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must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) 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. 

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. 

Dated: June 29, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14372 Filed 7–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC21–18–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725Y); 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 a renewal of 

currently approved information 

collection FERC–725Y, Mandatory 

Reliability Standard (Personnel 

Performance, Training, and 

Qualifications), which will be submitted 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due August 6, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

FERC–725Y to OMB through 

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

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Please 

identify the OMB Control Number 

(1902–0279) 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. IC21–18–000) 

by one of the following methods: 

Electronic filing through http://

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725Y, Mandatory 

Reliability Standard (Personnel 

Performance, Training, and 

Qualifications). 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0279. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–725Y information 

collection requirements with no changes 

to the reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The FERC–725Y 

information collection is intended to 

help ensure the safe and reliable 

operation of the interconnected grid 

through the retention of suitably trained 

and qualified personnel in positions 

that can impact the reliable operation of 

the Bulk-Power System. The 

Commission uses the FERC–725Y to 

implement the Congressional mandate 

of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 

develop mandatory and enforceable 

Reliability Standards to better ensure 

the reliability of the nation’s BulkPower System. FERC–725Y ensures that 

personnel performing or supporting 

real-time operations on the Bulk Electric 

System (BES) are trained using a 

systematic approach. The Reliability 

Standard requires entities to maintain 

records subject to review by the 

Commission and North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

to ensure compliance with the 

Reliability Standard. 

Reliability Standard PER–005–2 

(Operations Personnel Training) 

requires entities to maintain records 

subject to review by the Commission 

and NERC to ensure compliance with 

the Reliability Standard. This Reliability 

Standard contains of six Requirements: 

• R1 requires reliability coordinators, 

balancing authorities, and 

transmission operators to develop and 

implement a training program for 

system operators 

• R2 requires transmission owners to 

develop and implement a training 

program for system operators 

• R3 requires reliability coordinators, 

balancing authorities, transmission 

operators and transmission owners to 

verify the capabilities of their 

identified personnel 

• R4 requires reliability coordinators, 

balancing authorities, transmission 

operators and transmission owners to 

provide those personnel with 

emergency operations training using 

simulation technology 

• R5 requires reliability coordinators, 

balancing authorities, and 

transmission operators develop and 

implement training for system 

operators whose job functions can 

impact BES real-time reliability tasks 

• R6 requires applicable generator 

operators to develop and implement 

training for certain of their dispatch 

personnel at a centrally located 

dispatch center 

Reliability Standard PER–006–1 

(Specific Training for personnel) 

ensures that personnel are trained on 

specific topics essential to reliability to 

perform or support Real-Time 

operations of the Bulk Electric System. 

• R1 identifies generator operator 

plant personnel responsible for Realtime control and carrying out Operating 

instructions are trained on the 

operational functionality of Protection 

Systems and Remedial Action Schemes 

that affect the output of generating 

facility(ies) it operates. 


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1 86 FR 20685. 

2Burden 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. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

3For PER–005–2 and PER–006–1: RC=Reliability 

Coordinator; BA=Balancing Authority; 

TOP=Transmission Operator; TO=Transmission 

Owner; GOP=Generator Operator. To eliminate 

counting the same number multiple times the figure 

reflects the number of US unique entities (1,148) 

accounts for overlaps between RC, BA, TOP, TO 

and GOP. The NERC compliance registry table 

February 5, 2021 was used preform analysis. 

4The estimates for cost per response are loaded 

hourly wage figure (includes benefits) is based on 

two occupational categories for 2020 found on the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics website (http://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm): 

• Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17– 

2071): $70.19 (to calculate the reporting 

requirements). 

• Office and Administrative Support (Occupation 

Code: 43–0000): $43.38 (to calculate the 

recordkeeping requirements). 

5The number of US unique GOPs is 937 taken 

from the NERC compliance registry information of 

February 5, 2021. 

1Hill Top Energy Center LLC, Reactive Power 

Tariff, Hill Top Energy Center, Reactive Power 

Tariff, 0.0.0. 

The 60-day Federal Register Notice 1

published on April 21, 2021 and no 

comments were received during the 

comment period. 

Type of Respondents: Transmission 

owners and generator owners. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 Our 

estimate below regarding the number of 

respondents is based on the NERC 

compliance registry as of February 5, 

2021. 

The Commission estimates the 

additional annual reporting burden and 

cost as follows: 

Number and type of 

respondents 3

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average burden & 

cost per response 4

Total annual burden hours & 

total annual cost 

($) 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

FERC–725Y in Docket No. IC21–18–000 

Reliability Standard PER–005–2 

Annual Evaluation and Update of Training Program 

(Reporting for all Req.).

(RC, BA, TOP, TO, GOP) 

1,148.

1 1,148 8 hrs.; $561.52 ....... 9,184 hrs.; $644,624.96 ...... $561.52 

Retention of Records ........... (RC, BA, TOP, TO, GOP) 

1,148.

1 1,148 10 hrs.; $433.80 ..... 11,480 hrs.; $498,002.40 .... $433.80 

FERC–725Y (Reliability Standard PER–006–1) 

GOP; Reporting Req. R1 ..... 937 5 ..................................... 1 937 5 hrs.; $350.95 ....... 4,685 hrs.; $328,840.15 ...... $350.95 

GOP; Recordkeeping Req. 

R1.

937 ....................................... 1 937 10 hrs. $433.80 ...... 9,370 hrs.; $406,470.60 ...... $433.80 

Total .............................. .............................................. ........................ ........................ ................................ 34,719 hrs.; $1,877,938.11 ........................

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: June 30, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14476 Filed 7–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL21–81–000] 

Hill Top Energy Center LLC; Notice of 

Institution of Section 206 Proceeding 

and Refund Effective Date 

On June 29, 2021, the Commission 

issued an order in Docket No. EL21–81– 

000, pursuant to section 206 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 

824e, instituting an investigation into 

whether Hill Top Energy Center LLC’s 

proposed Rate Schedule 1 is unjust, 

unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or 

preferential, or otherwise unlawful. Hill 

Top Energy Center LLC, 175 FERC 

¶ 61,254 (2021). 

The refund effective date in Docket 

No. EL21–81–000, established pursuant 

to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Any interested person desiring to be 

heard in Docket No. EL21–81–000 must 

file a notice of intervention or motion to 

intervene, as appropriate, with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2020), 

within 21 days of the date of issuance 

of the order. 

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) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

In lieu of electronic filing, you may 


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