Because the agency sought comments only on the changes associated with Docket No. RD25-7-000 for EOP-012-3, the existing expiration date remains the same for this collection. In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2026
09/30/2026
09/30/2026
2,423
0
2,723
94,818
0
96,420
0
0
0
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve modifications to the FERC-725S (Mandatory Reliability Standards: Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards) under OMB Control No. 1902-0270 for a three-year period. he EOP Standards are currently located in the FERC-725S (OMB Control No. 1902-0270) collection. In Docket No. RD25-7-000, the Commission proposes to replace the current OMB approved Reliability Standard EOP-012-2 with proposed Reliability Standard EOP-012-3. Proposed Requirements R1 through R5 and R7 through R9 are carried over and modified from a prior version of the Standard. Proposed Requirement R6 and Attachment 1 are new. The proposed Standard creates a mechanism for NERC to receive, review, evaluate, and confirm validity of each Generator Cold Weather Constraint as well as corrective action extension requests from generator owners beyond the maximum timeframe. In addition, the proposed Standard implements more frequent reviews of the Generator Cold Weather Constraint declarations to verify they remain valid. The proposed Standard also adds Attachment 1 and modifies the Generator Cold Weather Constraint definition to address concerns related to ambiguity of the defined terms.
US Code:
16 USC 824o
Name of Law: The Energy Policy Act of 2005
In Docket No. RD25-7-000, NERC petitioned the Commission for approval of revisions to the EOP standards from EOP-012-2 to EOP-012-3. Due to the revision, the Commission is removing its estimates for EOP-012-2 and replacing them with our estimates for EOP-012-3. Thus, the removal includes all of the one-time costs associated with EOP-012-2. This results in a total reduction of -1210 responses and -6,050 hours which were the onetime costs. Further, the addition of +1,314 responses and +5,256 burden hrs. associated with EOP-012-3 caused a decrease in the total Program change by Agency discretion of -300 responses and -1,602 hours.
$7,978
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
David O'Conner 202 502-6695
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.
NEWS Release.pdf
RD25-7 30-day notice 01.13.26 (Issued).docx
EOP-011-4 Annualized Ongoing (RD24-1-000)