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OMB Control No: 1902-0261	ICR Reference No: 201411-1902-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201408-1902-004
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725L
Title: FERC-725L (NOPR in RM14-12-000) Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System: MOD Reliability Standards
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: 02/18/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/24/2014
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the 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, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2017
Responses	5,104	0	5,104
Time Burden (Hours)	42,703	0	42,703
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The FERC-725L contains the information collection requirements related to Modeling, Data, and Analysis (MOD) Reliability Standards. The proposed MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard provides planners and operators access to actual and forecast demand and energy data, as well as other related information, needed to perform resource adequacy studies. The North American Energy Reliability Corporation (NERC) [approved by FERC to serve as the nation-wide Electric Reliability Organization [ERO]] explains that the proposed Reliability Standard also supports the continued development of the reliability assessments prepared by NERC. NERC states that the proposed Reliability Standard improves the Existing MOD C Standards by: (1) streamlining the Reliability Standards to clarify data collection requirements; (2) including transmission planners as applicable entities that must report demand and energy data; (3) requiring applicable entities to report weather normalized annual peak hour actual demand data from the previous year to allow for meaningful comparison with forecasted values; and (4) requiring applicable entities to provide an explanation of how their demand side management forecasts compare to actual demand side management for the prior calendar year and how their peak demand forecasts compare to actual demand for the prior calendar year with due regard to any relevant weather-related variations. Along with approving MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard , the Commission also proposes to approve the associated implementation plan, violation risk factors and violation severity levels, and NERC's proposed retirement of the currently effective Reliability Standards MOD-016-1.1, MOD-017-0.1, MOD-018-0, MOD-019-0.1, and MOD-021-1 (existing MOD C Standards). [The standards proposed for retirement are covered under FERC-725A.]

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824(o) Name of Law: Federal Power Act (FPA)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AE91	Proposed rulemaking	79 FR 58716	09/30/2014

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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 for the FERC-725L information collection increased due to: -The one-time requirement to determine weather normalized annual peak hour actual demand; -Continuing development of summary explanations regarding: --how the controllable and dispatchable demand side management forecasts compare to actual demand for the previous calendar year and how the assumptions/methods for future forecasts were adjusted; --how peak demand forecast compares to actual demand for the prior calendar year with regard to any relevant weather-related variations and how the assumptions/methods for future forecasts were adjusted.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,092

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: Susan Morris 202 502-6803

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