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4Using the hourly rate figures of the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, occupational series and market 

rates as applicable, the hourly rate is a composite 

of the respondents who will be responsible for 

implementing and responding to the collection of 

information (support staff, engineering, and legal). 

FERC Information collection Annual No. of 

respondents 

Average No. 

of reponses 

per respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

18 CFR 37.6 & 37.7 (FERC–918) 

ATC-related standards: 

NERC/NAESB Team to develop .............................................................. 0 0 0 0 

Review and comment by utility ................................................................. 0 0 0 0 

Implementation by each utility 3 ................................................................ 0 0 0 3 0 

Mandatory data exchanges ...................................................................... 134 1 80 10,720 

Explanation of change of ATC values ............................................................. 134 1 100 13,400 

Reevaluate CBM and post quarterly ............................................................... 134 1 20 2,680 

Post OASIS metrics; requests accepted/denied ............................................. 134 1 90 12,060 

Post planning redispatch offers and reliability redispatch data ....................... 134 1 20 2,680 

Post curtailment data ....................................................................................... 134 1 10 1,340 

Post Planning and System Impact Studies ..................................................... 134 1 5 670 

Posting of metrics for System Impact Studies ................................................ 134 1 100 13,400 

Post all rules to OASIS .................................................................................... 134 1 5 670 

FERC–918—Sub Total of Part 37 Reporting Requirements ................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 57,620 

FERC–918—Recordkeeping Requirements ............................................. 134 1 40 5,360 

FERC–918—Sub Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements ........................ ........................ ........................ 62,980 

Total FERC–917 and FERC–918 (Part 35 + Part 37, Reporting 

and Recordkeeping Requirements) ............................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 132,114 

Total combined annual burden for 

FERC–917 and FERC–918 is 132,114 

hours (126,754 reporting hours + 5,360 

recordkeeping hours). This is a 

reduction of 24,922 hours from the 

combined FERC–917 and FERC–918 

burden OMB previously approved. 

Total combined estimated annual cost 

for FERC–917 and FERC–918 is 

$21,941,076.4 This includes: 

(1) Reporting costs of $14,449,956; 

(126,754 hours @ $114 an hour (average 

cost of attorney ($200 per hour), 

consultant ($150), technical ($80), and 

administrative support ($25)) and 

(2) Recordkeeping (labor and storage) 

costs of $7,491,120; (labor = $91,120; 

5,360 hours × $17/hour (file/record 

clerk @ $17 an hour) and off-site storage 

costs = $7,400,000; (8,000 sq. ft. × $925/ 

sq. ft.). 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing, and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to the 

collections of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

reviewing the collections of 

information; and (7) transmitting or 

otherwise disclosing the information. 

The estimate of cost for respondents 

is based upon salaries for professional 

and clerical support, as well as direct 

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are 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 of the proposed 

collections of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collections of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12853 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD10–12–000] 

Improving Market and Planning 

Efficiency Through Improved Software; 

Notice of Agenda and Procedures for 

Staff Technical Conference 

May 20, 2010. 

This notice establishes the agenda and 

procedures for the staff technical 

conference to be held on June 2, 2010 

and June 3, 2010, to discuss issues 

related to unit commitment software. 

The technical conference will be held 

from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EDT) on June 

2, 2010, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT) 

on June 3, 2010 at the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 

the Commission Meeting Room. All 

interested persons are invited to attend, 

and registration is not required. 

The agenda for this conference is 

attached. The presentations will be 

technical in nature, and approximately 

20 minutes in length with 5 to 10 

minutes for questions. Equipment will 


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be available for computer presentations. 

Presenters who wish to include 

comments, presentations, or handouts 

in the record for this proceeding should 

file their comments with the 

Commission. Comments may either be 

filed on paper or electronically via the 

eFiling link on the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov. 

A free webcast of this event is 

available through http://www.ferc.gov. 

Anyone with Internet access who 

desires to view this event can do so by 

navigating to http://www.ferc.gov’s 

Calendar of Events and locating this 

event in the calendar. The event will 

contain a link to its webcast. The 

Capitol Connection provides technical 

support for the free webcasts. It also 

offers access to this event via television 

in the DC area and via phone bridge for 

a fee. If you have any questions, visit 

http://www.CapitolConnection.org or 

call (703) 993–3100. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an e-mail 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202–208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For further information about this 

conference, please contact: 

Eric Krall (Technical Information), 

Office of Energy Policy and 

Innovation, (202) 502–6214, 

Eric.Krall@ferc.gov; 

Tom Dautel (Technical Information), 

Office of Energy Policy and 

Innovation, (202) 502–6196, 

Thomas.Dautel@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

AGENDA FOR AD10–12 STAFF TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON UNIT COMMITMENT SOFTWARE FEDERAL ENERGY

REGULATORY COMMISSION

June 2, 2010 

8 a.m. .............................................. Richard O’Neill, FERC—Welcome and Introduction 

8:20 a.m. ......................................... Session A—Unit Commitment Models in ISO Markets 

Andy Ott, PJM 

Mark Rothleder, California ISO 

Rana Mukerji, NYISO 

9:25 a.m. ......................................... Session B—Experience, Challenges, and Future Directions in Unit Commitment Models 

Art Cohen and Chien-Ning Yu, ABB 

William Hogan, Harvard 

11:40 a.m. ....................................... Lunch 

12:40 p.m. ....................................... Boris Gisin, PowerGEM 

1:50 p.m. ......................................... Session C—Advances in Hardware and Software 

Jeremy Bloom and John Gregory, IBM 

Alkis Vazacopoulos, FICO 

3 p.m. .............................................. Session D—New Designs and Advanced Unit Commitment Models 

Kory Hedman, Arizona State University 

Jianhui Wang, Argonne National Laboratory 

Eugene Litvinov, J. Zhao, and T. Zheng ISO–NE 

4:55 p.m. ......................................... Session E—Test Model Data Sets 

Avnaesh Jayantilal, Areva and Jim Waight, Siemens 

Richard O’Neill and Eric Krall, FERC 

5:30 p.m. ......................................... Richard O’Neill, FERC—Day 1 Conclusion 

June 3, 2010 

8 a.m. .............................................. Richard O’Neill, FERC—Day 2 Welcome 

8:05 a.m. ......................................... Session F—Special Topics 

Paul Gribik and Li Zhang, Midwest ISO 

Gary Stern, Southern California Edison 

9:25 a.m. ......................................... Session G—Variable Energy Resources and Demand Resources in Unit Commitment Models 

Erik Ela, National Renewable Energy Laboratory 

Jayant Kalagnanam, IBM 

Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon 

Dhiman Chatterjee, Midwest ISO 

11:55 a.m. ....................................... Session H—Modeling Uncertainty and Flexibility in Unit Commitment Models 

David Sun, Alstom 

12:30 p.m. ....................................... Lunch 

1:20 p.m. ......................................... Jianhui Wang and Audun Botterud, Argonne National Laboratory 

Mohammad Shahidehpour, Illinois Institute of Technology 

Pablo Ruiz, CRA 

Avnaesh Jayantilal, Areva T&D 

3:50 p.m. ......................................... Session I—Forecasting for Market Operations 

Audun Botterud, Argonne National Laboratory 

Victor M. Zavala, Emil Constantinescu, and Mihai Anitescu, Argonne National Laboratory 

5 p.m. .............................................. Richard O’Neill, FERC—Conclusion and Next Steps 


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[FR Doc. 2010–12851 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13678–000] 

Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

May 21, 2010. 

On March 4, 2010, Hydrodynamics, 

Inc. filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing 

to study the feasibility of the Dry Creek 

Canal Irrigation Hydroelectric Project. 

The sole purpose of a preliminary 

permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 

holder priority to file a license 

application during the permit term. A 

preliminary permit does not authorize 

the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter 

upon lands or waters owned by others 

without the owners’ express permission. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) A new reinforced concrete intake 

structure; (2) a new 36-inch-diameter, 

2,600-foot-long [polyethylene and/or 

steel or PVC] penstock; (3) a new 

approximately 35-foot by 35-foot 

powerhouse, housing one turbine/ 

generator unit (with an installed 

capacity of 500 kilowatts); (4) a new 

substation; and (5) a 100-foot long, 12.47 

kilovolt transmission line which will 

interconnect with an existing Park 

Electric utility line. The estimated 

annual generation for this project is 1.7 

gigawatt hours. 

Applicant Contact: Jason M. Cohn, 

Project Engineer, Hydrodynamics, Inc., 

521 East Peach St., Suite 2B, Bozeman, 

MT 59715. 

FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, 202– 

502–6480. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.

asp. Enter the docket number (P–13678) 

in the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12859 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 11068–014] 

Friant Power Authority Orange Cove 

Irrigation District; Notice of Application 

Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions 

To Intervene and Protests, Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting 

Comments, Recommendations, Terms 

and Conditions, and Fishway 

Prescriptions 

May 20, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Amendment of 

license to increase the installed 

capacity. 

b. Project No.: 11068–014. 

c. Date Filed: February 22, 2010, and 

supplemented on May 13, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Friant Power Authority 

and Orange Cove Irrigation District. 

e. Name of Project: Fishwater Release 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located at 

the Bureau of Reclamation’s Friant Dam 

on the San Joaquin River in Fresno 

County, California. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 USC 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Bill Carlisle, 

General Manager, Friant Power 

Authority, c/o South San Joaquin 

Municipal Utility District, P.O. Box 279, 

Delano, CA 93216; telephone (661) 725– 

0610. 

Fergus Morrissey, Orange Cove 

Irrigation District, 1130 Park Boulevard, 

Orange Cove, CA 93646; telephone (559) 

626–4461. 

i. FERC Contact: Linda Stewart, 

telephone: (202) 502–6680, and e-mail 

address: linda.stewart@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and fishway prescriptions is 

60 days from the issuance of this notice; 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. All 

documents (original and eight copies) 

should be filed with: Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please include the project number (P– 

11068–014) on any comments or 

motions filed. 

k. Description of Request: Friant 

Power Authority and Orange Cove 

Irrigation District (licensees) propose to 

construct a different powerhouse from 

the one authorized in the October 13, 

2006 Order Amending License. Instead 

of constructing a new powerhouse 

containing a single turbine generating 

unit with an installed capacity of 1.8 

megawatts (MW) and hydraulic capacity 

of 130 cubic feet per second (cfs), the 

licensees propose to construct a new 

powerhouse containing a single turbine 

generating unit with an installed 

capacity of 7.0 MW and hydraulic 

capacity of 370 cfs. The proposed new 

powerhouse would be constructed at a 

location different from the location 

authorized in the license. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. You may 

also register online at http://www.ferc.

gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 

notified via e-mail of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, call 1– 

866–208–3676 or e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item (h) 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 


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