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
01/31/2019
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2019
3,966
0
3,966
1,642,395
0
1,642,395
126,725
0
126,725
Background. The FERC-725A collection originally contained the paperwork requirements and associated burden hours for most of the nationwide Reliability Standards, including the VAR group of standards. In the final rule in RM15-16, the Commission approved revisions to the Transmission Operations and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination Reliability Standards, developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which the Commission has certified as the Electric Reliability Organization responsible for developing and enforcing mandatory Reliability Standards. The Commission also directed NERC to make three modifications to the standards within 18 months of the effective date of that final rule.
NOPR in Docket RM16-20 related to this ICR. The Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standard PRC-012-2 (Remedial Action Schemes, being added to FERC-725G) submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard PRC-012-2 is to ensure that remedial action schemes do not produce unintentional or unacceptable reliability risks to the bulk electric system.
Reliability Standards PRC-015-1 and PRC-016-1 are also being removed from FERC-725A. However, FERC is being conservative and not subtracting burden hours at this time from FERC-725A. (The supporting statement is consolidated with FERC-725G, which has a separate ICR.)
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.
RM16-20 NOPR Supporting Statement 6-28-17.docx
RM16-20 NERC Petition.pdf
FERC-725A, Mandatory Reliability Standards for Bulk-Power System