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consists of an annual report that
includes projections, details on the level
and status of transmission investment,
and the reason for delay (if any).
The regulation at 18 CFR 35.35(h)
requires public utilities that have been
granted incentive rate treatment for
specific transmission projects to file
FERC Form 730 annually, beginning
with the calendar year incentive rate
treatment is granted by the Commission.
Such filings are due by April 18 of the
following calendar year and are due
April 18 each year thereafter. The
following information must be filed:
(1) In dollar terms, actual
transmission investment for the most
recent calendar year, and projected,
Number of respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

A.

B.

Type of Respondents: Public utilities
that have been granted incentive based
rate treatment for specific transmission
projects under provisions of 18 CFR
35.35.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates 63 responses
annually, and per-response burdens of
30 hours and $2,370. The total
estimated burdens per year are 1,890
hours and $171,990. These burdens are
itemized in the following table.

Total number
of responses

Average burden & cost
per response 3

Total annual burden
hours & total annual cost

Cost per respondent
($)

C.
(Column A × Column B)

D.

E.
(Column C × Column D)

F.
(Column E ÷ Column A)

63 ............................................

1

63

30 hours; $2,730 ........

1,890 hours; $171,990 ................

2,730

Totals ...............................

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

63

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

1,890 hours; $171,990 ................

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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: February 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–04308 Filed 3–1–23; 8:45 am]
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accurate assessment of the state of
transmission investment by public
utilities. Filers are strongly encouraged
to submit the FERC–730 electronically
via eFiling.

incremental investments for the next
five calendar years; and
(2) For all current and projected
investments (except projects with
projected costs less than $20 million)
over the next five calendar years, a
project-by-project listing that specifies
for each project the most up-to-date,
expected completion date, percentage
completion as of the date of filing, and
reasons for delays.
For good cause shown, the
Commission may extend the time
within which any FERC–730 filing is to
be filed or waive the requirements
applicable to any such filing.
The Commission uses the FERC–730
information collection to determine an

• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC23–7–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725A(1B); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.

AGENCY:

Notice of information collection
and request for comments.

ACTION:

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 currently
approved information collection, FERC–
725A(1B), (Mandatory Reliability
Standards for the Bulk Power System).
There are no changes in the
requirements of the collection.

SUMMARY:

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Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC23–7–000)
by either of the following methods:

Title: FERC–725A(1B), (Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power
System).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0292.

ADDRESSES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

DATES:

Comments on the collection of
information are due May 1, 2023.

2 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. For further

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance, contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
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 https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.

explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
3 The Commission staff estimates that the
industry’s hourly cost for wages plus benefits is

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similar to the Commission’s $91.00 FY 2022 average
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Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725A(1B) information
collection requirements with no changes
to the current reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–725A(1B) 1
Under section 215 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), the Commission proposes to
approve Reliability Standards TOP–
010–1i (Real-time Reliability Monitoring
and Analysis Capabilities) submitted by
North American Electric Corporation
(NERC). In this order, the Reliability
Standards build on monitoring, realtime assessments and support effective
situational awareness. The Reliability
Standards accomplish this by requiring
applicable entities to: (1) Provide

notification to operators of real-time
monitoring alarm failures; (2) provide
operators with indications of the quality
of information being provided by their
monitoring and analysis capabilities;
and (3) address deficiencies in the
quality of information being provided
by their monitoring and analysis
capabilities. FERC–725A(1B) addresses
situational awareness objectives by
providing for operator awareness when
key alarming tools are not performing as
intended. These collections will
improve real-time situational awareness
capabilities and enhance reliable
operations by requiring reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,

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and balancing authorities to provide
operators with an improved awareness
of system conditions analysis
capabilities, including alarm
availability, so that operators may take
appropriate steps to ensure reliability.
These functions include planning,
operations, data sharing, monitoring,
and analysis.
Type of Respondent: Balancing
Authority (BA), Transmission
Operations (TOP) and Reliability
Coordinators (RC).
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost for this information
collection in the table below.

FERC–725A(1B)—MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE BULK POWER SYSTEM 3
Entity

Requirements

Number of
respondents 4

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average burden &
cost per response 5

Total annual burden
hours & total annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

BA 6 .............................
TOP 7 ..........................
BA/TOP .......................

Annual reporting ..
Annual reporting ..
Annual Record
Retention.

98
168
266

1
1
1

98
168
266

42 hrs.; $3,234.84 ....
40 hrs.; $3,080.80 ....
2 hrs.; $84.70 ...........

4,116 hrs.; $317,014.32
6,720 hrs.; $517,574.40
532 hrs.; $22,530.20 ......

Total Burden Hours
Per Year (Reporting).

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

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

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

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

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

10,836 hrs. $834,588.72

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

Total Burden Hours
Per Year (Record
Retention).

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

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

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

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

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

532 hrs.; $22,530.20 ......

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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
1 The 725(1B) collection was created as a
temporary collection number originally used at the
time of the RD16–6–000, because OMB cannot
review two pending requests with the same OMB
control no. at a given time. The FERC 725A is still
pending at OMB for an unrelated matter, thus we
are renewing the temporary number and the related
collection at this time.
2 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
3 Our estimates are based on the NERC
Compliance Registry Summary of Entities and

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of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

$3,234.84
3,080.80
84.70

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Dated: February 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–04307 Filed 3–1–23; 8:45 am]

[Docket No. IC23–8–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725T); Comment
Request; Extension

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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.

AGENCY:

Notice of information collection
and request for comments.

ACTION:

Functions as of November 4, 2022, which indicates
there are 266 entities registered as BA and TOP.
4 The number of respondents is the number of
entities in which a change in burden from the
current standards to the proposed standards exists,
not the total number of entities from the current or
proposed standards that are applicable.
5 The estimated hourly costs (salary plus benefits)
are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
information, as of May 2022 (at http://www.bls.gov/
oes/current/naics2_22.htm, with updated benefits
information for March 2022 at http://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm), for an electrical
engineer (code 17–2071, $77.02/hour), and for
information and record clerks record keeper (code
43–4199, $42.35/hour). The hourly figure for
engineers is used for reporting; the hourly figure for

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information and record clerks is used for document
retention.
6 Balancing Authority (BA). The following
Requirements and associated measures apply to
balancing authorities: Requirement R1: A revised
data specification and writing the required
operating process/operating procedure; and
Requirement R2: quality monitoring logs and the
data errors and corrective action logs.
7 Transmission Operations (TOP). The following
Requirements and associated measures apply to
transmission operators: Requirement R1: A revised
data specification and writing the required
operating process/operating procedure; and
Requirement R3: alarm process monitor
performance logs to maintain performance logs and
corrective action plans.

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