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or by contacting Ms. Gibson. She may be
reached at the postal address or email
address above, or by visiting SEAB’s
Web site at www.energy.gov/seab.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 8:30 a.m.–
12:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Applied Research Center,
301 Gateway Drive, Garden Room,
Aiken, SC 29808.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Gibson, Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202)
586–3787; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Board was
established to provide advice and
recommendations to the Secretary on
the Department’s basic and applied
research, economic and national
security policy, educational issues,
operational issues, and other activities
as directed by the Secretary.
Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting
is the quarterly meeting of the Board.
Tentative Agenda: The meeting will
start at 8:30 a.m. on June 17th. The
tentative meeting agenda includes
updates on the work of the SEAB task
forces, briefings on topics of interest
from DOE and Savannah River National
Laboratory, and an opportunity for
comments from the public. The meeting
will conclude at 12:30 p.m. Agenda
updates will be posted on the SEAB
Web site prior to the meeting:
www.energy.gov/seab.
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. Individuals who
would like to attend must RSVP to
Karen Gibson no later than 5:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at seab@
hq.doe.gov. Please provide your name,
organization, citizenship, and contact
information. Anyone attending the
meeting will be required to present
government issued identification.
Individuals and representatives of
organizations who would like to offer
comments and suggestions may do so
during the meeting. Approximately 30
minutes will be reserved for public
comments. Time allotted per speaker
will depend on the number who wish to
speak but will not exceed 5 minutes.
The Designated Federal Officer is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Those wishing to
speak should register to do so beginning
at 8:30 a.m. on June 17th.
Those not able to attend the meeting
or who have insufficient time to address
the committee are invited to send a
written statement to Karen Gibson, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington
DC 20585, email to [email protected].
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
will be available on the SEAB Web site

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD15–2–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725G); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D) and the Office of
Management and Budget’s
implementing regulations, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the information
collection, FERC–725G (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power
System: PRC Standards), as modified in
this docket. The Commission previously
published a notice in the Federal
Register (80 FR 13528, 3/16/2015)
requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments and
is making this notation in its submittal
to OMB.
DATES: Comments regarding the
proposed revision to this information
collection must be received on or before
June 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by
Docket Number RD15–2, may be filed in
the following ways:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance, contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
SUMMARY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725G (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power
System: PRC Standards).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0252.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725G information
collection requirements as modified in
Docket No. RD15–2.
Abstract: The Commission is
submitting Reliability Standard PRC–
006–2 to OMB under FERC–725G 1 for
review of the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
The Commission requires the
information collected by the FERC–
725G to implement the statutory
provisions of section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA).2 On August 8, 2005,
Congress enacted into law the
Electricity Modernization Act of 2005,
which is Title XII, Subtitle A, of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005).3 EPAct 2005 added a new section
215 to the FPA, which required a
Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to
develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, which are subject
to Commission review and approval.
Once approved, the Reliability
Standards may be enforced by the ERO
subject to Commission oversight, or the
Commission can independently enforce
Reliability Standards.4
On February 3, 2006, the Commission
issued Order No. 672, implementing
section 215 of the FPA.5 Pursuant to
Order No. 672, the Commission certified
one organization, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
1 In 2012, the Commission initially approved
Reliability Standard PRC–006–1. Automatic
Underfrequency Load Shedding and Load Shedding
Plans Reliability Standards, Order No. 763, 139
FERC ¶ 61,098, order granting clarification, 140
FERC ¶ 61,164 (2012). The Commission included
Reliability Standard PRC–006–1 under FERC–725A
(OMB Control No. 1902–0244). The entire burden
associated with Reliability Standard PRC–006–2
(for new requirements as well as those unchanged
from PRC–006–1) will be added to FERC–725G. In
the future, the burden (an estimated 12,672 hours)
associated with Reliability Standard PRC–006–1
will be removed from FERC–725A, to remove the
temporary double counting of those hours.
2 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012).
3 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109–58, Title
XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (codified at 16
U.S.C. 824o).
4 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
5 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric
Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the
Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of
Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No.
672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,212 (2006).

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as the ERO.6 The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by
the Commission apply to users, owners
and operators of the Bulk-Power System
as set forth in each Reliability Standard.
In Order No. 763, the Commission
approved Reliability Standard PRC–
006–1, but directed NERC to include
explicit language in a subsequent
version of the Reliability Standard
clarifying that applicable entities are
required to implement corrective
actions identified by the planning
coordinator in accordance with a
schedule established by the same
planning coordinator.
NERC filed a petition on December
15, 2014 requesting approval of
proposed Reliability Standard PRC–
006–2 addressing the Commission’s
directive in Order No. 763. The NERC
petition states that the ‘‘[p]roposed
Reliability Standard PRC–006–2,

through proposed new Requirement
R15, and proposed enhanced language
of the existing Requirements R9 and
R10, requires the Planning Coordinator
to develop a schedule for
implementation of any necessary
corrective actions, and requires that the
applicable entities will implement these
corrective actions according to the
schedule established by the Planning
Coordinator.’’
Reliability Standard PRC–006–2 was
approved on 3/4/2015 in a Delegated
Order.7
Type of Respondents: Planning
coordinators, UFLS entities (as they are
defined in the proposed Reliability
Standard) and transmission owners that
own elements identified in the
underfrequency load shedding programs
established by the planning
coordinators.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 8 Our
estimate below regarding the number of
respondents is based on the NERC
compliance registry as of May 5, 2015.
According to the NERC compliance
registry, there are 80 planning
coordinators. The individual burden
estimates are based on the time needed
to gather data, develop corrective action
plans and schedules to perform
assessments of the underfrequency load
shedding programs. Additionally,
documentation and the review of
underfrequency load shedding program
results by supervisors and management
is included in the administrative
estimations. These are consistent with
estimates for similar tasks in other
Commission approved standards.
Estimates for the additional burden
and cost imposed by the order in Docket
No. RD15–2–000 follow.9

FERC–725G, AS MODIFIED IN RD15–2
[Due to approval of PRC–006–2]
Number and
type of
respondent 10

Annual
number of
responses
per respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden per
response
(hours)

Total annual burden
(hours)

Total annual cost 11

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

($)

52 hrs. (47
hrs. for reporting requirements,
and 5 hrs.
for record
retention
requirements).
......................

4,160 hrs. (3,760 hrs. for reporting requirements, and 400 hrs. for record retention requirements).

$285,783 ($274,179 for reporting requirements, and $11,604 for record retention
requirements).

4,160 .........................................................

$285,783.

Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements 12.

80 planning
coordinators.

1

80

Total ......

80 planning
coordinators.

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Dated: May 21, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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6 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116
FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g and compliance, 117
FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), order on compliance, 118
FERC ¶ 61,190, order on reh’g, 119 FERC ¶ 61,046
(2007), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d
1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009).
7 The Order in Docket No. RD15–2 is available at
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/
opennat.asp?fileID=13793463.
8 The Commission defines ‘‘burden’’ as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a federal agency. For
additional information, see 5 CFR 1320.3.
9 The only changes to Requirements R9 and R10
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were enhancements to the language which do not
impact the cost of implementation. The
modifications provide additional clarity and do not
affect burden or cost.
10 The number of respondents is based on the
NERC compliance registry as January 30, 2015.
11 The estimates for cost per hour (salary plus
benefits) are based on the May 2013 figures of the
Bureau of Labor and Statistics (posted as of
February 9, 2015 at http://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics3_221000.htm).
• $72.92/hour [($84.96 + $60.87)/2], the average
of the salary plus benefits for a manager ($84.96/
hour) and an electrical engineer ($60.87/hour), is
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requirements associated with Requirement R15 and
Measure M15.
• $29.01/hour, the salary plus benefits for a file
clerk, is used for the hourly cost for the evidence
retention requirements associated with
Requirement R15 and Measure M15.
12 The requirements include: Requirement R15
and Measure M15 and evidence retention (planning
coordinator that conducts underfrequency load
shedding design assessment under Requirements
R4, R5, or R12 and determines underfrequency load
shedding program does not meet the performance
characteristics in Requirement R3, develops
corrective action plans and schedule for
implementation by UFLS entities within its area).

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