System. FERC-725Y will ensure
that personnel performing or supporting real-time operations on the
Bulk Electric System (BES) are trained using a systematic approach. The
Reliability Standard requires entities to maintain records subject to
review by the Commission and NERC to ensure compliance with the
Reliability Standard.
The Reliability Standard requires entities to maintain records
subject to review by the Commission and NERC to ensure compliance with
the Reliability Standard. This Reliability Standard contains of six
Requirements:
R1 requires reliability coordinators, balancing authorities,
and transmission operators to develop and implement a training program
for system operators
R2 requires transmission owners to develop and implement a
training program for system operators
R3 requires reliability coordinators, balancing authorities,
transmission operators and transmission owners to verify the
capabilities of their identified personnel
R4 requires reliability coordinators, balancing authorities,
transmission operators and transmission owners to provide those
personnel with emergency operations training using simulation
technology
R5 requires reliability coordinators, balancing authorities,
and transmission operators to develop and implement training for their
operations support personnel
R6 requires applicable generator operators to develop and
implement training for certain of their dispatch personnel at a
centrally located dispatch center.
Type of Respondents: Reliability coordinators, balancing
authorities, transmission operators, transmission owners, and generator
owners.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ Our estimate below regarding the number
of respondents is based on the NERC compliance registry as of September
29, 2017. According to the NERC compliance registry, NERC has
registered 176 transmission operators, 331 transmission owners and 890
generator operators.
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\1\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
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The Commission estimates the additional annual reporting burden and
cost as follows:
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Total annual
Number and type of Annual number Total number Average burden burden hours & Cost per
respondents \2\ of responses of responses & cost per total annual respondent
per respondent response \3\ cost
(1)......................... (2) (1) * (2) = (4) (3) * (4) = (5) / (1)
(3) (5)
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Annual Evaluation and Update of Training TO (331), GOP (890)......... 1 \4\ 1,064 6 hrs., 6,384 hrs., $68.12
Program and Task List. $408.72 $434,878
Retention of Records...................... TO (331), GOP (890)......... 1 \4\ 1,064 10 hrs., 10,640 hrs., 40.89
$408.90 $435,070
Verification and Retention of Evidence of TO (331).................... 1 331 10 hrs., 3,310 hrs., 40.89
capabilities of personnel [R3, M3, C1.2], $408.90 $135,346
and Creation and Retention of Records on
Simulation Training.
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Total................................. ............................ .............. .............. .............. 20,334 hrs.;
$1,005,294
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\2\ TO=Transmission Owner; RC=Reliability Coordinator; BA=Balancing Authority; TOP=Transmission Operator; GOP=Generator Operator.
\3\ The estimates for cost per response are loaded hourly wage figure (includes benefits) is based on the average of three occupational categories for
2016 found on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm): Electrical Engineer (Occupational Code: 17-2071):
$68.12; Office and Administrative Support (Occupation Code: 43-0000): $40.89.
\4\ Some transmission owners are also generator operators. To eliminate double counting some entities, this figure reflects the number of unique
entities (1064) within the group of TOs and GOPs. That approach is used throughout the table.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is 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 estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: December 19, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27731 Filed 12-22-17; 8:45 am]
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