Department of Energy October 9, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information collection FERC-725R (Mandatory Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability Standards) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection requirements. Any interested person may file comments with the Commission as explained below. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation submitted a petition (on August 17, 2018) requesting Commission approval of proposed Reliability Standard BAL-002-3 and the retirement of currently effective Reliability Standard BAL-002-2. On August 24, 2018, the Commission issued a Notice in the Federal Register requesting public comment on the petition and proposed changes (which would affect the FERC-725R) The Commission received no comments and is making this notation in its submittal of the FERC-725R to OMB.