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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC24–2–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725R); Comment
Request; Extention
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of revision of
information collection and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on revisions of the
information collection FERC–725R
(Mandatory Reliability Standards for the
Bulk-Power System: BAL Reliability
Standards).
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due January 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC24–2–000, 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
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.
DATES:
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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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725R, Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power
System: BAL Reliability Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0268.
Type of Request: OMB renewal of the
FERC–725R information collection
requirements, with no changes to the
requirements.
Abstract: The FERC 725R information
collection includes four reliability
standards.
• BAL–001–2, Real Power Balancing
Control Performance; (effective July 1,
2016)
• BAL–002–3, Disturbance Control
Standard—Contingency Reserve for
Recovery from a Balancing
Contingency Event; (effective April 1,
2019)
• BAL–003–2, Frequency Response and
Frequency Bias Setting; (effective
December 1, 2020)
• BAL–005–1, Balancing Authority
Control. (effective January 1, 2019)
On August 8, 2005, Congress enacted
into law the Electricity Modernization
Act of 2005, which is title XII, subtitle
A, of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(EPAct 2005).1 EPAct 2005 added a new
section 215 to the Federal Power Act
(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, any Reliability Standard may
be enforced by the ERO subject to
Commission oversight, or the
Commission may independently enforce
Reliability Standards.2
On February 3, 2006, the Commission
issued Order No. 672, implementing
section 215 of the FPA.3 Pursuant to
1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
title XII, subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (codified at
16 U.S.C. 824o).
2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
3 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric
Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the
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Order No. 672, the Commission certified
one organization, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
as the ERO.4 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.
This collection was last revised
beginning on December 19, 2019 when
NERC submitted for approval the
proposed Reliability Standard BAL–
003–2.
Types of Respondents: Balancing
authorities and a Frequency Response
Sharing Group (FRSG).
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The
estimated burdens of the FERC 725R
includes the Reliability Standards:
BAL–001–2, BAL–002–3, BAL–003–2,
and BAL–005–1.
The requirements for each Reliability
Standard go as follows:
BAL–001–2: Real Power Balancing
Control Performance. Reliability
Standard BAL–001–2 is designed to
ensure that applicable entities balance
generation and load by maintaining
system frequency within narrow bounds
around a scheduled value, and it
improves reliability by adding a
frequency component to the
measurement of a Balancing Authority’s
Area Control Error (ACE).6
BAL–002–3: Disturbance Control
Standard—Contingency Reserve for
Recovery from a Balancing Contingency
Event. This standard ensures that a
responsible entity, either a balancing
authority or reserve sharing group, is
able to recover from system
contingencies by deploying adequate
reserves to return their Area Control
Error to defined values and replacing
the capacity and energy lost due to
generation or transmission equipment
outages.
BAL–003–2: Frequency Response and
Frequency Bias Setting. This standard
requires sufficient Frequency Response
from the Balancing Authority (BA) to
maintain Interconnection Frequency
within predefined bounds by arresting
frequency deviations and supporting
frequency until the frequency is
restored.
BAL–005–1: Balancing Authority
Control. This standard establishes
requirements for acquiring data
necessary to calculate Reporting Area
Control Error (Reporting ACE). The
standard also specifies a minimum
periodicity, accuracy, and availability
requirement for acquisition of the data
and for providing the information to the
System Operator. It requires balancing
authorities to maintain minimum levels
of annual availability of 99.5% for each
balancing authority system for
calculating Reporting ACE.
Our estimates are based on the NERC
Compliance Registry as of September
22, 2023, which indicates that there are
for unique US only 98 registered
balancing authorities, 8 registered
reserve sharing group (RSG) and 1
frequency response sharing group
(FRSG).7
Estimates for the average annual
burden and cost 8 follow.
FERC–725R
Function
Number &
type of
respondents
Number of annual
responses per
respondent
Total number
of annual
responses
Average burden
hours & cost ($) per
response
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) × (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) × (4) = (5)
BAL–001–2
BA Reporting Requirements .........................
98
1
98
8 hrs.; $618.32 ......
BA Recordkeeping Requirements .................
98
1
98
4 hrs.; $224.56 ......
784 hrs.;
$60,595.36.
392 hrs.;
$22,006.88.
BAL–002–3
BA & RSG Reporting Requirements .............
106
1
106
8 hrs.; $618.32 ......
BA & RSG Recordkeeping Requirements ....
106
1
106
4 hrs.; $224.56 ......
848 hrs.;
$65,541.92.
424 hrs.;
$23,803.36.
BAL–003–2
BA & FRSG Reporting Requirements ..........
99
28
2,772
8 hrs.; $618.32 ......
BA & FRSG Recordkeeping Requirements ..
99
1
99
2 hrs.; $112.28 ......
1
98
1 hr.; $77.29 ..........
22,176 hrs.;
$1,713,983.04.
198 hrs.;
$11,115.72.
BAL–005–1
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BA Reporting Requirements .........................
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 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116
FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g and compliance, 117
FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), order on compliance, 118
FERC ¶ 61,190, order on reh’g, 119 FERC ¶ 61,046
(2007), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d
1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009).
5 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
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information to or for a federal agency. See 5 CFR
1320 for additional information on the definition of
information collection burden.
6 Area Control Error is the ‘‘instantaneous
difference between a Balancing Authority’s net
actual and scheduled interchange, taking into
accounts the effects of Frequency Bias, correction
for meter error, and Automatic Time Error
Correction (ATEC), if operating in the ATEC mode.
ATEC is only applicable to Balancing Authorities in
the Western Interconnection.’’ NERC Glossary.
7 NERC Compliance Registry (September 22,
2023), available at https://www.nerc.com/pa/comp/
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8 The hourly cost estimates are based on wage
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May
2022 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm) and benefits data for Dec. 2022 (issued
March 2023, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly costs (for wages and
benefits) for reporting are: Electrical Engineer
(Occupation code 17–2071), $77.29. The hourly
costs (for wages and benefits) for evidence retention
are: Information and Record Clerk (Occupation code
43–4199), $56.14.
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FERC–725R—Continued
Function
Number &
type of
respondents
Number of annual
responses per
respondent
Total number
of annual
responses
Average burden
hours & cost ($) per
response
Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) × (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) × (4) = (5)
BA Recordkeeping Requirements .................
98
1
98
1 hr.; $56.14 ..........
98 hrs.; $5,501.72.
SUB-TOTAL FOR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
........................
..............................
........................
................................
23,906 hrs.;
$1,847,694.74.
SUB-TOTAL FOR RECORDKEEPING
REQUIREMENTS.
........................
..............................
........................
................................
1,112 hrs.;
$62,427.68.
TOTAL FOR FERC–725R (rounded).
........................
..............................
........................
................................
25,018 hrs.;
$1,910,122.42.
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: October 26, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–24097 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am]
The conference will be held via
teleconference beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time. Discussion
topics for the technical conference
include: (1) Engineering analysis of
project-related flooding impacts (AIR
number 2), and (2) Stability analysis and
revised Supporting Design Report (AIR
number 3).
All local, state, and federal agencies,
Indian tribes, and other interested
parties are invited to participate. There
will be no transcript of the conference,
but a summary of the meeting will be
prepared for the project record. If you
are interested in participating in the
meeting you must contact Jody Callihan
at (202) 502–8278 or jody.callihan@
ferc.gov by November 6, 2023 to receive
specific instructions on how to
participate.
Dated: October 25, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[FR Doc. 2023–24038 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 4679–050]
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New York Power Authority; Notice of
Technical Conference
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023,
Commission staff will hold a technical
conference to provide clarification to
New York Power Authority regarding
Commission staff’s additional
information request (AIR) issued August
7, 2023, for the Vischer Ferry
Hydroelectric Project No. 4679.1
1 Commission staff’s letter requesting additional
information is available at: https://elibrary.ferc.gov/
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
to construct a qualifying conduit
hydropower facility, pursuant to section
30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The
proposed Homer Hydroelectric Energy
Recovery Project would have an
installed capacity of 10 kilowatts (kW),
and would be located within the
applicant’s municipal water supply
system in Homer, Kenai Peninsula
Borough, Alaska.
Applicant Contact: Gregg Semler,
InPipe Energy, 920 SW 6th Ave., 12th
Floor, Portland, OR 97204, 503–341–
0004, gregg@inpipeenergy.com.
FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,
202–502–6778, christopher.chaney@
ferc.gov.
Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
Facility Description: The project would
consist of: (1) one 10-kW centrifugal
pump as turbine generating unit and (2)
appurtenant facilities. The proposed
project would have an estimated annual
generation of approximately 42
megawatt-hours.
A qualifying conduit hydropower
facility is one that is determined or
deemed to meet all the criteria shown in
the table below.
[Docket No. CD24–1–000]
City of Homer, Alaska; Notice of
Preliminary Determination of a
Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
Facility and Soliciting Comments and
Motions To Intervene
On October 23, 2023, the City of
Homer, Alaska, filed a notice of intent
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC24-2-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725R); Comment
Request; Extention
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of revision of information collection and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public
comment on revisions of the information collection FERC-725R (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System: BAL Reliability
Standards).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due January 2,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC24-2-000, 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 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/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], and telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725R, Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-
Power System: BAL Reliability Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0268.
Type of Request: OMB renewal of the FERC-725R information
collection requirements, with no changes to the requirements.
Abstract: The FERC 725R information collection includes four
reliability standards.
BAL-001-2, Real Power Balancing Control Performance;
(effective July 1, 2016)
BAL-002-3, Disturbance Control Standard--Contingency Reserve
for Recovery from a Balancing Contingency Event; (effective April 1,
2019)
BAL-003-2, Frequency Response and Frequency Bias Setting;
(effective December 1, 2020)
BAL-005-1, Balancing Authority Control. (effective January 1,
2019)
On August 8, 2005, Congress enacted into law the Electricity
Modernization Act of 2005, which is title XII, subtitle A, of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).\1\ EPAct 2005 added a new
section 215 to the Federal Power Act (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, any Reliability Standard
may be enforced by the ERO subject to Commission oversight, or the
Commission may 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 (codified at 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
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Order No. 672, the Commission certified one organization, North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), as the ERO.\4\ 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).
\4\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 FERC ]
61,062, order on reh'g and compliance, 117 FERC ] 61,126 (2006),
order on compliance, 118 FERC ] 61,190, order on reh'g, 119 FERC ]
61,046 (2007), aff'd sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342
(D.C. Cir. 2009).
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This collection was last revised beginning on December 19, 2019
when NERC submitted for approval the proposed Reliability Standard BAL-
003-2.
Types of Respondents: Balancing authorities and a Frequency
Response Sharing Group (FRSG).
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The estimated burdens of
the FERC 725R includes the Reliability Standards: BAL-001-2, BAL-002-3,
BAL-003-2, and BAL-005-1.
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\5\ 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. See 5
CFR 1320 for additional information on the definition of information
collection burden.
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The requirements for each Reliability Standard go as follows:
BAL-001-2: Real Power Balancing Control Performance. Reliability
Standard BAL-001-2 is designed to ensure that applicable entities
balance generation and load by maintaining system frequency within
narrow bounds around a scheduled value, and it improves reliability by
adding a frequency component to the measurement of a Balancing
Authority's Area Control Error (ACE).\6\
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\6\ Area Control Error is the ``instantaneous difference between
a Balancing Authority's net actual and scheduled interchange, taking
into accounts the effects of Frequency Bias, correction for meter
error, and Automatic Time Error Correction (ATEC), if operating in
the ATEC mode. ATEC is only applicable to Balancing Authorities in
the Western Interconnection.'' NERC Glossary.
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BAL-002-3: Disturbance Control Standard--Contingency Reserve for
Recovery from a Balancing Contingency Event. This standard ensures that
a responsible entity, either a balancing authority or reserve sharing
group, is able to recover from system contingencies by deploying
adequate reserves to return their Area Control Error to defined values
and replacing the capacity and energy lost due to generation or
transmission equipment outages.
BAL-003-2: Frequency Response and Frequency Bias Setting. This
standard requires sufficient Frequency Response from the Balancing
Authority (BA) to maintain Interconnection Frequency within predefined
bounds by arresting frequency deviations and supporting frequency until
the frequency is restored.
BAL-005-1: Balancing Authority Control. This standard establishes
requirements for acquiring data necessary to calculate Reporting Area
Control Error (Reporting ACE). The standard also specifies a minimum
periodicity, accuracy, and availability requirement for acquisition of
the data and for providing the information to the System Operator. It
requires balancing authorities to maintain minimum levels of annual
availability of 99.5% for each balancing authority system for
calculating Reporting ACE.
Our estimates are based on the NERC Compliance Registry as of
September 22, 2023, which indicates that there are for unique US only
98 registered balancing authorities, 8 registered reserve sharing group
(RSG) and 1 frequency response sharing group (FRSG).\7\
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\7\ NERC Compliance Registry (September 22, 2023), available at
https://www.nerc.com/pa/comp/Registration%20and%20Certification%20DL/NERC_Compliance_Registry_Matrix_Excel.xlsx.
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Estimates for the average annual burden and cost \8\ follow.
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\8\ The hourly cost estimates are based on wage data from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 2022 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits data for Dec. 2022 (issued March
2023, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly
costs (for wages and benefits) for reporting are: Electrical
Engineer (Occupation code 17-2071), $77.29. The hourly costs (for
wages and benefits) for evidence retention are: Information and
Record Clerk (Occupation code 43-4199), $56.14.
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Number of annual Total number
Function Number & type responses per of annual Average burden hours & cost ($) Total annual burden hours &
of respondents respondent responses per response total annual cost ($)
(1) (2) (1) x (2) = (4)............................ (3) x (4) = (5)
(3)
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BAL-001-2
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BA Reporting Requirements.......... 98 1 98 8 hrs.; $618.32................ 784 hrs.; $60,595.36.
BA Recordkeeping Requirements...... 98 1 98 4 hrs.; $224.56................ 392 hrs.; $22,006.88.
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BAL-002-3
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BA & RSG Reporting Requirements.... 106 1 106 8 hrs.; $618.32................ 848 hrs.; $65,541.92.
BA & RSG Recordkeeping Requirements 106 1 106 4 hrs.; $224.56................ 424 hrs.; $23,803.36.
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BAL-003-2
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BA & FRSG Reporting Requirements... 99 28 2,772 8 hrs.; $618.32................ 22,176 hrs.; $1,713,983.04.
BA & FRSG Recordkeeping 99 1 99 2 hrs.; $112.28................ 198 hrs.; $11,115.72.
Requirements.
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BAL-005-1
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BA Reporting Requirements.......... 98 1 98 1 hr.; $77.29.................. 98 hrs.; $7,574.42.
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BA Recordkeeping Requirements...... 98 1 98 1 hr.; $56.14.................. 98 hrs.; $5,501.72.
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SUB-TOTAL FOR REPORTING .............. ................. .............. ............................... 23,906 hrs.; $1,847,694.74.
REQUIREMENTS.
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SUB-TOTAL FOR RECORDKEEPING .............. ................. .............. ............................... 1,112 hrs.; $62,427.68.
REQUIREMENTS.
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TOTAL FOR FERC-725R .............. ................. .............. ............................... 25,018 hrs.; $1,910,122.42.
(rounded).
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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.
Dated: October 26, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-24097 Filed 10-31-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
