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OMB Control No: 1902-0303	ICR Reference No: 202202-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202009-1902-003
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516H
Title: FERC-516H, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings, Pro Forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (Final Rule Docket No. RM20-16-000)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 11/15/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/03/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved through the existing expiration date for the OMB Control No. affected by RM20-16-000. As terms of clearance, OMB reminds the Commission to review and confirm the burden estimates for revised collections to ensure accuracy and continuity with previous approvals.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2024	02/29/2024	02/29/2024
Responses	1,123	0	12
Time Burden (Hours)	659,616	0	18,174
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Commission has issued a final rule in Docket No. RM20-16-000 to amend 18 CFR 35.28, which applies to: • Commission-jurisdictional public utilities that own, control, or operate facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce; and • Non-jurisdictional utilities that seek voluntary compliance with jurisdictional transmission tariff reciprocity conditions. The information collection activities in the final rule include a requirement that respondents add a new Attachment M to their pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariffs (OATTs). The effective date of the final rule is March 14, 2022. The OATT compliance filing is due July 12, 2022. With some exceptions, the final rule requires transmission providers to use “ambient-adjusted ratings” (AARs) as the relevant transmission line ratings when performing any of several functions enumerated in Attachment M. The content of the new pro forma OATT Attachment M (“Transmission Line Ratings”) is shown at Appendix B of the final rule. Attachment M and the associated information collection activities will improve the accuracy of transmission line ratings, and the rules by which they are established. Transmission line ratings affect natural gas transmission rates because they represent the maximum transfer capability of transmission lines. If such ratings are inaccurate, underutilization or overutilization of facilities can result, thereby sending a signal that there is less (or more) transfer capability than is truly available. This signal impacts wholesale rates. In addition to the compliance filing (i.e, Amendment M), this information collection consists of the following activities: 1) For point-to-point transmission service requests within ten days, use AARs in determining available transfer capability (ATC) and total transfer capability (TTC). 2) Where network transmission service is provided, use hourly AARs to determine curtailment or redispatch of network transmission service. 3) Transmission Providers to implement uniquely determined emergency ratings. 4) Implement software and systems to communicate the required transmission line ratings with relevant parties. 5) RTOs/ISOs implement software with the ability to accommodate AARs in both the day-ahead and real-time markets on an hourly basis. 6) RTOs / ISOs establish the systems and procedures necessary to allow transmission owners to update line ratings on an hourly basis directly into an energy management system (EMS). 7) Transmission owners update forecasts and ratings, and share transmission line ratings and facility ratings methodologies w/ transmission providers and, if applicable, RTOs/ ISOs & market monitors. Except for # 7 in the above list, all of the information collection activities are solely one-time in Year 1. Number 7 is both one-time in Year 1, and ongoing. The estimated responses for all of the information collection activities equal 1 per respondent. For each activity desginated as Year 1 only, the estimated response has been calculated by dividing the number of annual respondents by 3. Where this calculation resulted in a number that is not a whole number, the result was rounded in ROCIS. For the sole activity designated as both Year 1 and ongoing, the estimated response has been calculated as the same as the number of annual respondents, and has been included twice in the overall total burden for this information collection.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824e Name of Law: Federal Power Act

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:
	86 FR 6420	01/21/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 2244	01/13/2022
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	1,123	12	1,111
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	659,616	18,174	641,442
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The increased burden is due to the final rule in Docket No. RM20-16-000. The final rule results in the following upward program changes for Year 1 only: 277 more responses and 202,264 hours. The final rule results in the following upward program changes for both Year 1 and on an ongoing basis: 289 responses and 50,864 hours. The total effect of the final rule is an upward program change of 566 responses and 25,318 hours. There was a decrease in burden resulting from the completion of requirements in the Final Rule in Docket No. RM18-9-000, which resulted the removal of 12 responses and 18,174 hours. The net burden is 566 responses and 25,318 hours.l

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $604,599

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? No

Agency Contact: Jean Sonneman 202 785-6577 jean_sonneman@blm.gov

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