FERC-725E, (Final Rule for RM19-20) Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Western Electric Coordinating Council
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/04/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2021
1,248
1,733
1,917
2,218
0
0
3 year renewal and revisions for Final Rule Regional Reliability Standards generally require entities to document compliance with substantive requirements, retain documentation, and submit reports to WECC. The following standards will be continuing without change:
⢠BAL-004-WECC-03 (Automatic Time Error Correction) requires balancing authorities to document that time error corrections and primary inadvertent interchange payback were conducted according to the requirements in the standard.
⢠FAC-501-WECC-2 (Transmission Maintenance) requires transmission owners with certain transmission paths to have a transmission maintenance and inspection plan and to document maintenance and inspection activities according to the plan.
⢠VAR-501-WECC-3.1 (Power System Stabilizer [PSS]) requires generator owners and operators to ensure the Western Interconnection is operated in a coordinated manner by establishing the performance criteria for WECC power system stabilizers.
The Commission is submitting this request to OMB to extend those requirements with no change for three years. The Commissionâs request to OMB also reflects the following:
⢠Implement the regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-3 (addressed in
Docket No. RM19-20), and
⢠Adjustments to the burden estimates due to changes in the NERC Compliance Registry for regional Reliability Standards BAL-002-WECC-3 (Contingency Reserve) and IRO-006-WECC-3 (Qualified Path Unscheduled Flow (USF) Relief).
OPR is to make changes to
The Purpose of BAL-002-WECC-2a Contingency Reserve is:
âTo specify the quantity and types of Contingency Reserve required to ensure reliability under normal
and abnormal conditions.â
Of the eight NERC Reliability Principles, this standard addresses Reliability Principle 1, which states:
âInterconnected bulk power systems shall be planned and operated in a coordinated manner to
perform reliably under normal and abnormal conditions as defined in the NERC Standards.â
The changes in burden are due to the need for applicable entities to revise documentation, already required by the current WECC regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-2a, to reflect the retirement of Requirement R2 in the proposed WECC regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-3. Also, adjustments to the burden estimates are needed due to changes in the NERC Compliance Registry for regional Reliability Standards BAL-002-WECC-3 and IRO-006-WECC-3. The table in the supporting statement on question #15 describes the new and continuing information collection requirements and the associated burden for FERC-725E.
The Commission is also removing 1746 one-time burden hours associated with the requirements in Docket No. RD17-5 for regional Reliability Standard VAR-501-WECC-3. The one-time burden has been completed and will now be administratively removed on submittal to OMB.
The annual responses and annual burden in the current OMB-approved inventory is 1,733 responses and 2,218 hours respectively. The estimates are the average total number of annual responses and corresponding burden hours for years 1, 2 and 3, divided by three, giving the average annual estimate for Years 1-3.
$6,475
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Susan Morris 202 502-6803
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 Rule RM19-20-000 (issued).DOCX
NOPR RM19-20 BAL-002-WECC-3.pdf
FERC-725E (WECC Reliability Standards)