In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. The
agency shall examine public comment in response to the 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,
including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the
collection and minimizing the burden.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2017
5,104
0
5,104
42,703
0
42,703
0
0
0
The FERC-725L contains the information
collection requirements related to Modeling, Data, and Analysis
(MOD) Reliability Standards. The proposed MOD-031-1 Reliability
Standard provides planners and operators access to actual and
forecast demand and energy data, as well as other related
information, needed to perform resource adequacy studies. The North
American Energy Reliability Corporation (NERC) [approved by FERC to
serve as the nation-wide Electric Reliability Organization [ERO]]
explains that the proposed Reliability Standard also supports the
continued development of the reliability assessments prepared by
NERC. NERC states that the proposed Reliability Standard improves
the Existing MOD C Standards by: (1) streamlining the Reliability
Standards to clarify data collection requirements; (2) including
transmission planners as applicable entities that must report
demand and energy data; (3) requiring applicable entities to report
weather normalized annual peak hour actual demand data from the
previous year to allow for meaningful comparison with forecasted
values; and (4) requiring applicable entities to provide an
explanation of how their demand side management forecasts compare
to actual demand side management for the prior calendar year and
how their peak demand forecasts compare to actual demand for the
prior calendar year with due regard to any relevant weather-related
variations. Along with approving MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard ,
the Commission also proposes to approve the associated
implementation plan, violation risk factors and violation severity
levels, and NERC's proposed retirement of the currently effective
Reliability Standards MOD-016-1.1, MOD-017-0.1, MOD-018-0,
MOD-019-0.1, and MOD-021-1 (existing MOD C Standards). [The
standards proposed for retirement are covered under
FERC-725A.]
US Code:
16
USC 824(o) Name of Law: Federal Power Act (FPA)
The burden for the FERC-725L
information collection increased due to: -The one-time requirement
to determine weather normalized annual peak hour actual demand;
-Continuing development of summary explanations regarding: --how
the controllable and dispatchable demand side management forecasts
compare to actual demand for the previous calendar year and how the
assumptions/methods for future forecasts were adjusted; --how peak
demand forecast compares to actual demand for the prior calendar
year with regard to any relevant weather-related variations and how
the assumptions/methods for future forecasts were adjusted.
$5,092
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
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.
RM14-12 Supporting Statement.docx
MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard.pdf
MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard