FERC-917 (RM10-23 [Final Rule]), & FERC-917 (Non-discriminatory Open Access Transmission Tariff) & FERC-918 (Information to be Posted on OASIS & Auditing Transmission Service Information)

ICR 201107-1902-002

OMB: 1902-0233

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2011-09-27
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2011-07-25
Supplementary Document
2010-08-18
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
198632
New
179057
Modified
179056
Modified
ICR Details
1902-0233 201107-1902-002
Historical Active 201008-1902-003
FERC FERC-917 and FERC-918
FERC-917 (RM10-23 [Final Rule]), & FERC-917 (Non-discriminatory Open Access Transmission Tariff) & FERC-918 (Information to be Posted on OASIS & Auditing Transmission Service Information)
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 10/04/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/11/2011
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the collection is approved for three years.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2014 36 Months From Approved 09/30/2013
400 0 268
155,874 0 132,114
7,400,000 0 21,941,076
In the RM10-23 Final Rule ("Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities"), FERC reforms its electric transmission planning and cost allocation requirements for public utility transmission providers. These reforms are intended to correct deficiencies in transmission planning and cost allocation processes so that the transmission grid can better support wholesale power markets and thereby ensure that Commission-jurisdictional services are provided at rates, terms and conditions that are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. In this Final Rule, FERC acts under section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) to adopt reforms to its electric transmission planning & cost allocation requirements for public utility transmission providers. The reforms herein are intended to improve transmission planning processes & cost allocation mechanisms under the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to ensure that the rates, terms & conditions of service provided by public utility transmission providers are just & reasonable & not unduly discriminatory or preferential. This Final Rule builds on Order 890, in which FERC, among other things, reformed the pro forma OATT to require each public utility transmission provider to have a coordinated, open, & transparent regional transmission planning process. FERC concludes that the additional reforms adopted herein are necessary at this time to ensure that rates for FERC-jurisdictional service are just & reasonable in light of changing conditions in the industry. In addition, FERC believes that these reforms address opportunities for undue discrimination by public utility transmission providers. On balance, FERC concludes that the reforms adopted herein are necessary for more efficient & cost-effective regional transmission planning.
US Code: 16 USC 824(d), 824(e) Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  
None
1902-AE03 Final or interim final rulemaking 76 FR 49842 08/11/2011
Yes
  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 400 268 0 132 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 155,874 132,114 0 23,760 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 7,400,000 21,941,076 0 0 -14,541,076 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
Building on the reforms in Order No. 890, FERC is making amendments to the pro forma OATT to correct certain deficiencies in transmission planning and cost allocation requirements for public utility transmission providers. The purpose of this rulemaking is to strengthen the pro forma OATT and transmission planning and cost allocation processes, so that the transmission grid can better support wholesale power markets and ensure that Commission-jurisdictional services are provided at rates, terms and conditions that are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. We achieve this goal by reforming electric transmission planning requirements and establishing a closer link between cost allocation and regional transmission planning processes. The reporting requirements in the previously existing FERC-917 and FERC-918 IC's, unrelated to the final rule in Docket RM10-23, are not affected by this ICR and final rule. However, FERC currently only includes in ROCIS meta-data the costs not associated with burden hours and wages for employees and has removed the cost figures previously reported in ROCIS (for the previously existing and unchanging FERC-917 and FERC-918 IC's)as it corresponded to wages paid to employees in completing the collections. (Total burden hour costs are still reported in question 13 of the supporting statement.)
$1,137,581
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Valerie Teeter 202 502-8538 [email protected]
  No
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.
08/11/2011
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