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OMB Control No: 1902-0280	ICR Reference No: 201603-1902-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201509-1902-010
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725P1
Title: FERC-725P1, (Delegated Letter Order in RD16-2-000) Mandatory Reliability Standards, PRC-005-6 Reliability Standard
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: 04/22/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/15/2016
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years, with the recognition that FERC-725P1 remains a temporary collection number to enable FERC staff to submit timely to OMB, for PRA review, the Final Rule within Docket No. RM15-9-000 with its corresponding FERC-approved information collection requirements. FERC acknowledges that this FERC-725P1 burden will ultimately be moved to FERC-725G (OMB Control No. 1902-0252). This approval also acknowledges that FERC has moved all remaining burden and cost from the temporary collection FERC-725P (OMB Control No. 1902-0269) to this collection due to Docket No. RD16-2, and is discontinuing FERC-725P by 05/2016. The agency will adjust for any burden that is double-counted when the burden from FERC- 725P1 is moved to FERC-725G.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2019	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2018
Responses	2,512	0	1,287
Time Burden (Hours)	14,628	0	10,296
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Commission approves Reliability Standard PRC-005-6 (Protection System, Automatic Reclosing, and Sudden Pressure Relaying Maintenance), which replaces previous versions of PRC-005. NERC explains in its petition that Reliability Standard PRC-005-6 represents an improvement upon PRC-005-4, in two respects. First, PRC-005-6 would revise the std.to include supervisory devices assoc. w/ certain automatic reclosing relays, as directed by tFERC in Order 803. Second, proposed Reliability Standard PRC-005-6 would incorporate, as previously approved in other versions of PRC-005, language to address the standard’s applicability to owners of dispersed generation resources. Specifically, PRC-005-6 would include testing and maintenance requirements for equipment used to aggregate individual dispersed generating units (e.g. wind or solar units) to a common point of interconnection with the Bulk-Power System. Additionally, NERC states that the proposed implementation plan for PRC-005-6 represents an improvement over the status quo, as it facilitates an orderly and efficient transition from currently-effective PRC-005-2(i) to PRC-005-6. As NERC explains, multiple versions of the PRC-005 Reliability Standard have recently been approved and are pending enforcement. Under the separate, staggered implementation plans associated with each version of the standard, applicable entities would be required to perform three consecutive updates to their protection system maintenance programs. Under the proposed PRC-005-6 implementation plan, NERC seeks to instead align the compliance dates for all versions of PRC-005 pending enforcement (i.e., PRC-005-2(ii), PRC-005-3(i) and (ii)) with the compliance dates for PRC-005-6. NERC says this approach will simplify &streamline implement. process, w/only a slight delay in compliance deadlines associated w/testing & maintenance requirements for newly-applicable systems. NERC further maintains that this comprehensive approach will result in fewer errors, omissions, & misidentified devices when setting up maint. programs, will decrease potential for confusions & missed device testing when implementing the maintenance programs, &will promote the efficient use of both registered entity and ERO Enterprise resources. Finally, NERC asserts that this approach will allow NERC additional time to conduct outreach and provide training on the revised protection system maintenance standard. The requirements included here in FERC-725P1 will be moved to FERC-725G, long-term.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,512	1,287	1,225
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	14,628	10,296	4,332
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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 revised standard improves on the current standards, eliminate burden from FERC-725P (1902- 0269), replace/eliminate from and add some burden to FERC-725P1 (1902-0280). As stated in FERC’s Delegated Order [footnote omitted]: NERC maintains that this approach will simplify and streamline the implementation process, with only a slight delay in the compliance deadlines associated with the testing and maintenance requirements for newly-applicable systems. NERC further maintains that this comprehensive approach will result in fewer errors, omissions, and misidentified devices when setting up maintenance programs, will decrease the potential for confusions and missed device testing when implementing the maintenance programs, and will promote the efficient use of both registered entity and ERO Enterprise resources. Finally, NERC asserts that this approach will allow NERC additional time to conduct outreach and provide training on the revised protection system maintenance standard.

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