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OMB Control No: 1902-0233	ICR Reference No: 201107-1902-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201008-1902-003
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-917 and FERC-918
Title: FERC-917 (RM10-23 [Final Rule]), & FERC-917 (Non-discriminatory Open Access Transmission Tariff) & FERC-918 (Information to be Posted on OASIS & Auditing Transmission Service Information)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/04/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/11/2011
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2014	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2013
Responses	400	0	268
Time Burden (Hours)	155,874	0	132,114
Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,400,000	0	21,941,076

Abstract: In the RM10-23 Final Rule ("Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities"), FERC reforms its electric transmission planning and cost allocation requirements for public utility transmission providers. These reforms are intended to correct deficiencies in transmission planning and cost allocation processes so that the transmission grid can better support wholesale power markets and thereby ensure that Commission-jurisdictional services are provided at rates, terms and conditions that are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. In this Final Rule, FERC acts under section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) to adopt reforms to its electric transmission planning & cost allocation requirements for public utility transmission providers. The reforms herein are intended to improve transmission planning processes & cost allocation mechanisms under the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to ensure that the rates, terms & conditions of service provided by public utility transmission providers are just & reasonable & not unduly discriminatory or preferential. This Final Rule builds on Order 890, in which FERC, among other things, reformed the pro forma OATT to require each public utility transmission provider to have a coordinated, open, & transparent regional transmission planning process. FERC concludes that the additional reforms adopted herein are necessary at this time to ensure that rates for FERC-jurisdictional service are just & reasonable in light of changing conditions in the industry. In addition, FERC believes that these reforms address opportunities for undue discrimination by public utility transmission providers. On balance, FERC concludes that the reforms adopted herein are necessary for more efficient & cost-effective regional transmission planning.

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:
1902-AE03	Final or interim final rulemaking	76 FR 49842	08/11/2011

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	400	268	132	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	155,874	132,114	23,760	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,400,000	21,941,076	0	-14,541,076

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: Building on the reforms in Order No. 890, FERC is making amendments to the pro forma OATT to correct certain deficiencies in transmission planning and cost allocation requirements for public utility transmission providers. The purpose of this rulemaking is to strengthen the pro forma OATT and transmission planning and cost allocation processes, so that the transmission grid can better support wholesale power markets and ensure that Commission-jurisdictional services are provided at rates, terms and conditions that are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. We achieve this goal by reforming electric transmission planning requirements and establishing a closer link between cost allocation and regional transmission planning processes. The reporting requirements in the previously existing FERC-917 and FERC-918 IC's, unrelated to the final rule in Docket RM10-23, are not affected by this ICR and final rule. However, FERC currently only includes in ROCIS meta-data the costs not associated with burden hours and wages for employees and has removed the cost figures previously reported in ROCIS (for the previously existing and unchanging FERC-917 and FERC-918 IC's)as it corresponded to wages paid to employees in completing the collections. (Total burden hour costs are still reported in question 13 of the supporting statement.)

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,137,581

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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: Valerie Teeter 202 502-8538 valerie.teeter@ferc.gov

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