[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50639-50640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20063]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD14-5-000]


Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information 
collection in Docket No. RD14-5-000 to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection requirements. Any 
interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should 
address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. 
The Commission issued a Notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 27588, 5/
14/2014) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in 
response to that notice and has made this notation in its submission to 
OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by September 
24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the docket number, 
should be sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs: [email protected]. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be reached via 
telephone at 202-395-4718.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. RD14-5-000, by 
either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in 
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support 
by email at [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676 
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
    Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of 
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and 
issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
[email protected], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at 
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection in 
Docket No. RD14-5-000 relates to the proposed Reliability Standards 
MOD-032-1 (Data for Power System Modeling and Analysis) and MOD-033-1 
(Steady-State and Dynamics System Model Validation), developed by the 
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and submitted 
to the Commission for approval. NERC's petition related to the proposed 
Reliability Standards MOD-032-1 and MOD-033-1 was approved on May 1, 
2014, pursuant to the relevant authority delegated to the Director, 
Office of Electric Reliability under 18 CFR 375.303.
    Reliability Standard MOD-032-1 consolidates NERC-approved 
Reliability Standards MOD-011-0, MOD-013-1 and MOD-014-0, as well as, 
Commission approved Reliability Standards MOD-010-0 and MOD-012-0, into 
one standard.\1\ Reliability Standard MOD-032-1 requires data 
submission by applicable data owners to their respective transmission 
planners and planning coordinators to support the interconnection model 
building process in their interconnection. Reliability Standard MOD-
033-1 is a new standard that requires each planning coordinator to 
implement a documented process to perform model validation within its 
planning area. The purpose of the Reliability Standards is to establish 
comprehensive modeling data requirements, reporting procedures, and 
validation requirements necessary to accurately model the 
interconnected transmission system for the near-term transmission 
planning horizon and the long-term transmission planning horizon.
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    \1\ In Order No. 693, the Commission approved Reliability 
Standards MOD-010 and MOD-012. Regarding Reliability Standards MOD-
011, MOD-013, MOD-014, and MOD-015, the Commission in Order No. 693 
did not approve or remand the standards, pending the receipt of 
additional information. Mandatory Reliability Standards for the 
Bulk-Power System, Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 (Apr. 4, 2007), at PP 
1131-1222, order on reh'g, Order No. 693-A, 120 FERC ] 61,053 
(2007).
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    Burden Statement: The number of respondents is based on the NERC 
Registry as of April 30, 2014. Public reporting burden for this 
proposed collection is estimated as:

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                                                                        MOD-032-1
                                                      [Data for power system modeling and analysis]
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                                                                  Number of    Average burden
            FERC-725L\2\               Number of respondents    responses per     hours per     Total annual             Total annual cost \4\
                                                \3\              respondent       response      burden hours
                                      (1)....................             (2)             (3)     (1) x (2) x
                                                                                                          (3)
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Develop data requirements and         200 (PA, TP)...........               1               8           1,600  $96,000 one-time ($60/hr).
 reporting procedures.
Data Submittal......................  1,355 (BA, GO, LSE, PA,               1               8          10,840  $650,400 ($60/hr).
                                       RP, TO, TP, TSP).
Evidence Retention..................  1,355 (BA, GO, LSE, PA,               1               1           1,355  $43,360 ($32/hr).
                                       RP, TO, TP, TSP).
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    Total...........................  .......................  ..............  ..............          13,795  $789,760.
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    \2\ In the May 14 public notice we listed the FERC Collection as 
FERC-725A. It is corrected to FERC-725L in this notice.
    \3\ PA = Planning Authority, GO = Generator Owner, TP = 
Transmission Planner, BA = Balancing Authority, LSE = Load Serving 
Entity, RP = Resource Planner, TSP = Transmission Service Provider, 
RC = Reliability Coordinator, TOP = Transmission Operator.
    \4\ The estimates for cost per hour (rounded to the nearest 
dollar) are derived as follows:
     $60/hour, the average salary plus benefits per engineer 
(from Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm).
     $32/hour, the salary plus benefits per information and 
record clerks (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm).

                                                                        MOD-033-1
                                                   [Steady-state and dynamics system model validation]
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                                                                  Number of    Average burden
              FERC-725L                Number of respondents    responses per     hours per     Total annual             Total annual cost \4\
                                                \3\              respondent       response      burden hours
                                      (1)....................             (2)             (3)     (1) x (2) x
                                                                                                          (3)
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Develop data validation procedures..  75 (PA)................               1               8             600  $36,000 one-time ($60/hr)
Data Submittal......................  196 (RC, TOP)..........               1               8           1,568  $94,080 ($60/hr).
Evidence Retention..................  200 (PA, RC, TOP)......               1               1             200  $6,400 ($32/hr).
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    Total...........................  .......................  ..............  ..............           2,368  $136,480.
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    Dated: August 18, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-20063 Filed 8-22-14; 8:45 am]
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