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OMB Control No:
1902-0171
ICR Reference No:
201211-1902-003
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
200911-1902-002
Agency/Subagency:
FERC
Agency Tracking No:
FERC-715
Title:
FERC-715, Annual Transmission Planning and Evaluation Report
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:
04/25/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
11/21/2012
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
04/30/2016
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2013
Responses
110
0
120
Time Burden (Hours)
17,600
0
19,200
Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
1,184,280
Abstract:
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 provided the Commission authority with which it may mandate bulk power transmission owners to provide access to their transmission grids to third parties when requested. This allowed transmission systems to be more accessible to outside customers. In spite of the added accessibility, transmission owners retained a flexibility of service that transmission customers did not also receive. Moreover, timely permission to use the transmission grid did not occur since the Commission had to review requests on a case-by-case basis. To remedy these problems, the Commission issued Order No. 888 . Order No. 888 required utilities owning bulk power transmission facilities to treat any of their own wholesale and purchases of energy over their own transmission facilities under the same transmission tariffs they apply to others. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 further granted significant new responsibilities and authority to discharge these responsibilities by modifying the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Natural Gas Act, and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). These new responsibilities included (but not limited to): Overseeing the reliability of the nation's electricity transmission grid; Implementing new tolls (including penalty authority) to prevent market manipulation; Providing rate incentives to promote electric transmission investment; Supplementing state transmission siting efforts in national interest electric transmission corridors and; Reviewing certain holding company mergers and acquisitions involving electric utility facilities as well as certain public utility acquisitions of generating facilities. FPA Section 213 requires each transmitting utility that operates integrated transmission system facilities rated above 100 kilovolts (kV) to submit annually: Contact information for the FERC-715; Base case power flow data (if it does not participate in the development and use of regional power flow data); Transmission system maps and diagrams used by the respondent for transmission planning; A detailed description of the transmission planning reliability criteria used to evaluate system performance for time frames and planning horizons used in regional and corporate planning; A detailed description of the respondent's transmission planning assessment practices (including, but not limited to, how reliability criteria are applied and the steps taken in performing transmission planning studies); and A detailed evaluation of the respondent's anticipated system performance as measured against its stated reliability criteria using its stated assessment practices.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
16 USC Chapter 12
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:
77 FR 53877
09/04/2012
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
77 FR 69615
11/20/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
Yes
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
1
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Annual Transmission Planning and Evaluation Report
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
110
120
0
0
-10
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
17,600
19,200
0
0
-1,600
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
1,184,280
0
0
-1,184,280
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Increase Due to:
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
The requirements within FERC-715 did not change. Thus, there is no significant change in burden from the last date of submittal.The decrease in the number of filers is due primarily to filers electing to collaborate and submit a single, regional filings in lieu of multiple company-specific filings. Specifically, the estimated burden here is based on FERC's receipt of exactly 110 responses in 2012. Commission staff corrected the industry's annual cost burden within the ROCIS metadata to show that the Commission associates no cost to capital investment or other non-labor costs. The Commission estimates the monetary cost related to the burden hours in #12 in the supporting statement.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$8,478
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:
David Burnham 2025028732
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
11/21/2012
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