Please note Item 14 in the Supporting Statement contains a typo and lists Estimated Annualized Cost to the Federal Government as: 1.5*$126,384 = $189,57649 (49 is the corresponding Footnote). It is listed correctly in ROCIS as $189,576.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2012
36 Months From Approved
364
0
0
43,680
0
0
0
0
0
In accordance with section 215 of the Federal Power Act, FERC proposes to approve the Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination Reliability Standard as developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). The proposed Reliability Standard requires a nuclear power plant operator and its suppliers of back-up power and related transmission and distribution services to coordinate concerning nuclear licensing requirements for safe nuclear plant operation and shutdown and system operating limits. FERC also proposes to accept four related definitions for addition to the NERC Glossary of Terms and to direct various changes to proposed violation risk factors, which measure the potential impact of violations of the Reliability Standard on the reliability of the Bulk-Power System. The Final Rule will benefit the Reliable Operation of the Bulk-Power System by facilitating the provision of off-site power to ensure reliable and safe nuclear power plant operation and shutdown.
This is a new information collection requirement that implements the provisions of the Electricity Modernization Act of 2005. The Act created section 215 of the Federal Power Act which provides for a system of mandatory reliability rules developed by the ERO, established by the Commission, and enforced by the Commission, subject to Commission review. The Reliability Standard, as adopted, would implement the Congressional mandate of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards to better ensure the reliability of the nations Bulk-Power System. Specifically, this Reliability Standard will ensure that system operating limits or SOLs are used in the coordination of nuclear licensing requirements for safe nuclear plant operation and shutdown.
Nuclear licensing requirements specify that the electric grid be used as the primary source of normal and emergency power to plant equipment required for safe shutdown (see 10 CFR 50, Appendix A - General Design Criterion 17). Therefore, the Bulk Power System must be planned and operated in a manner that assures grid voltage, frequency, and stability requirements for the nuclear licensing requirements will be met in the event a plant accident occurs, causing a loss of power at the generation source and the subsequent application of safety system loads.
In order to ensure the transmission system has the capacity and capability to support the safe operation of nuclear licensing requirements safety systems, the electric transmission systems serving the nuclear power plant must use the nuclear power plant operators specific licensing and design requirements as the transmission system performance standard in addition to existing NERC reliability standards. These licensing requirements shall be specified in written agreements between the nuclear power plant operator and the Transmission System Operator.
$189,576
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Robert Snow, 202 502-6716 robert.snow@ferc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
RM08-3-000 Press Release2008.doc
Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination