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OMB Control No: 1902-0096	ICR Reference No: 201805-1902-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201710-1902-001
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516
Title: FERC-516, (Final Rule in RM17-8-000) Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/27/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/29/2018
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2021
Responses	6,673	0	5,881
Time Burden (Hours)	523,795	0	500,647
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: NOTE: This ICR concerns the RM17-8-000 Final Rule (FERC-516, OMB Control No.: 1902-0096, RIN: 1902-AF33). The NOPR in RM17-8-000 was submitted under the FERC-516F information collection (OMB Control No. 1902-0297) due to another unrelated pending item in FERC-516. As a result, this ICR is submitted as a project "not associated with rulemaking" due to submission limitations in ROCIS. As such, both the 60-day and 30-day notice fields have Federal Register citations which are populated with data concerning the Final Rule. See the supporting statement which contains further information related to this project. In the Final Rule in Docket No. RM17-8-000, the Commission is approving ten reforms that focus on improving aspects of the pro forma LGIA and LGIP. The approved reforms fall into three broad categories and are intended to: • improve certainty in the interconnection process; • improve transparency by providing more information to interconnection customers; and • enhance interconnection processes. First, the Commission approves two reforms to improve certainty by affording interconnection customers more predictability in the interconnection process. To accomplish this goal, the Commission adopts reforms to: • remove from the pro forma LGIA the limitation that interconnection customers may only exercise the option to build transmission provider’s interconnection facilities and stand alone network upgrades if the transmission owner cannot meet the dates proposed by the interconnection customer; and • require that transmission providers modify their LGIPs to establish dispute resolution procedures that disputing parties may initiate unilaterally. Second, the Commission adopts four reforms to improve transparency by providing improved information for the benefit of all participants in the interconnection process. These reforms would provide a fuller picture of the considerations involved in interconnecting a new large generating facility. The Commission adopts reforms tos: • require transmission providers to outline and make public a method for determining contingent facilities in their LGIPs and LGIAs based upon guiding principles in the Final Rule; • require transmission providers to list either on their websites or on their Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) sites the specific study processes and assumptions for forming the networking models used for interconnection studies; • revise the definition of “Generating Facility” in the pro forma LGIP and LGIA to explicitly include electric storage resources; and • create a system of reporting requirements for aggregate interconnection study performance. Third, the Commission approves four reforms to enhance interconnection processes by making use of underutilized existing interconnections, providing interconnection service earlier, or accommodating changes in the development process. In this area, the Commission adopts reforms to: • allow interconnection customers to limit their requested level of interconnection service below their generating facility capacity; • require transmission providers to allow for provisional agreements so that interconnection customers can operate on a limited basis prior to completion of the full interconnection process; • require transmission providers to create a process for interconnection customers to use surplus interconnection service at existing interconnection points; and • require transmission providers to set forth a separate procedure to allow transmission providers to assess and, if necessary, study an interconnection customer’s technology changes (e.g., incorporation of a newer turbine model) without a change to the interconnection customer’s queue position.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824(d), 824(e) Name of Law: Federal Power Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 21342	05/09/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 21342	05/09/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	6,673	5,881	792
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	523,795	500,647	23,148
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The approved revisions in this docket would require filings of pro forma LGIAs and pro forma LGIPs with the Commission, as well as periodic postings to a transmission provider’s OASIS site or its websites. The increase in burden is due to the approved improvements to the interconnection process. Commission staff anticipates that the adopted reforms, once implemented, would not significantly change currently existing burdens on an ongoing basis. In regards to OASIS postings specifically, Commission staff anticipates that the majority of the burden associated with those requirements would be incurred in the first year developing the necessary processes and procedures to generate the data to be posted, and that in subsequent years there will be minimal burden to make those postings.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,480,672

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Adam Pan 202 502-6023 adam.pan@ferc.gov

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