[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5931-5932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02125]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval 
request to OMB.

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SUMMARY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provides notice of submission 
of this information clearance request (ICR) to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The general public and other 
federal agencies are invited to comment. TVA previously published a 60-
day notice of the proposed information collection for public review 
(December 10, 2021) and no comments were received.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments received on or before 
March 4, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments for the proposed information collection 
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Distribution Technology Capability 
Assessment.
    Frequency of Use: Every 2 years.
    Type of Affected Public: State, local, and tribal governments; 
small businesses; non-profit organizations.
    Small Businesses or Organizations Affected: Yes.
    Federal Budget Functional Category Code: 455.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 153.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 306.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 2.0.
    Need For and Use of Information: As the Balancing Authority of the 
region, TVA must ensure the electrical grid is reliable. With the 
growth of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) on the distribution 
system, TVA and the Local Power Companies (LPCs) must work in tighter 
coordination to ensure the DER generation does not impact the 
reliability of the bulk electric system. To support this goal, TVA must 
understand the current distribution capabilities of the LPCs. Examples 
of capabilities include but are not limited to customer analytics, 
advanced asset management, advanced AMI, automated switching, DER 
monitoring & control, grid planning and voltage optimization. To ease 
access and completion, information will be submitted online. Once 
collected, the information will be reviewed by TVA staff and 
consultants to determine each LPC's state of and plan for system 
modernization and will inform strategic investment roadmaps and 
implementation plans that are being developed as part of the Regional 
Grid Transformation initiative. Summary

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level information will be provided to the participating LPCs to allow 
them to gauge where they stand in terms of their technical capabilities 
compared to their peers which could help give them useful information 
that informs their individual priorities and investment plans.

Rebecca L. Coffey,
Agency Records Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-02125 Filed 2-1-22; 8:45 am]
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