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OMB Control No: 1902-0259	ICR Reference No: 201908-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201605-1902-001
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725J
Title: FERC-725J, Definition of the Bulk Electric System
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/06/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/29/2019
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	03/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2020
Responses	207	0	214
Time Burden (Hours)	67,072	0	67,716
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Commission uses the information filed for local distribution determinations to decide whether facilities are used for local distribution as set forth in the Federal Power Act. On December 20, 2012, the Commission issued Order No. 773, a Final Rule approving NERC’s modifications to the definition of “bulk electric system” (i.e. BES) and the Rules of Procedure exception process to be effective July 1, 2013. On April 18, 2013, in Order No. 773-A, the Commission largely affirmed its findings in Order No. 773. In Order Nos. 773 and 773-A, the Commission directed NERC to modify the definition of bulk electric system in two respects: (1) modify the local network exclusion (exclusion E3) to remove the 100 kV minimum operating voltage to allow systems that include one or more looped configurations connected below 100 kV to be eligible for the local network exclusion; and (2) modify the exclusions to ensure that generator interconnection facilities at or above 100 kV connected to bulk electric system generators identified in inclusion I2 are not excluded from the bulk electric system. Both orders recognized that the first two years of implementation would include a higher burden associated with the work all the Registered Entities would need to accomplish. Those orders also illustrated that a reduction would occur by the third year since at that point the ongoing burden would be an amount dependent on exception requests and implementation of newly identified bulk electric system elements. These reductions also included the harmonization of all the register entities following the same definition for BES .

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824o Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 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:
	84 FR 40038	08/13/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 99999	01/01/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	207	214	-7
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	67,072	67,716	-644
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There is a change in burden due to a reduction in the estimates for FERC-725J. The reduction is in the number of estimated requests for local distribution determinations. This estimate is based on the fact that only two local distribution determinations have been requested in the last five years.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $171,923

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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