Notice2023-08512
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725G); Comment Request; Extension
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April 24, 2023
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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 proposed revisions of the currently approved information collection, FERC-725G, (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24787-24789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08512]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD23-4-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725G); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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 proposed revisions of the
currently approved information collection, FERC-725G, (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due June 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket
No. RD23-4-000) by one of the following methods:
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: All 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#65030017060a0b090c0b00161015150a171125030017064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="680e0d1a0b07060401060d1b1d1818071a1c280e0d1a0b460f071e">[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#34705540557758515546555a575174727166771a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="195d786d785a757c786b78777a7c595f5c4b5a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone at (202) 502-8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725G (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-
Power System: Approval of PRC Reliability Standard PRC-002-4.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0252.
Type of Request: Approval of FERC-725G information collection
requirements associated with proposed PRC Reliability Standard PRC-002-
4.
Abstract: This Notice pertains to the FERC-725G information
collection requirements associated with PRC Reliability Standard PRC-
002-4, (Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements), the
associated Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels, and
the proposed implementation plan including the retirement of the
currently effective Reliability Standard PRC-002-3, proposed by the
North American Electric Reliability (NERC) in a petition dated March
10, 2023. NERC also
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proposed the retirement of Reliability Standard PRC-002-3. The
Commission included the petition in a Combined Notice of Filings
published on March 23, 2023, at 88 FR 17564.
On March 4, 2022, the Commission's Office of Electric Reliability
approved PRC-002-3 in Docket No. RD22-2-000. The FERC submitted an
information collection request to OMB on October 25, 2022, in
association with that Order, and that request is currently pending
review at OMB under the heading ``FERC-725G (DLO in RD22-2-000),
Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System: PRC Rel
Stds.''
NERC's proposed revisions: (1) clarify requirements for
notifications under the standard, including when generator owners and
transmission owners must have data for an applicable transformer or
transmission line; (2) clarify and make consistent terminology used in
the Standard; (3) incorporate the implementation timeframe for newly-
identified facilities; and (4) add a criterion defining substantial
changes in fault current levels requiring changing the locations for
which certain data is recorded.
The information collection requirements contained in this Notice
are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
under section 3507(d) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.\1\ OMB's
regulations require approval of certain information collection
requirements imposed by agency rules.\2\ Upon approval of a collection
of information, OMB will assign an OMB control number and expiration
date. Respondents subject to the filing requirements of this rule will
not be penalized for failing to respond to these collections of
information unless the collections of information display a valid OMB
control number. The Commission solicits comments on the Commission's
need for this information, whether the information will have practical
utility, the accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected or
retained, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondents' burden,
including the use of automated information techniques.
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\1\ 44 U.S.C. 3507(d).
\2\ 5 CFR part 1320.
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The number of respondents below is based on an estimate of the NERC
compliance registry for balancing authority, transmission operator,
generator operator, generator owner and reliability coordinator. The
Commission based its paperwork burden estimates on the NERC compliance
registry as of February 10, 2023. According to the registry, there are
325 transmission owners, 1,117 generator owners and 12 reliability
coordinators. The estimates are based on the change in burden from the
currently pending standard (i.e., PRC-002-3) to the standard approved
in this Docket (i.e., PRC-002-4). The Commission based the burden
estimates on staff experience, knowledge, and expertise.
The estimates are based combination on one-time (years 1 and 2)
obligations to follow the revised Reliability Standard.
Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-4 (Disturbance Monitoring and
Reporting Requirements) would advance the reliability of the BES by
providing needed clarity regarding the application of the standard's
requirements. First, proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-4 would
clarify requirements for notifications under the standard, including
when Generator Owners and Transmission Owners must have data for an
applicable transformer or transmission line. Second, the proposed
Reliability Standard clarifies and promotes consistency in terminology
used in the standard. Third, the proposed Reliability Standard brings
the implementation timeframe for newly identified facilities into the
standard. Last, the proposed Reliability Standard adds a criterion that
defines what constitutes a substantial change in fault current levels
that would require changing the locations for which sequence of events
(SER) and fault recording (FR) data is recorded. The revisions and
supporting rationale are discussed in further detail below.
Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-4, the subject of this
Notice, contains a number of revisions intended to clarify the
standard, aid in its administration, and reduce ambiguities and
unnecessary burdens. The proposed change to Attachment 1 Step 7 allows
the possibility of significant change over time without a required
change in data recording location. The Reliability Standard PRC-002-4
would provide necessary clarifications to the standard in the
requirements R1, R3 and R5 and promotes consistency in terminology used
in the standard. The new requirement R13 brings the implementation
timeframe for newly identified facilities into the standard. These
changes would clarify the extent of the required notifications and data
collection requirements consistent with other provisions in the
currently effective and approved versions of the PRC-002 standard.
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\3\ TO=Transmission Owner, GO=Generator Owner and RC=Reliability
Coordinator.
\4\ The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) derived
using the following formula: Burden Hours per Response * $/hour =
Cost per Response. based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as
of February 10, 2023, of an Electrical Engineer (17-2071)--$77.02,--
and for Information and Record Clerks (43-4199) $42.35, The average
hourly burden cost for this collection is [($77.02 + $42.35)/2 =
$61.17)] rounded to $61.17 an hour.
Proposed Changes Due to Order in Docket No. RD23-4-000
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Number of
Type \3\ annual Total number of Average number of burden
Reliability standard & requirement and number responses responses hours per response \4\ Total burden hours
of entity per entity
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4)......................... (3) * (4) = (5)
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FERC-725G
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PRC-002-4:
TO............................ 325 1 325 16 hrs., $978.72............ 5,200 hrs., $318,084.
GO............................ 1,117 1 1,117 16 hrs., $978.72............ 17,872 hrs., $1,093,230.24.
RC............................ 12 1 12 8 hrs., $489.36............. 96 hrs., $5,872.32.
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Total for PRC-002, One ........... ........... 1,454 40 hrs., $2,446.8........... 23,168 hrs., $1,417,186.56.
Time Estimate--Years 1
and 2.
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The one-time burden of 23,168 hours that only applies for Year 1
and 2 will be averaged over three years (23,168 hours / 3 = 7,722.667
(7,722.67 - rounded) hours/year over three years). The number of
responses is also averaged over three years (1,454 responses / 3 =
484.667 (484.67 - rounded) responses/year).
The responses and burden hours for Years 1-3 will total
respectively as follows for Year 1 one-time burden:
Year 1: 484.67 responses; 7,722.67 hours
Year 2: 484.67 responses; 7,722.67 hours
Year 3: 484.67 responses; 7,722.67 hours
Comments concerning the information collection and retirement
approved by the Commission in this Docket and the associated burden
estimates, should be sent to the Commission in this docket and may also
be sent to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs [Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission]. For security reasons, comments should be sent
by email to OMB at the following email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c53554e5d634f495e51554f4f5553527c53515e1259534c125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e71776c7f416d6b7c73776d6d7771705e71737c307b716e30797168">[email protected]</span></a>.
Environmental Analysis
The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental Assessment
or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may have a
significant adverse effect on the human environment.\5\ The Commission
has categorically excluded certain actions from this requirement as not
having a significant effect on the human environment. Included in the
exclusion are rules that are clarifying, corrective, or procedural or
that do not substantially change the effect of the regulations being
amended.\6\ The actions approved here fall within this categorical
exclusion in the Commission's regulations.
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\5\ Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897 (Dec. 17, 1987), FERC Stats.
& Regs., Regulations Preambles 1986-1990 ] 30,783 (1987).
\6\ 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii).
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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 (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>) and
in the Commission's Public Reference Room during normal business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426.
From the Commission's Home Page on the internet, this information
is available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is available
on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, printing,
and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type the
docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in the
docket number field.
User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's
website during normal business hours from the Commission's Online
Support at (202) 502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at
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8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea9a9f88868389c4988f8c8f988f84898f98858587aa8c8f9889c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="35454057595c561b4750535047505b5650475a5a5875535047561b525a43">[email protected]</span></a>.
By direction of the Commission.
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: April 17, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-08512 Filed 4-21-23; 8:45 am]
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