[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52313-52315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20848]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD14-15-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-922); Comment 
Request

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 USC 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) Staff is soliciting public comment on a 
revised, previously approved information collection, FERC-922, 
Performance Metrics for ISOs, RTOs and Regions Outside ISOs and RTOs.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due November 3, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. AD14-15-
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 CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FERC-922, Performance Metrics for ISOs, RTOs and Regions 
Outside of ISOs and RTOs.

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    OMB Control No.: 1902-0262.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement and revision of an information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Commission is continuing its efforts to collect 
performance metric information from ISOs, RTOs, and public utilities in 
regions outside ISO and RTO regions. This includes the submission of 
information relating to dispatch reliability, transmission planning, 
the marginal cost of energy and resource availability. The information 
submitted by ISOs, RTOs, and participating public utilities in regions 
outside ISOs and RTOs is used to evaluate reliability and systems 
operations performance.
    Concurrent with the issuance of this notice, Commission Staff is 
issuing a report establishing 30 common metrics for ISOs/RTOs and 
utilities. Commission Staff intends to collect information on these 
common metrics initially covering the period 2008-2012, and at a later 
time for the 2010-2014 period. The common metrics are attached to this 
notice. The attachment will not be published in the Federal Register 
but will be visible as part of this notice in the Commission's eLibrary 
system.
    Type of Respondents: ISOs, RTOs and public utilities.
    Estimate of Annual Burden \1\: Commission Staff expects that 
respondents will submit performance information every two years and 
that this collection will initially have a three year approval from 
OMB. For this reason, the annual number of responses is ``0.5'' in the 
table below (i.e. the collection will occur twice over the three year 
approval period).
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    \1\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For 
further explanation of what is included in the information 
collection burden, see 5 CFR 1320.3 (2012).

                                                                        FERC-922
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                                                                          Annual  number                      Average      Total annual
                                                             Number of     of  responses   Total number    burden  hours  burden hours &     Cost per
                                                            respondents         per        of responses     & cost  per    total annual     respondent
                                                                            respondent                     response \2\        cost        per year ($)
                                                                     (1)             (2)     (1)*(2)=(3)             (4)     (3)*(4)=(5)      (5)/(1)
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Metrics Data Collection.................................              11             0.5             5.5             140             770       $5,614
                                                                                                                 $11,228         $61,754
Write Performance Analysis..............................              11             0.5             5.5              85           467.5       $3,408.50
                                                                                                                  $6,817      $37,493.50
Management Review.......................................              11             0.5             5.5              20             110         $847.20
                                                                                                               $1,694.40       $9,319.20
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TOTAL...................................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............         1347.50       $9,869.70
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                                                                                                                             $108,566.70
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\2\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $XX per Hour = Average Cost per
  Response. The hourly cost figure for the metrics data collection and writing the performance analysis is based on the loaded average wage for an
  analyst, attorney, engineer, and economist ($80.20/hour). The hourly cost figure for the management review is based on the loaded average wage for
  management ($84.72/hour). Wage and benefits data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics222.htm and http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm.

    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

    Dated: August 26, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

Attachment

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        Performance metric                   Specific metric(s)
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                               Reliability
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A. NERC Reliability Standards       1. References to which NERC
 Compliance.                         standards are applicable.
                                    2. Number of violations self-
                                     reported and made public by NERC/
                                     FERC.
                                    3. Number of violations identified
                                     and made public as NERC audit
                                     findings.
                                    4. Total number of violations made
                                     public by NERC/FERC.
                                    5. Severity level of each violation
                                     made public by NERC/FERC.
                                    6. Compliance with operating reserve
                                     standards.
                                    7. Unserved energy (or load
                                     shedding) caused by violations.
                                     Additional detail will be provided
                                     on (1) number of events; (2)
                                     duration of the events; (3) whether
                                     the events occurred during on/off-
                                     peak hours; (4) additional
                                     information on equipment types
                                     affected and kV of lines affected;
                                     and (5) number of events (and
                                     severity and duration of events)
                                     resulting in load shedding based on
                                     the utilization of TPL-002 Footnote
                                     b criteria.
                                    Utilities outside ISO and RTO
                                     regions should limit reporting to
                                     the same eight functional areas
                                     used by the ISOs and RTOs:
                                    1. Balancing Authority.
                                    2. Interchange Authority.

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                                    3. Planning Authority.
                                    4. Reliability Coordinator.
                                    5. Resource Planner.
                                    6. Transmission Operator.
                                    7. Transmission Planner.
                                    8. Transmission Service Provider.
B. Dispatch Reliability...........  1. Balancing Authority ACE Limit
                                     (BAAL) or CPS1 and CPS2.
                                    2. Energy Management System (EMS)
                                     availability.
C. Load Forecast Accuracy.........  Actual peak load as a percentage
                                     variance from forecasted peak load.
D. Wind Forecasting Accuracy......  Actual wind availability compared to
                                     forecasted wind availability.
E. Unscheduled Flows..............  Difference between net actual
                                     interchange (actual measured power
                                     flow in real time) and the net
                                     scheduled interchange in megawatt
                                     hours.
                                       Reported in FERC Form No.
                                    714.
F. Transmission Outage              1. Percentage of >= 200 kV planned
 Coordination.                       outages of 5 days or more for which
                                     ISO, RTO or utility notified
                                     customers at least 1 month prior to
                                     the outage commencement date.
                                    2. Percentage of >= 200 kV outages
                                     cancelled by utility after being
                                     approved previously.
G. Long-Term Reliability Planning-- 1. Number of facilities approved for
 Transmission.                       construction due to reliability
                                     purposes.
                                    2. Percentage of approved
                                     construction projects on schedule
                                     and completed.
                                    3. Performance of planning process
                                     related to:
                                      a. Completion of reliability
                                    studies.
                                      b. Completion of economic studies.
H. Long-Term Reliability Planning-- 1. Processing time for generation
 Resources.                          interconnection requests.
                                    2. Actual reserve margins compared
                                     with planned reserve margins.
I. Interconnection and              1. Number of requests.
 Transmission Process Metrics.
                                    2. Number of studies completed.
                                    3. Average age of incomplete
                                     studies.
                                    4. Average time for completed
                                     studies.
                                    5. Total cost and types of studies
                                     completed (e.g., feasibility study,
                                     system impact study and facility
                                     study).
J. Special Protection Systems.....  1. Number of special protection
                                     systems.
                                    2. Percentage of special protection
                                     systems that responded as designed
                                     when activated
                                       Applicable pool of
                                       special protection systems should
                                       be based on how the reporting
                                       entity's Regional Entity defines
                                       ``special protection systems.''
                                    3. Number of unintended activations.
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                       System Operations Measures
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A. System Lambda..................  System Lambda (on marginal unit)
                                       System Lambda metric does
                                       not apply to ISOs, RTOs or
                                       utilities where the marginal
                                       price is set by hydro units.
                                       System lambda data will
                                       be based on FERC Form No. 714
                                       information.
B. Resource Availability..........  1--System forced outage rate as
                                     measured over 12 months.
C. Fuel Diversity.................  Fuel diversity in terms of energy
                                     produced and installed capacity.
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