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Issue Scoping Document 2—March 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis—March 2022
q. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of the notice of ready
for environmental analysis.
Dated: August 5, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–17137 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 7656–000]
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Village of Highland Falls High-Point
Utility, LDC; Notice of Existing
Licensee’s Failure To File a Notice of
Intent To File a Subsequent License
Application, and Soliciting; Notices of
Intent To File a License Application
and Pre-Application Documents
The current license for Buttermilk
Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 7656
(Buttermilk Falls Project) was issued to
the original licensee, John A. Dodson,
on June 24, 1986, for a term of 40 years,
ending May 31, 2026.1 The project
became non-operational in 2012 due to
damage caused by Hurricanes Sandy
and Irene, and has remained nonoperational since. The license was
transferred to the current licensee,
Village of Highland Falls High-Point
Utility, LDC (High-Point Utility) on
September 21, 2017.2 The 75-kilowatt
(kW) project is located on Buttermilk
Falls Brook, a tributary of the Hudson
River, in Orange County, New York.
The principal project works consist
of: (1) An 18-inch-high, 15-foot-long
dam; (2) an 18-inch-diameter, 400-footlong PVC penstock; (3) a powerhouse
containing one 55-kW and one 20-kW
generating unit, for a total of installed
generating capacity of 75-kW; (4) two
480-volt generator leads; (5) a 300-footlong, 480-volt transmission line; and (6)
a 0.48/13.6-kilovolt cable connecting the
transformer to the area distribution
system.
At least five years before the
expiration of a license for a minor water
power project in which sections 14 and
15 of the Federal Power Act were
waived, the Commission’s regulations
require the licensee to file with the
Commission a notice of intent (NOI) that
1 See
John A. Dodson, 35 FERC ¶ 62,532 (1986).
John A. Dodson, Village of Highland Falls
High-Point Utility, LDC, 160 FERC ¶ 62,239 (2017).
2 See
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contains an unequivocal statement of
the licensee’s intention to file or not to
file an application for a subsequent
license, details on the principal project
works and installed plant capacity, and
other information.3
If such a licensee does not inform the
Commission that it intends to file an
application for, in this case, a
subsequent license for the project, the
licensee may not file an application for
a subsequent license, either individually
or in conjunction with an entity or
entities that are not currently licensees
of the project.4
Because the current license expires on
May 31, 2026, the NOI was due to be
filed no later than the close of business
on May 31, 2021.5 High-Point Utility,
the current licensee for the Buttermilk
Falls Project, failed to file an NOI by
this date.6
Any party interested in filing a license
application for the Buttermilk Falls
Project No. 7656 must first file a NOI 7
and pre-application document (PAD) 8
pursuant to Part 5 of the Commission’s
regulations. Although the integrated
licensing process is the default prefiling process, section 5.3(b) of the
Commission’s regulations allows a
potential license applicant to request to
use alternative licensing procedures
when it files its NOI.9
This notice sets a deadline of 120
days from the date of this notice for
interested applicants, other than the
existing licensee, to file NOIs, PADs,
and requests to use an alternative
licensing process.
Applications for a subsequent license
from potential (non-licensee) applicants
must be filed with the Commission at
3 18 CFR 16.19(b) (2020) (citing 18 CFR 16.6(b)).
Section 16.19(b) applies to licenses not subject to
Parts 14 and 15 of the Federal Power Act.
4 18 CFR 16.24(b) (2020).
5 The Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure provide that if a filing deadline falls on
a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other day when the
Commission is closed for business, the filing
deadline does not end until the close of business
on the next business day. 18 CFR 2007(a)(2) (2020).
Because the deadline to file the NOI fell on a federal
holiday (i.e., Memorial Day), the filing deadline was
extended until the close of business on Tuesday,
June 1, 2021.
6 On June 23, 2021, High-Point Utility filed a
letter indicating that it intended to proceed with
relicensing for the Buttermilk Falls Hydroelectric
Project No. 7656, however, the filing was not in
conformance with the noticing requirements of
section 5.5 of the Commission’s regulations,
because among other things, it did not identify the
principle project works and it did not include the
names and mailing addresses of nearby
municipalities, counties, political subdivisions, or
affected Indian tribes. It also did not include a preapplication document as required by section 5.6 of
the regulations.
7 18 CFR 5.5 (2020).
8 18 CFR 5.6 (2020).
9 18 CFR 5.3(b) (2020).
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least 24 months prior to the expiration
of the current license.10 Because the
current license expires on May 31, 2026,
applications for license for this project
must be filed by May 31, 2024.11
Questions concerning this notice
should be directed to Samantha Pollak
at (202) 502–6419 or samantha.pollak@
ferc.gov.
Dated: August 5, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–17136 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–36–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725G1 and FERC–
725G4); Consolidated Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
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–725G1 (Mandatory Reliability
Standards for the Bulk-Power System:
Reliability Standard PRC–004–6) and
FERC–725G4 (Mandatory Reliability
Standards: Reliability Standard PRC–
010–2 (Undervoltage Load Shedding)).
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due October 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments (identified by Docket No.
IC21–36–000) on FERC–725G1 and/or
FERC–725G4 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:
SUMMARY:
10 18
CFR 16.20 (2020).
the extent an interested applicant files an
NOI and PAD and elects or is required to use the
Commission’s ILP, a process plan will be issued
within 180 days of this notice, which accelerates
the steps of the ILP to allow for filing a subsequent
license application by the May 31, 2024 deadline.
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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
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, or by
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FERC–725G1
Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards
for the Bulk-Power System: Reliability
Standard PRC–004–6.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0284.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725G1 information
collection requirements.
Abstract: The Commission collects
information under FERC–725G1 in
accordance with section 215 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) 1 and 18 CFR
parts 39 and 40. Section 215 of the FPA
gives the Commission and the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (as the Commissionapproved Electric Reliability
Organization) to establish and enforce
reliability standards for all users,
owners, and operators of the bulk-power
system.2 Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the
Electric Reliability Organization subject
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to Commission oversight, or by the
Commission independently.3
Reliability Standard PRC–004–6
requires transmission owners, generator
owners, and distribution providers to
identify and correct causes of
misoperations of certain protection
systems for bulk-power system
elements. It also requires retention of
evidence of misoperations for a
minimum of 12 calendar months.
Types of Respondents: Transmission
Owners, Generator Owners, and
Distribution Providers for FERC–725G1.
Transmission Owners and Distribution
Providers for FERC–725G4.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates 703 responses
annually, and per-response burdens of
16.5 hours and $1,435.50.4 The total
estimated burdens per year are 703
responses, 11,599.5 hours, and
$1,009,156.50. These burdens are
itemized in the following table:
FERC–725G1—ANNUAL ESTIMATES OF RESPONDENTS’ BURDENS
Number of respondents
Annual number
of responses
per
respondent
A.
B.
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1 16
U.S.C. 824o.
defined at 16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(1) and 18 CFR
39.1, the term ‘‘bulk-power system’’ means facilities
and control systems necessary for operating an
interconnected electric energy transmission
network (or any portion thereof), and electric
energy from generating facilities needed to maintain
transmission system reliability. The term does not
include facilities used in the local distribution of
electric energy.
3 16 U.S.C. 824o(e).
4 Using the May 14, 2021 NERC compliance
registration information for entities that are
Generator Owners, Transmission Owners, and
Distribution Providers (in the U.S.), the number of
potential respondents is 1,405, taking into account
overlap between functions. However, not every
entity will have a misoperation event during a year.
Based on our previous experience with this
information collection, we are estimating that
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Average burden and cost
per response 5
Total annual burden hours
and total annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
C. (column A
× column B)
D.
E. (column C × column D)
F. (column E
÷ column A)
16.5 hrs.; $1,435.50 .............
11,599.5 hrs.; $1,009,156.50
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FERC–725G4
Title: Mandatory Reliability
Standards: Reliability Standard PRC–
010–2 (Undervoltage Load Shedding).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0282.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725G4 information
collection requirements.6
Abstract: The Commission collects
information under FERC–725G4 in
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$1,435.50
accordance with section 215 of the FPA
and 18 CFR parts 39 and 40. Reliability
Standard PRC–010–2 requires
respondents to submit date-stamped
documentation of their compliance with
the relevant UVLS Program.7
Types of Respondents: UVLS
Entities.8
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates 25 responses
annually, and per-response burdens of
48 hours and $4,176.9 The total
estimated burdens per year are 25
responses, 1,200 hours, and $104,400.
These burdens are itemized in the
following table:
approximately half of the 1,405 potential
respondents annually will have a reportable
misoperation, i.e., 703 responses per year for FERC–
725G1.
5 Commission staff estimates that the average
industry hourly cost for this information collection
is approximated by the current FERC 2021 average
hourly costs for wages and benefits, i.e., $87.00/
hour.
6 If OMB renews FERC–725G4, the Commission
subsequently may consider requesting that OMB
combine that information collection activity with
FERC–725G1. Such action would be administrative
only and would not indicate the discontinuation of
the information collection requirements in FERC–
725G4.
7 ‘‘Load shedding’’ means disconnecting
consumers from the grid to prevent demand from
exceeding supply, which can cause widespread grid
collapse. A ‘‘UVLS Program’’ provides for automatic
load shedding, utilizing voltage inputs, in specific
circumstances and locations.
8 ‘‘UVLS Entities,’’ as defined at the NERC
website at https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/
Reliability%20Standards/PRC-010-2.pdf, are
distribution providers and transmission owners
responsible for the ownership, operation, or control
of UVLS equipment, as required by a UVLS
Program.
9 Using the May 14, 2021 NERC compliance
registration information for entities that are
Transmission Owners and Distribution Providers
(in the U.S.), the number of potential respondents
is 494, taking into account overlap between
functions. However, not every entity has an
undervoltage load shedding program.
Approximately five percent of the potential
respondents have such a program. Therefore, we
estimate 25 responses per year for FERC–725G4.
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FERC–725G4—ANNUAL ESTIMATES OF RESPONDENTS’ BURDENS
Number of respondents
Annual number
of responses
per
respondent
Total number
of responses
(column A
× column B)
Average burden
and cost per response 10
Total annual burden hours and total annual cost (column C × column D)
Cost per
respondent
($) (column E
÷ column A)
A
B
C
D
E
F
48 hrs.; $4,176 ......
1,200 hrs.; $104,400 ...................................................
25 ...................
1
25
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: August 5, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER21–1790–005.
Applicants: California Independent
System Operator Corporation.
Description: Compliance filing: 2021–
08–04 Supplemental to Pending
Compliance Filing—LEW to be effective
12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 8/4/21.
Accession Number: 20210804–5089.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/25/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2087–001.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment: The
Empire District Electric Company
Amended Formula Rate to be effective
5/14/2021.
Filed Date: 8/4/21.
10 Commission staff estimates that the average
industry hourly cost for this information collection
is approximated by the current FERC 2021 average
hourly costs for wages and benefits, i.e., $87.00/
hour.
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Accession Number: 20210804–5096.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/25/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2138–001.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
1518R21 Arkansas Electric Cooperative
Corp NITSA NOA Amended to be
effective 8/1/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5114.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2230–001.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2415R15 Kansas Municipal Energy
Agency NITSA and NOA Amended to
be effective 9/1/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5052.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2611–000.
Applicants: Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Filing of Revised LBAAOCA with WPL
to be effective 10/4/2021.
Filed Date: 8/4/21.
Accession Number: 20210804–5097.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/25/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2612–000.
Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation, New York Independent
System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Joint
Section 205 SGIA among NYISO, NMPC
and SunEast Hilltop Solar SA No. 2638
to be effective 7/28/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5082.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2613–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C., Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
TrAILCo submits One ECSA, SA No.
5954 to be effective 10/5/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5096.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2614–000.
Applicants: Mid-Atlantic Interstate
Transmission, LLC, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
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$4,176
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
MAIT submits One ECSA, SA No. 5953
to be effective 10/5/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5107.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2615–000.
Applicants: American Transmission
Systems, Incorporated, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
ATSI submits Four ECSAs, SA Nos.
6034–6037 to be effective 10/5/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5109.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2616–000.
Applicants: El Paso Electric Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Rate
Schedule No. 361 Cost Reimbursement
Agreement with SunZia to be effective
7/19/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5112.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2617–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Original IISA, Service Agreement No.
6124; Queue No. AD1–101 to be
effective 7/6/2021.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5113.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–2618–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to WMPA, Service
Agreement No. 5522; Queue No. AE1–
075 to be effective 10/14/2019.
Filed Date: 8/5/21.
Accession Number: 20210805–5116.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/21.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC21-36-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725G1 and
FERC-725G4); Consolidated Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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-725G1 (Mandatory Reliability Standards
for the Bulk-Power System: Reliability Standard PRC-004-6) and FERC-
725G4 (Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability Standard PRC-010-2
(Undervoltage Load Shedding)).
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due October 12,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments (identified by Docket No. IC21-
36-000) on FERC-725G1 and/or FERC-725G4 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:
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[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 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], or by telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FERC-725G1
Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System:
Reliability Standard PRC-004-6.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0284.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725G1 information
collection requirements.
Abstract: The Commission collects information under FERC-725G1 in
accordance with section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) \1\ and 18
CFR parts 39 and 40. Section 215 of the FPA gives the Commission and
the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (as the Commission-
approved Electric Reliability Organization) to establish and enforce
reliability standards for all users, owners, and operators of the bulk-
power system.\2\ Once approved, the Reliability Standards may be
enforced by the Electric Reliability Organization subject to Commission
oversight, or by the Commission independently.\3\
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\1\ 16 U.S.C. 824o.
\2\ As defined at 16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(1) and 18 CFR 39.1, the term
``bulk-power system'' means facilities and control systems necessary
for operating an interconnected electric energy transmission network
(or any portion thereof), and electric energy from generating
facilities needed to maintain transmission system reliability. The
term does not include facilities used in the local distribution of
electric energy.
\3\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e).
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Reliability Standard PRC-004-6 requires transmission owners,
generator owners, and distribution providers to identify and correct
causes of misoperations of certain protection systems for bulk-power
system elements. It also requires retention of evidence of
misoperations for a minimum of 12 calendar months.
Types of Respondents: Transmission Owners, Generator Owners, and
Distribution Providers for FERC-725G1. Transmission Owners and
Distribution Providers for FERC-725G4.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates 703 responses
annually, and per-response burdens of 16.5 hours and $1,435.50.\4\ The
total estimated burdens per year are 703 responses, 11,599.5 hours, and
$1,009,156.50. These burdens are itemized in the following table:
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\4\ Using the May 14, 2021 NERC compliance registration
information for entities that are Generator Owners, Transmission
Owners, and Distribution Providers (in the U.S.), the number of
potential respondents is 1,405, taking into account overlap between
functions. However, not every entity will have a misoperation event
during a year. Based on our previous experience with this
information collection, we are estimating that approximately half of
the 1,405 potential respondents annually will have a reportable
misoperation, i.e., 703 responses per year for FERC-725G1.
FERC-725G1--Annual Estimates of Respondents' Burdens
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Total annual
Annual number Total number Average burden burden hours Cost per
Number of respondents of responses of responses and cost per and total respondent ($)
per respondent response \5\ annual cost
A. B. C. (column A D.............. E. (column C x F. (column E
x column B) column D). / column A)
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703.......................... 1 703 16.5 hrs.; 11,599.5 hrs.; $1,435.50
$1,435.50. $1,009,156.50.
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\5\ Commission staff estimates that the average industry hourly
cost for this information collection is approximated by the current
FERC 2021 average hourly costs for wages and benefits, i.e., $87.00/
hour.
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Title: Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability Standard PRC-
010-2 (Undervoltage Load Shedding).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0282.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725G4 information
collection requirements.\6\
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\6\ If OMB renews FERC-725G4, the Commission subsequently may
consider requesting that OMB combine that information collection
activity with FERC-725G1. Such action would be administrative only
and would not indicate the discontinuation of the information
collection requirements in FERC-725G4.
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Abstract: The Commission collects information under FERC-725G4 in
accordance with section 215 of the FPA and 18 CFR parts 39 and 40.
Reliability Standard PRC-010-2 requires respondents to submit date-
stamped documentation of their compliance with the relevant UVLS
Program.\7\
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\7\ ``Load shedding'' means disconnecting consumers from the
grid to prevent demand from exceeding supply, which can cause
widespread grid collapse. A ``UVLS Program'' provides for automatic
load shedding, utilizing voltage inputs, in specific circumstances
and locations.
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Types of Respondents: UVLS Entities.\8\
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\8\ ``UVLS Entities,'' as defined at the NERC website at https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Reliability%20Standards/PRC-010-2.pdf, are
distribution providers and transmission owners responsible for the
ownership, operation, or control of UVLS equipment, as required by a
UVLS Program.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates 25 responses
annually, and per-response burdens of 48 hours and $4,176.\9\ The total
estimated burdens per year are 25 responses, 1,200 hours, and $104,400.
These burdens are itemized in the following table:
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\9\ Using the May 14, 2021 NERC compliance registration
information for entities that are Transmission Owners and
Distribution Providers (in the U.S.), the number of potential
respondents is 494, taking into account overlap between functions.
However, not every entity has an undervoltage load shedding program.
Approximately five percent of the potential respondents have such a
program. Therefore, we estimate 25 responses per year for FERC-
725G4.
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Total number Cost per
Annual number of responses Average burden and cost per Total annual burden hours respondent ($)
Number of respondents of responses (column A x response \10\ and total annual cost (column E /
per respondent column B) (column C x column D) column A)
A B C D................................. E........................... F
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25.................................... 1 25 48 hrs.; $4,176................... 1,200 hrs.; $104,400........ $4,176
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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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\10\ Commission staff estimates that the average industry hourly
cost for this information collection is approximated by the current
FERC 2021 average hourly costs for wages and benefits, i.e., $87.00/
hour.
Dated: August 5, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17135 Filed 8-10-21; 8:45 am]
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