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OMB Control No: 1902-0301	ICR Reference No: 201802-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725HH
Title: FERC-725HH, (RD17-8-000 Order) RF Reliability Standards
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: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/19/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/09/2018
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	03/31/2021	36 Months From Approved
Responses	2	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	32	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: On August 8, 2005, The Electricity Modernization Act of 2005, which is Title XII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), was enacted into law. EPAct 2005 added a new Section 215 to the Federal Power Act (FPA), which requires a Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards, which are subject to Commission review and approval. Once approved, the Reliability Standards may be enforced by the ERO, subject to Commission oversight. In 2006, the Commission certified the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as the ERO pursuant to FPA section 215. Reliability Standards that the ERO proposes to the Commission may include Reliability Standards that are proposed to the ERO by a Regional Entity . A Regional Entity is an entity that has been approved by the Commission to enforce Reliability Standards under delegated authority from the ERO. On 3/17/2011, the Commission approved a regional Reliability Standard submitted by the ERO that was developed by ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RF). There was only one Reliability Standard in the RF region, namely BAL-502-RFC-02 (Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis, Assessment, and Documentation). BAL-502-RFC-02 established common criteria (based on “one day in ten year”) load loss expectation principles, for the analysis, assessment, and documentation of resource adequacy for load in the RF region. Burden associated with BAL-502-RF-02 Reliability Standard was once contained in FERC-725H information collection (OMB Control No. 1902-0256) as approved by Order No. 747 . FERC-725H was discontinued on 3/6/2014 . However, the reporting requirements of BAL-502-RF-02 remained imposed on NERC entities after discontinuance as they had been imposed before Order No. 747 was approved. Based on the findings of Order No. 747, burden associated with BAL-502-RF-02 was not substantive, but Commission staff sought approval anyway using a minimal amount of burden. In 2014, Commission staff no longer considered renewing this collection as an effective use of time for Commission staff, OMB, or the public since it did not qualify as an “information collection” under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Commission staff have verified that the ReliabilityFirst Corporation Terms of Membership did require members to comply with the standard regardless of whether FERC has approved it and, as stated earlier, this was the Standard’s status prior to FERC approving the standard in 2011. Those requirements in BAL-502-RF-02 are now being retired with no removal of burden (any associated burden was removed concurrent with the discontinuance of FERC-725H in 2014). On 9/7/2017, NERC and RF filed a joint petition in Docket No. RD17-8-000 requesting Commission approval of: • Regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03; • The retirement of regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-02 .

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824(o) Name of Law: EPAct 2005

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:
	82 FR 53489	11/16/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 5420	02/07/2018
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
BAL-502-RF-03 Reliability Standard

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2	2
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	32	32
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: In addition to approving regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RFC-02 in Order No. 747, the Commission also directed ReliabilityFirst to: (1) add time horizons to the two main requirements, and (2) consider including a requirement that the Planning Coordinators identify any gap between the needed amount of planning reserves determined in Requirement R1, Part 1.1 and the planning reserves documented in Requirement R2 as determined from the Resource Adequacy analysis. The Commission directed ReliabilityFirst to address these directives during its scheduled five-year review of BAL-502-RFC-02. The revisions add in time horizons to Requirements R1 and R2; add Requirement R3 to identify any gaps between the needed amount of planning reserves defined in Requirement R1, Part 1.1 and the projected planning reserves document in Requirement R2; and add other corresponding changes to the measures.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,723

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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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