Pursuant to 5
CFR 1320.11(c), OMB files this comment on this information
collection request (ICR). In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is
withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public
comment in response to the 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, including comments on maximizing
the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the
burden.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2017
183
0
183
15,471
0
15,471
0
0
0
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) proposes to approve Reliability Standard
TPL-007-1 (Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic
Disturbance Events). Proposed Reliability Standard TPL-007-1
establishes requirements for certain entities to assess the
vulnerability of their transmission systems to geomagnetic
disturbance events (GMDs), which occur when the sun ejects charged
particles that interact and cause changes in the earth's magnetic
fields. Entities that do not meet certain performance requirements,
based on the results of their vulnerability assessments, must
develop a plan to achieve the requirements.
US Code:
16
USC 824o Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
The Commission proposes to
approve Reliability Standard TPL-007-1 and the associated
implementation plan, violation severity levels, and violation risk
factors, as discussed above. Proposed Reliability Standard
TPL-007-1 will impose new requirements for transmission planners,
planning coordinators, transmission owners, and generator owners.
1. Proposed Reliability Standard TPL-007-1, Requirement R1 requires
planning coordinators, in conjunction with transmission planner, to
identify the responsibilities of the planning coordinator and
transmission planner in the planning coordinator's planning area
for maintaining models and performing the study or studies needed
to complete GMD Vulnerability Assessments. 2. Proposed Requirements
R2, R3, R4, R5, and R7 refer to the "responsible entity, as
determined by Requirement R1," when identifying which applicable
planning coordinators or transmission planners are responsible for
maintaining models and performing the necessary study or studies.
3. Proposed Requirement R2 requires that the responsible entities
maintain models for performing the studies needed to complete GMD
Vulnerability Assessments, as required in proposed Requirement R4.
4. Proposed Requirement R3 requires responsible entities to have
criteria for acceptable system steady state voltage performance
during a benchmark GMD event. 5. Proposed Requirement R4 requires
responsible entities to complete a GMD Vulnerability Assessment of
the near-term transmission planning horizon once every 60 calendar
months. 6. Proposed Requirement R5 requires responsible entities to
provide GIC flow information to transmission owners and generator
owners that own an applicable bulk electric system power
transformer in the planning area. This information is necessary for
applicable transmission owners and generator owners to conduct the
thermal impact assessments required by proposed Requirement R6. 7.
Proposed Requirement R6 requires applicable transmission owners and
generator owners to conduct thermal impact assessments where the
maximum effective GIC value provided in proposed Requirement R5,
Part 5.1 is 75 A/phase or greater. 8. Proposed Requirement R7
requires responsible entities to develop a corrective action plan
when its GMD Vulnerability Assessment indicates that its system
does not meet the performance requirements of Table 1 – Steady
State Planning Events. The corrective action plan must address how
the performance requirements will be met, must list the specific
deficiencies and associated actions that are necessary to achieve
performance, and must set forth a timetable for completion.
$5,193
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David O'Conner 202
502-6695
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.
Mandatory Reliability Standard for Transmission System Planned Performance