This Information Collection is approved. Prior to resubmission of this request for renewal, the Agency should revise estimates of burden to reflect the experience of respondent entities taking into account that this is no longer a voluntary program.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
250
0
250
75,000
0
75,000
0
0
0
This submission reflects minor revisions to a recent information collection requirement implementing 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 proposed modifications of the three Reliability Standards, 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 nationÂs Bulk-Power System. Specifically, the proposed modification of the Reliability Standards would ensure that system operating limits or SOLs used in the reliability planning and operation of the Bulk-Power System are determined based on an established methodology. The approved Reliability Standards will not be a burden on the industry since most if not all of the applicable entities currently perform system operating limit calculations and the approved Reliability Standards will simply provide a common methodology for those calculations.
The three Reliability Standards developed by the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC or ERO) are FAC-010-1, FAC-011-1 and FAC-014-1, set requirements for the development of system operating limits of the Bulk-Power System for use in planning and operating conditions.
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 three Reliability Standards, as adopted, will 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 nationÂs Bulk-Power System. Specifically, the three proposed Reliability Standards will ensure that system operating limits or SOLs used in the reliability planning and operation of the Bulk-Power System are determined based on an established methodology.
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.
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