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FERC-725H, [Final Rule in RM10-10] RFC Reliability Standards

ICR 201103-1902-003 · OMB 1902-0256 · Historical Active

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2011-04-20
Supplementary Document
2011-04-12
Supplementary Document
2010-10-27
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
195023
Unchanged
ICR Details
1902-0256 201103-1902-003
Historical Active 201010-1902-002
FERC FERC-725H
FERC-725H, [Final Rule in RM10-10] RFC Reliability Standards
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 08/08/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 04/25/2011
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for 3 years. As a condition of renewal of this ICR, the agency will seek comment on the burden hour estimates from the four registered planning coordinators in the RFC region and update, as needed, the estimate of burden hours per resopnse.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
08/31/2014 36 Months From Approved
4 0 0
40 0 0
0 0 0
This final rule approves one new regional Reliability Standard, BAL-502-RFC-02, that was developed by RFC, a Regional Entity, and submitted by North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO). The approved regional Reliability Standard requires planning coordinators within the RFC geographical footprint to analyze, assess and document resource adequacy, annually, and to document and post projected load and resource capability in each area and transmission-constrained sub-area identified in the resource adequacy assessment. The approved regional Reliability Standard, which applies to approximately four planning coordinators located in the eastern portion of the U.S., does not require planning coordinators to file information with the Commission. It does require planning coordinators to develop, document, publicly post, and retain certain information, subject to compliance monitoring by RFC. The information requirements are necessary to ensure reliability on the bulk electricity power grid. The documentation generated by the requirements of this Reliability Standard is used by RFC to monitor and verify compliance.
US Code: 16 USC 824o Name of Law: Federal Power Act, Section 215
  
None
1902-AE15 Final or interim final rulemaking 76 FR 16250 03/23/2011
Yes
1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
FERC-725H, Planning Resource Adequacy Assessment Reliability Standard (BAL-502-RFC)
  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 4 0 0 4 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 40 0 0 40 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
There is an estimated program increase of 40 total annual hours, associated with the approved reliability standard. The burden has been an existing part of the business process for the four registered planning coordinators in the RFC region, so the program increase is de minimis.
$58,056
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Scott Sells 202 502-6664 scott.sells@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.
04/25/2011