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1 16 U.S.C. 824o (2012). 

2The Commission approved Reliability Standard 

VAR–001–4 (Voltage and Reactive Control) on 

August 1, 2014.See North American Electric 

Reliability Corp., Docket No. RD14–11–000 (Aug. 1, 

2014) (delegated letter order). The Commission 

approved errata version VAR–001–4.1 on November 

13, 2015. See North American Electric Reliability 

Corp., Docket No. RD15–6–000 (Nov. 13, 2015) 

(delegated letter order). 

3The Commission approved Reliability Standard 

VAR–002–4, which clarified the applicability of the 

VAR–002 standard to dispersed generation 

resources, on May 29, 2015. See North American 

Electric Reliability Corp, 151 FERC ¶ 61,186 (May 

29, 2015). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC24–25–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725X); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 

725X, Mandatory Reliability Standards: 

Voltage and Reactive (VAR) Standards. 

There were no changes made to the 

reporting requirements for this 

information collection. The 60-day 

notice comment period ended on 

October 18, 2024; no comments were 

received. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

FERC–725X to OMB through 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Please 

identify the OMB Control Number 

(1902–0278) in the subject line of your 

comments. Comments should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

Please submit copies of your 

comments to the Commission. You may 

submit copies of your comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC24–25–000) 

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 other delivery 

methods: 

Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Æ All other delivery methods: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: OMB submissions must 

be formatted and filed in accordance 

with submission guidelines at 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Using the search function under the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; 

click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’ 

to the right of the subject collection. 

FERC submissions must be formatted 

and filed in accordance with submission 

guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview. 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kayla Williams may be reached by 

email at DataClearance@FERC.gov, 

telephone at (202) 502–6468. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC 725X, Mandatory 

Reliability Standards: Voltage and 

Reactive (VAR) Standards. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0278. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–725X information 

collection requirements with no changes 

to the current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: Pursuant to Section 215 of 

the Federal Power Act (FPA),1 North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC) established the 

Voltage and Reactive (‘‘VAR’’) group of 

Reliability Standards, which consists of 

two continent-wide Reliability 

Standards, VAR–001–5 and VAR–002– 

4.1. NERC conducts periodic reviews of 

Reliability Standards in accordance 

with Section 317 of the NERC Rules of 

Procedure and Section 13 of the NERC 

Standard Processes Manual. In 

accordance with these authorities and 

the NERC Reliability Standards 

Development Plan: 2017–2019, NERC 

recently completed Project 2016–EPR– 

02 Enhanced Periodic Review of Voltage 

and Reactive Reliability Standards. This 

project conducted a periodic review of 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards VAR–001–4.1 (Voltage and 

Reactive Control) 2 and VAR–002–4 

(Generator Operation for Maintaining 

Network Schedules).3 These two 

standards were designed to maintain 

voltage stability on the Bulk-Power 

System, protect transmission, 

generation, distribution, and customer 

equipment, and support the reliable 

operation of the Bulk-Power System. 

Voltage stability is the ability of a power 

system to maintain acceptable voltage 

levels throughout the system under 

normal operating conditions and 

following a disturbance. Failure to 

maintain acceptable voltage levels (i.e., 

voltage levels become too high or too 

low) may cause violations of System 

Operating Limits (‘‘SOLs’’) and 

Interconnection Reliability Operating 

Limits (‘‘IROLs’’), result in damage to 

Bulk-Power System equipment, and 

thereby threaten the reliable operation 

of the Bulk-Power System. The number 

of manhours for VAR–001–5 and VAR– 

002–4.1 will remain the same, but the 

type of job responsibilities to follow the 

requirements will be split between an 

engineer and record-keeper, instead of 

just an engineer. This results in a 

decrease of the cost of compliance and 

record-keeping for these two standards. 

Reliability Standard VAR–001–5 

This Reliability Standard requires 

Transmission Operators to: 

• Specify a system-wide voltage 

schedule (which is either a range or a 

target value with an associated tolerance 

band) as part of its plan to operate 

within SOLs and IROLs, and to provide 

the voltage schedule to its Reliability 

Coordinator and adjacent Transmission 

Operators upon request (Requirement 

R1); 

• Schedule sufficient reactive 

resources to regulate voltage levels 

(Requirement R2); 

• Operate or direct the operation of 

devices to regulate transmission voltage 

and reactive flows (Requirement R3); 

• Develop a set of criteria to exempt 

generators from certain requirements 

under Reliability Standard VAR–002– 

4.1 related to voltage or Reactive Power 

schedules, automatic voltage 

regulations, and notification 

(Requirement R4); 

• Specify a voltage or Reactive Power 

schedule (which is either a range or a 

target value with an associated tolerance 

band) for generators at either the high or 

low voltage side of the generator stepup transformer, provide the schedule to 

the associated Generator Operator, 

direct the Generator Operator to comply 

with that schedule in automatic voltage 

control mode, provide the Generator 


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4The Commission defines burden 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 explanation of what is included in the 

information collection burden, reference 5 Code of 

Federal Regulations 1320.3. 

5TOP = transmission operator; GOP = generator 

operators. These values were derived from the 

NERC Compliance data of April 16, 2024, using 

only unique United States registered entities. 

6The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) 

is a combination based on the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS), as of 2024, for 75% of the average 

of an Electrical Engineer (17–2071) $79.31/hr., 

79.31 × .75 = 59.4825 ($59.48-rounded) ($59.48/ 

hour) and 25% of an Information and Record Clerk 

(43–4199) $44.74/hr., $44.74 × .25% = 11.185 

($11.19 rounded) ($11.19/hour), for a total ($59.48 

+ $11.19 = $70.67/hour). 

Operator the notification requirements 

for deviating from the schedule, and, if 

requested, provide the Generator 

Operator the criteria used to develop the 

schedule (Requirement R5); and 

• Communicate step-up transformer 

tap changes, the time frame for 

completion, and the justification for 

these changes to Generator Owners 

(Requirement R6). 

Reliability Standard VAR–002–4.1 

This Reliability Standard includes an 

information collection activity for 

‘‘Requirement R1’’ and a separate 

information collection activity for 

‘‘Requirements R2 through R6.’’ This 

Reliability Standard requires Generator 

Operators to: 

• Operate each of its generators 

connected to the interconnected 

transmission system in automatic 

voltage control mode or in a different 

control mode as instructed by the 

Transmission Operator, unless the 

Generator Operator (1) is exempted 

pursuant to the criteria developed under 

VAR–001–5, Requirement R4, or (2) 

makes certain notifications to the 

Transmission Operator specifying the 

reasons it cannot so operate 

(Requirement R1); 

• Maintain the Transmission 

Operator’s generator voltage or Reactive 

Power schedule, unless the Generator 

Operator (1) is exempted pursuant to the 

criteria developed under VAR–001–5, 

Requirement R4, or (2) complies with 

the notification requirements for 

deviations as established by the 

Transmission Owner pursuant to VAR– 

001–5, Requirement R5 (Requirement 

R2); 

• Notify the Transmission Operator of 

a change in status of its voltage 

controlling device within 30 minutes, 

unless the status is restored within that 

time period (Requirement R3); and 

• Notify the Transmission Operator of 

a change in reactive capability due to 

factors other than those described in 

VAR–002–4.1, Requirement R3 within 

30 minutes unless the capability has 

been restored during that time period 

(Requirement R4). 

• Provide information on its step-up 

transformers and auxiliary transformers 

within 30 days of a request from the 

Transmission Operator or Transmission 

Planner (Requirement R5); and 

• Comply with the Transmission 

Operator’s step-up transformer tap 

change directives unless compliance 

would violate safety, an equipment 

rating, or applicable laws, rules or 

regulations (Requirement R6). 

Type of Respondents: Generator 

owners and transmission operators. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–725X, MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS: VOLTAGE AND REACTIVE (VAR) STANDARDS

Number of 

respondents 5

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number 

of responses 

Average 

burden & cost 

per 

response 6

Total annual 

burden hours 

& total 

annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) 

VAR–001–5 Compliance and record-keeping ........................ 165 (TOP) ...... 1 165 160 hrs. 

$11,307.20 

26,400 hrs. 

$1,865,688 

$11,307.20 

VAR–002–4.1 Compliance and record-keeping ..................... 1,028 (GOP) .. 1 1,028 200 hrs. 

$14,134 

205,600 hrs. 

$14,529,752 

14,134 

Total ................................................................................. 1,193 232,000 hrs. 

$16,395,440 

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 23, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0449; FRL 10095–03– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration 

Partnership (Revision); Correction and 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; correction and extension 

of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting 

the Docket ID number under the 

ADDRESSES section of the Federal 

Register notice, which was published 

on October 16, 2024. This correction is 

associated with an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘GreenChill 

Advanced Refrigeration Partnership 

(Revision)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2349.03, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0702). Due to the 

incorrect Docket ID number in the 

previous notice, EPA is extending the 

comment period by 15 days to 

December 31, 2024. 

DATES: The comment period has been 

extended until December 31, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annie Kee, Stratospheric Protection 


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