[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74415-74416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26388]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC23-1-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725I) Comment 
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or 
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved 
information collection, FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for 
the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC)).

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due February 3, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments (identified by Docket No. IC23-
1-000) by one of the following methods:
    Electronic filing through https://www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
     Electronic Filing: Documents must be filed in acceptable 
native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or picture 
format.
     For those unable to file electronically, comments may be 
filed by USPS mail or by hand (including courier) delivery:
    [cir] Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only, Addressed to: Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    [cir] Hand (Including Courier) Delivery: Deliver to: Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in 
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For 
user assistance, contact FERC Online Support by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at (866) 208-3676 (toll-free).
    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 https://www.ferc.gov.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FERC-725I (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast 
Power Coordinating Council).
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0258.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725I with no 
changes to the current recordkeeping requirements.
    Abstract: The Regional Reliability standard PRC-006-NPCC-2 
(Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding (UFLS)) provides regional 
requirements for Automatic UFLS to applicable entities in NPCC. UFLS 
requirements were in place at a continent-wide level and within NPCC 
for many years prior to the implementation of federally mandated 
reliability standards in 2007. NPCC and its members think that a 
region-wide, fully coordinated single set of UFLS requirements is 
necessary to create an effective and efficient UFLS program, and their 
experience has supported that belief.
    Information collection burden for Reliability Standard PRC-006-
NPCC-2 is based on the time needed for planning coordinators and 
generator owners to incrementally gather data, run studies, and analyze 
study results to design or update the UFLS programs that are required 
in the regional Reliability Standard (in addition to the requirements 
of the NERC Reliability Standard PRC-006-3). There is also burden on 
the generator owners to maintain data such as identify, compile, and 
maintain a list of all of its existing non-nuclear generating units 
that were in service prior to the effective date of the regional 
Standard.
    Type of Respondent: Generator Owners and Planning Coordinators.

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    Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The number of respondents is based 
on NERC's Registry as of November 4, 2022. Entities registered for more 
than one applicable function type have been accounted for in the 
figures below. The Commission estimates the annual public reporting 
burden and cost \2\ for the information collection as:
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    \1\ ``Burden'' is 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, refer to Title 5 CFR 1320.3.
    \2\ Commission staff estimates that the industry's skill set and 
cost (for wages and benefits) for FERC-725I are approximately the 
same as the Commission's average cost. The FERC 2022 average salary 
plus benefits for one FERC full-time equivalent (FTE) is $188,922/
year (or $91.00/hour).

                                FERC-725I--(Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power Coordinating Council)
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                                                    Annual  number                                                                           Cost per
      Information collection           Number of     of  responses   Total number     Average burden hours &   Total annual burden hours    respondent
           requirements               respondents   per respondent   of responses     cost ($) per response     & total annual cost ($)         ($)
                                               (1)             (2)     (1) * (2) =  (4)......................  (3) * (4) = (5)..........       (5) / (1)
                                                                               (3)
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PCs Design and document automatic                3               1               3  8 hrs.; $728.............  24 hrs.; $2,184..........            $728
 UFLS program.
PCs update and maintain UFLS                     3               1               3  16 hrs.; $1,456..........  48 hrs.; $4,368..........          $1,456
 program database.
GOs provide documentation and data             121               1             121  16 hrs.; $1,456..........  1,936 hrs.; $176,176.....           1,456
 to the planning coordinator.
GOs: record retention.............             121               1             121  4 hrs.; $364.............  484 hrs.; $33,300,176....             364
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    Total.........................  ..............  ..............             248  .........................  2,492 hrs.;..............  ..............
                                                                                                               $199,360.................
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    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: November 29, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-26388 Filed 12-2-22; 8:45 am]
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