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Information Collection Request

FERC-717, Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities

ICR 202008-1902-002 · OMB 1902-0173 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2020-11-20
Supplementary Document
2020-11-20
Supplementary Document
2020-11-20
Supplementary Document
2020-11-06
Supporting Statement A
2020-11-20
Supplementary Document
2020-02-26
Supplementary Document
2020-11-20
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
240115
Modified
23197
Modified
ICR Details
1902-0173 202008-1902-002
Received in OIRA 202002-1902-006
FERC FERC-717
FERC-717, Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 11/20/2020
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 01/31/2021
327 335
6,510 6,750
0 0
This collection of information pertains to a requirement that Transmission Providers provide certain information regarding their transmission operations on an Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS). This requirement was established because the Commission has determined that Transmission Customers must have simultaneous access to the same information available to the Transmission Provider in order to receive nondiscriminatory transmission services in accordance with section 205 of the Federal Power Act. The information that must be posted at OASIS sites is listed at 18 CFR 37.6. The required postings include business practices, communication protocols, transfer capacity, transmission service products, and prices. The regulations at 18 CFR Part 37 are supplemented by industry-wide Business Practice Standards and Communication Protocols that are incorporated by reference at 18 CFR 38.1. The standards include six OASIS- related standards that the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) modified in response to directives and guidance provided in Order Nos. 676-E, 676-H, and 890. In addition, in Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) Version 003.2, NAESB developed two suites of standards in coordination with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). These two NAESB suites of standards establish: (1) NAESB Electric Industry Registry (EIR) business practice standards that replace the NERC Transmission System Information Networks (TSIN) as the tool to be used by wholesale electric markets to conduct electronic transactions via electronic tagging (e-Tags); and (2) Modeling Business Practice Standards to support and complement NERC’s proposed retirement of its “MOD A” Reliability Standards. NAESB also adopted revisions to NAESB standards that need to match up with NERC’s Interchange Scheduling and Coordination Reliability Standards.
US Code: 16 USC 824d,e Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  85 FR 56595 09/14/2020
85 FR 74335 11/20/2020
No
  Total Request 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 327 335 0 0 -8 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 6,510 6,750 0 0 -240 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
The adjustment in estimate is a decrease due to normal fluctuations in industry. The format, labels, and definitions of the table follow the ROCIS submission system’s “Information Collection Request Summary of Burden” for the metadata. (Note that the new burden is a one-time burden. However we are averaging over Years 1-3 for administrative purposes as mentioned in #12. Therefore the change due to agency discretion is 1/3 of the one-time burden.)
$90,997
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Kayla Williams 410 786-5887 kayla.williams@cms.hhs.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.
11/20/2020