80_FR_22518 80 FR 22441 - Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements Reliability Standard

80 FR 22441 - Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements Reliability Standard

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 77 (April 22, 2015)

Page Range22441-22444
FR Document2015-09219

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 (Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 is to have adequate data available to facilitate analysis of bulk electric system disturbances.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 40

[Docket No. RM15-4-000]


Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements Reliability 
Standard

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposes to approve 
Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 (Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting 
Requirements) submitted by the North American Electric Reliability 
Corporation. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 is 
to have adequate data available to facilitate analysis of bulk electric 
system disturbances.

DATES: Comments are due June 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by docket number, may be filed in the 
following ways:
     Electronic Filing through http://www.ferc.gov. Documents 
created electronically using word processing software should be filed 
in native applications or print-to-PDF format and not in a scanned 
format.
     Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable to file electronically 
may mail or hand-deliver comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Comment 
Procedures Section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juan R. Villar (Technical Information), Office of Electric Reliability, 
Division of Reliability Standards and Security, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: (202) 536-2930, [email protected].

Alan Rukin (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426, Telephone: (202) 502-8502, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal 
Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) 
proposes to approve proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 
(Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements).\1\ The North 
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-
certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), submitted proposed 
Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 for approval. The purpose of proposed 
Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 is to have adequate data available to 
facilitate analysis of bulk electric system disturbances. In addition, 
the Commission proposes to approve the associated violation risk 
factors and violation severity levels, implementation plan, and 
effective date proposed by NERC.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824o.
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I. Background

A. Section 215 and Mandatory Reliability Standards

    2. Section 215 of the FPA requires a Commission-certified ERO to 
develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards, subject to 
Commission review and approval.\2\ Once approved, the Reliability 
Standards may be enforced by the ERO subject to Commission oversight, 
or by the Commission independently.\3\ In 2006, the Commission 
certified NERC as the ERO pursuant to FPA section 215.\4\
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    \2\ Id. 824o(c) and (d).
    \3\ Id. 824o(e).
    \4\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 FERC ] 61,062 
(ERO Certification Order), order on reh'g and compliance, 117 FERC ] 
61,126 (2006), order on compliance, 118 FERC ] 61,190, order on 
reh'g, 119 FERC ] 61,046 (2007), rev. denied sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. 
FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009).
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B. Order No. 693

    3. On March 16, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 693, 
approving 83 of the 107 Reliability Standards filed by NERC, including 
Reliability Standard PRC-018-1.\5\ Reliability Standard PRC-018-1 
requires the installation of disturbance monitoring equipment and the 
reporting of disturbance data in accordance with comprehensive 
requirements.\6\
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    \5\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, 
Order No. 693, FERC Stats. and Regs. ] 31,242, order on reh'g, Order 
No. 693-A, 120 FERC ] 61,053 (2007).
    \6\ Id. at PP 1550-1551.
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    4. In Order No. 693, the Commission determined that proposed 
Reliability Standard PRC-002-1 was a ``fill-in-the-blank'' Reliability 
Standard because it required Regional Reliability Organizations to 
establish requirements for installation of disturbance monitoring 
equipment and report disturbance data to facilitate analyses of events 
and verify system models.\7\ The Commission stated that it would not 
approve or remand proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-1 until NERC 
submitted additional necessary information to the Commission.\8\
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    \7\ Id. at P 1451.
    \8\ Id. at P 1456.
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C. NERC Petition and Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2

    5. On December 15, 2014, NERC submitted a petition seeking 
Commission approval of proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2.\9\ NERC 
contends that proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 is just, 
reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the 
public interest. NERC explains that the proposed Reliability Standard 
consolidates the requirements of unapproved Reliability Standard PRC-
002-1 and currently-effective Reliability Standard PRC-018-1.\10\
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    \9\ Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 is not attached to 
this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The proposed Reliability 
Standard is available on the Commission's eLibrary document 
retrieval system in Docket No. RM15-4-00 and is posted on NERC's Web 
site, available at http://www.nerc.com.
    \10\ NERC Petition at 15.
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    6. NERC states that it is important to monitor and analyze 
disturbances to plan and operate the Bulk-Power System to avoid 
instability, separation and cascading failures.\11\ NERC maintains that 
the proposed Reliability Standard improves reliability by providing 
personnel with necessary data to enable more effective post event 
analysis, which can also be used to verify system models.\12\ Moreover, 
NERC explains that the proposed Reliability Standard ``focuses on 
ensuring that the requisite data is captured and the Requirements 
constitute a results[hyphen]based approach to capturing data.'' \13\
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    \11\ Id. at 13. NERC defines a ``Disturbance'' as: ``(1) an 
unplanned event that produces an abnormal system condition; (2) any 
perturbation to the electric system; [or] (3) the unexpected change 
in [area control error] that is caused by the sudden failure of 
generation or interruption of load.'' Id. (quoting Glossary of Terms 
Used in NERC Reliability Standards at 30).
    \12\ Id. at 15.
    \13\ Id. at 14-15.
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    7. NERC states that, in the United States, proposed Reliability 
Standard PRC-002-2 will apply to planning coordinators in the Eastern 
Interconnection, planning coordinators or the reliability coordinator 
in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Interconnection, 
and the reliability coordinator in the Western Interconnection, which 
are collectively referred to as ``Responsible Entities.'' The proposed 
Reliability Standard will also apply to transmission owners and 
generation owners.
    8. NERC states that proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2

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includes 12 Requirements. Requirement R1 requires transmission owners: 
(1) To identify bulk electric system buses, e.g., substations, for 
which sequence of event recording and fault record data is required; 
(2) to notify other owners of bulk electric system elements connected 
to those particular bulk electric system buses where sequence of event 
recording and fault record data will be necessary; and (3) to re-
evaluate all bulk electric system buses every five years. Requirement 
R2 requires transmission owners and generation owners to collect 
sequence of event data. Requirement R3 and Requirement R4 require 
transmission owners and generation owners to collect fault recording 
data and parameters of that data. Requirement R5 through Requirement R9 
lay out thresholds where dynamic disturbance recording data are 
required and provide more specifics on its collection. Requirement R10 
requires transmission owners and generation owners to time synchronize 
the recordings. According to NERC, Requirement R10 provides the 
synchronization requirements in response to Recommendation No. 28 from 
the final report on the August 2003 blackout issued by the U.S.-Canada 
Power System Outage Task Force (Blackout Report).\14\ Requirement R11 
requires transmission owners and generation owners to provide sequence 
of event recording, fault recording and dynamic disturbance recording 
data upon request and establishes specific guidelines to ensure that 
data can be used in the analysis of events. Requirement R12 requires 
transmission owners and generation owners to restore the recording 
capability of the equipment used to record disturbances, if this 
capability is interrupted.
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    \14\ NERC Petition at 35-36 (quoting U.S.-Canada Power System 
Outage Task Force, Final Report on the August 14, 2003 Blackout in 
the United States and Canada: Causes and Recommendations at 162 
(Apr. 2004), available at http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/DocumentsandMedia/BlackoutFinal-Web.pdf).
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    9. NERC proposes an implementation plan that includes an effective 
date for proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 that is the first day 
of the first calendar quarter that is six months after the date that 
the Commission approves the standard. Concurrent with the effective 
date, the implementation plan calls for the retirement of currently-
effective Reliability Standard PRC-018-1 and ``pending'' Reliability 
Standard PRC-002-1.\15\
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    \15\ Id. at Ex. B (Implementation Plan).
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II. Discussion

    10. Pursuant to section 215(d)(2) of the FPA, the Commission 
proposes to approve proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 as just, 
reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the 
public interest. The Commission also proposes to approve the associated 
violation risk factors and violation severity levels, implementation 
plan, and effective date proposed by NERC. Further, the Commission 
proposes to approve the retirement of ``pending'' Reliability Standard 
PRC-002-1 and currently-effective Reliability Standard PRC-018-1, as 
proposed by NERC.\16\
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    \16\ As noted above, the Commission in Order No. 693 did not 
approve proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-1 but, rather, took no 
action on the Reliability Standard pending the receipt of additional 
information. Order No. 693, FERC Stats. and Regs. ] 31,242 at P 
1456. Approval of Reliability Standard PRC-002-2, as proposed 
herein, will render PRC-002-1 ``retired,'' i.e., withdrawn, and no 
longer pending before the Commission.
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    11. Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 enhances reliability by 
imposing mandatory requirements concerning the monitoring and reporting 
of disturbances. Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 provides 
greater continent-wide consistency regarding collection methods for 
data used in the analysis of disturbances on the Bulk-Power System. 
Specifically, proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 enhances 
reliability by consistently requiring covered entities to collect time-
synchronized information and to report disturbances on the Bulk-Power 
System. Accordingly, proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 satisfies 
the relevant directive in Order No. 693.\17\ In addition, we agree with 
NERC that Reliability Standard PRC-018-1 can be retired due to its 
consolidation with proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2.
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    \17\ Order No. 693, FERC Stats. and Regs. ] 31,242 at P 1456 
(``the ERO should consider whether greater consistency can be 
achieved'' regarding disturbance monitoring and reporting).
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III. Information Collection Statement

    12. The collection of information addressed in this Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking is subject to review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) under section 3507(d) of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995.\18\ OMB's regulations require approval of certain information 
collection requirements imposed by agency rules.\19\ Upon approval of a 
collection(s) of information, OMB will assign an OMB control number and 
an expiration date. Respondents subject to the filing requirements of a 
rule will not be penalized for failing to respond to these collections 
of information unless the collections of information display a valid 
OMB control number.
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    \18\ 44 U.S.C. 3507(d).
    \19\ 5 CFR 1320.11.
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    13. We solicit comments on the need for this information, whether 
the information will have practical utility, the accuracy of the burden 
estimates, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected or retained, and any suggested methods for 
minimizing respondents' burden, including the use of automated 
information techniques. Specifically, the Commission asks that any 
revised burden or cost estimates submitted by commenters be supported 
by sufficient detail to understand how the estimates are generated.
    14. Public Reporting Burden: The number of respondents below is 
based on an examination of the NERC compliance registry for 
transmission owners and generation owners and the estimation of how 
many entities from that registry will be affected. At the time of 
Commission review of proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2, 330 
transmission owners and 914 generation owners in the United States are 
registered in the NERC compliance registry. The Commission estimates 
that two-thirds (216) of these registered transmission owners will need 
to comply with at least one of the requirements contained in proposed 
Reliability Standard PRC-002-2. The Commission notes that many 
generation sites share a common generation owner. Due to the nature of 
this task, it is likely generator owners will manage this information 
aggregation task using a centralized staff. Therefore, we estimate that 
one-third of the generation owners (305) will have to meet the 
requirements contained in proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2. 
Finally, the Commission finds the number of ``Responsible Entities'' 
\20\ in the United States to equal fifty, based on the NERC compliance 
registry. The following table illustrates the burden to be applied to 
the information collection.\21\
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    \20\ As discussed above, proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 
defines the term ``Responsible Entity'' to include planning 
coordinators in the Eastern Interconnection, the reliability 
coordinator in the Western Interconnection, and planning 
coordinators or the reliability coordinator in the ERCOT 
Interconnection.
    \21\ In the burden table, engineering is abbreviated as ``Eng.'' 
and record keeping is abbreviated as ``R.K.''

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                                                Annual number                   Average burden    Annual burden
  Requirement and respondent      Number of     of responses    Total number   hours & cost per   hours & total
    category for PRC-002-2       respondents   per respondent   of responses     response \22\     annual cost
                                     (1)             (2)        (1)*(2) = (3)         (4)         (3)*(4) = (5)
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R1. Each Transmission Owner..             324               1             324  (Eng.) 24 hrs.    11,664 hrs.
                                                                                ($1,568.16);      (7776 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 12 hrs.    3888 R.K.);
                                                                                ($401.04).        $638,020.80
                                                                                                  ($508,083.84
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $129,936.96
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R2. Each Transmission Owner               521               1             521  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    7,294 hrs.
 and Generator Owner.                                                           ($653.40);        (5210 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     2084 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $410,068.68
                                                                                                  ($340,421.40
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $69,647.28
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R3 & R4. Each Transmission                521               1             521  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    7,294 hrs.
 Owner and Generator Owner.                                                     ($653.40);        (5210 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     2084 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $410,068.68
                                                                                                  ($340,421.40
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $69,647.28
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R5. Each Responsible Entity..              50               1              50  (Eng.) 24 hrs.    1,800 hrs.
                                                                                ($1,568.16);      (1200 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 12 hrs.    600 R.K.);
                                                                                ($401.04).       $98,460
                                                                                                  ($78,408 Eng.,
                                                                                                  $20,052 R.K.)
R6. Each Transmission Owner..             216               1             216  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    3,024 hrs.
                                                                                ($653.40);        (2160 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     864 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $170,009.28
                                                                                                  ($141,134.40
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $28,874.88
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R7. Each Generator Owner.....             305               1             305  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    4,270 hrs.
                                                                                ($653.40);        (3050 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     1220 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $240,059.40
                                                                                                  ($199,287
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $40,772.40
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R8. Each Transmission Owner               521               1             521  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    7,294 hrs.
 and Generator Owner.                                                           ($653.40);        (5210 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     2084 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $410,068.68
                                                                                                  ($340,421.40
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $69,647.28
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R9. Each Transmission Owner               521               1             521  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    7,294 hrs.
 and Generator Owner.                                                           ($653.40);        (5210 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     2084 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $410,068.68
                                                                                                  ($340,421.40
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $69,647.28
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R10. Each Transmission Owner              521               1             521  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    7,294 hrs.
 and Generator Owner.                                                           ($653.40);        (5210 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     2084 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $410,068.68
                                                                                                  ($340,421.40
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $69,647.28
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R11. Each Transmission Owner              521               1             521  (Eng.) 8 hrs.     6,252 hrs.
 and Generator Owner.                                                           ($522.72);        (4168 Eng.,
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     2084 R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $341,984.4
                                                                                                  ($272,337.12
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $69,647.28
                                                                                                  R.K.)
R12. Each Transmission Owner               52               1              52  (Eng.) 10 hrs.    728 hrs. (520
 and Generator Owner \23\.                                                      ($653.40);        Eng., 208
                                                                                (R.K.) 4 hrs.     R.K.);
                                                                                ($133.68).       $40,928.16
                                                                                                  ($33,976.80
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $6,951.36
                                                                                                  R.K.)
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    Total....................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ................  64,208 hrs.
                                                                                                  (44,924 Eng.,
                                                                                                  19,284 R.K.);
                                                                                                 $3,579,805.44
                                                                                                  ($2,935,334.16
                                                                                                  Eng.,
                                                                                                  $644,471.28
                                                                                                  R.K.)
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    \22\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the 
following formula: Burden Hours per Response * $/hour = Cost per 
Response. The $65.34/hour figure for an engineer and the $33.42/hour 
figure for a record clerk are based on the average salary plus 
benefits data from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    \23\ The Commission estimates that 10% (or 52) of the 521 
registered entities will have to restore recording capability or 
institute a corrective action plan (CAP) each year.
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    Title: FERC-725G2 \24\ Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting 
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    \24\ FERC-725G2 is temporarily being used because FERC-725G (OMB 
Control No. 1902-0252) is currently pending review at OMB.
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    Action: Revision to existing collection.
    OMB Control No: To be determined.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit, and not for profit 
institutions.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Necessity of the Information: Proposed Reliability Standard PRC-
002-2 sets forth requirements for disturbance monitoring and reporting 
requirements that will ensure adequate data are available to facilitate 
analysis of bulk electric system disturbances.
    Internal review: The Commission has assured itself, by means of its 
internal review, that there is specific, objective support for the 
burden estimates associated with the information requirements.
    15. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting 
requirements by contacting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Executive Director, 888 First

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Street NE., Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: Ellen Brown, email: 
[email protected], phone: (202) 502-8663, fax: (202) 273-0873].
    16. Comments concerning the information collection proposed in this 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the associated burden estimates, 
should be sent to the Commission in this docket and may also be sent to 
the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs [Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission]. For security reasons, comments should be sent 
by email to OMB at the following email address: 
[email protected]. Please reference FERC-725G2 and the docket 
numbers of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket No. RM15-4-000) 
in your submission.

IV. Environmental Analysis

    17. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental 
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may 
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.\25\ This 
action has been categorically excluded under section 380.4(a)(2)(ii) of 
the Commission's regulations, addressing the collection of 
information.\26\
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    \25\ Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897 (Dec. 17, 1987), FERC Stats. 
& Regs. Preambles 1986-1990 ] 30,783 (1987).
    \26\ 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii).
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V. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    18. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \27\ generally 
requires a description and analysis of proposed rules that will have 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
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    \27\ 5 U.S.C. 601-612.
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    19. The Small Business Administration (SBA) revised its size 
standards (effective January 22, 2014) for electric utilities from a 
standard based on megawatt hours to a standard based on the number of 
employees, including affiliates. Under SBA's new standards, some 
transmission owners and generation owners will possibly fall under the 
following category and associated size threshold: Electric bulk power 
transmission and control at 500 employees; hydroelectric power 
generation at 500 employees; fossil fuel electric power generation at 
750 employees; nuclear electric power generation at 750 employees.
    20. The Commission estimates that the number of applicable small 
entities will be minimal due to the gross million volt amps (MVA) 
thresholds embedded into proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2, which 
focus information collection on bulk electric system facilities having 
Interconnection-wide impacts worthy of collecting. The proposed 
Reliability Standard applies to approximately 526 entities in the 
United States. The Commission estimates, applying the MVA thresholds 
above, that approximately 52 (or 10 percent of the 521) are small 
entities. The Commission estimates for these small entities, proposed 
Reliability Standard PRC-002-2 Requirement R1 may need to be evaluated 
and documented every five years with costs of $9,847 for each 
evaluation. From this set of small entities, the Commission estimates 
that five percent, or only two or three small entities, may be affected 
by the other requirements, i.e., Requirements R2 through R12, of 
proposed Reliability Standard PRC-002-2. Based on a prior industry-
sponsored survey, annual compliance costs will average $100,000-
$160,000 for entities subject to these requirements.\28\ Accordingly, 
the Commission certifies that the proposed Reliability Standard will 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities.
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    \28\ See NERC Petition Ex. G (Record of Development) at 257 of 
pdf file, providing link to: NERC Cost Effective Analysis Process 
(CEAP) Pilot for NERC Project 2007-11--Disturbance Monitoring--PRC-
002-2 at 8 (Apr. 9, 2014).
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VI. Comment Procedures

    21. The Commission invites interested persons to submit comments on 
the matters and issues proposed in this notice to be adopted, including 
any related matters or alternative proposals that commenters may wish 
to discuss. Comments are due June 22, 2015. Comments must refer to 
Docket No. RM15-4-000, and must include the commenter's name, the 
organization they represent, if applicable, and their address in their 
comments.
    22. The Commission encourages comments to be filed electronically 
via the eFiling link on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts most standard word processing 
formats. Documents created electronically using word processing 
software should be filed in native applications or print-to-PDF format 
and not in a scanned format. Commenters filing electronically do not 
need to make a paper filing.
    23. Commenters that are not able to file comments electronically 
must send an original of their comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    24. All comments will be placed in the Commission's public files 
and may be viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely as described in the 
Document Availability section below. Commenters on this proposal are 
not required to serve copies of their comments on other commenters.

VII. Document Availability

    25. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
Internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) and 
in the Commission's Public Reference Room during normal business hours 
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    26. From the Commission's Home Page on the Internet, this 
information is available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is 
available on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, 
printing, and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type 
the docket number of this document, excluding the last three digits in 
the docket number field.
    27. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's 
Web site during normal business hours from the Commission's Online 
Support at (202) 502-6652 (toll free at 1 (866) 208-3676) or email at 
[email protected], or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at 
[email protected].

    By direction of the Commission.

    Issued: April 16, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 77 / Wednesday, April 22, 2015 / Proposed Rules 22441 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Requirements).1 The North American Standard PRC–002–1 until NERC Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), submitted additional necessary Federal Energy Regulatory the Commission-certified Electric information to the Commission.8 Commission Reliability Organization (ERO), C. NERC Petition and Proposed submitted proposed Reliability Standard Reliability Standard PRC–002–2 18 CFR Part 40 PRC–002–2 for approval. The purpose of proposed Reliability Standard PRC– 5. On December 15, 2014, NERC [Docket No. RM15–4–000] submitted a petition seeking 002–2 is to have adequate data available to facilitate analysis of bulk electric Commission approval of proposed Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Reliability Standard PRC–002–2.9 NERC Requirements Reliability Standard system disturbances. In addition, the Commission proposes to approve the contends that proposed Reliability AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory associated violation risk factors and Standard PRC–002–2 is just, reasonable, Commission. violation severity levels, not unduly discriminatory or ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. implementation plan, and effective date preferential, and in the public interest. proposed by NERC. NERC explains that the proposed SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Reliability Standard consolidates the I. Background requirements of unapproved Reliability Regulatory Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standard PRC–002– A. Section 215 and Mandatory Standard PRC–002–1 and currently- 2 (Disturbance Monitoring and Reliability Standards effective Reliability Standard PRC–018– Reporting Requirements) submitted by 1.10 2. Section 215 of the FPA requires a 6. NERC states that it is important to the North American Electric Reliability Commission-certified ERO to develop Corporation. The purpose of proposed monitor and analyze disturbances to mandatory and enforceable Reliability plan and operate the Bulk-Power Reliability Standard PRC–002–2 is to Standards, subject to Commission have adequate data available to facilitate System to avoid instability, separation review and approval.2 Once approved, and cascading failures.11 NERC analysis of bulk electric system the Reliability Standards may be disturbances. maintains that the proposed Reliability enforced by the ERO subject to Standard improves reliability by DATES: Comments are due June 22, 2015. Commission oversight, or by the providing personnel with necessary data ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by Commission independently.3 In 2006, to enable more effective post event docket number, may be filed in the the Commission certified NERC as the analysis, which can also be used to following ways: ERO pursuant to FPA section 215.4 verify system models.12 Moreover, • Electronic Filing through http:// B. Order No. 693 NERC explains that the proposed www.ferc.gov. Documents created 3. On March 16, 2007, the Reliability Standard ‘‘focuses on electronically using word processing Commission issued Order No. 693, ensuring that the requisite data is software should be filed in native approving 83 of the 107 Reliability captured and the Requirements applications or print-to-PDF format and Standards filed by NERC, including constitute a results-based approach to not in a scanned format. Reliability Standard PRC–018–1.5 capturing data.’’ 13 • Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable Reliability Standard PRC–018–1 7. NERC states that, in the United to file electronically may mail or hand- States, proposed Reliability Standard requires the installation of disturbance deliver comments to: Federal Energy PRC–002–2 will apply to planning monitoring equipment and the reporting Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the coordinators in the Eastern of disturbance data in accordance with Commission, 888 First Street NE., Interconnection, planning coordinators comprehensive requirements.6 Washington, DC 20426. 4. In Order No. 693, the Commission or the reliability coordinator in the Instructions: For detailed instructions determined that proposed Reliability Electric Reliability Council of Texas on submitting comments and additional Standard PRC–002–1 was a ‘‘fill-in-the- (ERCOT) Interconnection, and the information on the rulemaking process, blank’’ Reliability Standard because it reliability coordinator in the Western see the Comment Procedures Section of required Regional Reliability Interconnection, which are collectively this document. Organizations to establish requirements referred to as ‘‘Responsible Entities.’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: for installation of disturbance The proposed Reliability Standard will Juan R. Villar (Technical Information), monitoring equipment and report also apply to transmission owners and Office of Electric Reliability, Division disturbance data to facilitate analyses of generation owners. 8. NERC states that proposed of Reliability Standards and Security, events and verify system models.7 The Reliability Standard PRC–002–2 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC Commission stated that it would not 20426, Telephone: (202) 536–2930, approve or remand proposed Reliability 8 Id. at P 1456. Juan.Villar@ferc.gov. 9 Proposed Reliability Standard PRC–002–2 is not 1 16 U.S.C. 824o. Alan Rukin (Legal Information), Office attached to this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 2 Id. 824o(c) and (d). of the General Counsel, Federal The proposed Reliability Standard is available on 3 Id. 824o(e). the Commission’s eLibrary document retrieval Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 4 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 system in Docket No. RM15–4–00 and is posted on First Street NE., Washington, DC FERC ¶ 61,062 (ERO Certification Order), order on NERC’s Web site, available at http://www.nerc.com. 20426, Telephone: (202) 502–8502, reh’g and compliance, 117 FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), 10 NERC Petition at 15. Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Alan.Rukin@ferc.gov. order on compliance, 118 FERC ¶ 61,190, order on 11 Id. at 13. NERC defines a ‘‘Disturbance’’ as: ‘‘(1) reh’g, 119 FERC ¶ 61,046 (2007), rev. denied sub an unplanned event that produces an abnormal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. system condition; (2) any perturbation to the Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal 2009). electric system; [or] (3) the unexpected change in Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy 5 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk- [area control error] that is caused by the sudden Regulatory Commission (Commission) Power System, Order No. 693, FERC Stats. and Regs. failure of generation or interruption of load.’’ Id. ¶ 31,242, order on reh’g, Order No. 693–A, 120 (quoting Glossary of Terms Used in NERC proposes to approve proposed FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007). Reliability Standards at 30). Reliability Standard PRC–002–2 6 Id. at PP 1550–1551. 12 Id. at 15. (Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting 7 Id. at P 1451. 13 Id. at 14–15. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:23 Apr 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\22APP1.SGM 22APP1

22442 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 77 / Wednesday, April 22, 2015 / Proposed Rules includes 12 Requirements. Requirement 1 and ‘‘pending’’ Reliability Standard OMB control number and an expiration R1 requires transmission owners: (1) To PRC–002–1.15 date. Respondents subject to the filing identify bulk electric system buses, e.g., requirements of a rule will not be II. Discussion substations, for which sequence of event penalized for failing to respond to these recording and fault record data is 10. Pursuant to section 215(d)(2) of collections of information unless the required; (2) to notify other owners of the FPA, the Commission proposes to collections of information display a bulk electric system elements connected approve proposed Reliability Standard valid OMB control number. to those particular bulk electric system PRC–002–2 as just, reasonable, not 13. We solicit comments on the need buses where sequence of event unduly discriminatory or preferential, for this information, whether the recording and fault record data will be and in the public interest. The information will have practical utility, necessary; and (3) to re-evaluate all bulk Commission also proposes to approve the accuracy of the burden estimates, electric system buses every five years. the associated violation risk factors and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Requirement R2 requires transmission violation severity levels, clarity of the information to be collected owners and generation owners to collect implementation plan, and effective date or retained, and any suggested methods sequence of event data. Requirement R3 proposed by NERC. Further, the for minimizing respondents’ burden, and Requirement R4 require Commission proposes to approve the including the use of automated transmission owners and generation retirement of ‘‘pending’’ Reliability information techniques. Specifically, owners to collect fault recording data Standard PRC–002–1 and currently- the Commission asks that any revised and parameters of that data. effective Reliability Standard PRC–018– burden or cost estimates submitted by Requirement R5 through Requirement 1, as proposed by NERC.16 11. Proposed Reliability Standard commenters be supported by sufficient R9 lay out thresholds where dynamic detail to understand how the estimates disturbance recording data are required PRC–002–2 enhances reliability by imposing mandatory requirements are generated. and provide more specifics on its 14. Public Reporting Burden: The concerning the monitoring and collection. Requirement R10 requires number of respondents below is based reporting of disturbances. Proposed transmission owners and generation on an examination of the NERC Reliability Standard PRC–002–2 owners to time synchronize the compliance registry for transmission provides greater continent-wide recordings. According to NERC, owners and generation owners and the consistency regarding collection Requirement R10 provides the estimation of how many entities from methods for data used in the analysis of synchronization requirements in that registry will be affected. At the time disturbances on the Bulk-Power System. response to Recommendation No. 28 of Commission review of proposed Specifically, proposed Reliability from the final report on the August 2003 Reliability Standard PRC–002–2, 330 Standard PRC–002–2 enhances blackout issued by the U.S.-Canada transmission owners and 914 generation reliability by consistently requiring Power System Outage Task Force owners in the United States are covered entities to collect time- (Blackout Report).14 Requirement R11 registered in the NERC compliance synchronized information and to report requires transmission owners and registry. The Commission estimates that disturbances on the Bulk-Power System. generation owners to provide sequence two-thirds (216) of these registered Accordingly, proposed Reliability of event recording, fault recording and transmission owners will need to Standard PRC–002–2 satisfies the dynamic disturbance recording data comply with at least one of the relevant directive in Order No. 693.17 In upon request and establishes specific requirements contained in proposed addition, we agree with NERC that guidelines to ensure that data can be Reliability Standard PRC–002–2. The Reliability Standard PRC–018–1 can be used in the analysis of events. Commission notes that many generation retired due to its consolidation with Requirement R12 requires transmission sites share a common generation owner. proposed Reliability Standard PRC– owners and generation owners to restore Due to the nature of this task, it is likely 002–2. the recording capability of the generator owners will manage this equipment used to record disturbances, III. Information Collection Statement information aggregation task using a if this capability is interrupted. 12. The collection of information centralized staff. Therefore, we estimate 9. NERC proposes an implementation addressed in this Notice of Proposed that one-third of the generation owners plan that includes an effective date for Rulemaking is subject to review by the (305) will have to meet the requirements proposed Reliability Standard PRC– Office of Management and Budget contained in proposed Reliability 002–2 that is the first day of the first (OMB) under section 3507(d) of the Standard PRC–002–2. Finally, the calendar quarter that is six months after Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.18 Commission finds the number of the date that the Commission approves OMB’s regulations require approval of ‘‘Responsible Entities’’ 20 in the United the standard. Concurrent with the certain information collection States to equal fifty, based on the NERC effective date, the implementation plan requirements imposed by agency compliance registry. The following table calls for the retirement of currently- rules.19 Upon approval of a collection(s) illustrates the burden to be applied to effective Reliability Standard PRC–018– of information, OMB will assign an the information collection.21 14 NERC Petition at 35–36 (quoting U.S.-Canada additional information. Order No. 693, FERC Stats. 19 5 CFR 1320.11. Power System Outage Task Force, Final Report on and Regs. ¶ 31,242 at P 1456. Approval of 20 As discussed above, proposed Reliability Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS the August 14, 2003 Blackout in the United States Reliability Standard PRC–002–2, as proposed Standard PRC–002–2 defines the term ‘‘Responsible and Canada: Causes and Recommendations at 162 herein, will render PRC–002–1 ‘‘retired,’’ i.e., Entity’’ to include planning coordinators in the (Apr. 2004), available at http://energy.gov/sites/ withdrawn, and no longer pending before the Eastern Interconnection, the reliability coordinator prod/files/oeprod/DocumentsandMedia/ BlackoutFinal-Web.pdf). Commission. in the Western Interconnection, and planning 17 Order No. 693, FERC Stats. and Regs. ¶ 31,242 coordinators or the reliability coordinator in the 15 Id. at Ex. B (Implementation Plan). 16 As noted above, the Commission in Order No. at P 1456 (‘‘the ERO should consider whether ERCOT Interconnection. 693 did not approve proposed Reliability Standard greater consistency can be achieved’’ regarding 21 In the burden table, engineering is abbreviated PRC–002–1 but, rather, took no action on the disturbance monitoring and reporting). as ‘‘Eng.’’ and record keeping is abbreviated as Reliability Standard pending the receipt of 18 44 U.S.C. 3507(d). ‘‘R.K.’’ VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:23 Apr 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\22APP1.SGM 22APP1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 77 / Wednesday, April 22, 2015 / Proposed Rules 22443 Annual Requirement and respondent Number of number of Total number Average burden hours & cost Annual burden hours & total category for PRC–002–2 respondents responses per of responses per response 22 annual cost respondent (1) (2) (1)*(2) = (3) (4) (3)*(4) = (5) R1. Each Transmission 324 1 324 (Eng.) 24 hrs. ($1,568.16); 11,664 hrs. (7776 Eng., 3888 Owner. (R.K.) 12 hrs. ($401.04). R.K.); $638,020.80 ($508,083.84 Eng., $129,936.96 R.K.) R2. Each Transmission 521 1 521 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 7,294 hrs. (5210 Eng., 2084 Owner and Generator (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); Owner. $410,068.68 ($340,421.40 Eng., $69,647.28 R.K.) R3 & R4. Each Transmission 521 1 521 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 7,294 hrs. (5210 Eng., 2084 Owner and Generator (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); Owner. $410,068.68 ($340,421.40 Eng., $69,647.28 R.K.) R5. Each Responsible Entity 50 1 50 (Eng.) 24 hrs. ($1,568.16); 1,800 hrs. (1200 Eng., 600 (R.K.) 12 hrs. ($401.04). R.K.); $98,460 ($78,408 Eng., $20,052 R.K.) R6. Each Transmission 216 1 216 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 3,024 hrs. (2160 Eng., 864 Owner. (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); $170,009.28 ($141,134.40 Eng., $28,874.88 R.K.) R7. Each Generator Owner ... 305 1 305 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 4,270 hrs. (3050 Eng., 1220 (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); $240,059.40 ($199,287 Eng., $40,772.40 R.K.) R8. Each Transmission 521 1 521 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 7,294 hrs. (5210 Eng., 2084 Owner and Generator (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); Owner. $410,068.68 ($340,421.40 Eng., $69,647.28 R.K.) R9. Each Transmission 521 1 521 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 7,294 hrs. (5210 Eng., 2084 Owner and Generator (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); Owner. $410,068.68 ($340,421.40 Eng., $69,647.28 R.K.) R10. Each Transmission 521 1 521 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 7,294 hrs. (5210 Eng., 2084 Owner and Generator (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); Owner. $410,068.68 ($340,421.40 Eng., $69,647.28 R.K.) R11. Each Transmission 521 1 521 (Eng.) 8 hrs. ($522.72); 6,252 hrs. (4168 Eng., 2084 Owner and Generator (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); Owner. $341,984.4 ($272,337.12 Eng., $69,647.28 R.K.) R12. Each Transmission 52 1 52 (Eng.) 10 hrs. ($653.40); 728 hrs. (520 Eng., 208 Owner and Generator (R.K.) 4 hrs. ($133.68). R.K.); Owner 23. $40,928.16 ($33,976.80 Eng., $6,951.36 R.K.) Total ............................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ............................................... 64,208 hrs. (44,924 Eng., 19,284 R.K.); $3,579,805.44 ($2,935,334.16 Eng., $644,471.28 R.K.) Title: FERC–725G2 24 Disturbance disturbance monitoring and reporting Monitoring and Reporting requirements that will ensure adequate Requirements. data are available to facilitate analysis of Action: Revision to existing bulk electric system disturbances. collection. Internal review: The Commission has 22 The estimates for cost per response are derived OMB Control No: To be determined. assured itself, by means of its internal using the following formula: Burden Hours per Respondents: Business or other for review, that there is specific, objective Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Response * $/hour = Cost per Response. The profit, and not for profit institutions. support for the burden estimates $65.34/hour figure for an engineer and the $33.42/ Frequency of Responses: Annually. associated with the information hour figure for a record clerk are based on the Necessity of the Information: requirements. average salary plus benefits data from Bureau of Proposed Reliability Standard PRC– 15. Interested persons may obtain Labor Statistics. 002–2 sets forth requirements for 23 The Commission estimates that 10% (or 52) of information on the reporting the 521 registered entities will have to restore 24 FERC–725G2 is temporarily being used because requirements by contacting the Federal recording capability or institute a corrective action FERC–725G (OMB Control No. 1902–0252) is Energy Regulatory Commission, Office plan (CAP) each year. currently pending review at OMB. of the Executive Director, 888 First VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:23 Apr 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\22APP1.SGM 22APP1

22444 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 77 / Wednesday, April 22, 2015 / Proposed Rules Street NE., Washington, DC 20426 002–2, which focus information be viewed, printed, or downloaded [Attention: Ellen Brown, email: collection on bulk electric system remotely as described in the Document DataClearance@ferc.gov, phone: (202) facilities having Interconnection-wide Availability section below. Commenters 502–8663, fax: (202) 273–0873]. impacts worthy of collecting. The on this proposal are not required to 16. Comments concerning the proposed Reliability Standard applies to serve copies of their comments on other information collection proposed in this approximately 526 entities in the United commenters. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the States. The Commission estimates, associated burden estimates, should be applying the MVA thresholds above, VII. Document Availability sent to the Commission in this docket that approximately 52 (or 10 percent of 25. In addition to publishing the full and may also be sent to the Office of the 521) are small entities. The text of this document in the Federal Management and Budget, Office of Commission estimates for these small Register, the Commission provides all Information and Regulatory Affairs entities, proposed Reliability Standard interested persons an opportunity to [Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal PRC–002–2 Requirement R1 may need view and/or print the contents of this Energy Regulatory Commission]. For to be evaluated and documented every document via the Internet through the security reasons, comments should be five years with costs of $9,847 for each Commission’s Home Page (http:// sent by email to OMB at the following evaluation. From this set of small www.ferc.gov) and in the Commission’s email address: oira_submission@ entities, the Commission estimates that Public Reference Room during normal omb.eop.gov. Please reference FERC– five percent, or only two or three small business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 725G2 and the docket numbers of this entities, may be affected by the other Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket requirements, i.e., Requirements R2 Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. No. RM15–4–000) in your submission. through R12, of proposed Reliability 26. From the Commission’s Home IV. Environmental Analysis Standard PRC–002–2. Based on a prior Page on the Internet, this information is industry-sponsored survey, annual available on eLibrary. The full text of 17. The Commission is required to compliance costs will average this document is available on eLibrary prepare an Environmental Assessment $100,000–$160,000 for entities subject in PDF and Microsoft Word format for or an Environmental Impact Statement to these requirements.28 Accordingly, viewing, printing, and/or downloading. for any action that may have a the Commission certifies that the To access this document in eLibrary, significant adverse effect on the human proposed Reliability Standard will not type the docket number of this environment.25 This action has been have a significant economic impact on document, excluding the last three categorically excluded under section a substantial number of small entities. digits in the docket number field. 380.4(a)(2)(ii) of the Commission’s 27. User assistance is available for regulations, addressing the collection of VI. Comment Procedures eLibrary and the Commission’s Web site information.26 21. The Commission invites interested during normal business hours from the V. Regulatory Flexibility Act persons to submit comments on the Commission’s Online Support at (202) matters and issues proposed in this 502–6652 (toll free at 1 (866) 208–3676) 18. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of notice to be adopted, including any 1980 (RFA) 27 generally requires a or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, related matters or alternative proposals or the Public Reference Room at (202) description and analysis of proposed that commenters may wish to discuss. rules that will have significant 502–8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email Comments are due June 22, 2015. the Public Reference Room at economic impact on a substantial Comments must refer to Docket No. number of small entities. public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. RM15–4–000, and must include the 19. The Small Business commenter’s name, the organization By direction of the Commission. Administration (SBA) revised its size they represent, if applicable, and their Issued: April 16, 2015. standards (effective January 22, 2014) address in their comments. Kimberly D. Bose, for electric utilities from a standard 22. The Commission encourages Secretary. based on megawatt hours to a standard comments to be filed electronically via [FR Doc. 2015–09219 Filed 4–21–15; 8:45 am] based on the number of employees, the eFiling link on the Commission’s BILLING CODE 6717–01–P including affiliates. Under SBA’s new Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The standards, some transmission owners Commission accepts most standard and generation owners will possibly fall word processing formats. Documents DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY under the following category and created electronically using word associated size threshold: Electric bulk processing software should be filed in Federal Energy Regulatory power transmission and control at 500 native applications or print-to-PDF Commission employees; hydroelectric power format and not in a scanned format. generation at 500 employees; fossil fuel Commenters filing electronically do not 18 CFR Part 40 electric power generation at 750 need to make a paper filing. employees; nuclear electric power 23. Commenters that are not able to [Docket No. RM15–9–000] generation at 750 employees. file comments electronically must send 20. The Commission estimates that Protection System, Automatic an original of their comments to: the number of applicable small entities Reclosing, and Sudden Pressure Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will be minimal due to the gross million Relaying Maintenance Reliability Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS volt amps (MVA) thresholds embedded Standard Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. into proposed Reliability Standard PRC– 24. All comments will be placed in AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory the Commission’s public files and may Commission, Department of Energy. 25 Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Order No. 486, 28 See NERC Petition Ex. G (Record of ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 52 FR 47897 (Dec. 17, 1987), FERC Stats. & Regs. Development) at 257 of pdf file, providing link to: Preambles 1986–1990 ¶ 30,783 (1987). NERC Cost Effective Analysis Process (CEAP) Pilot SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Power 26 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii). for NERC Project 2007–11—Disturbance Act, the Commission proposes to 27 5 U.S.C. 601–612. Monitoring—PRC–002–2 at 8 (Apr. 9, 2014). approve a revised Reliability Standard, VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:23 Apr 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\22APP1.SGM 22APP1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking.
DatesComments are due June 22, 2015.
ContactJuan R. Villar (Technical Information), Office of Electric Reliability, Division of Reliability Standards and Security, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: (202) 536-2930, [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 22441 
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