FERC-516, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/12/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2021
6,510
6,850
503,486
526,198
0
0
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve the information collection requirements in FERC-516, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings, for a three-year period. FERC-516 is an existing Commission information collection. Prior to this renewal, FERC-516 was routinely renewed through rulemakings (most recently the Supplemental NOPR in ICR 202104-1902-001 that will not be addressed in this renewal). FERC-516 includes 11 components listed in the table in Question #12 of the supporting statement. The one-time filings required in Order 845 (in Docket No. RM17-8), Order 755 (in Docket No. RM11-7), and Order 676-G (in Docket No. RM05-05-020) are complete and reduce the total number of respondents and hourly burden. Section 205(c) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) requires that every public utility have all its jurisdictional rates and tariffs on file with the Commission and make them available for public inspection, within such time and in such form as the Commission may designate. FPA section 219(a) directed the Commission to promulgate a rule providing incentive-based rates for electric transmission for the purpose of benefitting consumers by ensuring reliability and reducing the cost of delivered power by reducing transmission congestion. FERC-516 includes several IC's regarding filings placed on the industry (ranging from frequency regulation to the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT)) in order to comply with FERC's statutory requirements.
Program Decreases. The one-time filings required in Order 845 (in Docket No. RM17-8), Order 755 (in Docket No. RM11-7), and Order 676-G (in Docket No. RM05-05-020) are complete and reduce the total number of respondents and hourly burden. Because Order Nos. 845, 755, and 676-G remain a one-time filing requirement for transmission organizations, the burden associated with this data collections will result only if a new transmission organization enters FERC jurisdiction. One response for one new transmission organization is being used as a placeholder (in the table on question 12) for a possible application from such a new transmission organization with an organized electricity market. This results in a program change (decrease) of 450 responses, 23,212 burden hours.
Agency Adjustment. The number of respondents from RM05-5-022 and RM17-8 filings (in the table above) increased the total burden by changing the number of respondents from 132 to 162. This change is based on the increased number of companies subject to compliance and changes in the last few years, as identified by the NERC registry, as of April 28, 2020. This results in a agency adjustment (increase) of 110 responses, 500 burden hours.
$3,453,055
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Casey Nutsch 202 502-8426
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.
FERC-516 Supporting Statement 2021 Final.docx
Pub.L 109-59 1211, Title XII, Subtitle A Energy Policy Act of 2005.pdf
Supplemental NOPR RM20-10 One-time Updated Transmission Incentive Filing