18CFR141.300 (4/2018 version)

4/2018 CFR, Title 18

§ 141.300 FERC Form No. 715, Annual

Transmission Planning and Evaluation

Report.

(a) Who must file. Any transmitting

utility, as defined in § 3(23) of the Federal

Power Act, that operates integrated

(that is, non-radial) transmission

facilities at or above 100 kilovolts

must complete FERC Form No.

715.

(b) When to file. FERC Form No. 715

must be filed on or before each April 1.

(c) What to file. FERC Form No. 715

must be filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission in accordance

with the instructions on that form.

(d) Critical Energy Infrastructure Information.

(1) If the instructions in Form

No. 715 require a utility to reveal Critical

Energy Infrastructure Information

(CEII), as defined in § 388.113(c) of this

chapter, to any person, the utility

shall omit the CEII from the information

made available and insert the following

in its place:

(i) A statement that CEII is being

withheld;

(ii) A brief description of the omitted

information that does not reveal any

CEII; and

(iii) This statement: ‘‘Procedures for

obtaining access to Critical Energy Infrastructure

Information (CEII) may be

found at 18 CFR 388.113. Requests for

access to CEII should be made to the

Commission’s CEII Coordinator.’’

(2) The utility completing Form No.

715, in determining whether information

constitutes CEII, shall treat the

information in a manner consistent

with any filings that utility has made

with the Commission and shall to the

extent practicable adhere to any previous

determinations by the Commission

or the CEII Coordinator involving

the same or like information.

(3) The procedures contained in

§§ 388.112 and 388.113 of this chapter regarding

designation of, and access to,

CEII, shall apply in the event of a challenge

to a CEII designation or a request

for access to CEII. If it is determined

that information is not CEII or

that a requester should be granted access

to CEII, the utility will be directed

to make the information available

to the requester.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be

construed to prohibit any persons from

voluntarily reaching arrangements or

agreements calling for the disclosure of

CEII.

[58 FR 52436, Oct. 8, 1993, as amended by

Order 643, 68 FR 52095, Sept. 2, 2003]

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 58 FR 52436, Oct.

8, 1993, § 141.300 was added. This section contains

information collection and recordkeeping

requirements and will not become

effective until approval has been given by

the Office of Management and Budget.