In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2021
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2021
6,673
0
5,881
523,795
0
500,647
0
0
0
NOTE: This ICR concerns the RM17-8-000 Final Rule (FERC-516, OMB Control No.: 1902-0096, RIN: 1902-AF33). The NOPR in RM17-8-000 was submitted under the FERC-516F information collection (OMB Control No. 1902-0297) due to another unrelated pending item in FERC-516. As a result, this ICR is submitted as a project "not associated with rulemaking" due to submission limitations in ROCIS. As such, both the 60-day and 30-day notice fields have Federal Register citations which are populated with data concerning the Final Rule. See the supporting statement which contains further information related to this project.
In the Final Rule in Docket No. RM17-8-000, the Commission is approving ten reforms that focus on improving aspects of the pro forma LGIA and LGIP. The approved reforms fall into three broad categories and are intended to:
⢠improve certainty in the interconnection process;
⢠improve transparency by providing more information to interconnection customers; and
⢠enhance interconnection processes.
First, the Commission approves two reforms to improve certainty by affording interconnection customers more predictability in the interconnection process. To accomplish this goal, the Commission adopts reforms to:
⢠remove from the pro forma LGIA the limitation that interconnection customers may only exercise the option to build transmission providerâs interconnection facilities and stand alone network upgrades if the transmission owner cannot meet the dates proposed by the interconnection customer; and
⢠require that transmission providers modify their LGIPs to establish dispute resolution procedures that disputing parties may initiate unilaterally.
Second, the Commission adopts four reforms to improve transparency by providing improved information for the benefit of all participants in the interconnection process. These reforms would provide a fuller picture of the considerations involved in interconnecting a new large generating facility. The Commission adopts reforms tos:
⢠require transmission providers to outline and make public a method for determining contingent facilities in their LGIPs and LGIAs based upon guiding principles in the Final Rule;
⢠require transmission providers to list either on their websites or on their Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) sites the specific study processes and assumptions for forming the networking models used for interconnection studies;
⢠revise the definition of âGenerating Facilityâ in the pro forma LGIP and LGIA to explicitly include electric storage resources; and
⢠create a system of reporting requirements for aggregate interconnection study performance.
Third, the Commission approves four reforms to enhance interconnection processes by making use of underutilized existing interconnections, providing interconnection service earlier, or accommodating changes in the development process. In this area, the Commission adopts reforms to:
⢠allow interconnection customers to limit their requested level of interconnection service below their generating facility capacity;
⢠require transmission providers to allow for provisional agreements so that interconnection customers can operate on a limited basis prior to completion of the full interconnection process;
⢠require transmission providers to create a process for interconnection customers to use surplus interconnection service at existing interconnection points; and
⢠require transmission providers to set forth a separate procedure to allow transmission providers to assess and, if necessary, study an interconnection customerâs technology changes (e.g., incorporation of a newer turbine model) without a change to the interconnection customerâs queue position.
The approved revisions in this docket would require filings of pro forma LGIAs and pro forma LGIPs with the Commission, as well as periodic postings to a transmission providerâs OASIS site or its websites. The increase in burden is due to the approved improvements to the interconnection process. Commission staff anticipates that the adopted reforms, once implemented, would not significantly change currently existing burdens on an ongoing basis. In regards to OASIS postings specifically, Commission staff anticipates that the majority of the burden associated with those requirements would be incurred in the first year developing the necessary processes and procedures to generate the data to be posted, and that in subsequent years there will be minimal burden to make those postings.
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.
RM17-8-000 Final Rule supporting statement.docx
18 CFR 35.pdf
Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings (RM17-8-000, ongoing)