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operated by EHP, as more fully
explained in its request.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary
link and is available for review in the
Commission’s Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the Web site that
enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please
email [email protected], or
call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,
call (202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
on November 29, 2017.
Dated: November 9, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725HH); Comment
Request; Revision and Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of revised information
collection and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork

SUMMARY:

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Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on revisions to the
information collection, FERC–725HH
(RF Reliability Standards) which will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review of the
information collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Nos. RD17–8–000
by either of the following methods:
• 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.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
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–725HH, RF Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control Number: 1902–0256.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the FERC–725HH information
collection requirements, as modified by
Docket No. RD17–8–000.
Abstract: The information collected
by the FERC–725HH is required to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of
the FPA buttresses the Commission’s
efforts to strengthen the reliability of the
interstate grid through the grant of new
authority by providing for a system of
mandatory Reliability Standards
developed by the Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO). In July 2006, the
Commission certified the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) as the ERO.1
1 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116
FERC 61,062 (ERO Certification Order), order on
reh’g & compliance, 117 FERC 61,126 (2006), aff’d

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Reliability Standards that the ERO
proposes to the Commission may
include Reliability Standards that are
proposed to the ERO by a Regional
Entity.2 A Regional Entity is an entity
that has been approved by the
Commission to enforce Reliability
Standards under delegated authority
from the ERO.3 On March 17, 2011, the
Commission approved a regional
Reliability Standard submitted by the
ERO that was developed by the
ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RF).4
RF promotes bulk electric system
reliability in the Eastern
Interconnection. RF is the Regional
Entity responsible for compliance
monitoring and enforcement in the RF
region. In addition, RF provides an
environment for the development of
Reliability Standards and the
coordination of the operating and
planning activities of its members as set
forth in the RF bylaws.
There is one regional Reliability
Standard in the RF region. The regional
Reliability Standard requires planning
coordinators within the RF geographical
footprint to analyze, assess and
document resource adequacy for load in
the RF footprint annually, to utilize a
‘‘one day in ten years’’ loss of load
criterion, and to document and post
load and resource capability in each
area or transmission-constrained subarea identified.
• BAL–502–RFC–02 (Planning
Resource Adequacy Analysis,
Assessment and Documentation) 5
establishes common criteria, based on
‘‘one day in ten year’’ loss of load
expectation principles, for the analysis,
assessment, and documentation of
resource adequacy for load in the RF
region.
The Commission’s request to OMB
reflects the following:
• Implementing the regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RF–03
and the retirement of regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RFC–02 6
which is discussed below.
sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C.
Cir. 2009).
2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(4).
3 16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) and (e)(4).
4 Planning Resource Adequacy Assessment
Reliability Standard, Order No. 747, 134 FERC
61,212 (2011).
5 BAL–502–RFC–02 is included in the OMBapproved inventory for FERC–725H.
6 Burden associated with BAL–502–RF–02
Reliability Standard was once contained in FERC–
725H information collection (OMB Control No.
1902–0256). FERC–725H was discontinued on
3/6/2014. However, the requirements of BAL–502–
RF–02 were still imposed on NERC entities. Those
requirements are now being retired with no removal
of burden (any associated burden was removed
concurrent with the discontinuance).

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On September 7, 2017, NERC and RF
filed a joint petition in Docket No.
RD17–8–000 7 requesting Commission
approval of: (a) Regional Reliability
Standard BAL–502–RF–03 (Planning
Resource Adequacy Analysis,
Assessment and Documentation), and
(b) the retirement of regional Reliability
Standard BAL–502–RFC–02.6 The
petition states: ‘‘Proposed regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RF–03
establishes common criteria, based on
‘‘one day in ten year’’ loss of Load

expectation principles, for the analysis,
assessment, and documentation of
Resource Adequacy for Load in the
ReliabilityFirst region.’’ NERC’s and
RF’s joint filing was noticed on
September 8, 2017, with interventions,
comments and protests due on or before
October 10, 2017. In this document, we
provide estimates of the burden and cost
related to those revisions to FERC–
725HH.
Type of Respondents: Planning
coordinators.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 8 Details
follow on the changes related to Docket
No. RD17–8–000.
Estimate of Changes to Burden Due to
Docket No. RD17–8: The joint petition
requested Commission approval of
regional Reliability Standard BAL–502–
RF–03 and retirement of regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RFC–02.
The estimated effects on burden and
cost 9 are as follows:

FERC–725HH, RF RELIABILITY STANDARDS, CHANGES IN DOCKET NO. RD17–8–000

Entity

Number of
respondents 10

Annual number
of responses
per respondent

Annual number
of responses

Average burden
hours and cost
per response
($)

Total annual
burden hours
and total
annual cost
($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1) = (6)

Proposed Regional Reliability Standard BAL–502–RF–03
Planning Coordinators .........

2

Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: November 9, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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7 The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the
Commission’s eLibrary system in Docket No. RD17–
8–000.
8 Burden is defined 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 further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER17–2474–001.
Applicants: Palmco Power DE, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Modify Tariff Language to be effective
11/13/2017.
Filed Date: 11/9/17.
Accession Number: 20171109–5139.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/30/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2476–001.
Applicants: Palmco Power DC, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Modify Tariff Language to be effective
11/13/2017.
Filed Date: 11/9/17.
Accession Number: 20171109–5136.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/30/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2477–001.
Applicants: Palmco Power MD, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Modify Tariff Language to be effective
11/13/2017.
Filed Date: 11/9/17.
9 For BAL–502–RF–03, the hourly cost (for salary
plus benefits) uses the figures from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics for three positions involved in the
reporting and recordkeeping requirements. These
figures include salary (http://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits (http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are:
• Manager (Occupation Code 11–0000): $81.52/
hour.
• Engineer (Occupation Code 17–2071): $68.12/
hour.

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Accession Number: 20171109–5153.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/30/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2481–001.
Applicants: Palmco Power MA, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Modify Tariff Language to be effective
11/13/2017.
Filed Date: 11/9/17.
Accession Number: 20171109–5147.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/30/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2484–001.
Applicants: Palmco Power CT, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Modify Tariff Language to be effective
11/13/2017.
Filed Date: 11/9/17.
Accession Number: 20171109–5134.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/30/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2485–001.
Applicants: Palmco Power MI, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Modify Tariff Language to be effective
11/13/2017.
Filed Date: 11/9/17.
Accession Number: 20171109–5155.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/30/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–2487–001.
Applicants: Palmco Power ME, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Modify Tariff Language to be effective
11/13/2017.
• File Clerk (Occupation Code 43–4071): $32.74/
hour.
The hourly cost for the reporting requirements
($60.79) is an average of the cost of a manager, an
engineer, and a file clerk.
10 The number of respondents is derived from the
NERC Compliance Registry as of October 2, 2017 for
the burden associated with the proposed regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RF–03.

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