FERC-516, (NOPR RM22-14) Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/07/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2025
8,793
6,768
612,579
542,919
0
0
Pursuant to section 206 of the FPA, the proposed rule in Docket No. RM22-14-000 would reform the Commissionâs standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements to ensure that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the electric transmission system in a reliable, efficient, transparent, and timely manner. The proposed rule would require all public utilities that own, control, or operate facilities used for transmitting electric energy in interstate commerce to modify their tariffs and jurisdictional agreements to comply with the Commissionâs revised standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements. The Commission will use the information collected in compliance filings after any final rule in this docket to determine whether each transmission provider complies with the final rule such that the rates, terms, and conditions for Commission-jurisdictional services are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve the information collection requirements in FERC-516, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings, for a three-year period. FERC-516 is an existing Commission information collection. Prior to this request for renewal, FERC-516 was routinely renewed through rulemakings in accordance with the Federal Power Act (FPA).
FERC-516 now includes "19" information collection activities that are authorized by section 205(c) of the FPA, which requires that every public utility have all its jurisdictional rates and tariffs on file with the Commission, and make them available for public inspection, within such time and in such form as the Commission may designate.
All of the PRA activities resulting from the reforms proposed in the NOPR would be program changes that the Commission has determined will assist in fulfilling its statutory obligations under FPA section 206. The reforms proposed in the NOPR are intended to remedy issues with the Commissionâs standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements such that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the transmission system in a reliable, transparent, and timely manner, thereby ensuring that rates, terms, and conditions for Commission-jurisdictional services remain just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.
Some of the PRA activities in the NOPR would increase the total burden of FERC-516. At present, the estimated annual burdens for FERC-516 are not differentiated according to whether they are for Year One or for subsequent years. As shown in ROCIS for the currently active FERC-516 information collection, the approved burdens for FERC-516 are 6,768 responses and 542,919 hours.
The proposed rule would affect FERC-516 by adding the cumulative totals of first-year and subsequent-year burdens: an additional 2,025 responses and an additional 69,660 hours. The net effect for FERC-516 would be:
⢠6,768 responses plus 2,025 responses = 8,793 responses; and
⢠542,919 hours plus 69,660 hours = 612,579 hours.
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.
Staff Presentation _ NOPR on Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements.pdf
News Release Track 2 061622 Final.docx
(Ongoing)Public Interconnection Information, Cluster Study, Elimination of Standards, Affected Systems Study Process