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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC20–23–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725R); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the information
collection FERC–725R (Mandatory
Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability
Standards) and will be submitting the
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review.

SUMMARY:

Comments on the collection of
information are due October 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the comments
should be submitted to the Commission,
in Docket No. IC20–23–000, by one of
the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons
unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
• Effective 7/1/2020, delivery of
filings other than by eFiling or the U.S.
Postal Service should be delivered to
Health and Human Services, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
Instructions:
All submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at http://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
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], and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

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Title: FERC–725R, Mandatory
Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability
Standards.1
OMB Control No.: 1902–0268
Type of Request: Three-year renewal
request for the FERC–725R information
collection requirements, with no
changes to the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract:
On August 8, 2005, Congress enacted
into law the Electricity Modernization
Act of 2005, which is Title XII, Subtitle
A, of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(EPAct 2005).2 EPAct 2005 added a new
section 215 to the FPA, which required
a Commission-certified Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) to
develop mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards, which are subject
to Commission review and approval.
Once approved, the Reliability Standard
may be enforced by the ERO subject to
Commission oversight, or the
Commission can independently enforce
Reliability Standards.3
On February 3, 2006, the Commission
issued Order No. 672, implementing
section 215 of the FPA.4 Pursuant to
Order No. 672, the Commission certified
one organization, North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),
as the ERO.5 The Reliability Standards
developed by the ERO and approved by
the Commission apply to users, owners
and operators of the Bulk-Power System
as set forth in each Reliability Standard.
FERC–725R includes the following
nation-wide Reliability Standards: 6
• BAL–001–2,7 Real Power Balancing
Control Performance.
Reliability Standard BAL–001–2 is
designed to ensure that applicable
1 In Docket No. RD20–9–000, Reliability Standard
BAL–003–2 is being considered for approval. (A
Notice requesting comments on the changes
proposed in Docket No. RD20–9–000 is posted in
eLibrary at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/
common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=15605347.) Those
changes are addressed separately in Docket No.
RD20–9–000 and are not addressed in this notice
in Docket No. IC20–23–000.
2 Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58,
Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (codified at
16 U.S.C. 824o).
3 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3).
4 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric
Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the
Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of
Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC
Stats. & Regs. 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No.
672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. 31,212 (2006).
5 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116
FERC 61,062, order on reh’g and compliance, 117
FERC 61,126 (2006), order on compliance, 118
FERC 61,190, order on reh’g, 119 FERC 61,046
(2007), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d
1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009).
6 There are also regional BAL Reliability
Standards. They are not included in FERC–725R
and are not discussed here. The regional BAL
Reliability Standards are covered under other OMB
Control Nos.
7 It was approved in Docket No. RM14–10.

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entities balance generation and load by
maintaining system frequency within
narrow bounds around a scheduled
value, and it improves reliability by
adding a frequency component to the
measurement of a Balancing Authority’s
Area Control Error (ACE).8
• BAL–002–3,9 Disturbance Control
Standard—Contingency Reserve for
Recovery from a Balancing Contingency
Event.
This standard ensures that a
responsible entity, either a balancing
authority or reserve sharing group, is
able to recover from system
contingencies by deploying adequate
reserves to return their Area Control
Error to defined values and replacing
the capacity and energy lost due to
generation or transmission equipment
outages.
• BAL–003–1,10 Frequency Response
and Frequency Bias Setting.
This standard requires sufficient
Frequency Response from the Balancing
Authority (BA) to maintain
Interconnection Frequency within
predefined bounds by arresting
frequency deviations and supporting
frequency until the frequency is restored
to its scheduled value. It also ensures
that balancing authority’s Frequency
Bias Setting is accurately calculated to
match its actual Frequency Response. It
provides consistent methods for
measuring Frequency Response and
determining the Frequency Bias Setting.
Each balancing authority reports its
previous year Frequency Response
Measure and Frequency Bias Setting to
NERC via FRS (Frequency Response
Survey) Form 1. The information
provided on the FRS Form 1 is based on
events which qualify for analyses; NERC
identifies between 20 to 35 events in
each Interconnection for calculating the
Frequency Response Measure and
Frequency Bias Setting.
• BAL–005–1,11 Balancing Authority
Control.
This standard establishes
requirements for acquiring data
necessary to calculate Reporting Area
Control Error (Reporting ACE). The
standard also specifies a minimum
periodicity, accuracy, and availability
requirement for acquisition of the data
8 Area Control Error is the instantaneous
difference between a Balancing Authority’s net
actual and scheduled interchange, taking into
accounts the effects of Frequency Bias, correction
for meter error, and Automatic Time Error
Correction (ATEC), if operating in the ATEC mode.
ATEC is only applicable to Balancing Authorities in
the Western Interconnection. NERC Glossary.
9 It was approved in Docket No. RD18–7.
10 It was approved in Docket No. RM13–11; the
current version is Reliability Standard BAL–003–
1.1.
11 It was approved in Docket No. RM16–13.

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and for providing the information to the
System Operator. It requires balancing
authorities to maintain minimum levels
of annual availability of 99.5% for each
balancing authority system for
calculating Reporting ACE.
Type of Respondent: Balancing
Authorities, Response Sharing Group,

and Frequency Response Sharing
Group.
Estimate of Annual Burden:12 Our
estimate of the number of respondents
affected is based on the NERC
Compliance Registry as of July 17,
2020.13 According to the Compliance
Registry, NERC has registered 97

Balancing Authorities (BA), 11
Response Sharing Groups (RSG), and 1
Frequency Response Sharing Group
(FRSG) within the United States, as
noted. The burden estimates reflect the
number of affected entities for each
standard. Estimates for the average
annual burden and cost 14 follow.

FERC–725R
Function

Number &
type of
respondents

Number of
annual
responses
per
respondent

Total No. of
annual
responses

Average burden
hours & cost ($)
per response

Total annual
burden hours & total
annual cost ($)

(1)

(2)

(1) × (2) =
(3)

(4)

(3) × (4) = (5)

BAL–001–2
BA Reporting Requirements ................................................
BA Recordkeeping Requirements .......................................

97
97

1
1

97
97

8 hrs.; $561.52 ...........
4 hrs.; $164.12 ...........

776 hrs.; $54,467.44.
388 hrs.; $15,919.64.

108
108

8 hrs.; $561.52 ...........
4 hrs.; $164.12 ...........

864 hrs.; $60,644.16.
432 hrs.; $17,724.96.

2,744
98

8 hrs.; $561.52 ...........
2 hrs.; $82.06 .............

21,952 hrs.; $1,540,810.88.
196 hrs.; $8,041.88.

BAL–002–3
BA & RSG Reporting Requirements ...................................
BA & RSG Recordkeeping Requirements ..........................

108
108

1
1
BAL–003–1.1

BA & FRSG Reporting Requirements .................................
BA & FRSG Recordkeeping Requirements ........................

98
98

28
1
BAL–005–1

BA Reporting Requirements ................................................
BA Recordkeeping Requirements .......................................

97
97

1
1

97
97

1 hr.; $70.19 ...............
1 hr.; $41.03 ...............

97 hrs.; $6,808.43.
97 hrs.; $3,979.91.

SUB-TOTAL FOR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ....

....................

....................

....................

.....................................

23,689 hrs.; $1,662,730.91.

SUB-TOTAL FOR RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.

....................

....................

....................

.....................................

1,113 hrs.; $45,666.39.

TOTAL FOR FERC–725R (rounded) ....................

....................

....................

....................

.....................................

24,802 hrs.; $1,708,397.

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: August 21, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–18915 Filed 8–27–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–1852–037;
ER10–1852–035.
Applicants: Florida Power & Light
Company.

12 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. See 5 CFR
1320 for additional information on the definition of
information collection burden.

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13 NERC Compliance Registry (July 17, 2020),
available at https://www.nerc.com/pa/comp/
Registration%20and%20Certification%20DL/
NERC_Compliance_Registry_Matrix_Excel.xlsx.
14 The hourly cost estimates are based on wage
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May
2019 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_

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Description: Supplement to February
27, 2020 and May 19, 2020 Notification
of Change in Status of Florida Power &
Light Company.
Filed Date: 8/20/20.
Accession Number: 20200820–5152.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/10/20.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1150–003.
Applicants: Northwest Ohio Wind,
LLC.
Description: Updated Market Power
Analysis for the Northeast Region of
Northwest Ohio Wind, LLC.
Filed Date: 8/21/20.
Accession Number: 20200821–5068.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/20.
Docket Numbers: ER20–936–000.
Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, LLC.
Description: Entergy Arkansas, LLC.
submits tariff filing per 35.19a(b):
Refund Report_Arkansas Nuclear One
Unit 2 to be effective N/A.
22.htm) and benefits data for Dec. 2019 (issued
March 2020, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly costs (for wages and
benefits) are for: Electrical Engineer (Occupation
code 17–2071), $70.19; and Information and Record
Clerk (Occupation code 43–4199), $41.03.

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