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OMB Control No: 1902-0290	ICR Reference No: 201607-1902-009
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516E
Title: FERC-516E, (NOPR in RM05-5-025) Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule	Conclusion Date: 10/03/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/03/2016
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act and is withholding approval of this collection at this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the Notice of 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. This action has no effect on any current approvals.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date		36 Months From Approved
Responses	0	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	0	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This burden should be included in “FERC-516” (OMB Control No. 1902-0096 (Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings)). However, another unrelated item is pending OMB review under FERC-516, and only one item per OMB Control No. may be pending OMB review at a time. Therefore, to ensure timely submission to OMB of this package and the NOPR in RM05-5-025, Commission staff is using FERC-516E (OMB Control No. TBD), a temporary “placeholder” collection number. The Federal Power Act Section 205 requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure that the rates and charges for the wholesale sale of electric energy are just and reasonable. Section 205 also requires that the rules and regulations affecting or pertaining to the rates and charges for the wholesale sale of electric energy be just and reasonable. Industry-wide business practice standards help the industry achieve increased levels of efficiency. The Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) Version 003.1 Business Practice Standards builds on the Commission’s work in preventing undue discrimination and preference in transmission service (in Order Nos. 890, 890-A, 890-B and 890-C, and includes six OASIS-related standards that NAESB modified in response to directives and guidance provided in Order Nos. 676-E, 676-H, and 890. In addition, NAESB developed two new suites of standards in coordination with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). These two NAESB new suites of standards would establish: (1) NAESB Electric Industry Registry (EIR) business practice standards that replace the NERC Transmission System Information Networks (TSIN) as the tool to be used by wholesale electric markets to conduct electronic transactions via electronic tagging (e-Tags); and (2) Modeling Business Practice Standards to support and complement NERC’s proposed retirement of its “MOD A” Reliability Standards. NAESB also adopted revisions to NAESB standards that need to match up with NERC’s Interchange Scheduling and Coordination Reliability Standards.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824(d) Name of Law: Federal Power Act
US Code: 16 USC 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-AF23	Proposed rulemaking	81 FR 49580	07/28/2016

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

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
RM05-5-025 (One-time in Year 1, burden averaged over Years 1-3)

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-516E information collection is increasing so that the industry can implement the new and revised business practice standards adopted by NAESB and proposed in the NOPR to be incorporated by reference into FERC’s regulations. The one-time burden is in Year 1, but is averaged over Years 1-3 for this ICR.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,481

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: Michael Lee 202 502-6548

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