Justification for non-substantive change

FERC-725 (OMB Control No. 1902-0225)

NOPR in Docket No. RM22-10, issued June 16, 2022

RIN: 1902-AG01

Justification for Non-Material or Non-Substantive Change

to the FERC-725 Information Collection,

as Proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No.

RM22-10 (Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements for Extreme Weather)

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on June 16, 2022,¹ the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) proposes to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), to develop and submit modifications to Reliability Standard TPL-001-5.1 to address reliability concerns pertaining to transmission system planning for extreme heat and cold weather events that impact the reliable operations of the Bulk-Power System.

The requirement for NERC to develop, revise, or update Reliability Standards is already covered by the FERC-725 information collection (Certification of Electric Reliability Organization; Procedures for Electric Reliability Standards).² The OMB-approved FERC-725 information collection includes the burden, reporting and record-keeping requirements associated with:

• Reliability Standards Development;

• Reliability Assessments;

• Self-Assessment and ERO Application;

• Reliability Compliance;

• Stakeholder Survey; and

• Other Reporting.

Accordingly, the Commission considers this as a non-material or non-substantive change to the currently approved FERC-725 information collection.

1 The NOPR is posted in FERC’s eLibrary at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_number=20220616-3084&optimized=false. The News Release is posted at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_number=20220616-3071&optimized=false.

2 Any Reliability Standards proposed by NERC in compliance with Docket No. RM22-10 would be considered by the Commission in future proceedings.