In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2019
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2016
214
0
2,193
67,716
0
154,073
0
0
0
On December 20, 2012, the Commission
issued Order No. 773, a Final Rule approving NERC’s modifications
to the definition of “bulk electric system” (i.e. BES) and the
Rules of Procedure exception process to be effective July 1, 2013.
On April 18, 2013, in Order No. 773-A, the Commission largely
affirmed its findings in Order No. 773. In Order Nos. 773 and
773-A, the Commission directed NERC to modify the definition of
bulk electric system in two respects: (1) modify the local network
exclusion (exclusion E3) to remove the 100 kV minimum operating
voltage to allow systems that include one or more looped
configurations connected below 100 kV to be eligible for the local
network exclusion; and (2) modify the exclusions to ensure that
generator interconnection facilities at or above 100 kV connected
to bulk electric system generators identified in inclusion I2 are
not excluded from the bulk electric system. Both orders recognized
that the first two years of implementation would include a higher
burden associated with the work all the Registered Entities would
need to accomplish. Those orders also illustrated that a reduction
would occur by the third year since at that point the ongoing
burden would be an amount dependent on exception requests and
implementation of newly identified bulk electric system elements.
These reductions also included the harmonization of all the
register entities following the same definition for BES .
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USC 824o Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
The reduction in both the
annual number of responses and the total annual hourly burden is
based on the understanding that Orders 773 and 773-A have greater
than three years of active status but will both have less ongoing
burden than in Years 1 and 2. Order 773 and 773-A recognized that
for the first two years of implementation, the total annual hourly
burden would be higher since every Registered Entity would need to
accomplish tasks associated with the FERC-725J (e.g. exception
requests, implementation plans, local distribution determination).
Another reason the burden is higher in the first two years is that
NPCC entities used to be impacted more. New exclusions to the BES
definition lowering the regional threshold from 200Kv to 100Kv will
exclude some of the entities previously affected by Orders 773 and
773-A. However, after the third year, a reduced ongoing burden is
present as described in this supporting statement. This is because
the amount of entities that need to reapply the definition (due to
new assets introduced to their system or changes to their current
system) will be only a small fraction in comparison to the amount
of entities responding in the first two years. Therefore, the
burden associated with year three and beyond will be a fraction of
the front loaded burden associated with year one and two.
$160,151
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Andres Lopez 202
502-6128
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.
FERC-725J supporting statement (updated 10-6-2016).docx
Order No. 773-A.pdf
Local Distribution Determination