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.
US Code:
16
USC 824e Name of Law: Federal Power Act
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)