In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2015
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2014
4,723
0
4,718
472,134
0
470,301
143,556
0
143,556
Pursuant to section 206 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), the Commission is revising its regulations to
remedy undue discrimination in the procurement of frequency
regulation in the organized wholesale electric markets and ensure
that providers of frequency regulation receive just and reasonable
and not unduly discriminatory or preferential rates. Frequency
regulation service is one of the tools RTOs and ISOs use to balance
supply and demand on the transmission system, maintaining reliable
operations. In doing so, RTOs and ISOs deploy a variety of
resources to meet frequency regulation needs; these resources
differ in both their ramping ability, which is their ability to
increase or decrease their provision of frequency regulation
service, and the accuracy with which they can respond to the system
operator's dispatch signal. In this instance, the ability to
provide more accurate frequency regulation service means to follow
the system operator's dispatch signal more closely. 5 RTO/ISO
entities will be affected by this final rule. Each entity is
required to submit modifications to their tariffs that provide for
just and reasonable compensation to frequency regulation service
providers.
US Code:
16
USC 824(e) Name of Law: Federal Power Act
This Final Rule amends the
Commission's regulations under Part 35 to require RTOs and ISOs to
pay both a uniform clearing price for frequency regulation capacity
to all cleared frequency regulation resources and a performance
payment for the provision of frequency regulation service, with the
latter payment reflecting a resource's accuracy of performance. To
accomplish this, the Commission requires RTOs and ISOs to adopt
tariff revisions reflecting these changes. In addition to making
tariff changes, the Commission also expects that RTOs and ISOs will
be required to modify existing software systems. These two changes
are expected to increase the burden by 5,500 hours total, or 1,833
hours per year over the next three years. Because this is a
one-time collection, the Commission intends to remove these hours
after three years. The tariff revisions are necessary because the
Commission finds that current methods for compensating resources
for the provision of frequency regulation are unduly
discriminatory. To remedy this undue discrimination, the Commission
finds that it is just and reasonable to require all RTOs and ISOs
to modify their tariffs to provide for a two-part payment to
frequency regulation resources.
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.
eTariff implementation-guide 12-22-2011 version.pdf
RM11-7 OMBsup v4.doc
Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings