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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–21–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725G); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
725G (Reliability Standards for the Bulk
Power System: PRC Reliability
Standards, OMB Control No. 1902–
0252).
As part of this extension request,
FERC will transfer the information
collection requirements and burden of
the FERC–725G1 (OMB Control No.
1902–0284) and FERC–725G4 (OMB
Control No. 1902–0282) into FERC–
725G. FERC–725G1 and FERC–725G4
information collections will eventually
be discontinued.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due December 17, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC18–21–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this

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comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725G (Reliability
Standards for the Bulk Power System:
PRC Reliability Standards).1
OMB Control No.: 1902–0252.
Type of Request: Request a three-year
extension of the FERC–725G
information collection requirements
(including the information collection
requirements transferred from the
FERC–725G1 and FERC–725G4) with no
changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The information collected
by the FERC–725G is required to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA).2 Section 215 of the FPA
buttresses the Commission’s efforts to
strengthen the reliability of the
interstate bulk power grid.
The FERC–725G information
collection currently contains the
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for the following
Reliability Standards:
• PRC–002–2 (Disturbance Monitoring
and Reporting Requirements)
• PRC–006–2 (Automatic
Underfrequency Load Shedding)
• PRC–012–2 (Remedial Action
Schemes)
• PRC–019–1 (Coordination of
Generating Unit or Plant
Capabilities, Voltage Regulating
Controls, and Protection)
• PRC–023–4 (Transmission Relay
Loadability)
• PRC–024–1 (Generator Frequency and
Voltage Protective Relay Settings)
• PRC–025–1 (Generator Relay
Loadability)
• PRC–026–1 (Relay Performance
During Stable Power Swings)
1 The current information collection requirements
of the FERC–725G1 (OMB Control No. 1902–0284)
and FERC–725G4 (OMB Control No. 1902–0282) are
being transferred into the FERC–725G.
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• PRC–027–1 (Coordination of
Protection Systems for Performance
During Faults)
Additionally, the information
collection requirements of the following
Reliability Standards will be
incorporated into FERC–725G:
• PRC–004–5(i) 3 (Protection System
Misoperation Identification and
Correction) and
• PRC–010–2 4 (Undervoltage Load
Shedding)
Each of these Reliability Standards
has three components that impose
burden upon affected industry:
• Requirements (e.g., denoted in each
Reliability Standard as R1, R2. . .)
• Measures (e.g., denoted in each
Reliability Standard as M1, M2. . .)
• Evidence Retention
These three components can be
reviewed for the Reliability Standards in
NERC petitions in FERC’s eLibrary
system (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp) or on NERC’s own website
(www.nerc.com).
Type of Respondents: Transmission
owners, generator owners, distribution
providers, planning coordinators and
transmission planners.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 6 for the
information collection as:
3 This standard is currently contained in the
FERC–725G1 information collection. FERC–725G1
will eventually be discontinued.
4 This standard is currently contained in the
FERC–725G4 information collection. FERC–725G4
will eventually be discontinued.
5 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
6 The hourly cost (for salary plus benefits) uses
the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May
2017. Unless otherwise specified, this figure
includes salary (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) for an Electrical
Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–2071, $66.90/hour)
and an Information and Record Clerk (Occupation
Code: 43–4199, $39.68/hour). All of the reporting
requirements use the electrical engineer rate for cost
calculation. Similarly, all of the record-keeping
requirements use the information and record clerk
rate for cost calculation.

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FERC–725G—MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS: PRC RELIABILITY STANDARDS
Reliability standards

Number of respondents 7

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden
& cost ($)
(rounded) per
response

Total annual burden
hours & total annual
cost ($) (rounded)

Cost per
respondent
(rounded) ($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4) 8

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

42.445 hrs.;
$2,840.
73.729 hrs.;
$4,932.
47 hrs.; $3,144 ..

31,452 hrs.;
$2,104,139.
38,413 hrs.;
$2,569,830.
3,760 hrs.;
$251,544.
78,147 hrs.;
$5,228,034.
12,546 hrs.;
$839,327.
12,546 hrs.;
$839,327.
6,748 hrs.;
$451,441.
8,592 hrs.;
$574,805.
34,120 hrs.;
$2,282,628.
5,184 hrs.;
$346,810.
936 hrs.; $62,618 ...

$2,840

380,769 hrs.;
$15,108,914.
16,463 hrs.;
$653,252.
400 hrs.; $15,872 ...
38,684 hrs.;
$1,543,981.
0 hrs.; $0 ................
0 hrs.; $0 ................
2,083 hrs.; $82,653
13,104 hrs.;
$519,967.
27,380 hrs.;
$1,086,438.
7,776 hrs.;
$308,552.
312 hrs.; $12,380 ...

20,390

Reporting Requirements
PRC–023–4 ...................................

741 (TO, GO, DP, PC) .................

1

741

PRC–002–2 ...................................

521 (TO, GO) ...............................

1

521

PRC–006–2 ...................................

80 (TO, DP) ..................................

1

80

PRC–012–2 ...................................

3,291 (RC, PC, TO, GO, DP) ......

1

3,291

PRC–019–1 ...................................

738 (GO, TO) ...............................

1

738

23.746 hrs.;
$1,589.
17 hrs.; $1,137 ..

PRC–024–1 ...................................

738 (GO) ......................................

1

738

17 hrs.; $1,137 ..

PRC–025–1 ...................................

1,019 (GO, TO, DP) .....................

1

1,019

6.622 hrs.; $443

PRC–026–1 ...................................

1,092 (GO, PC, TO) .....................

1

1,092

PRC–027–1 ...................................

1,727 (TO, GO, DP) .....................

1

1,727

PRC–004–5(i) 9
(formerly
in
FERC–725G1).
PRC–010–2 (formerly in FERC–
725G4).

648 (TO, GO, DP) ........................

1

648

7.868 hrs.;
$1,092.
19.757 hrs.;
$1,322.
8 hrs.10; $535 ....

26 (PC, TP, DP) ...........................

1

26

36 hrs.; $2,408 ..

4,932
3,144
1,589
1,137
1,137
443
1.092
1,322
535
2,408

Record-Keeping (Evidence Retention) Requirements
PRC–023–4 ...................................

741 (TO, GO, DP, PC) .................

1

741

PRC–002–2 ...................................

521 (TO, GO) ...............................

1

521

PRC–006–2 ...................................
PRC–012–2 ...................................

80 (TO, DP) ..................................
3,291 (RC, PC, TO, GO, DP) ......

1
1

80
3,291

PRC–019–2
PRC–024–1
PRC–025–1
PRC–026–1

...................................
...................................
...................................
...................................

738 (GO, TO) ...............................
738 (GO) ......................................
1,019 (GO, TO, DP) .....................
1,092 (GO, PC, TO) .....................

1
1
1
1

738
738
1,019
1,092

PRC–027–1 ...................................

1,727 (TO, GO, DP) .....................

1

1,727

PRC–004–5(i) (formerly in FERC–
725G1).
PRC–010–2 (formerly in FERC–
725G4).

648 (TO, GO, DP) ........................

1

648

15.854 hrs.;
$629.
12 hrs.; $476 .....

26 (PC, TP, DP) ...........................

1

26

12 hrs.; $476 .....

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements.
Subtotal for Record-keeping
Requirements.
Total ................................

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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper

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7 GO

= generator owner, TO = transmission
owner, DP = distribution planner; PC = planning
coordinator and TP = transmission planners, RC =
Reliability Coordinator.
8 The average costs per response are rounded to
the nearest dollar.
9 Reliability Standard PRC–004–5(i) is an updated
standard that neither added nor removed reporting
and record keeping requirements (and
corresponding burden) as compared to Reliability
Standards PRC–004–3 and PRC–004–4.
10 The reporting requirements for Reliability
Standards PRC–004–5(i) are reduced by 2 hours/
response (annually) due to completion of a one-time
requirement imposed by the Order in Docket No.
RD14–14–000).

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513.858 hrs.;
$20,390.
31.599 hrs.;
$1,254.
5 hrs.; $198 .......
11.754 hrs.;
$466.
0 hrs.; $0 ...........
0 hrs.; $0 ...........
2.044 hrs.; $81 ..
12 hrs.; $476 .....

performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

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232,444 hrs.;
$15,550,504.
486,971 hrs.;
$19,323,009.
719,415 hrs.;
$34,873,513.

1,254
198
466
0
0
81
476
629
476
476
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Dated: October 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–22611 Filed 10–16–18; 8:45 am]
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