FERC-717, (Final Rule in RM05-5-020) Open Access Same-Time Information System and Standards for Business Practices & Communication Protocols

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Final Rule RM05-5-020 supporting statement Final Clean 5-15-13.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2013-05-16	Available
Background on NAESB and standards in RM05-5-020.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2013-03-11	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
46550	Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols	Instruction	Removed
23197	Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)		Modified
205871	One-time burden for implementation of standards in RM05-5-020		New
192592	FERC-717, Compliance with Phase I M&V Standards, in RM05-5-017 Final Rule		Removed
189035	RM05-5-013 Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilites		Removed

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1902-0173	ICR Reference No: 201302-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201004-1902-005
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-717
Title: FERC-717, (Final Rule in RM05-5-020) Open Access Same-Time Information System and Standards for Business Practices & Communication Protocols
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: 05/29/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/12/2013
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2016	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2013
Responses	146	0	534
Time Burden (Hours)	198,646	0	183,716
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	27,432,374

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Abstract: The FERC-717 and FERC-516 are impacted by the final rule (RM05-5-020) and addressed in this consolidated supporting statement. The applicable entities are required to file tariff revisions to incorporate the new standards into their procedures. Tariff revisions are contained under the FERC-516. The FERC-717 information collection encompasses the business practices proposed in the rulemaking. Generally, there are two information collection requirements contained in the standards: • Respondents must use certain criteria to measure the performance of demand response resources • Respondents must develop an M&V (measurement and verification) plan that lays out specific methods for verifying the amount of energy efficiency a resource provides.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824d 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-AE50	Final or interim final rulemaking	78 FR 14654	03/07/2013

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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: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols
RM05-5-013 Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilites
FERC-717, Compliance with Phase I M&V Standards, in RM05-5-017 Final Rule
Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS)
One-time burden for implementation of standards in RM05-5-020

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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	146	534	0	-352	-36	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	198,646	183,716	0	-29,661	44,591	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	27,432,374	0	-1,549,022	-25,883,352	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The Commission expects the burden to increase minimally due to the adoption of the Demand Response M&V and Energy Efficiency M&V business practice standards. Adoption of these standards is intended to improve the methods and procedures used to accurately measure demand response and energy efficiency resource performance. Additionally, these standards should help ISOs and RTOs to properly credit demand response and energy efficiency resources for their services. There is also a minimal increase in burden associated with the respondents filing tariff revisions (in FERC-516) to incorporate provisions of the new standards. The Commission is adjusting the burden hours in the FERC-717 to correct an error in the burden from a previous submission. Lastly, the Commission is removing completed information collection burden from the FERC-717. With the clearance package, the cost to industry is displayed using the unit of burden hours. In accordance with the ROCIS HOW TO Guide for Agency Users of the Information Collection Request (ICR) Module, users should not report as a dollar cost any burden reported in hours. Therefore, Commission staff corrected the industry's annual cost burden within the ROCIS metadata to show that the Commission associates no cost to capital investment or other non-labor costs. The Commission estimates the monetary cost, where applicable, related to the burden hours in the supporting statement. The current package had some completed non-labor costs and other costs that are associated with burden hours. Both are being removed in this submittal.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $706,365

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

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: 03/12/2013

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