In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must submit to OMB a summary of all comments related to the information collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response. The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the information collection as a result of these comments.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2010
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2010
4,464
0
4,464
438,921
0
438,921
0
0
0
FERC is proposing reforms to improve the operation of organized wholesale electric power markets. Ensuring the competitiveness of organized wholesale markets is integral to the Commission fulfilling its statutory mandate to ensure adequate and reliable non-discriminatory service at just and reasonable rates. Effective competition protects consumers by providing greater supply options, encouraging new entry and innovation, and encouraging demand response and energy efficiency. In RM07-19-000 NOPR, the Commission is making several proposals in this NOPR designed to ensure just and reasonable rates and to remedy undue discrimination and preference and to improve wholesale competition in regions with organized markets. These proposals reflect the record compiled by the Commission in its technical conferences and in comments to its ANOPR issued June 22, 2007.
The Commission is issuing this NOPR to strengthen competition in the organized wholesale regional power markets, by issuing a proposed rule to improve demand response, encourage long term contracting, enhance the responsiveness of regional transmission organizations, and clarify the role of market monitors.
The Commission is acting because it recognizes that:
 competition is national policy in wholesale power markets, as reflected in three federal laws enacted has progressed over the past 25 years.
 it has a duty to improve the competitiveness of wholesale power markets, to use the regulatory tools Congress has given it to make competition more effective.
The reforms the Commission proposes are only the latest in a series of reforms FERC has taken to promote competition in wholesale power markets. In the past year alone it reformed its open access transmission tariff to improve grid access by competitors, and reformed its market based rate program to prevent the exercise of market power.
The Commission seeks steady reform to strengthen wholesale competition, encourage generation entry, improve market access and grid access, establish good market rules, prevent market power exercise and market manipulation, assure effective enforcement, improve market transparency, provide contract certainty, reinforce the power grid, and improve demand response.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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Chairman's Statement.doc
Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings RM06-4-000 Promoting Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform