FERC-917 (Electric Transmission Facilities) (proposed revisions in Docket No. RM21-17)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/26/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2024
1,449
324
226,504
152,129
0
0
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review the revisions to FERC-516F and FERC-917, as proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM21-17-000. The proposed rule would require public utility transmission providers to comply with revised electric regional transmission planning and cost allocation requirements.
Please note: (1) The NOPR identified FERC-516 as one of the information collections proposed to be revised, but that collection is currently pending approval at OMB. Because agencies are only allowed to seek one clearance for an information collection at a time, we are designating FERC-516F as a relevant collection for purposes of this supporting statement. The information collection previously designated as FERC-516F was subsequently added to FERC-516. (2) The information collection at OMB Control No. 1902-0233 includes both FERC-917 and FERC-918, but the information collection activities proposed in Docket No. RM21-17-000 do not include any activities in FERC-918.
All of the PRA activities resulting from the reforms proposed in the NOPR would be program changes that the Commission has determined will assist in fulfilling its statutory obligations under FPA section 206.
Some of the PRA activities in the NOPR would increase the total burden of FERC-917. At present, the estimated annual burdens for FERC-917 are not differentiated according to whether they are for Year One or for subsequent years. As shown in the supporting statement for the currently active FERC-917 information collection, the approved burdens for FERC-917 are 862 responses and 83,927 hours. The first-year burdens under the NOPR in Docket No. RM21-17 for FERC-917 would be 625 responses and 52,500 hours. For Year One, the resulting total burdens for FERC-917 would be: 625 responses plus 862 responses = 1,487 responses; and 83,927 hours plus 52,500 hours = 136,427 hours.
The requested burdens for subsequent years proposed in the NOPR in Docket No. RM2-17 would be 625 responses per year and 21,875 hours per year. Thus, in subsequent years, the total burden for FERC-917 would be 625 response plus 862 responses = 1,487 responses per year; and 21,875 hours per year plus 52,500 hours per year = 105,802 hours per year.
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.
RM21-17: Revise interregional transmission coordination procedures to reflect Long-Term Regional Transmission Planning (Subsequent Years)