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1Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

title XII, subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (codified at 

16 U.S.C. 824o). 

2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3). 

3Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric 

Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the 

Continued 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas and 

Oil Pipeline Rate and Refund Report 

filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP24–57–000. 

Applicants: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Annual Penalty Revenue Sharing 2023 

to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 10/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20231026–5003. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–58–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: 10.26.23 

Negotiated Rates—Emera Energy 

Services, Inc. R–2715–88 to be effective 

11/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 10/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20231026–5023. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–59–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rates—EQT 911915 and 

911916 to be effective 11/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 10/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20231026–5058. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/23. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: October 26, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24098 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC24–2–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725R); Comment 

Request; Extention 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of revision of 

information collection and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on revisions of the 

information collection FERC–725R 

(Mandatory Reliability Standards for the 

Bulk-Power System: BAL Reliability 

Standards). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted to the Commission, in Docket 

No. IC24–2–000, by one of the following 

methods: 

Electronic filing through https://

www.ferc.gov is preferred. 

• Electronic Filing: Documents must 

be filed in acceptable native 

applications and print-to-PDF, but not 

in scanned or picture format. 

• For those unable to file 

electronically, comments may be filed 

by USPS mail or by hand (including 

courier) delivery: 

Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: 

Addressed to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Æ Hand (including courier) Delivery: 

Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at http://

www.ferc.gov. For user assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support by email 

at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by 

phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). 

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 http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, and 

telephone at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725R, Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power 

System: BAL Reliability Standards. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0268. 

Type of Request: OMB renewal of the 

FERC–725R information collection 

requirements, with no changes to the 

requirements. 

Abstract: The FERC 725R information 

collection includes four reliability 

standards. 

• BAL–001–2, Real Power Balancing 

Control Performance; (effective July 1, 

2016) 

• BAL–002–3, Disturbance Control 

Standard—Contingency Reserve for 

Recovery from a Balancing 

Contingency Event; (effective April 1, 

2019) 

• BAL–003–2, Frequency Response and 

Frequency Bias Setting; (effective 

December 1, 2020) 

• BAL–005–1, Balancing Authority 

Control. (effective January 1, 2019) 

On August 8, 2005, Congress enacted 

into law the Electricity Modernization 

Act of 2005, which is title XII, subtitle 

A, of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

(EPAct 2005).1 EPAct 2005 added a new 

section 215 to the Federal Power Act 

(FPA), which required a Commissioncertified Electric Reliability 

Organization (ERO) to develop 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards, which are subject to 

Commission review and approval. Once 

approved, any Reliability Standard may 

be enforced by the ERO subject to 

Commission oversight, or the 

Commission may independently enforce 

Reliability Standards.2

On February 3, 2006, the Commission 

issued Order No. 672, implementing 

section 215 of the FPA.3 Pursuant to 


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74992 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 210 / Wednesday, November 1, 2023 / Notices 

Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of 

Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No. 

672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,212 (2006). 

4North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 

FERC ¶ 61,062, 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), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 

1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009). 

5Burden 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. See 5 CFR 

1320 for additional information on the definition of 

information collection burden. 

6Area Control Error is the ‘‘instantaneous 

difference between a Balancing Authority’s net 

actual and scheduled interchange, taking into 

accounts the effects of Frequency Bias, correction 

for meter error, and Automatic Time Error 

Correction (ATEC), if operating in the ATEC mode. 

ATEC is only applicable to Balancing Authorities in 

the Western Interconnection.’’ NERC Glossary. 

7NERC Compliance Registry (September 22, 

2023), available at https://www.nerc.com/pa/comp/ 

Registration%20and%20Certification%20DL/ 

NERC_Compliance_Registry_Matrix_Excel.xlsx. 

8The hourly cost estimates are based on wage 

data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 

2022 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_

22.htm) and benefits data for Dec. 2022 (issued 

March 2023, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly costs (for wages and 

benefits) for reporting are: Electrical Engineer 

(Occupation code 17–2071), $77.29. The hourly 

costs (for wages and benefits) for evidence retention 

are: Information and Record Clerk (Occupation code 

43–4199), $56.14. 

Order No. 672, the Commission certified 

one organization, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), 

as the ERO.4 The Reliability Standards 

developed by the ERO and approved by 

the Commission apply to users, owners 

and operators of the Bulk-Power System 

as set forth in each Reliability Standard. 

This collection was last revised 

beginning on December 19, 2019 when 

NERC submitted for approval the 

proposed Reliability Standard BAL– 

003–2. 

Types of Respondents: Balancing 

authorities and a Frequency Response 

Sharing Group (FRSG). 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The 

estimated burdens of the FERC 725R 

includes the Reliability Standards: 

BAL–001–2, BAL–002–3, BAL–003–2, 

and BAL–005–1. 

The requirements for each Reliability 

Standard go as follows: 

BAL–001–2: Real Power Balancing 

Control Performance. Reliability 

Standard BAL–001–2 is designed to 

ensure that applicable entities balance 

generation and load by maintaining 

system frequency within narrow bounds 

around a scheduled value, and it 

improves reliability by adding a 

frequency component to the 

measurement of a Balancing Authority’s 

Area Control Error (ACE).6

BAL–002–3: Disturbance Control 

Standard—Contingency Reserve for 

Recovery from a Balancing Contingency 

Event. This standard ensures that a 

responsible entity, either a balancing 

authority or reserve sharing group, is 

able to recover from system 

contingencies by deploying adequate 

reserves to return their Area Control 

Error to defined values and replacing 

the capacity and energy lost due to 

generation or transmission equipment 

outages. 

BAL–003–2: Frequency Response and 

Frequency Bias Setting. This standard 

requires sufficient Frequency Response 

from the Balancing Authority (BA) to 

maintain Interconnection Frequency 

within predefined bounds by arresting 

frequency deviations and supporting 

frequency until the frequency is 

restored. 

BAL–005–1: Balancing Authority 

Control. This standard establishes 

requirements for acquiring data 

necessary to calculate Reporting Area 

Control Error (Reporting ACE). The 

standard also specifies a minimum 

periodicity, accuracy, and availability 

requirement for acquisition of the data 

and for providing the information to the 

System Operator. It requires balancing 

authorities to maintain minimum levels 

of annual availability of 99.5% for each 

balancing authority system for 

calculating Reporting ACE. 

Our estimates are based on the NERC 

Compliance Registry as of September 

22, 2023, which indicates that there are 

for unique US only 98 registered 

balancing authorities, 8 registered 

reserve sharing group (RSG) and 1 

frequency response sharing group 

(FRSG).7

Estimates for the average annual 

burden and cost 8 follow. 

FERC–725R 

Function 

Number & 

type of 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of annual 

responses 

Average burden 

hours & cost ($) per 

response 

Total annual burden 

hours & total annual 

cost 

($) 

(1) (2) (1) × (2) = (3) (4) (3) × (4) = (5) 

BAL–001–2 

BA Reporting Requirements ......................... 98 1 98 8 hrs.; $618.32 ...... 784 hrs.; 

$60,595.36. 

BA Recordkeeping Requirements ................. 98 1 98 4 hrs.; $224.56 ...... 392 hrs.; 

$22,006.88. 

BAL–002–3 

BA & RSG Reporting Requirements ............. 106 1 106 8 hrs.; $618.32 ...... 848 hrs.; 

$65,541.92. 

BA & RSG Recordkeeping Requirements .... 106 1 106 4 hrs.; $224.56 ...... 424 hrs.; 

$23,803.36. 

BAL–003–2 

BA & FRSG Reporting Requirements .......... 99 28 2,772 8 hrs.; $618.32 ...... 22,176 hrs.; 

$1,713,983.04. 

BA & FRSG Recordkeeping Requirements .. 99 1 99 2 hrs.; $112.28 ...... 198 hrs.; 

$11,115.72. 

BAL–005–1 

BA Reporting Requirements ......................... 98 1 98 1 hr.; $77.29 .......... 98 hrs.; $7,574.42. 


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1Commission staff’s letter requesting additional 

information is available at: https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/filelist?accession_number=20230807- 

3020&optimized=false. 

FERC–725R—Continued 

Function 

Number & 

type of 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of annual 

responses 

Average burden 

hours & cost ($) per 

response 

Total annual burden 

hours & total annual 

cost 

($) 

(1) (2) (1) × (2) = (3) (4) (3) × (4) = (5) 

BA Recordkeeping Requirements ................. 98 1 98 1 hr.; $56.14 .......... 98 hrs.; $5,501.72. 

SUB-TOTAL FOR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS......................... .............................. ........................ ................................ 23,906 hrs.; 

$1,847,694.74. 

SUB-TOTAL FOR RECORDKEEPING 

REQUIREMENTS.

........................ .............................. ........................ ................................ 1,112 hrs.; 

$62,427.68. 

TOTAL FOR FERC–725R (rounded)......................... .............................. ........................ ................................ 25,018 hrs.; 

$1,910,122.42. 

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 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: October 26, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24097 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 4679–050] 

New York Power Authority; Notice of 

Technical Conference 

On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 

Commission staff will hold a technical 

conference to provide clarification to 

New York Power Authority regarding 

Commission staff’s additional 

information request (AIR) issued August 

7, 2023, for the Vischer Ferry 

Hydroelectric Project No. 4679.1

The conference will be held via 

teleconference beginning at 1:00 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time. Discussion 

topics for the technical conference 

include: (1) Engineering analysis of 

project-related flooding impacts (AIR 

number 2), and (2) Stability analysis and 

revised Supporting Design Report (AIR 

number 3). 

All local, state, and federal agencies, 

Indian tribes, and other interested 

parties are invited to participate. There 

will be no transcript of the conference, 

but a summary of the meeting will be 

prepared for the project record. If you 

are interested in participating in the 

meeting you must contact Jody Callihan 

at (202) 502–8278 or jody.callihan@

ferc.gov by November 6, 2023 to receive 

specific instructions on how to 

participate. 

Dated: October 25, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24038 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD24–1–000] 

City of Homer, Alaska; Notice of 

Preliminary Determination of a 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On October 23, 2023, the City of 

Homer, Alaska, filed a notice of intent 

to construct a qualifying conduit 

hydropower facility, pursuant to section 

30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The 

proposed Homer Hydroelectric Energy 

Recovery Project would have an 

installed capacity of 10 kilowatts (kW), 

and would be located within the 

applicant’s municipal water supply 

system in Homer, Kenai Peninsula 

Borough, Alaska. 

Applicant Contact: Gregg Semler, 

InPipe Energy, 920 SW 6th Ave., 12th 

Floor, Portland, OR 97204, 503–341– 

0004, gregg@inpipeenergy.com. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

202–502–6778, christopher.chaney@

ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The project would 

consist of: (1) one 10-kW centrifugal 

pump as turbine generating unit and (2) 

appurtenant facilities. The proposed 

project would have an estimated annual 

generation of approximately 42 

megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all the criteria shown in 

the table below. 


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