View Information Collection Request (ICR) Package

OMB Control No: 1902-0203	ICR Reference No: 202207-1902-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201911-1902-005
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516A
Title: FERC-516A, (NOPR RM22-14) Standardization of Small Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 11/30/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/07/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR—which is 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, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden. Lastly, the supporting statement submitted at final rule stage should include any changes that occurred between the proposed and final rule related to this ICR.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2023
Responses	3,241	0	3,241
Time Burden (Hours)	16,221	0	16,221
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Pursuant to section 206 of the FPA, the proposed rule in Docket No. RM22-14-000 would reform the Commission’s standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements to ensure that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the electric transmission system in a reliable, efficient, transparent, and timely manner. The proposed rule would require all public utilities that own, control, or operate facilities used for transmitting electric energy in interstate commerce to modify their tariffs and jurisdictional agreements to comply with the Commission’s revised standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements. The Commission will use the information collected in compliance filings after any final rule in this docket to determine whether each transmission provider complies with the final rule such that the rates, terms, and conditions for Commission-jurisdictional services are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. Under sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) the Commission is charged with ensuring just and reasonable electric transmission rates and charges as well as ensuring that jurisdictional providers do not subject any person to any undue prejudice or disadvantage. The lack of consistent and readily accessible terms and conditions for connecting resources to the grid led to a large number of disputes between jurisdictional transmission providers and small generators in the late 1990's and early 2000's. In response, the Commission directed transmission providers to include Commission-approved, standard, pro-forma interconnection procedures (small generator interconnection procedures or SGIP) and a single uniformly applicable interconnection agreement (small generator interconnection agreement or SGIA) in their open-access transmission tariffs (OATTs). The requirement to create and file these documents was instituted August 12, 2005, by Commission Order 2006 and is codified in 18 CFR 35.28(f). This collection is necessary because it sets and maintains a standard in OATTs for consistent consideration and processing of interconnection requests by transmission providers.

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: All of the PRA activities resulting from the reforms proposed in the NOPR would be program changes that the Commission has determined will assist in fulfilling its statutory obligations under FPA section 206. The reforms proposed in the NOPR are intended to remedy issues with the Commission’s standard generator interconnection procedures and agreements such that interconnection customers are able to interconnect to the transmission system in a reliable, transparent, and timely manner, thereby ensuring that rates, terms, and conditions for Commission-jurisdictional services remain just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. The remaining PRA activity involved in this proposed rule, in FERC-516A, would be 90 responses and a total of 3,780 hours in Year 1. There would be no burdens after Year 1. The net effect for FERC-516A would be: • 3,421 responses plus 90 responses = 3,331 responses; and • 16,221 hours plus 3,780 hours = 20,001 hours.

View ICR - OIRA Conclusion