FERC-516, (Supplemental NOPR
in RM20-10-000) Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
04/28/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2021
6,913
6,850
531,265
526,198
0
0
The Commission requests approval of
the information collection requirements in FERC-516 as proposed for
modification in the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(SNOPR) in Docket No. RM20-10. The SNOPR proposes to modify the
incentive proposed for transmitting and electric utilities that
join Transmission Organizations in the March 20, 2020 Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in this proceeding. In addition,
pursuant to FPA section 206, the Commission proposes to require
each utility that has received an incentive for joining and
remaining in a transmission organization for three or more years to
submit a compliance filing revising its tariff to remove the
incentive from its transmission tariff. We estimate a one-time
filing (burdens and costs) associated with this SNOPR of: $6,640
each for the 190 filers (transmitting utilities in RTOs/ISOs) of
FERC-516.
The Supplemental NOPR is
intended to improve the Commission’s implementation of FPA section
219 by more appropriately balancing encouraging transmission owners
to join Transmission Organizations with ratepayer considerations.
This Supplemental NOPR would revise the Commission’s regulations
and policy with respect to the mechanics and implementation of the
Commission’s transmission incentives policy. Respondents will be
required to complete a one-time eTariff Filing in Year 1. For
administrative purposes, we are averaging the one-time burden in
Year 1 over a three-year period. The estimates in the table above
match the estimates in the Supplemental NOPR. These estimates are
not annualized. The annual average for years 1-3 will be (rounded)
to the following: • 63.33 responses per year (190 responses/3
years) • 5,067 hours per year (15,200 hours/3 years) FERC-516
proposes changes to the Commission’s transmission incentives policy
would both help to reflect recent changes in the industry and
transmission planning and more closely align with the statutory
language of FPA section 219.
$351,133
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Daniel Kheloussi 202
502-6391
No
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.
RM20-10 SNOPR Sup Statement Final.docx
Supplemental NOPR RM20-10 One-time Updated Transmission Incentive Filing