[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22441-22444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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:
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d993acb8b7f78fb0b5b5b8ab99bfbcabbaf7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="763c03171858201f1a1a1704361013041558111900">[email protected]</span></a>.

Alan Rukin (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426, Telephone: (202) 502-8502, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#054469646b2b57706e6c6b45636077662b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99d8f5f8f7b7cbecf2f0f7d9fffcebfab7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>.

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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c082d382d0f20292d3e2d222f290c2a293e2f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bffbdecbdefcd3dadecdded1dcdaffd9dacddc91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>, 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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5caccd7c4fad6d0c7c8ccd6d6cccacbe5cac8c78bc0cad58bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="16797f6477496563747b7f65657f797856797b743873796638717960">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#14727166777b7a787d7a71676164647b666054727166773a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f89e9d8a9b97969491969d8b8d8888978a8cb89e9d8a9bd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>, or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95e5e0f7f9fcf6bbe7f0f3f0e7f0fbf6f0e7fafaf8d5f3f0e7f6bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="700005121c19135e0215161502151e1315021f1f1d30161502135e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>.

    By direction of the Commission.

    Issued: April 16, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-09219 Filed 4-21-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


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