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OMB Control No: 1902-0096	ICR Reference No: 202206-1902-013
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202107-1902-001
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516
Title: FERC-516, (NOPR RM22-14) 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: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 01/24/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/07/2022
Terms of Clearance: Terms of the previous clearance remain in effect. OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act and is withholding approval of this collection at this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR, to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage, a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2025
Responses	6,768	0	6,768
Time Burden (Hours)	542,919	0	542,919
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Pursuant to section 206 of the FPA, the proposed rule in Docket No. RM22-14-000 would reform the Commission’s standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements to ensure that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the electric transmission system in a reliable, efficient, transparent, and timely manner. The proposed rule would require all public utilities that own, control, or operate facilities used for transmitting electric energy in interstate commerce to modify their tariffs and jurisdictional agreements to comply with the Commission’s revised standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements. The Commission will use the information collected in compliance filings after any final rule in this docket to determine whether each transmission provider complies with the final rule such that the rates, terms, and conditions for Commission-jurisdictional services are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve the information collection requirements in FERC-516, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings, for a three-year period. FERC-516 is an existing Commission information collection. Prior to this request for renewal, FERC-516 was routinely renewed through rulemakings in accordance with the Federal Power Act (FPA). FERC-516 now includes "19" information collection activities that are authorized by section 205(c) of the FPA, which requires that every public utility have all its jurisdictional rates and tariffs on file with the Commission, and make them available for public inspection, within such time and in such form as the Commission may designate.

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: All of the PRA activities resulting from the reforms proposed in the NOPR would be program changes that the Commission has determined will assist in fulfilling its statutory obligations under FPA section 206. The reforms proposed in the NOPR are intended to remedy issues with the Commission’s standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements such that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the transmission system in a reliable, transparent, and timely manner, thereby ensuring that rates, terms, and conditions for Commission-jurisdictional services remain just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. Some of the PRA activities in the NOPR would increase the total burden of FERC-516. At present, the estimated annual burdens for FERC-516 are not differentiated according to whether they are for Year One or for subsequent years. As shown in ROCIS for the currently active FERC-516 information collection, the approved burdens for FERC-516 are 6,768 responses and 542,919 hours. The proposed rule would affect FERC-516 by adding the cumulative totals of first-year and subsequent-year burdens: an additional 2,025 responses and an additional 69,660 hours. The net effect for FERC-516 would be: • 6,768 responses plus 2,025 responses = 8,793 responses; and • 542,919 hours plus 69,660 hours = 612,579 hours.

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