In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years with the understanding that FERC will remove 6,720 hours (out of 11,208) from the annual estimate of burden associated with this information collection for one-time tasks related to the Final Rule in RM14-12 upon their estimated completion in 2015.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2018
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2017
5,693
0
5,104
53,911
0
42,703
0
0
0
The FERC-725L contains the information collection requirements related to Modeling, Data, and Analysis (MOD) Reliability Standards.
Final Rule in RM14-12. The approved MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard provides planners and operators access to actual and forecast demand and energy data, as well as other related information, needed to perform resource adequacy studies. The North American Energy Reliability Corporation (NERC) [approved by FERC to serve as the nation-wide Electric Reliability Organization [ERO]] explains that the proposed Reliability Standard also supports the continued development of the reliability assessments prepared by NERC. NERC states that the approved Reliability Standard improves the Existing MOD C Standards by: (1) streamlining the Reliability Standards to clarify data collection requirements; (2) including transmission planners as applicable entities that must report demand and energy data; (3) requiring applicable entities to report weather normalized annual peak hour actual demand data from the previous year to allow for meaningful comparison with forecasted values; and (4) requiring applicable entities to provide an explanation of how their demand side management forecasts compare to actual demand side management for the prior calendar year and how their peak demand forecasts compare to actual demand for the prior calendar year with due regard to any relevant weather-related variations. Along with approving MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard , the Commission also approves the associated implementation plan, violation risk factors and violation severity levels, and NERC's retirement of the currently effective Reliability Standards MOD-016-1.1, MOD-017-0.1, MOD-018-0, MOD-019-0.1, and MOD-021-1 (existing MOD C Standards). [The standards scheduled for retirement are covered under FERC-725A.]
The burden for the FERC-725L information collection increased due to the Final Rule in RM14-12 and the related:
1) The one-time requirement to determine weather-normalized annual peak hour actual demand;
2) Continuing development of summary explanations regarding:
-how the controllable and dispatchable demand side management forecasts compare to actual demand for the previous calendar year and how the assumptions/methods for future forecasts were adjusted;
-how peak demand forecast compares to actual demand for the prior calendar year with regard to any relevant weather-related variations and how the assumptions/methods for future forecasts were adjusted.
$5,193
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Susan Morris 202 502-6803
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.
RM14-12 Final Rule Supporting Statement3-9-15.docx
20150219-3067RM14-12news release.pdf
MOD-031-1 Reliability Standard