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OMB Control No: 1902-0203	ICR Reference No: 201311-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201301-1902-001
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516A
Title: FERC-516A (Final Rule in RM13-2), Standardization of Small Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures,
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: 03/04/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/09/2013
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the revisions to the information collection are approved. The previous terms of clearance, including the expiration date, remain in effect.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2014	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2014
Responses	3,520	0	238
Time Burden (Hours)	16,028	0	1,238
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Under sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) the Commission is charged with ensuring just and reasonable electric transmission rates and charges as well as ensuring that jurisdictional providers do not subject any person to any undue prejudice or disadvantage. The lack of consistent and readily accessible terms and conditions for connecting resources to the grid led to a large number of disputes between jurisdictional transmission providers and small generators in the late 1990's and early 2000's. In response, the Commission directed transmission providers to include Commission-approved, standard, pro-forma interconnection procedures (small generator interconnection procedures or SGIP) and a single uniformly applicable interconnection agreement (small generator interconnection agreement or SGIA) in their open-access transmission tariffs (OATTs). The requirement to create and file these documents was instituted August 12, 2005, by Commission Order 2006 and is codified in 18 CFR 35.28(f). This collection is necessary because it sets and maintains a standard in OATTs for consistent consideration and processing of interconnection requests by transmission providers. Since the issuance of Order No. 2006, many aspects of the energy industry have changed, including the growth of small generator interconnection requests and the growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, driven in part by state renewable energy goals and policies. For example, approximately 3,300 MW of grid-connected PV capacity were installed in the U.S. in 2012, compared to 79 MW in 2005, the year Order No. 2006 was issued. The Commission believes these market changes necessitate a reevaluation of the SGIP and SGIA to ensure that they continue to facilitate Commission-jurisdictional interconnections in a just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential manner. The additional estimated public reporting burden for the proposed reporting requirements of the Proposed Rule are associated with amending the pro forma SGIP and SGIA to: (1) incorporate provisions that would provide an Interconnection Customer with the option of requesting from the Transmission Provider a pre-application report providing existing information about system conditions at a possible Point of Interconnection; (2) revise the supplemental review following failure of the Fast Track screens so that the supplemental review is performed at the discretion of the Interconnection Customer and includes minimum load and other screens to determine if a Small Generating Facility may be interconnected safely and reliably; and (3) revise the pro forma SGIP Facilities Study Agreement to allow the Interconnection Customer the opportunity to provide written comments to the Transmission Provider on the upgrades required for interconnection.

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AE53	Final or interim final rulemaking	78 FR 73240	12/05/2013

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	3,520	238	3,242	40
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	16,028	1,238	14,790	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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 burden is increasing due to the addition of the pre-application report, the revision to the supplemental review, and the addition of the review of required upgrades in the SGIP. The pre-application report requires the transmission provider to provide existing information about system conditions at a possible point of interconnection to the interconnection customer. The revised supplemental review includes minimum load and other screens to be performed by the transmission provider at the discretion of the interconnection customer to determine if a small generator may be interconnected safely and reliably after failing the screens in section 2.2.1 of the SGIP. The revisions to the SGIA allow the interconnection customer the opportunity to provide written comments to the transmission provider on the upgrades required for interconnection. FERC is also adjusting the number of responses for the existing burden for the FERC-516A from 238 to 278. FERC staff found in the most recent renewal cycle of this collection that the number of respondents had been input incorrectly. There was no error to the total existing burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $220,977

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: Leslie Kerr 202 502-8540

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