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FPL previously obtained a waiver in
Docket No. AC18–23–000 to capitalize
such costs for a seven-year period from
January 1, 2018 through December 31,
2024.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Protests will be considered by
the Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant. On
or before the comment date, it is not
necessary to serve motions to intervene
or protests on persons other than the
Applicant.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the 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 (http://
ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://
www.ferc.gov. In lieu of electronic filing,
you may submit a paper copy which
must reference the Project docket
number.
To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
To file via any other courier: DebbieAnne A. Reese, Acting Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on October 24, 2024.
Dated: October 3, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC24–16–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725Y); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

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 collection, FERC–
725Y, Mandatory Reliability Standard
(Personnel Performance, Training, and
Qualifications). The 60-day notice
comment period ended on September
23, 2024; no comments were received.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due November 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–725Y to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0279) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
(identified by Docket No. IC24–16–000)
by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by other delivery
methods:
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Æ All other delivery methods: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must
be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
SUMMARY:

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‘‘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: https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kayla Williams may be reached by
email at DataClearance@FERC.gov,
telephone at (202) 502–6468.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725Y, Mandatory
Reliability Standard (Personnel
Performance, Training, and
Qualifications).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0279.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725Y information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–725Y
information collection is intended to
help ensure the safe and reliable
operation of the interconnected grid
through the retention of suitably trained
and qualified personnel in positions
that can impact the reliable operation of
the Bulk-Power System. The
Commission uses the FERC–725Y to
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 nation’s BulkPower System. FERC–725Y ensures that
personnel performing or supporting
real-time operations on the Bulk Electric
System (BES) are trained using a
systematic approach. The Reliability
Standard requires entities to maintain
records subject to review by the
Commission and North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
to ensure compliance with the
Reliability Standard.
Reliability Standard PER–003–2
purpose is to ensure that System
Operators performing the reliabilityrelated tasks of the Reliability
Coordinator, Balancing Authority, and
Transmission Operator are certified
through the NERC System Operator
Certification Program when filling a
Realtime operating position responsible
for control of the Bulk Electric System.
This standard includes three
requirements that are listed below:

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• R1. Each Reliability Coordinator
shall staff its Real-time operating
positions performing Reliability
Coordinator reliability-related tasks
with System Operators who have
demonstrated minimum competency in
the areas listed by obtaining and
maintaining a valid NERC Reliability
Operator certificate.
• R2. Each Transmission Operator
shall staff its Real-time operating
positions performing Transmission
Operator reliability-related tasks with
System Operators who have
demonstrated minimum competency in
the areas listed by obtaining and
maintaining one of the following valid
NERC certificates.
• R3. Each Balancing Authority shall
staff its Real-time operating positions
performing Balancing Authority
reliability-related tasks with System
Operators who have demonstrated
minimum competency in the areas
listed by obtaining and maintaining one
of the following valid NERC certificates.
Reliability Standard PER–005–2
requires entities to maintain records
subject to review by the Commission
and NERC to ensure compliance with
the Reliability Standard. This Reliability
Standard contains of six Requirements:
• R1 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, and transmission
operators to develop and implement a
training program for system operators

• R2 requires transmission owners to
develop and implement a training
program for system operators
• R3 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, transmission
operators and transmission owners to
verify the capabilities of their identified
personnel
• R4 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, transmission
operators and transmission owners to
provide those personnel with
emergency operations training using
simulation technology
• R5 requires reliability coordinators,
balancing authorities, and transmission
operators develop and implement
training for system operators whose job
functions can impact BES real-time
reliability tasks.
• R6 requires applicable generator
operators to develop and implement
training for certain of their dispatch
personnel at a centrally located dispatch
center.
Reliability Standard PER–006–1
ensures that personnel are trained on
specific topics essential to reliability to
perform or support Real-Time
operations of the Bulk Electric System
and has one requirement:
• R1 identifies generator operator
plant personnel responsible for Realtime control and carrying out Operating
instructions are trained on the
operational functionality of Protection
Systems and Remedial Action Schemes
that affect the output of generating
facility(ies) it operates.

Number and type of
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Type of Respondents: Transmission
owners and generator owners.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 Our
estimate below regarding the number of
respondents is based on the NERC
compliance registry as of April 16, 2024.
In general, the number of respondents
has increased from previous renewal as
each entity may have multiple
responsibilities under these standards
and those responsibilities are counted
separately.
When the original PER–003–0 was
approved in Order No. 693 the
associated manhours were part of the 83
NERC Reliability Standards approved at
one time.2 In the two revisions done
PER–003–1 and PER–003–2 it was
determined at that there was no change
in burden specific to PER–003. To
increase clarity, manhours associated
with the original PER–003–0 are being
moved from the 725A collection and
being added into the 725Y collection.
The next update to 725A (2024) will
reflect the change in burden associated
with PER–003 and moving manhours
from 725A into 725Y.
The Commission estimates the
additional annual reporting burden and
cost as follows:3 4
• Electrical Engineer (Occupation
Code: 17–2071): $77.29 (to calculate the
reporting requirements)
• Office and Administrative Support
(Occupation Code: 43–0000): $45.59 (to
calculate the recordkeeping
requirements).

Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Avg. burden &
cost per
response 4

Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

(2)

I (1) * (2) = (3) I

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

Cost per
respondent
($)

FERC–725Y in Docket No. IC24–16–000 Reliability Standard PER–003–2
Annual Review of
Credentials

12 (RC) ................................

1

12

60 hrs. $4,637.40 ...

720 hrs. $55,648.80 ............

$4,637.40

Record Retention .................

98 (BA) ................................
165 (TOP) ............................
(RC, BA, TOP) 275 .............

1
1
1

98
165
275

60 hrs. 4,637.40 .....
60 hrs. 4,637.40 .....
60 hrs. 2,735.40 .....

5,880 hrs. 454,465.20 .........
9.900 hrs. 765,171.00 .........
16,500 hrs. 752,235.00 .......

4,637.40
4,637.40
2,735.40

Total ..............................

..............................................

........................

........................

................................

33,000 hrs. 2,027,520.00 ....

........................

14 hrs.; 1,082.06 ....

168 hrs.; 12,984.72 .............

1,082.06

14
14
14
14

1,372 hrs.; 106,041.88 ........
2,310 hrs.; 178,539.90 ........
4,536 hrs.; 350,587.44 ........
14,392 hrs.; 1,112,357.68 ...

1,082.06
1,082.06
1,082.06
1,082.06

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12 (RC) ................................

1

12

98 (BA) ................................
165 (TOP) ............................
324 (TO) ..............................
1028 (GOP) .........................

1
1
1
1

98
165
324
1028

1 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

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hrs.;
hrs.;
hrs.;

1,082.06
1,082.06
1,082.06
1,082.06

2 Order No. 693 Mandatory Reliability Standards
for the Bulk-Power System—approved March 16,
2007.
3 For PER–003–2, PER–005–2, and PER–006–1:
RC=Reliability Coordinator; BA=Balancing
Authority; TOP=Transmission Operator;
TO=Transmission Owner; GOP=Generator
Operator. The NERC compliance registry table April
16, 2024, was used to perform analysis.

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4 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
is a combination based on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), as of 2023. The estimates for cost
per response are loaded hourly wage figure
(includes benefits) based on two occupational
categories for 2023 found on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics website (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm):

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Annual Evaluation and Update of Training Program.
Retention of Records ...........
Total ..............................

Number and type of
respondents 3

Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Avg. burden &
cost per
response 4

Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(RC, BA, TOP, TO, GOP)
1627.
(RC, BA, TOP, TO, GOP)
1627.
..............................................

Cost per
respondent
($)

1

1627

8 hrs.; 364.72 .........

13,016 hrs.; 593,399.44 ......

364.72

1

1627

10 hrs.; 455.90 .......

16,270 hrs.; 741,749.30 ......

455.90

........................

........................

................................

68,892 hrs.; 3,095,660.36 ...

........................

FERC–725Y (Reliability Standard PER–006–1)
GOP; Reporting, Recordkeeping Req.
GOP; Reporting Req. R1 .....
GOP; Recordkeeping Req ...

1028 .....................................

1

1028

14 hrs.; 1,082.06 ....

14,392 hrs.; 1,112,357.68 ...

1,082.06

1028 .....................................
5 1028 ...................................

1
1

1028
1028

5 hrs.; 386.45 .........
10 hrs.; 455.90 .......

5,140 hrs.; 397,270.60 ........
10,280 hrs.; 468,665.20 ......

386.45
455.90

Total ..............................

..............................................

........................

........................

................................

29,812 hrs.; $1,978,293.48

5 The

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: October 2, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL24–133–000]

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Notice of
Institution of Section 206 Proceeding
and Refund Effective Date

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number of US unique GOPs is 1028 taken from the NERC compliance registry information of April 16, 2024.

On October 2, 2024, the Commission
issued an order in Docket No. EL24–
133–000, pursuant to section 206 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
824e, instituting an investigation to
determine whether Puget Sound Energy,
Inc.’s market-based rate authority in the
Seattle City Light balancing authority
area is unjust, unreasonable, unduly
discriminatory, or preferential, or
otherwise unlawful. Puget Sound
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The refund effective date in Docket
No. EL24–133–000, established
pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA,
will be the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Any interested person desiring to be
heard in Docket No. EL24–133–000
must file a notice of intervention or
motion to intervene, as appropriate,
with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, in accordance with Rule
214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214
(2024), within 21 days of the date of
issuance of the order.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the 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 (http://
www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. From
FERC’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 FERC’s
website during normal business hours
from FERC Online Support at 202–502–
6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or
email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or
the Public Reference Room at (202) 502–
8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the
Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
The Commission strongly encourages
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and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
In lieu of electronic filing, you may
submit a paper copy. Submissions sent
via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: October 2, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC24–127–000.

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