Notice2021-24658
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725G1 and FERC-725G4); Comment Request; Extension
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November 12, 2021
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Abstract
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 (Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction), and FERC-725G4, Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability Standard PRC-010-2 (Under Voltage Load Shedding). The Commission will submit these information collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in connection with a request for review and renewal.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 216 (Friday, November 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62809-62811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24658]
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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); Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collections, FERC-725G1, Mandatory Reliability Standards
for the Bulk-Power System: Reliability Standard PRC-004-6 (Protection
System Misoperation Identification and Correction), and FERC-725G4,
Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability Standard PRC-010-2 (Under
Voltage Load Shedding). The Commission will submit these information
collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in connection
with a request for review and renewal.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due December 13,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC-725G1 and/or FERC-725G4 to OMB
through <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB control
number(s) (1902-0284 for FERC-725G1) and/or (1902-0282 for FERC-725G4)
in the subject line. Your comments should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Please submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket No.
IC21-36-000) to the Commission as noted below. Electronic filing
through <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>, is preferred.
<bullet> Electronic Filing: Documents must be filed in acceptable
native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or picture
format.
<bullet> 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:
OMB submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>; Using the
search function under the ``Currently Under Review field,'' select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; click ``submit'' and select
``comment'' to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9cfccdbcac6c7c5c0c7ccdadcd9d9c6dbdde9cfccdbca87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="13757661707c7d7f7a7d76606663637c616753757661703d747c65">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c98da8bda88aa5aca8bba8a7aaac898f8c9b8ae7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ace8cdd8cdefc0c9cddecdc2cfc9eceae9feef82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a> and 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
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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.
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
$1,009,156.50. These burdens are itemized in the following table:
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\4\ Using the May 14, 2021 NERC compliance registration
information for entities that are Generator Owners, Transmission
Owners, and Distribution Providers (in the U.S.), the number of
potential respondents is 1,405, taking into account overlap between
functions. However, not every entity will have a misoperation event
during a year. Based on our previous experience with this
information collection, we are estimating that approximately half of
the 1,405 potential respondents annually will have a reportable
misoperation, i.e., 703 responses per year for FERC-725G1.
Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System: Reliability Standard PRC-004-6 (FERC-725G1)
[Annual Estimates of Respondents' Burdens]
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B. Annual
number of C. Total number of D. Average burden & E. Total annual burden F. Cost per respondent
A. Number of respondents responses per responses cost per response \5\ hours & total annual ($)
respondent cost
(column A x column B) (column C x column D). (column E x column A)
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703................................ 1 703 16.5 hrs.; $1,435.50.. 11,600 hrs.; $1,435.50
$1,009,200 (rounded).
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FERC-725G4
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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 (Under Voltage 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 <a href="https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Reliability%20Standards/PRC-010-2.pdf">https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Reliability%20Standards/PRC-010-2.pdf</a>, 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 $104,400.
These burdens are itemized in the following table:
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\9\ Using the May 14,2021 NERC compliance registration
information for entities that are Transmission Owners and
Distribution Providers (in the U.S.), the number of potential
respondents is 494, taking into account overlap between functions.
However, not every entity has an under voltage load shedding
program. Approximately five percent of the potential respondents
have such a program. Therefore, we estimate 25 responses per year
for FERC-725G4.
Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability Standard PRC-010-2 (Under Voltage Load Shedding) (FERC-725G4)
[Annual Estimates of Respondents' Burdens]
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B. Annual
number of C. Total number of D. Average burden & E. Total annual burden F. Cost per respondent
A. Number of respondents responses per responses cost per response \10\ hours & total annual ($)
respondent cost
(column A x column B) (column C x column D). (column E / Column A)
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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
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automated collection techniques or other forms of information
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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: November 5, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-24658 Filed 11-10-21; 8:45 am]
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