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OMB Control No: 1902-0264	ICR Reference No: 201912-1902-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201810-1902-011
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725N
Title: FERC-725N, (Final Rule in RM19-10) Mandatory Reliability Standards: Reliability Standard TPL Reliability Standards
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: 03/26/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/13/2020
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. Note that FERC included a one-time burden estimate (7,704 hours) associated with the addition of Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 in this collection that was annualized over the three year approval period. FERC will need to remove this burden from this collection and their inventory after year 3, which will end in 3/2022. Additionally, FERC will need to address the previous terms of clearance when Reliability Standards TPL-001-0 through TPL-001-004 are revised in the future: "When FERC considers approval of the next versions of Reliability Standards TPL-001 through TPL-004, and TPL-007, they should consider small entity impacts and potential options for reducing their recordkeeping and reporting burden."

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2022
Responses	2,105	0	2,449
Time Burden (Hours)	46,084	0	57,562
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Final Rule in Docket RM19-10. Pursuant to section 215(d)(2) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Commission approves Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 (Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements). The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), submitted Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 for Commission approval in response to directives in Order No. 786. As discussed in this final rule, we determine that Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 improves upon currently-effective Reliability Standard TPL-001-4 by addressing: (1) the study of single points of failure of protection systems; and (2) planned maintenance outages and stability analysis for spare equipment strategies. The improvements in Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 are responsive to the directives in Order No. 786 regarding planned maintenance outages and stability analysis for spare equipment strategies. Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 is responsive in that it requires each planning coordinator and transmission planner to perform an annual planning assessment of its portion of the bulk electric system considering a number of system conditions and contingencies with a risk-based approach. The improvements in Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 are also responsive to the concerns identified in Order No. 754 regarding the study of a single point of failure on protection systems. Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 contains revisions to the planning events (Category P5) and extreme events (Stability 2.a-h) identified in Table 1 (Steady State and Stability Performance Planning Events and Steady State and Stability Performance Extreme Events), as well as the associated footnote 13, to provide for a more comprehensive study of the potential impacts of protection system single points of failure. For more common scenarios (i.e., planning events), the planning entity must develop a corrective action plan if it determines through studies that its system would experience performance issues. For less common scenarios that could result in potentially severe impacts such as cascading (i.e., extreme events), the planning entity must conduct a comprehensive analysis to understand both the potential impacts on its system and the types of actions that could reduce or mitigate those impacts. Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 is also responsive to Order No. 786 by modifying the requirements for stability analysis to require an entity to assess the impact of the possible unavailability of long lead time equipment, consistent with the entity’s spare equipment strategy. Accordingly, pursuant to section 215(d)(2) of the FPA, the Commission approves Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 as just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,105	2,449	-344
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	46,084	57,562	-11,478
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Program Changes (Increases) Due to Final Rule in Docket No. RM19-10. In the Final Rule in RM19-10-000, the Commission approves Reliability Standard TPL-001-5. The Commission estimates a one-time burden increase for Year 1 only because Year 1 represents a one-time task not repeated in subsequent years. As discussed in the final rule, we determine that Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 improves upon currently-effective Reliability Standard TPL-001-4 by addressing: (1) the study of single points of failure of protection systems; and (2) planned maintenance outages and stability analysis for spare equipment strategies. The improvements in Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 are responsive to the directives in Order No. 786 regarding planned maintenance outages and stability analysis for spare equipment strategies. Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 is responsive in that it requires each planning coordinator and transmission planner to perform an annual planning assessment (required under the current version of the Reliability Standard TPL-001-4, and included in the existing burden in OMB’s inventory) of its portion of the bulk electric system considering a number of system conditions and contingencies with a risk-based approach. Reliability Standard TPL-001-5 also contains revisions to the planning event (Category P5) and extreme events (Stability 2.a-h) identified in Table 1 (Steady State and Stability Performance Planning Events and Steady State and Stability Performance Extreme Events), as well as the associated footnote 13, to provide for a more comprehensive study of the potential impacts of protection system single points of failure. For administrative purposes, the one-time burden is being averaged over Years 1-3, giving an estimated annual industry total of: • 71.333 responses per year (214 responses/3) • 2,568 hours per year (7,704 hours/3). Program Changes (Decreases) Due to Completion of Other One-Time Requirements, not related to the Final Rule in Docket No. RM19-10 . FERC included a one-time burden estimate (42,137 hours) associated previously with the addition of Reliability Standard TPL-007-1 in this collection that was annualized over the three-year approval period, giving an annual estimate of 14,046 hrs. (The IC is labelled “TPL-007-1 Reliability Standard (One-Time, in Final Rule in RM15-11)”.) FERC is removing this IC and completed burden (14,046 hrs. and 415 responses) because year 3 ended in 11/2019.

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