OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act and is withholding approval of this collection at this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR, to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage, a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR. This action has no effect on any current approvals.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2014
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2014
478
0
478
10,145
0
10,145
0
0
0
The Commission proposes the Regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-2 (Contingency Reserve). The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC, the Commission-approved Electric Reliability Organization) submitted this proposed standard to the Commission for review and approval. This regional Reliability Standard applies to balancing authorities and reserve sharing groups in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Region and is meant to specify the quantity and types of Contingency Reserve required to ensure reliability under normal and abnormal conditions. The Commission also proposes to approve the associated violation risk factors and violation severity levels, implementation plan, and effective date proposed by NERC and WECC.
The revised regional Reliability Standard (BAL-002-WECC-2) requires Balancing Authorities and/or Reserve Sharing Groups to calculate and maintain proper Contingency Reserve levels with the use of a new methodology. Everything else in the proposed standard stays the same as the current nationwide standard . The collection of information comes from updating existing documentation to update the methodology and results.
The revised regional Reliability Standard requires Balancing Authorities and/or Reserve Sharing Groups to update any existing documentation used to calculate and maintain proper Contingency Reserve levels with the new methodology. If these entities do not complete the updates, they would be in violation of the proposed Reliability Standard. This information collection (the updates to documentation) is a one-time burden.
The proposed WECC regional Reliability Standard applies to balancing authorities and reserve sharing groups in the WECC Region and is meant to specify the quantity and types of contingency reserve required to ensure reliability under normal and abnormal conditions. This is a one-time burden.
This information collection request concerns the regional reliability standard BAL-002-WECC-2 â Contingency Reserve. Commission staff will incorporate this reliability standard (and its associated burden of 36 responses and 36 annual burden hours) with other WECC reliability standards within FERC-725E. Approval of this request will result in an increase of 36 hours (annually) for FERC-725E.
$2,250
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Andres Lopez 202 502-6128
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.
FINAL RM13-13 (FERC-725E) Supporting Statementv2.docx
Petition Approval (BAL-002-WECC-2).pdf
(RM13-13-000 NOPR) BAL-002-WECC-2 Regional Reliability Standard *ONE-TIME BURDEN*