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OMB Control No: 1902-0270	ICR Reference No: 202508-1902-004
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202502-1902-004
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725S
Title: FERC-725S, Mandatory Reliability Standards: Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards (Docket No. RD25-7-000)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/17/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2026	09/30/2026
Responses	2,423	2,723
Time Burden (Hours)	94,818	96,420
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve modifications to the FERC-725S (Mandatory Reliability Standards: Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards) under OMB Control No. 1902-0270 for a three-year period. he EOP Standards are currently located in the FERC-725S (OMB Control No. 1902-0270) collection. In Docket No. RD25-7-000, the Commission proposes to replace the current OMB approved Reliability Standard EOP-012-2 with proposed Reliability Standard EOP-012-3. Proposed Requirements R1 through R5 and R7 through R9 are carried over and modified from a prior version of the Standard. Proposed Requirement R6 and Attachment 1 are new. The proposed Standard creates a mechanism for NERC to receive, review, evaluate, and confirm validity of each Generator Cold Weather Constraint as well as corrective action extension requests from generator owners beyond the maximum timeframe. In addition, the proposed Standard implements more frequent reviews of the Generator Cold Weather Constraint declarations to verify they remain valid. The proposed Standard also adds Attachment 1 and modifies the Generator Cold Weather Constraint definition to address concerns related to ambiguity of the defined terms.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824o Name of Law: The 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:
	90 FR 45761	09/23/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 3167	01/26/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,423	2,723	-300
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	94,818	96,420	-1,602
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: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: In Docket No. RD25-7-000, NERC petitioned the Commission for approval of revisions to the EOP standards from EOP-012-2 to EOP-012-3. Due to the revision, the Commission is removing its estimates for EOP-012-2 and replacing them with our estimates for EOP-012-3. Thus, the removal includes all of the one-time costs associated with EOP-012-2. This results in a total reduction of -1210 responses and -6,050 hours which were the onetime costs. Further, the addition of +1,314 responses and +5,256 burden hrs. associated with EOP-012-3 caused a decrease in the total Program change by Agency discretion of -300 responses and -1,602 hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,978

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: David O'Conner 202 502-6695

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