OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act and is withholding approval of this collection at this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR, to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage, a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR. This action has no effect on any current approvals.
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In the NOPR the Commission used FERC-717; we are using FERC-717A here as a temporary identifier in order to submit this ICR to OMB in a timely fashion. The FERC-717 control number is affected by a recent Final Rule (in Docket No. RM11-24). For this reason, FERC is submitting this supporting statement that should be part of the FERC-717 (1902-0173) under a temporary collection number, FERC-717A. FERC intends to submit the Final Rule (when and if one is issued) in this proceeding under FERC-717 (and FERC-516).
In Order No. 889, the Commission required public utilities to establish sites to provide transmission customers with equal and timely access to information about transmission and related services provided in the tariffs. This requirement was established because the Commission believes that transmission customers must have simultaneous access to the same information available to the Transmission Provider in order to achieve nondiscriminatory transmission services.
The Commission believes that standardization of business practices and communication processes benefits the electric industry by providing uniform methods for public utilities to conduct business with different transmission providers. Many participants in electric markets conduct business transactions involving a number of different transmission providers. Establishing a uniform set of procedures and communication protocols increases the efficiency of such transactions.
The burden for the FERC-717A information collection is increasing so that the industry can implement the new and revised business practice standards adopted by NAESB and proposed to be incorporated by reference into FERC's regulations. For the collection, the burden increase is small and only one-time. FERC assumes that the burden associated with implementing the new standards is reduced to zero over time because of the increased efficiencies related to standardization.
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.
FINAL RM05-5-022 NOPR Supporting Statementb.docx
CFR-2012-title18-vol1-part38 (2012).pdf
One-Time Burden in RM05-5-022