Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
WEQ Version 001 Business Practice Standards.pdf Supplementary Document	2008-08-07
RM05-5-005 Final Rule SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR(ver5).doc Supporting Statement A	2009-03-11

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
23073	Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1902-0096	ICR Reference No: 200808-1902-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200612-1902-008
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516
Title: Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/23/2009
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/07/2008
Terms of Clearance: Supporting statement amended to clarify burden calculation also reflected a drop of 134 responses relative to last calculation.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2012	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2010
Responses	4,330	0	4,464
Time Burden (Hours)	436,241	0	438,921
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: In RM05-5-005 Final Rule, FERC is amending its regulations to incorporate by reference the latest version (Version 001) of standards adopted by the Wholesale Electric Quadrant of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). This rule upgrades current industry business practices and communication standards. Specifically, these standards include modifications to the existing business practice standards as well as creating new standards to provide additional functionality for OASIS transactions, transmission loading relief and public key infrastructure. The standards will assist in providing for greater security for business transactions over the Internet, identify the business practices that must be used to relieve potential or actual loading on a constrained facility and facilitate the transfer of electric energy between entities responsible for balancing load and generation. These practices will ensure that potential customers of open access transmission service receive access to information that will enable them to obtain transmission service on a non-discriminatory basis and will assist the Commission in maintaining a safe and reliable infrastructure and also assure the reliability of the interstate transmission grid. FERC is requiring each electric utility to revise its Open Access Transmission Tariff (FERC-516) to include the Version 001 WEQ standards that are incorporated in this Final Rule.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824(d) Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AC62	Final or interim final rulemaking	73 FR 43848	07/29/2008

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	4,330	4,464	0	-7	-127	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	436,241	438,921	0	0	-2,680	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a burden increase because of implementation of the standards and a tariff filing by utilities to indicate that the standards have been incorporated by the individual utilities. The estimates for the information collection requirements of this final rule are based on the transition from transactions being made under the Commission’s existing business practice standards to conducting these transactions under the revisions to these standards thereby accounting for the burden associated with the new standards in the Final Rule (i.e., WEQ-008 and WEQ-012).

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,672,292

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 08/07/2008

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