[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64885-64886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25523]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC20-4-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725I); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
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 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission
or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for
the Northeast Power Coordinating Council) which will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the
information collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due January 24,
2020.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC20-4-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance, contact FERC Online Support
by email at [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast
Power Coordinating Council).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0258.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725I with no
changes to the current reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: The Regional Reliability standard PRC-006-NPCC-1
(Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding) provides regional requirements
for Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding to applicable entities in
NPCC. UFLS requirements have been in place at a continent-wide level
and within NPCC for many years prior to the implementation of federally
mandated reliability standards in 2007. NPCC and its members think that
a region-wide, fully coordinated single set of UFLS requirements is
necessary to create an effective and efficient UFLS program, and their
experience has supported that belief.
Information collection burden for Reliability Standard PRC-006-
NPCC-01 is based on the time needed for planning coordinators and
generator owners to incrementally gather data, run studies, and analyze
study results to design or update the UFLS programs that are required
in the regional Reliability Standard (in addition to the requirements
of the NERC Reliability Standard PRC-006-3). There is also burden on
the generator owners to maintain data.
Type of Respondent: Generator Owners and Planning Coordinators
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The number of respondents is based
on NERC's Registry as of July 26, 2019. Entities registered for more
than one applicable function type have been accounted for in the
figures below. The Commission estimates the annual public reporting
burden and cost \2\ for the information collection as:
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\1\ ``Burden'' is 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, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
\2\ Commission staff estimates that the industry's skill set and
cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC-725I are approximately the
same as the Commission's average cost. The FERC 2019 average salary
plus benefits for one FERC full-time equivalent (FTE) is $167,091/
year (or $80.00/hour).
FERC-725I
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Annual number
Information collection requirements Number of of responses Total number Average burden hours & cost ($) per Total annual burden hours & total annual Cost per
respondents per respondent of responses response cost ($) respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)....................................... (3) * (4) = (5)........................... (5) / (1)
(3)
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PCs design and document automatic UFLS 6 1 6 8 hrs.; $640.............................. 48 hrs.; $3,840........................... $640
program.
PCs update and maintain UFLS program 6 1 6 16 hrs.; $1,280........................... 96 hrs.; $7,680........................... 1,280
database.
GOs provide documentation and data to 136 1 136 16 hrs.; $1,280........................... 2,176 hrs.; $174,080...................... 1,280
the planning coordinator.
GOs: record retention................... 136 1 136 4 hrs.; $320.............................. 544 hrs.; $43,520......................... 320
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Total............................... .............. .............. 284 .......................................... 2,864 hrs.; $229,120...................... ..............
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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 estimates 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: November 19, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-25523 Filed 11-22-19; 8:45 am]
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