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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD25–5–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725r and FERC–
725a); Comment Request; Revision
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
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 proposed revisions
of the currently approved information
collection, FERC–725R, (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability
Standards) and FERC–725A, Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power
System: TOP and INT Standards.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due June 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of
your comments (identified by Docket
No. RD25–5–000) by one of the
following methods:
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery:
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (Including Courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
SUMMARY:

submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by
phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kayla Williams may be reached by
email at DataClearance@FERC.gov,
telephone at (202) 502–6468.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725R, (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability
Standards) and FERC–725A, Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power
System: TOP and INT Standards.
OMB Control No.: FERC–725R (1902–
0268) and FERC–725A (1902–0244).
Type of Request: Revision of FERC–
725R—Mandatory Reliability Standards,
proposed Reliability Standard BAL–
007–1 (Near-term Energy Reliability
Assessments) and FERC–725A—
proposed Reliability Standard TOP–
003–7 (Transmission Operator and
Balancing Authority Data and
Information Specification and
Collection).
Abstract: The FERC–725R and FERC–
725A information collection
requirements are subject to review by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under section 3507(d) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
OMB’s regulations require approval of
certain information collection
requirements imposed by agency rules.
Upon approval of a collection of
information, OMB will assign an OMB
control number and expiration date.
Respondents subject to the filing
requirements will not be penalized for
failing to respond to these collections of
information unless the collections of
information display a valid OMB
control number. The Commission
solicits comments on the need for this
information, whether the information
will have practical utility, the accuracy

of the burden estimates, ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected or
retained, and any suggested methods for
minimizing respondents’ burden,
including the use of automated
information techniques.
The Commission bases its paperwork
burden estimates on the additional
paperwork burden presented by the
proposed the Commission’s
regulations,1 proposing the approval of
proposed Reliability Standard BAL–
007–1 (Near-term Energy Reliability
Assessments), the approval of proposed
Reliability Standard TOP–003–7
(Transmission Operator and Balancing
Authority Data and Information
Specification and Collection), and the
approval of the proposed definitions of
the terms Energy Reliability Assessment
(ERA) and Near-Term Energy Reliability
Assessment (Near-Term ERA) for
inclusion in the Glossary of Terms Used
in NERC Reliability Standards.
NERC explains ‘‘the purpose of
proposed Reliability Standard BAL–
007–1 is to identify and minimize the
risks of forecasted Energy Emergencies
in the operations planning time horizon
by analyzing the expected resource mix
availability.’’ 2 NERC states that
proposed Reliability Standard BAL–
007–1 requires balancing authorities ‘‘to
perform a Near-Term ERAs and have
Operating Plans in place to identify and
minimize the risks of forecasted Energy
Emergencies.’’ 3 Furthermore, NERC
states that ‘‘proposed Reliability
Standard TOP–003–7 would provide the
Balancing Authority with specific
authority to collect the data necessary to
perform the Near-Term ERAs.’’ 4 Based
on the NERC Compliance Registry, as of
November 20, 2024, we estimate that 97
balancing authorities (BAs) would be
subject to mandatory compliance with
proposed Reliability Standard BAL–
007–1. For proposed Reliability
Standard TOP–003–7, only the 97
balancing authorities will have a change
in burden.

PROPOSED BURDEN BAL–007–1 DOCKET NO. RD25–5

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Reliability standard

Type and
number of
entity 5

Number of
annual
responses
per entity

Total
number of
responses

Average number of
burden hours
per response 6

Total burden hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

Annual Collection BAL–007–1 FERC–725R
Annual review and record retention .....

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24 hrs.; $70.67/hr ............

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PROPOSED BURDEN BAL–007–1 DOCKET NO. RD25–5—Continued
Reliability standard

Total for BAL–007–1 .....................

Type and
number of
entity 5

Number of
annual
responses
per entity

Total
number of
responses

Average number of
burden hours
per response 6

Total burden hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

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

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

97

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

2,328 hrs.; $164,519.76.

PROPOSED BURDEN TOP–003–7 DOCKET NO. RD25–5
Reliability standard

Type and
number of
entity 7

Number of
annual
responses
per entity

Total
number of
responses

Average number of
burden hours
per response 8

Total burden hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

Annual Collection TOP–003–7 FERC–725A
Annual review and record retention .....

97 (BA)

1

97

4 hrs.; $70.67/hr ..............

388 hrs.; $27,419.96.

Total for TOP–003–7 ....................

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

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

97

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

388 hrs.; $27,419.96.

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The annual responses and burden
hours for proposed Reliability Standard
BAL–007–1 is 97 responses; 2,328
hours. The annual responses and
burden hours for proposed Reliability
Standard TOP–003–7 is 97 responses;
388 hours.
The annual cost burden is
$164,519.76 for proposed Reliability
Standard BAL–007–1, and $27,419.96
for proposed Reliability Standard TOP–
003–7.
Title: Mandatory Reliability
Standards, proposed Reliability
Standard BAL–007–1 (Near-term Energy
Reliability Assessments) and proposed
Reliability Standard TOP–003–7
(Transmission Operator and Balancing
Authority Data and Information
Specification and Collection).
Action: Revision to FERC–725R and
FERC–725A information collection.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0268 & 1902–
0244.
5 Number of entity data taken from the NERC
compliance registry, dated November 20, 2024.
6 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
is a combination based on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), as of 2024, for 75% of the average
of an Electrical Engineer (17–2071) $79.31/hr.,
79.31 × .75 = 59.4825 ($59.48-rounded) ($59.48/
hour) and 25% of an Information and Record Clerk
(43–4199) $44.74/hr., $44.74 × .25% = 11.185
($11.19 rounded) ($11.19/hour), for a total ($59.48
+ $11.19 = $70.67/hour).
7 Number of entity data taken from the NERC
compliance registry, dated November 20, 2024.
8 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
is a combination based on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), as of 2024, for 75% of the average
of an Electrical Engineer (17–2071) $79.31/hr.,
79.31 × .75 = 59.4825 ($59.48-rounded) ($59.48/
hour) and 25% of an Information and Record Clerk
(43–4199) $44.74/hr., $44.74 × .25% = 11.185
($11.19 rounded) ($11.19/hour), for a total ($59.48
+ $11.19 = $70.67/hour).

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Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions; not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Necessity of the Information: This
order approves Reliability Standards
pertaining to near-term energy
reliability assessments and data and
information specification and
collection. As discussed above, the
Commission, through its delegated
authority to the Director of the Office of
Electric Reliability under 18 CFR
375.303, approves these Reliability
Standards because the Standards will
help identify and minimize the risks of
forecasted energy emergencies in the
operations planning time horizon by
analyzing the expected resource mix
availability and requiring the
development of operating plans where
necessary.
Internal Review: The Commission,
through its delegated authority to the
Director of the Office of Electric
Reliability, has reviewed the proposed
Reliability Standards and made a
determination that its action is
necessary to implement section 215 of
the FPA.
Interested persons may obtain
information on the reporting
requirements by contacting the
following: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426; Attention: Kayla
Williams, Office of the Executive
Director, email: DataClearance@
ferc.gov, phone: (202) 502–6468.
For submitting comments concerning
the collection(s) of information and the
associated burden estimate(s), please
send your comments to the
Commission, and to the Office of

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Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Washington, DC 20503 [Attention: Desk
Officer for the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, phone: (202)
395–4638, fax: (202) 395–7285]. For
security reasons, comments to OMB
should be submitted by email to: oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. Comments
submitted to OMB should include
Docket Number RD25–5–000 and OMB
Control Number 1902–0264.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (https://
www.ferc.gov).
From the Commission’s Home Page
on the internet, this information is
available on eLibrary. The full text of
this document is available on eLibrary
in PDF and Microsoft Word format for
viewing, printing, and/or downloading.
To access this document in eLibrary,
type the docket number excluding the
last three digits of this document in the
docket number field.
User assistance is available for
eLibrary and the Commission’s website
during normal business hours from the
Commission’s Online Support at (202)
502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676)
or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov,
or the Public Reference Room at (202)
502–8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email
the Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
All submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
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help/submission-guide.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.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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.
Dated: April 7, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025–06220 Filed 4–10–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG25–277–000.
Applicants: Cross Trails Energy
Storage Project, LLC.
Description: Cross Trails Energy
Storage Project, LLC submits Notice of
Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5070.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER25–1056–001.
Applicants: Hornshadow Solar, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Response to Deficiency Letter to be
effective 3/2/2025.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5192.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1410–000.
Applicants: Route 66 Energy Storage,
LLC.
Description: Supplement to 02/25/
2025, Route 66 Energy Storage, LLC
tariff filing.
Filed Date: 4/4/25.
Accession Number: 20250404–5238.

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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/14/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1479–000.
Applicants: Escape Solar LLC.
Description: Supplement to 03/03/
2025, Escape Solar LLC tariff filing.
Filed Date: 4/2/25.
Accession Number: 20250402–5242.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/14/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1864–002.
Applicants: Public Service Company
of New Mexico.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Amendment to OBE to be effective 3/8/
2025.
Filed Date: 4/4/25.
Accession Number: 20250404–5190.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/25/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1886–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2025–04–04_Demand Response and
Emergency Resources Reforms to be
effective 9/1/2027.
Filed Date: 4/4/25.
Accession Number: 20250404–5209.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/5/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1887–000.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company submits Compliance Filing
with Order No. 904.
Filed Date: 3/28/25.
Accession Number: 20250328–5464.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/18/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1888–000.
Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company.
Description: Southern California
Edison Company submits Compliance
Filing with Order No. 904.
Filed Date: 3/28/25.
Accession Number: 20250328–5465.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/18/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1889–000.
Applicants: San Diego Gas & Electric
Company.
Description: San Diego Gas & Electric
Company submits Compliance Filing
with Order No. 904.
Filed Date: 3/31/25.
Accession Number: 20250331–5580.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/21/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1890–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Original ISA and CSA, Service
Agreement Nos. 7614 and 7615; Queue
No. AE2–289 to be effective 12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5043.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1891–000.
Applicants: VIOTAS Texas LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Initial Application to be effective 4/10/
2025.

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Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5066.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1892–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
Union Electric Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Union Electric Company submits tariff
filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: 2025–04–07_
SA 2012 Ameren MO (UEC)-City of
California, MO 2nd Rev WDS to be
effective 5/1/2025.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5077.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1893–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Original NSA Service Agreement No.
7643; Queue Position No. AC1–086 to
be effective 6/7/2025.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5081.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1894–000.
Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Service Agreement No. 432, BA Services
Agreement w. Harquahala Sun 1, LLC to
be effective 4/1/2025.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5139.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1895–000.
Applicants: Alabama Power
Company, Georgia Power Company,
Mississippi Power Company.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Alabama Power Company submits tariff
filing per 35.15: EDF Renewables
Development (Lightyear Solar) LGIA
Termination Filing to be effective 4/7/
2025.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5145.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1896–000.
Applicants: PacifiCorp.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
USBR–WAPA Weber Basin Project
Agreement (RS No. 286_Rev 6) to be
effective 7/7/2025.
Filed Date: 4/7/25.
Accession Number: 20250407–5146.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/28/25.
Docket Numbers: ER25–1897–000.
Applicants: Alabama Power
Company, Georgia Power Company,
Mississippi Power Company.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Alabama Power Company submits tariff
filing per 35.15: SR Jasper (Solar & ESS)
LGIA Termination Filing to be effective
4/7/2025.

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