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Docket Numbers: EC21–81–000.
Applicants: Coram California
Development, L.P.
Description: Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of Coram California
Development, L.P.
Filed Date: 4/19/21.
Accession Number: 20210419–5320.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/10/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG21–128–000.
Applicants: Triple Butte LLC.
Description: Self-Certification of
Exempt Wholesale Generator of Triple
Butte LLC.
Filed Date: 4/19/21.
Accession Number: 20210419–5212.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/10/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER21–1276–001.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
American Transmission Company LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2021–04–20_SA 2793 ATC-City of Eagle
River Substitute 1st Rev CFA to be
effective 5/5/2021.
Filed Date: 4/20/21.
Accession Number: 20210420–5021.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/11/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1277–001.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
American Transmission Company LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2021–04–20_SA 2794 ATC-City of
Gladstone Substitute 1st Rev CFA to be
effective 5/5/2021.
Filed Date: 4/20/21.
Accession Number: 20210420–5031.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/11/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1713–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2021–04–19_Attachment X, App. 1
Interconnection Request Requirement
Changes to be effective 6/19/2021.
Filed Date: 4/19/21.
Accession Number: 20210419–5171.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/10/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1714–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Notice of Cancellation ISA, Service
Agreement No. 5557; Queue No. AE2–
057 to be effective 5/21/2021.
Filed Date: 4/20/21.
Accession Number: 20210420–5018.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/11/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1715–000.
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Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to Service Agreement No.
5548; Queue No. AC1–076/AE2–134 to
be effective 12/16/2019.
Filed Date: 4/20/21.
Accession Number: 20210420–5032.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/11/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1716–000.
Applicants: BP Energy Retail LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Application for Market-Based Rate
Authority to be effective 6/20/2021.
Filed Date: 4/20/21.
Accession Number: 20210420–5039.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/11/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1717–000.
Applicants: Duke Energy Florida,
LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
DEF—Annual Update of Real Power
Loss Factors (2021) to be effective 5/1/
2021.
Filed Date: 4/20/21.
Accession Number: 20210420–5055.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/11/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–1718–000.
Applicants: Idaho Power Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Goshen Substation Upgrades to be
effective 3/9/2021.
Filed Date: 4/20/21.
Accession Number: 20210420–5058.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/11/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following PURPA
210(m)(3) filings:
Docket Numbers: QM21–19–000.
Applicants: Otter Tail Power
Company.
Description: Application of Otter Tail
Power Company to Terminate Its
Mandatory Purchase Obligation under
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies
Act of 1978.
Filed Date: 4/19/21.
Accession Number: 20210419–5216.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/21.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
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service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: April 20, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–08609 Filed 4–23–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–10–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725F); 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, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on a renewal of
currently approved information
collection FERC 725F (Mandatory
Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant
Interface Coordination), which will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due May 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–725F to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0249) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
(identified by Docket No. IC21–10–000)
by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery.
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
SUMMARY:
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Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must
be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’
to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
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/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC 725F, Mandatory
Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant
Interface Coordination.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0249.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725F information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires
the information collected by 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.1 EPAct
2005 added a new section 215 to the
FPA, which required a Commissioncertified 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
1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16
U.S.C. 824o.
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Commission oversight, or the
Commission can independently enforce
Reliability Standards.2
On February 3, 2006, the Commission
issued Order No. 672, implementing
section 215 of the FPA.3 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.
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.4 Revised Reliability Standard,
NUC–001–2, was filed with the
Commission by NERC in August 2009
and subsequently approved by the
Commission January 21, 2010.5 On
November 4, 2014, in Docket No. RD14–
13, the Commission approved revised
Reliability Standard NUC–001–3.6 On
February 21, 2020 NERC filed a petition
to revise Reliability Standard NUC–001–
3 to NUC–0001–4.7
The purpose of Reliability Standard
NUC–001–4 is to require ‘‘coordination
between nuclear plant generator
operators and transmission entities for
the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant
safe operation and shutdown.’’ 8 The
Nuclear Reliability Standard applies to
nuclear plant generator operators
(generally nuclear power plant owners
2 16
U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
3 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).
4 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).
5 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.
6 The Commission Letter Order is posted at
https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/
OpenNat.asp?fileID=13675845.
7 The NERC peition is available on FERC’s
eLibrary system (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/
search) by searching in Docket Number RD21–4.
8 See Reliability Standard NUC–001–4 at https://
www.nerc.com/files/NUC-001-4.pdf.
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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.9
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.
In response to the Notice of
Information Collection and Request for
Comments published in the Federal
Register on February 16, 2021 (86 FR
9499), the Commission received no
comments on the 60-day Paperwork
Reduction Act notice.
Type of Respondent: Nuclear
operators, nuclear plants, transmission
entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 10 The
Commission estimates the average
annual burden and cost 11 for this
information collection as follows.
9 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.
10 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. Refer to 5
CFR 1320.3 for additional information.
11 The wage and benefit figures are based on the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data (at https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) for May
2019 for Sector 22, Utilities. (The benefits figure is
based on BLS data as of May 2020 https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).) The
estimated hourly cost (for wages plus benefits) for
reporting requirements is rounded to $85.41/hour,
based on the average for an electrical engineer
(occupation code 17–2071, $70.19/hour), legal
(occupation code 23–0000, $142.65/hour), and
office and administrative staff (occupation code 43–
0000, $43.38/hour). The estimated hourly cost
(wages plus benefits) for record keeping is $34.79/
hour for a file clerk (occupation code 43–4071).
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FERC–725F (NUC–001–04)
New or Modifications to Existing Agreements (Reporting).
New or Modifications to Existing Agreements
(Record Keeping).
Total .............................
Number of respondents
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
Total Number
of responses
Average burden hrs. & cost
per response
($) (rounded)
Total annual burden hrs. &
total annual cost
($) (rounded)
Cost per
respondent
($) (rounded)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
57 nuclear plants + 114
transmission entities 12.
2
342
66.67 hrs.; $5,694 .............
22,801 hrs.; $1,947,433 ....
$11,388
57 nuclear plants + 114
transmission entities.
2
342
6.67 hrs.; $232 ..................
2,281 hrs.; $79,356 ...........
464.07
......................
13 342
............................................
25,082 hrs.; 14 $2,026,789.
............................................
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: April 20, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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12 This figure of 120 transmission entities is based
on the assumption that each agreement will be
between 1 nuclear plant and 2 transmission entities
(57 × 2 = 114). 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.
13 The 171 respondents affected by the reporting
requirements are also affected by the recordkeeping
requirements.
14 The reporting requirements have not changed.
The decrease in the number of respondents is due
to: (a) Normal fluctuations in industry (e.g.,
companies merging and splitting, and coming into
and going out of business), and (b) no new
agreements being issued due to the lack of new
nuclear plants being developed.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 15090–000]
Energy Recycling Company, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On February 8, 2021, Energy
Recycling Company, LLC, filed an
application for a preliminary permit,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of the Bigstone Pumped
Storage Project (Bigstone Project or
project) to be located near the City of
Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota.
The sole purpose of a preliminary
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license
application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize
the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owners’ express permission.
The proposed project is a closed loop
pumped storage project that would
consist of the following: (1) A 55-foothigh, 120-acre-area circular upper
reservoir constructed as a concrete-lined
rockfill embankment with a total storage
capacity of approximately 3,500 acrefeet operating between a maximum
water surface elevation of 1,145 feet
mean sea level (msl) and a minimum
water surface elevation of 1,095 feet
msl; (2) a reinforced concrete ‘‘morning
glory’’ type upper intake of circular
configuration with a maximum outside
diameter of approximately 100-feet and
an inside diameter of 18-feet; (3) a
2,800-foot-long, 16-foot-diameter
vertical penstock excavated in granitic
bedrock and steel-lined extending
between the upper intake and the
pump/turbines below; (4) an
underground eight concentric circular
tunnels lower reservoir with diameters
from 5,400 feet to 4,200 feet excavated
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in granitic bedrock, located 2,500 feet
below the ground surface elevation of
1,095 feet msl, with a usable storage
capacity approximately the same as the
upper reservoir and operational water
elevations between minus 1,410 feet msl
and minus 1,452.5 feet msl; (5) a 200foot-long, 70-foot-wide, 130-foot-high
powerhouse located 300 feet below the
lower reservoir containing two
reversible Francis pump/turbine-motor/
generator units rated for 333 megawatts
each; (6) a 240-foot-long, 50-foot-wide,
40-foot-high underground transformer
gallery; (7) a 200-foot-square above
ground substation; (8) a 1.5-mile-long,
345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line
extending from the substation to an
existing 345-kV transmission line
owned by others; and (9) appurtenant
facilities. There would be no federal
land within the proposed project
boundary. The estimated annual
generation of the Bigstone Project would
be 1,450 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas
Spaulding, P.E., Nelson Energy, 8441
Wayzata Blvd., Suite 101, Golden
Valley, MN 55426; phone: (952) 544–
8133.
FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone:
(202) 502–6211.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
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. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC21-10-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725F); 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, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on a renewal of currently approved
information collection FERC 725F (Mandatory Reliability Standard for
Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination), which will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due May 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC-725F to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB Control Number (1902-
0249) in the subject line of your comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket No. IC21-10-000)
by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
Electronic Filing: Documents must be filed in acceptable
native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or picture
format.
For those unable to file electronically, comments may be
filed by USPS mail or by hand (including courier) delivery.
[cir] Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: Addressed to: Federal
Energy
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Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
[cir] Hand (including courier) Delivery: Deliver to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Using the search function under the ``Currently Under Review''
field, select Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; click ``submit,''
and select ``comment'' to the right of the subject collection. FERC
submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For user assistance, contact FERC
Online Support by email at [email protected], or by phone at:
(866) 208-3676 (toll-free).
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/ferc-online/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC 725F, Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant
Interface Coordination.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0249.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725F information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The Commission requires the information collected by
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.\1\
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.\2\
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\1\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, Title XII,
Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (2005), 16 U.S.C. 824o.
\2\ 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.\3\ 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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\3\ 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.\4\ 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.\5\ On November 4, 2014, in Docket No.
RD14-13, the Commission approved revised Reliability Standard NUC-001-
3.\6\ On February 21, 2020 NERC filed a petition to revise Reliability
Standard NUC-001-3 to NUC-0001-4.\7\
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\4\ 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).
\5\ 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.
\6\ The Commission Letter Order is posted at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=13675845.
\7\ The NERC peition is available on FERC's eLibrary system
(https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search) by searching in Docket
Number RD21-4.
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The purpose of Reliability Standard NUC-001-4 is to require
``coordination between nuclear plant generator operators and
transmission entities for the purpose of ensuring nuclear plant safe
operation and shutdown.'' \8\ 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.\9\
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\8\ See Reliability Standard NUC-001-4 at https://www.nerc.com/files/NUC-001-4.pdf.
\9\ 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.
In response to the Notice of Information Collection and Request for
Comments published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2021 (86 FR
9499), the Commission received no comments on the 60-day Paperwork
Reduction Act notice.
Type of Respondent: Nuclear operators, nuclear plants, transmission
entities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \10\ The Commission estimates the
average annual burden and cost \11\ for this information collection as
follows.
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\10\ 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. Refer to
5 CFR 1320.3 for additional information.
\11\ The wage and benefit figures are based on the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) data (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) for May 2019 for Sector 22, Utilities. (The benefits
figure is based on BLS data as of May 2020 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).) The estimated hourly cost (for wages
plus benefits) for reporting requirements is rounded to $85.41/hour,
based on the average for an electrical engineer (occupation code 17-
2071, $70.19/hour), legal (occupation code 23-0000, $142.65/hour),
and office and administrative staff (occupation code 43-0000,
$43.38/hour). The estimated hourly cost (wages plus benefits) for
record keeping is $34.79/hour for a file clerk (occupation code 43-
4071).
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Annual
number of Average burden hrs. & Total annual burden Cost per
FERC-725F (NUC-001-04) Number of respondents responses Total Number cost per response ($) hrs. & total annual respondent
per of responses (rounded) cost ($) (rounded) ($)
respondent (rounded)
(1).................... (2) (1) * (2) = (4).................... (3) * (4) = (5)....... (5) / (1)
(3)
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New or Modifications to Existing 57 nuclear plants + 114 2 342 66.67 hrs.; $5,694..... 22,801 hrs.; $11,388
Agreements (Reporting). transmission entities $1,947,433.
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New or Modifications to Existing 57 nuclear plants + 114 2 342 6.67 hrs.; $232........ 2,281 hrs.; $79,356... 464.07
Agreements (Record Keeping). transmission entities.
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Total........................... ....................... ............ \13\ 342 ....................... 25,082 hrs.; \14\
$2,026,789.
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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.
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\12\ This figure of 120 transmission entities is based on the
assumption that each agreement will be between 1 nuclear plant and 2
transmission entities (57 x 2 = 114). 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.
\13\ The 171 respondents affected by the reporting requirements
are also affected by the recordkeeping requirements.
\14\ The reporting requirements have not changed. The decrease
in the number of respondents is due to: (a) Normal fluctuations in
industry (e.g., companies merging and splitting, and coming into and
going out of business), and (b) no new agreements being issued due
to the lack of new nuclear plants being developed.
Dated: April 20, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-08606 Filed 4-23-21; 8:45 am]
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