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.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2019
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2019
7,479
0
7,479
526,877
0
526,877
0
0
0
Background: On December 31, 2014, NERC submitted a petition seeking approval of the PRC-026-1 Reliability Standard, as well as the associated implementation plan, and violation risk factors and violation severity levels. NERC avers that Reliability Standard PRC-026-1 satisfies the FERC Order No. 733 directive to develop a new standard that requires the use of protective relay systems that can differentiate between faults and stable power swings. According to NERC, the Reliability Standard sets forth requirements that prevent the unnecessary tripping of bulk electric system elements in response to stable power swings. NERC further explains that the identification of bulk electric system elements with protection systems at-risk of operating as a result of a stable or unstable power swing and subsequent review by the applicable generator owner or transmission owner âprovides assurance that relays will continue to be secure for stable power swings if any changes in system impedance occur.â
Reliability Standard PRC-026-1 has four requirements and two attachments. NERC explains âprovides clarity on which load-responsive protective relay functions are applicableâ under the standard. Specifically, Attachment A provides that Reliability Standard PRC-026-1 applies to:
-any protective functions which could trip instantaneously or with a time delay of less than 15 cycles on load current (i.e., âload-responsiveâ)â¦.
According to NERC, the 15 cycle time delay âis representative of an expected power swing having a slow slip rate of 0.67 Hertz (Hz) and is the average time that a stable power swing with that slip rate would enter the relaysâ characteristic, reverse direction, and then exit the characteristic before the time delay expired.â NERC states that the proposed standard does not apply to âfunctions that are either immune to power swings, block power swings, or prevent non-immune protection function operation due to supervision of the function.â
The RM15-8-000 Final Rule was submitted to FERC-725G (OMB Control No. 1902-0252; ICR No. 201603-1902-006) which is a permanent information collection.
Docket RM16-20 NOPR related to this ICR. The Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standard PRC-012-2 (Remedial Action Schemes) submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard PRC-012-2 is to ensure that remedial action schemes do not introduce unintentional or unacceptable reliability risks to the bulk electric system.
Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-012-2 sets forth Requirements for remedial action schemes to ensure that remedial action schemes do not introduce unintentional or unacceptable reliability risks to the bulk electric system and are coordinated to provide the service to the system as intended. Reliability Standard PRC-012-2 improves upon the existing standards because it removes ambiguity in NERCâs original âfill-in-the-blankâ Reliability Standards by assigning responsibility to appropriate functional entities. It also streamlines and consolidates the RAS Reliability Standards into one clear, effective Reliability Standard.
$5,481
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No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Syed Ahmad 202 502-8718
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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.
RM16-20 NOPR Supporting Statement 6-28-17.docx
RM16-20 NERC Petition.pdf
PRC-012-2 Reliablity Standard (NOPR in RM16-20)