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.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2016
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2016
804
0
804
160,042
0
160,042
7,400,000
0
7,400,000
In this NOPR, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) proposes to amend its
regulations to waive the Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT)
requirements of 18 CFR 35.28, the Open Access Same-Time Information
System (OASIS) requirements of Part 37 (18 CFR 37), and the
Standards of Conduct requirements of Part 358 (18 CFR 358) for any
public utility that is subject to such requirements solely because
it owns, controls, or operates Interconnection Customer's
Interconnection Facilities (ICIF), in whole or in part, and sells
electric energy from its Generating Facility, as those terms are
defined in the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures
(LGIP) and the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement
(LGIA) and adopted in Order No. 2003. The Commission proposes to
find that requiring the filing of an OATT is not necessary to
prevent unjust or unreasonable rates or unduly discriminatory
behavior with respect to ICIF over which interconnection and
transmission services can be ordered pursuant to sections 210, 211,
and 212 of the Federal Power Act (FPA).
The blanket waivers result in
the reduction in burden associated with avoided OATT filings and
OATT waiver filings. These filings have been used to clarify the
rights and obligations of owners of transmission facilities. The
Commission preliminarily finds that the blanket waiver is justified
because because the usually limited and discrete nature of ICIF and
ICIF's dedicated interconnection purpose mean that such facilities
do not typically present all of the concerns about discriminatory
conduct that the Commission's OATT, OASIS and Standards of Conduct
requirements were intended to address. Because third-party requests
to use ICIF have been relatively rare, it is more efficient to
address such situations as they arise on an individual basis.
Creating this safe harbor necessitates the safe harbor energize
date filing resulting in the slight additional burden. This
information may be used by both the Commission and the public to
ascertain when a safe harbor period will be in effect, which would
have implications on the standard a third party would have to meet
in an FPA section 210 and 211 application. Without the safe harbor
energize date filing, it would be more difficult for the Commission
and any potentially interested third party to verify when the safe
harbor period would expire, which could cause confusion as to the
standard a third party would need to meet in an FPA section 210 and
211 application.
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.
RM14-11 NOPR supporting statement.docx
FPA Section 212.pdf
16USC 824 d e.doc
FERC-917 (Final Rule in RM11-24)