FERC-725E, (Final Rule for RM19-20) Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Western Electric Coordinating Council

ICR 202105-1902-001

OMB: 1902-0246

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Name
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Supplementary Document
2021-05-03
Supporting Statement A
2021-05-03
Supplementary Document
2020-11-20
Supplementary Document
2020-11-20
Supplementary Document
2020-11-17
Supplementary Document
2020-11-17
Supplementary Document
2020-11-17
Supplementary Document
2020-11-17
Supplementary Document
2020-11-13
Supplementary Document
2020-11-13
Supplementary Document
2020-11-13
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
180804
Unchanged
ICR Details
1902-0246 202105-1902-001
Received in OIRA 202011-1902-003
FERC FERC-725E
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 Commission’s 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: “To specify the quantity and types of Contingency Reserve required to ensure reliability under normal and abnormal conditions.” Of the eight NERC Reliability Principles, this standard addresses Reliability Principle 1, which states: “Interconnected 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.”

US Code: 16 USC 824o Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  
None

1902-AF75 Final or interim final rulemaking 86 FR 22588 04/29/2021

No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
FERC-725E (WECC Reliability Standards)

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 1,248 1,733 0 -485 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,917 2,218 0 -301 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
Yes
Changing Regulations
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.
05/04/2021


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