Commission Information Collection Activities Ferc-917 and Ferc-918; Consolidated Comment Request; Extension, 36540-36543 [2021-14715]
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Comp.—Response to Staff Deficiency
Letter to be effective 1/1/2018.
Filed Date: 7/6/21.
Accession Number: 20210706–5057.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/21.
Docket Numbers: ER20–2446–004.
Applicants: Bitter Ridge Wind Farm,
LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Compliance filing for Docket ER20–2446
to be effective 9/29/2020.
Filed Date: 7/6/21.
Accession Number: 20210706–5058.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/21.
Docket Numbers: ER20–2503–003.
Applicants: Paulding Wind Farm IV
LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Compliance filing for Docket No. ER20–
2503 to be effective 9/22/2020.
Filed Date: 7/6/21.
Accession Number: 20210706–5061.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/21.
Docket Numbers: ER20–2953–003.
Applicants: Lone Tree Wind, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Compliance filing for Docket ER20–2953
to be effective 12/16/2020.
Filed Date: 7/6/21.
Accession Number: 20210706–5063.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2349–000.
Applicants: AR Searcy Project
Company, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
MBR Initial Application to be effective
9/1/2021.
Filed Date: 7/2/21.
Accession Number: 20210702–5095.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/23/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2350–000.
Applicants: MS Sunflower Project
Company, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
MBR Initial Application to be effective
9/1/2021.
Filed Date: 7/2/21.
Accession Number: 20210702–5096.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/23/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2351–000.
Applicants: Entergy Services, LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Entergy Services, LLC to be effective 9/
1/2021.
Filed Date: 7/2/21.
Accession Number: 20210702–5099.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/23/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2352–000.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to PG&E Elkhorn Energy
Storage LGIA (SA 379) to be effective 7/
3/2021.
Filed Date: 7/2/21.
Accession Number: 20210702–5102.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/23/21.
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Docket Numbers: ER21–2353–000.
Applicants: Duke Energy Progress,
LLC.
Description: Tariff Cancellation: DEPWaynesville RS No. 185 Cancellation to
be effective 9/1/2021.
Filed Date: 7/2/21.
Accession Number: 20210702–5105.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/23/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2354–000.
Applicants: Entergy Services, LLC.
Description: Request for Limited
Waivers and Clarification of Affiliate
Rules of Entergy Services, LLC.
Filed Date: 7/2/21.
Accession Number: 20210702–5168.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/23/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2355–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Original ISA, Service Agreement No.
6100; Queue No. AD2–076 to be
effective 6/10/2021.
Filed Date: 7/6/21.
Accession Number: 20210706–5014.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2356–000.
Applicants: Alabama Power
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Sandhills 2 Solar LGIA Filing to be
effective 6/21/2021.
Filed Date: 7/6/21.
Accession Number: 20210706–5047.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2357–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2021–07–06_SA 3006 Duke-Jordan
Creek 3rd Rev GIA (J515) to be effective
6/18/2021.
Filed Date: 7/6/21.
Accession Number: 20210706–5078.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/21.
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,
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.
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Dated: July 6, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–14760 Filed 7–9–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–32–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities Ferc–917 and Ferc–918;
Consolidated Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections 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 the currently
approved information collections,
FERC–917 (Electric Transmission
Facilities) and FERC–918 (Standards for
Business Practices and Communication
Protocols for Public Utilities), both
under OMB Control No. 1902–0233,
which will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
review of the information collection
requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due September 10,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of
your comments (identified by Docket
No. IC21–32–000 and the specific FERC
collection number (FERC–917 and/or
FERC–918) 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
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: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
SUMMARY:
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–917, Electric
Transmission Facilities and FERC–918,
Standards for Business Practices and
Communication Protocols for Public
Utilities.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0233.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–917 and FERC–918
information collection requirements
with no changes to the reporting
requirements.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities
transmission providers.
Abstract: On February 17, 2007, the
Commission issued Order No. 890 to
address and remedy opportunities for
undue discrimination under the pro
forma Open Access Transmission Tariff
(OATT) adopted in 1996 by Order No.
888.1 Through Order No. 890, the
Commission:
1. Adopted pro forma OATT
provisions necessary to keep imbalance
charges closely related to incremental
costs.
2. Increased nondiscriminatory access
to the grid by requiring public utilities,
working through the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
to develop consistent methodologies for
available transfer capability (ATC)
calculation and to publish those
methodologies to increase transparency.
3. Required an open, transparent, and
coordinated transmission planning
process thereby increasing the ability of
customers to access new generating
resources and promote efficient
utilization of transmission.
4. Gave the right to customers to
request from transmission providers,
1 Promoting Wholesale Competition Through
Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission
Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded
Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities,
Order No. 888, 61 FR 21540 (May 10, 1996), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996), order on reh’g, Order
No. 888–A, 62 FR 12274 (Mar. 14, 1997), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,048 (1997), order on reh’g, Order
No. 888–B, 81 FERC ¶ 61,248 (1997), order on reh’g,
Order No. 888–C, 82 FERC ¶ 61,046 (1998), aff’d in
relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access Policy
Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 2000),
aff’d sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1
(2002).
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studies addressing congestion and/or
integration of new resource loads in
areas of the transmission system where
they have encountered transmission
problems due to congestion or where
they believe upgrades and other
investments may be necessary to reduce
congestion and to integrate new
resources.
5. Required both the transmission
provider’s merchant function and
network customers to include a
statement with each application for
network service or to designate a new
network resource that attests, for each
network resource identified, that the
transmission customer owns or has
committed to purchase the designated
network resource and the designated
network resource comports with the
requirements for designated network
resources. The network customer
includes this attestation in the
customer’s comment section of the
request when it confirms the request on
the Open Access Same-Time
Information System (OASIS).
6. Required with regard to capacity
reassignment that: (a) All sales or
assignments of capacity be conducted
through or otherwise posted on the
transmission provider’s OASIS on or
before the date the reassigned service
commences; (b) assignees of
transmission capacity execute a service
agreement prior to the date on which
the reassigned service commences; and
(c) transmission providers aggregate and
summarize in an electric quarterly
report the data contained in these
service agreements.
7. Adopted an operational penalties
annual filing that provides information
regarding the penalty revenue the
transmission provider has received and
distributed.
8. Required creditworthiness
information to be included in a
transmission provider’s OATT.
Attachment L must specify the
qualitative and quantitative criteria that
the transmission provider uses to
determine the level of secured and
unsecured credit required.
The Commission required a NERC/
NAESB 2 team to draft and review Order
No. 890 reliability standards and
business practices. The team was to
solicit comment from each utility on
developed standards and practices and
utilities were to implement each, after
Commission approval. Public utilities,
working through NERC, were to revise
reliability standards to require the
exchange of data and coordination
among transmission providers and,
2 NAESB is the North American Energy Standards
Board.
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working through NAESB, were to
develop complementary business
practices. Required OASIS postings
included:
1. Explanations for changes in ATC
values;
2. Capacity benefit margin (CBM)
reevaluations and quarterly postings;
3. OASIS metrics and accepted/
denied requests;
4. Planning redispatch offers and
reliability redispatch data;
5. Curtailment data;
6. Planning and system impact
studies;
7. Metrics for system impact studies;
and
8. All rules.
Incorporating the Order No. 890
standards into the Commission’s
regulations benefits wholesale electric
customers by streamlining utility
business practices, transactional
processes, and OASIS procedures, and
by adopting a formal ongoing process
for reviewing and upgrading the
Commission’s OASIS standards and
other electric industry business
practices. These practices and
procedures benefit from the
implementation of generic industry
standards.
The Commission’s Order No. 890
regulations can be found in 18 CFR
35.28 (pro forma tariff requirements),
and 37.6 and 37.7 (OASIS
requirements). 18 CFR 35.28(b) states:
‘‘Audit data must remain available for
download on the OASIS for 90 days,
except ATC/TTC postings that must
remain available for download on the
OASIS for 20 days. The audit data are
to be retained and made available upon
request for download for five years from
the date when they are first posted in
the same electronic form as used when
they originally were posted on the
OASIS.’’
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collections as follows. Please note, the
zeroes for respondents and responses
are based on having no filings of this
type over the past four years. In
addition, we estimate no filings during
the next three years. The requirements
remain in the regulations and are
included as part of OMB Control
Number 1902–0233.
3 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, refer to 5 CFR part 1320.
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FERC–917 (ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES) AND FERC–918 (STANDARDS FOR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES)
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Annual
number of
responses
Average annual
burden hrs. &
cost 4 per response
($)
Total average annual
burden hours &
total annual cost 5
($)
Average
annual cost
perespondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) = (6)
18 CFR 35.28 (FERC–917)
Conforming tariff changes (Reporting)
Revision of Imbalance Charges (Reporting).
ATC revisions (Reporting) ...................
Planning (Attachment K) (Reporting) 6
Congestion studies (Reporting) ...........
Attestation of network resource commitment (Reporting).
Capacity reassignment (Reporting) .....
Operational Penalty annual filing
(Record Keeping) 7.
Creditworthiness—include criteria in
the tariff (Reporting) 8
FERC–917, Sub-Total of Record
Keeping Requirements.
FERC–917, Sub-Total of Reporting Requirements.
FERC–917—Sub Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements.
20
21
1
1
20
21
20 hrs.; $1,460 .................
25 hrs.; $1,825 .................
400 hrs.; $29,200 .............
525 hrs.; $38,325 .............
$1,460
1,825
11
162
162
162
1
1
1
1
11
162
162
162
20 hrs.; $1,460 .................
100 hrs., $7,300 ...............
300 hrs., $21,900 .............
1 hr., $73 ..........................
220 hrs.; $16,060 .............
16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 ...
48,600 hrs., $3,547,800 ...
162 hrs., $11,826 .............
1,460
7,300.00
21,900.00
73.00
162
162
1
1
162
162
100 hrs., $7,300 ...............
10 hrs., $358.30 ...............
16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 ...
1,620 hrs., $58,044.60 .....
7,300.00
358.30
........................
........................
........................
...........................................
1,620 hrs., $58,044.60
........................
........................
........................
........................
...........................................
132,527 hrs., $6,008,411
........................
........................
........................
........................
...........................................
134,147 hrs.,
$6,066,455.60
........................
18 CFR 37.6 & 37.7 (FERC–918)
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Implementation by each utility 9 (Reporting)
NERC/NAESB Team to develop (Reporting)
Review and comment by utility (Reporting)
Mandatory data exchanges (Reporting).
Explanation of change of ATC values
(Reporting).
Reevaluate CBM and post quarterly
(Record Keeping).
Post OASIS metrics; requests accepted/denied (Reporting).
Post planning redispatch offers and
reliability redispatch data (Record
Keeping).
Post curtailment data (Reporting) .......
Post Planning and System Impact
Studies (Reporting).
Posting of metrics for System Impact
Studies (Reporting).
Post all rules to OASIS (Record Keeping).
162
1
162
80 hrs., $5,840 .................
12,960 hrs., $946,080 ......
5,840.00
162
1
162
100 hrs., $7,300.00 ..........
16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 ...
7,300.00
162
1
162
20 hrs., $716.60 ...............
3,240 hrs., $116,089.20 ...
716.60
162
1
162
90 hrs., $6,570 .................
14,580 hrs., $1,064,340 ...
6,570.00
162
1
162
20 hrs., $716.60 ...............
3,240 hrs., $116,089.20 ...
716.60
162
162
1
1
162
162
1 hr., $73.00 .....................
5 hrs., $365.00 .................
162 hrs., $11,826 .............
810 hrs., $59,130 .............
73.00
365.00
162
1
162
100 hrs., $7,300.00 ..........
16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 ...
7,300.00
162
1
162
5 hrs., $179.15 .................
810 hrs., $29,022.30 ........
179.15
FERC–918, Sub-Total of Record
Keeping Requirements.
FERC–918 Sub-Total of Reporting Requirements.
FERC–918—Sub Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements.
........................
........................
........................
...........................................
7,290 hrs., $261,200.70
........................
........................
........................
........................
...........................................
60,912 hrs., $4,446,576
........................
........................
........................
........................
...........................................
68,202 hrs.,
$4,707,776.70
........................
Total FERC–917 and FERC–
918 (Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements).
........................
........................
........................
...........................................
202,349 hrs.,
$10,774,232.30
........................
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
4 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
provided in this section is based on the salary
figures for March 2021 posted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics for the Utilities sector and benefits
based on BLS report; issued June 17, 2021 Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation Summary
(available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
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ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly rates are displayed
below:
Legal (Occupation Code: 23–0000): $142.25.
Management Analyst (Occupation Code: 13–1111):
$68.39.
Office and Administrative Support (Occupation
Code: 43–000): $44.47.
Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–2071):
$72.15.
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Information Security Analyst (Occupation Code:
15–1122): $73.57.
File Clerk (Occupation Code: 43–4071): $35.83.
The skill sets are assumed to contribute equally,
so the hourly cost is an average [($142.25 + $68.39
+ $44.47 + $72.15 + $73.57 + 35.83) ÷ 6 = $72.78].
The figure is rounded to $73.00 per hour.
5 In the last renewal of FERC–917/918 (ICR Ref.
No. 201802–1902–002), included a $7,400,000 cost
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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 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.
Dated: July 6, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER21–2350–000]
MS Sunflower Project Company, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
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This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of MS
Sunflower Project Company, LLC’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
for off-site storage facility for record keeping. This
cost was not related to burden hours, rather an
annual estimate of the fees related to offsite storage.
This cost has been removed as all recordkeeping is
retained electronically per 18 CFR 37.7(b) states:
‘‘Audit data must remain available for download on
the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC postings
that must remain available for download on the
OASIS for 20 days. The audit data are to be retained
and made available upon request for download for
five years from the date when they are first posted
in the same electronic form as used when they
originally were posted on the OASIS.’’
6 The increase in the number of responses 132
(from OMB’s currently approved inventory for
FERC–917/918) to 162 is based on the increased
number of companies subject to compliance and
changes in the last few years as identified by the
NERC registry.
7 While we are using the averaged hourly rate for
the majority of the calculations, all recordkeeping
tasks are solely completed by a file clerk at $35.83/
hour.
8 As noted, above the table, the zeroes for
respondents and responses are based on having no
filings of this type over the past four years.
9 ATC-related standards include: Implementation
by each utility (Reporting), NERC/NAESB Team to
develop (Reporting), and Review and comment by
utility (Reporting).
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future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is July 26,
2021.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
may mail similar pleadings to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be
delivered to Health and Human
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (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. At this
time, the Commission has suspended
access to the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
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Dated: July 6, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–14762 Filed 7–9–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER21–2349–000]
AR Searcy Project Company, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of AR
Searcy Project Company, LLC’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is July 26,
2021.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
may mail similar pleadings to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be
delivered to Health and Human
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 130 (Monday, July 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36540-36543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14715]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC21-32-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities Ferc-917 and Ferc-
918; Consolidated Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collections 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 the currently approved
information collections, FERC-917 (Electric Transmission Facilities)
and FERC-918 (Standards for Business Practices and Communication
Protocols for Public Utilities), both under OMB Control No. 1902-0233,
which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for a review of the information collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due September 10,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket
No. IC21-32-000 and the specific FERC collection number (FERC-917 and/
or FERC-918) 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 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: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-917, Electric Transmission Facilities and FERC-918,
Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public
Utilities.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0233.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-917 and FERC-918
information collection requirements with no changes to the reporting
requirements.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities transmission providers.
Abstract: On February 17, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 890
to address and remedy opportunities for undue discrimination under the
pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) adopted in 1996 by
Order No. 888.\1\ Through Order No. 890, the Commission:
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\1\ Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-
discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery
of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities,
Order No. 888, 61 FR 21540 (May 10, 1996), FERC Stats. & Regs. ]
31,036 (1996), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-A, 62 FR 12274 (Mar.
14, 1997), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,048 (1997), order on reh'g,
Order No. 888-B, 81 FERC ] 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No.
888-C, 82 FERC ] 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom.
Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C.
Cir. 2000), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002).
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1. Adopted pro forma OATT provisions necessary to keep imbalance
charges closely related to incremental costs.
2. Increased nondiscriminatory access to the grid by requiring
public utilities, working through the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC), to develop consistent methodologies for
available transfer capability (ATC) calculation and to publish those
methodologies to increase transparency.
3. Required an open, transparent, and coordinated transmission
planning process thereby increasing the ability of customers to access
new generating resources and promote efficient utilization of
transmission.
4. Gave the right to customers to request from transmission
providers, studies addressing congestion and/or integration of new
resource loads in areas of the transmission system where they have
encountered transmission problems due to congestion or where they
believe upgrades and other investments may be necessary to reduce
congestion and to integrate new resources.
5. Required both the transmission provider's merchant function and
network customers to include a statement with each application for
network service or to designate a new network resource that attests,
for each network resource identified, that the transmission customer
owns or has committed to purchase the designated network resource and
the designated network resource comports with the requirements for
designated network resources. The network customer includes this
attestation in the customer's comment section of the request when it
confirms the request on the Open Access Same-Time Information System
(OASIS).
6. Required with regard to capacity reassignment that: (a) All
sales or assignments of capacity be conducted through or otherwise
posted on the transmission provider's OASIS on or before the date the
reassigned service commences; (b) assignees of transmission capacity
execute a service agreement prior to the date on which the reassigned
service commences; and (c) transmission providers aggregate and
summarize in an electric quarterly report the data contained in these
service agreements.
7. Adopted an operational penalties annual filing that provides
information regarding the penalty revenue the transmission provider has
received and distributed.
8. Required creditworthiness information to be included in a
transmission provider's OATT. Attachment L must specify the qualitative
and quantitative criteria that the transmission provider uses to
determine the level of secured and unsecured credit required.
The Commission required a NERC/NAESB \2\ team to draft and review
Order No. 890 reliability standards and business practices. The team
was to solicit comment from each utility on developed standards and
practices and utilities were to implement each, after Commission
approval. Public utilities, working through NERC, were to revise
reliability standards to require the exchange of data and coordination
among transmission providers and, working through NAESB, were to
develop complementary business practices. Required OASIS postings
included:
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\2\ NAESB is the North American Energy Standards Board.
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1. Explanations for changes in ATC values;
2. Capacity benefit margin (CBM) reevaluations and quarterly
postings;
3. OASIS metrics and accepted/denied requests;
4. Planning redispatch offers and reliability redispatch data;
5. Curtailment data;
6. Planning and system impact studies;
7. Metrics for system impact studies; and
8. All rules.
Incorporating the Order No. 890 standards into the Commission's
regulations benefits wholesale electric customers by streamlining
utility business practices, transactional processes, and OASIS
procedures, and by adopting a formal ongoing process for reviewing and
upgrading the Commission's OASIS standards and other electric industry
business practices. These practices and procedures benefit from the
implementation of generic industry standards.
The Commission's Order No. 890 regulations can be found in 18 CFR
35.28 (pro forma tariff requirements), and 37.6 and 37.7 (OASIS
requirements). 18 CFR 35.28(b) states: ``Audit data must remain
available for download on the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC
postings that must remain available for download on the OASIS for 20
days. The audit data are to be retained and made available upon request
for download for five years from the date when they are first posted in
the same electronic form as used when they originally were posted on
the OASIS.''
Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collections as follows.
Please note, the zeroes for respondents and responses are based on
having no filings of this type over the past four years. In addition,
we estimate no filings during the next three years. The requirements
remain in the regulations and are included as part of OMB Control
Number 1902-0233.
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\3\ 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, refer to 5 CFR part 1320.
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FERC-917 (Electric Transmission Facilities) and FERC-918 (Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities)
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Average
Number of Annual number Annual number Average annual burden Total average annual annual cost
respondents of responses of responses hrs. & cost \4\ per burden hours & total perespondent
per respondent response ($) annual cost \5\ ($) ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)..................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1) =
(3) (6)
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18 CFR 35.28 (FERC-917)
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Conforming tariff changes (Reporting) 20 1 20 20 hrs.; $1,460......... 400 hrs.; $29,200...... $1,460
Revision of Imbalance Charges 21 1 21 25 hrs.; $1,825......... 525 hrs.; $38,325...... 1,825
(Reporting).
ATC revisions (Reporting)............ 11 1 11 20 hrs.; $1,460......... 220 hrs.; $16,060...... 1,460
Planning (Attachment K) (Reporting) 162 1 162 100 hrs., $7,300........ 16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 7,300.00
\6\.
Congestion studies (Reporting)....... 162 1 162 300 hrs., $21,900....... 48,600 hrs., $3,547,800 21,900.00
Attestation of network resource 162 1 162 1 hr., $73.............. 162 hrs., $11,826...... 73.00
commitment (Reporting).
Capacity reassignment (Reporting).... 162 1 162 100 hrs., $7,300........ 16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 7,300.00
Operational Penalty annual filing 162 1 162 10 hrs., $358.30........ 1,620 hrs., $58,044.60. 358.30
(Record Keeping) \7\.
Creditworthiness--include criteria in
the tariff (Reporting) \8\
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FERC-917, Sub-Total of Record .............. .............. .............. ........................ 1,620 hrs., $58,044.60 ..............
Keeping Requirements.
FERC-917, Sub-Total of Reporting .............. .............. .............. ........................ 132,527 hrs., ..............
Requirements. $6,008,411
FERC-917--Sub Total of Reporting .............. .............. .............. ........................ 134,147 hrs., ..............
and Recordkeeping Requirements. $6,066,455.60
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18 CFR 37.6 & 37.7 (FERC-918)
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Implementation by each utility \9\
(Reporting)
NERC/NAESB Team to develop
(Reporting)
Review and comment by utility
(Reporting)
Mandatory data exchanges (Reporting). 162 1 162 80 hrs., $5,840......... 12,960 hrs., $946,080.. 5,840.00
Explanation of change of ATC values 162 1 162 100 hrs., $7,300.00..... 16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 7,300.00
(Reporting).
Reevaluate CBM and post quarterly 162 1 162 20 hrs., $716.60........ 3,240 hrs., $116,089.20 716.60
(Record Keeping).
Post OASIS metrics; requests accepted/ 162 1 162 90 hrs., $6,570......... 14,580 hrs., $1,064,340 6,570.00
denied (Reporting).
Post planning redispatch offers and 162 1 162 20 hrs., $716.60........ 3,240 hrs., $116,089.20 716.60
reliability redispatch data (Record
Keeping).
Post curtailment data (Reporting).... 162 1 162 1 hr., $73.00........... 162 hrs., $11,826...... 73.00
Post Planning and System Impact 162 1 162 5 hrs., $365.00......... 810 hrs., $59,130...... 365.00
Studies (Reporting).
Posting of metrics for System Impact 162 1 162 100 hrs., $7,300.00..... 16,200 hrs., $1,182,600 7,300.00
Studies (Reporting).
Post all rules to OASIS (Record 162 1 162 5 hrs., $179.15......... 810 hrs., $29,022.30... 179.15
Keeping).
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FERC-918, Sub-Total of Record .............. .............. .............. ........................ 7,290 hrs., $261,200.70 ..............
Keeping Requirements.
FERC-918 Sub-Total of Reporting .............. .............. .............. ........................ 60,912 hrs., $4,446,576 ..............
Requirements.
FERC-918--Sub Total of Reporting .............. .............. .............. ........................ 68,202 hrs., ..............
and Recordkeeping Requirements. $4,707,776.70
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Total FERC-917 and FERC-918 .............. .............. .............. ........................ 202,349 hrs., ..............
(Reporting and Recordkeeping $10,774,232.30
Requirements).
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collections of
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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 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.
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\4\ The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) provided in
this section is based on the salary figures for March 2021 posted by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Utilities sector and benefits
based on BLS report; issued June 17, 2021 Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation Summary (available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly rates are displayed below:
Legal (Occupation Code: 23-0000): $142.25.
Management Analyst (Occupation Code: 13-1111): $68.39.
Office and Administrative Support (Occupation Code: 43-000):
$44.47.
Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17-2071): $72.15.
Information Security Analyst (Occupation Code: 15-1122): $73.57.
File Clerk (Occupation Code: 43-4071): $35.83.
The skill sets are assumed to contribute equally, so the hourly
cost is an average [($142.25 + $68.39 + $44.47 + $72.15 + $73.57 +
35.83) / 6 = $72.78]. The figure is rounded to $73.00 per hour.
\5\ In the last renewal of FERC-917/918 (ICR Ref. No. 201802-
1902-002), included a $7,400,000 cost for off-site storage facility
for record keeping. This cost was not related to burden hours,
rather an annual estimate of the fees related to offsite storage.
This cost has been removed as all recordkeeping is retained
electronically per 18 CFR 37.7(b) states: ``Audit data must remain
available for download on the OASIS for 90 days, except ATC/TTC
postings that must remain available for download on the OASIS for 20
days. The audit data are to be retained and made available upon
request for download for five years from the date when they are
first posted in the same electronic form as used when they
originally were posted on the OASIS.''
\6\ The increase in the number of responses 132 (from OMB's
currently approved inventory for FERC-917/918) to 162 is based on
the increased number of companies subject to compliance and changes
in the last few years as identified by the NERC registry.
\7\ While we are using the averaged hourly rate for the majority
of the calculations, all recordkeeping tasks are solely completed by
a file clerk at $35.83/hour.
\8\ As noted, above the table, the zeroes for respondents and
responses are based on having no filings of this type over the past
four years.
\9\ ATC-related standards include: Implementation by each
utility (Reporting), NERC/NAESB Team to develop (Reporting), and
Review and comment by utility (Reporting).
Dated: July 6, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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