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1Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

Title XII, Subtitle A, 119 Stat. 594, 941 (codified at 

16 U.S.C. 824o). 

2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(3). 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–5411–004. Comments 

emailed to Commission staff are not 

considered part of the Commission 

record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. Description of Request: The project 

has not operated since 2012. As a result, 

the exemptee has determined it would 

like to surrender the conduit exemption. 

Electricity to the hydro-generator has 

been permanently disconnected. No 

ground disturbance is associated with 

the proposed surrender and project 

features will remain in place. 

l. Locations of the Application: This 

filing may be viewed on the 

Commission’s website at 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. You may 

also register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for 

TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may 

obtain copies of the application directly 

from the applicant. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions To 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, 

respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

o. Filing and Service of Documents: 

Any filing must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth 

in the heading the name of the applicant 

and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

commenting, protesting or intervening; 

and (4) otherwise comply with the 

requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

motions to intervene, or protests must 

set forth their evidentiary basis. Any 

filing made by an intervenor must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed in the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

385.2010. 

Dated: May 26, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC21–30–000, RD–20–4–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725G); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the currently approved information 

collection, FERC–725G (Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power 

System: PRC Reliability Standards.). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due August 2, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of 

your comments (identified by Docket 

No. IC21–30–000) 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: All 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 http://www.ferc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725G (Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power 

System: Regional Reliability Standard 

PRC standards: PRC–006–5 Automatic 

Underfrequency Load-Shedding (UFLS), 

PRC–002–2, PRC–012–2, PRC–019–2, 

PRC–023–4, PRC–024–1, PRC–025–2, 

PRC–026–1, and PRC–027–1. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0252. 

Type of Request: Revisions and 

extension to the information collection, 

as discussed in Docket No. RD20–4–000. 

Abstract: On August 8, 2005, Congress 

enacted into law the Electricity 

Modernization Act of 2005, which is 

Title XII, Subtitle A, of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).1 EPAct 

2005 added a new section 215 to the 

FPA, which required a Commissioncertified Electric Reliability 

Organization (ERO) to develop 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards, which are subject to 

Commission review and approval. Once 

approved, the Reliability Standards may 

be enforced by the ERO subject to 

Commission oversight, or the 

Commission can independently enforce 

Reliability Standards.2


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3Burden 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. See 5 CFR 

1320 for additional information on the definition of 

information collection burden. 

4Order on Electric Reliability Organization Risk 

Based Registration Initiative and Requiring 

Compliance Filing, 150 FERC ¶ 61,213 (2015); Order 

on Compliance Filing, 153 FERC ¶ 61,024 (2015). 5NERC’s risk-based registration initiative resulted 

in the removal of the load-serving entity and 

purchasing-selling entity from the NERC 

compliance registry. 6Standards Alignment with Registration Petition 

at 7. 7The burden associated with the Commission 

approved standard, PRC–006–3, is included in 

FERC–725G. 8Standards Alignment with Registration Petition 

at 13. 9PRC–006–5 was approved April 1, 2021 in 

RM21–1 which did not trigger the PRA and 

therefore did not require prior OMB approval. The 

current version of this standard, PRC–006–5, was 

approved by the Commission on April 1, 2021. The 

only change was a revision to the regional variance 

for the WECC region for PRC–006–4 modifications 

that needs to be approved through OMB. 

10The number of entities is being reduced in 

order to more clearly identify the applicable entities 

Continued 

The information collected by the 

FERC–725G is required to implement 

the statutory provisions of section 215 

of the Federal Power Act (FPA).[2]

Section 215 of the FPA buttresses the 

Commission’s efforts to strengthen the 

reliability of the interstate bulk power 

grid. 

The FERC–725G information 

collection currently contains the 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for the following 

Reliability Standards: PRC–002–2, PRC– 

006–5, PRC–012–2, PRC–019–2, PRC– 

023–4, PRC–024–1, PRC–025–2, PRC– 

026–1, and PRC–027–1. 

• PRC–002–2 Disturbance Monitoring 

and Reporting Requirements 

The purpose is to have adequate data 

available to facilitate analysis of Bulk 

Electric System (BES) Disturb. 

• PRC–006–5 Automatic 

Underfrequency Load Shedding 

To establish design and 

documentation requirements for 

automatic Underfrequency Load 

Shedding (UFLS) programs to arrest 

declining frequency, assist recovery of 

frequency following underfrequency 

events and provide last resort system 

preservation measures. 

• PRC–012–2 Remedial Action 

Schemes 

To ensure that Remedial Action 

Schemes (RAS) do not introduce 

unintentional or unacceptable reliability 

risks to the Bulk Electric System (BES). 

• PRC–019–2 Coordination of 

Generating Unit or Plant Capabilities, 

Voltage Regulating Controls, and 

Protection 

The purpose is to verify coordination 

of generating unit Facility or 

synchronous condenser voltage 

regulating controls, limit functions, 

equipment capabilities and Protection 

System settings. 

• PRC–023–4 Transmission Relay 

Load-Ability 

Protective relay settings shall not 

limit transmission load-ability; not 

interfere with system operators’ ability 

to take remedial action to protect system 

reliability and; be set to reliably detect 

all fault conditions and protect the 

electrical network from these faults. 

• PRC–024–1 Generator Frequency 

and Voltage Protective Relay Settings 

The purpose is to ensure Generator 

Owners set their generator protective 

relays such that generating units remain 

connected during defined frequency and 

voltage excursions. 

• PRC–025–2 Generator Relay LoadAbility 

The purpose is to set load-responsive 

protective relays associated with 

generation Facilities at a level to prevent 

unnecessary tripping of generators 

during a system disturbance for 

conditions that do not pose a risk of 

damage to the associated equipment. 

• PRC–026–1 Relay Performance 

During Stable Power Swings 

The purpose is to ensure that loadresponsive protective relays are 

expected to not trip in response to stable 

power swings during non-Fault 

conditions. 

• PRC–027–1 Coordination of 

Protection Systems for Performance 

During Faults 

The purpose is to maintain the 

coordination of Protection Systems 

installed to detect and isolate Faults on 

Bulk Electric System (BES) Elements, 

such that those Protection Systems 

operate in the intended sequence during 

Faults. 

Each of these Reliability Standards 

have three components that impose 

burden upon affected industry: 

• Requirements (e.g., denoted in each 

Reliability Standard as R1, R2 . . .) 

• Measures (e.g., denoted in each 

Reliability Standard as M1, M2 . . .) 

• Evidence Retention 

These three components can be 

reviewed for the Reliability Standards in 

NERC petitions in FERC’s eLibrary 

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

elibrary.asp) or on NERC’s own website 

(www.nerc.com). 

Type of Respondents: Generator 

owners, Planning coordinators, 

Distribution providers, UFLS-only 

Distribution Providers, and transmission 

owners in the Northeast Power 

Coordinating Council (NPCC) Region. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 Our 

estimates are based on the NERC 

Compliance Registry Summary of 

Entities as of February 5, 2021. 

According to the NERC compliance 

registry, and Functions as of, which 

indicates there are registered as GO, PC, 

DP and TO entities. The individual 

burden estimates are based on the time 

needed to gather data, run studies, and 

analyze study results to design or 

update the underfrequency load 

shedding programs. Additionally, 

documentation and the review of 

underfrequency load shedding (UFLS) 

program results by supervisors and 

management is included in the 

administrative estimations. These are 

consistent with estimates for similar 

tasks in other Commission approved 

standards. 

RD20–4 (PRC–006–4) 

The revisions in the proposed 

Reliability Standards will align these 

standards with the previously approved 

changes to the NERC registration 

criteria 4 by removing reference to 

entities 5 that are no longer registered 

with NERC. In proposed Reliability 

Standard PRC–006–4, NERC adds the 

UFLS-only Distribution Provider as an 

applicable entity. In two instances, 

NERC has proposed changes that will 

promote consistent use of the term 

Planning Coordinator across the 

Reliability Standards.6

The Commission’s request to OMB 

will reflect the following: 

• Addition to the burden associated 

with UFLS-only distribution providers 

to proposed (in RD–20–4) Reliability 

Standard PRC–006–4.7 The petition 

states that the currently effective 

standard is applicable to planning 

coordinators, ‘‘UFLS entities’’ (which 

may include transmission owners and 

distribution providers that own, operate, 

or control UFLS equipment), and 

transmission owners that own certain 

elements. In proposed Reliability 

Standard PRC–006–4, NERC proposes to 

add the UFLS-only distribution provider 

as an applicable UFLS entity.8

• Current, Reliability Standard PRC– 

006–5 9 (formerly PRC–006–3) 

(Automatic Underfrequency Load 

Shedding) 

Commission estimates the annual 

burden and cost for the information 

collection as follows: 


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in subsequent rows in this table. As stated in the 

NERC Petition, ‘‘[t]he currently effective standard is 

applicable to Planning Coordinators, ‘‘UFLS 

entities’’ (which may include Transmission Owners 

and Distribution Providers that own, operate, or 

control UFLS equipment), and Transmission 

Owners that own certain Elements. In proposed 

Reliability Standard PRC–006–4, NERC proposes to 

add the UFLS-Only Distribution Provider as an 

applicable UFLS entity, consistent with the 

language in Section III(b) of Appendix 5B of the 

NERC Rules of Procedure (Statement of Compliance 

Registry Criteria) that the Reliability Standards 

applicable to UFLS-Only Distribution Providers 

includes prior effective versions of the PRC–006 

standard.’’ The changes are not due to Docket No. 

RD20–4–000. 

11The increases are not due to Docket No. RD20– 

4–000. They are a program increase of 64 PCs (and 

the corresponding hrs.) in order to correct and 

clarify the estimates. 

12The program increase is due to adding 63 

UFLS-only DPs due to Docket No. RD20–4–000. In 

addition, 415 TOs and DPs were originally 

estimated in FERC–725A due to Order No. 693. 

However, the estimates and descriptions were not 

clearly spelled out, so we are clarifying them. As 

a result, there are 315 hours (63 * 5 hours) and the 

corresponding increase of 63 respondents of 

program increase due to Docket No. RD20–4–000, 

and 2,075 hours (415 * 5 hours) of increase due to 

adjustment. 

RD20–4 NET CHANGES FOR FERC–725G, OMB CONTROL NO. 1902–0252 

PRC regional reliability standards 

Average 

annual number 1

of respondents 

Average 

annual number 

of responses per 

respondent 

Average annual total 

number of responses 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

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

PRC–006–4 (Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding) 

Reporting Requirement—program decrease 10.

¥80 (TO & DP) 1 ¥80 47 ¥3,760 

PRC–006–4 (Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding) 

Evidence Retention—program decrease 14.

¥80 (TO & DP) 1 ¥80 5 ¥400 

PRC–006–4 (Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding) 

R1–R7, R11–R15 Reporting Requirement—program increase & clarification 11.

64 (PC) .............. 1 64 47 3,008 

PRC–006–4 (Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding) 

R1–R7, R11–R15 Evidence Retention-program increase 

& clarification 14.

64 (PC) .............. 1 64 5 320 

PRC–006–4 (Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding) 

R8–R10 Evidence Retention—program increase & clarification 12.

478 (TO, DP, 

UFLS-only DP).

1 478 5 2,390 

Net Changes for FERC–725G due to RD20–4 ............. ........................... ............................ 446 (net increase) ........................ 1,558 (net increase) 

IC21–30–000 RENEWAL AS EFFECTED BY RD20–4–000: MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE BULK-POWER

SYSTEM: REGIONAL MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE BULK-POWER SYSTEM: REGIONAL RELIABILITY

STANDARD PRC STANDARDS: PRC–006–5, PRC–002–2, PRC–012–2, PRC–019–2, PRC–023–4, PRC–024–1, 

PRC–025–2, PRC–026–1, AND PRC–02713

Reliability standard & requirement 

Average 

annual 

number 1 of 

respondents 

Average 

annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

annual 

total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden hours & cost 

($) per response 

Total annual 

burden hours & cost 

($) (rounded) 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

PRC–006–5 (Current burden after net changes due to RD20–4) 

TO/DP/PC 14 ...................................... 480 1 480 35 hrs.; $2,905 ............. 16,800 hrs.; $1,394,400 ......... $2,905 

Net Changes for FERC–725G 

due to RD20–4.

........................ ........................ 926 ....................................... 18,358 hrs.; $1,523,714.

PRC–023–4 

TO/GO/DP15 ..................................... 1,314 1 1,314 303 hrs.; $25,149 ......... 398,142 hrs.; $33,045,786 ..... 25,149 

PC ..................................................... 65 1 65 212 hrs.; $17,596 ......... 13,780 hrs.; $1,143,740 ......... 17,596


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13The number of respondents on this table reflect 

information taken from NERC Compliance Registry, 

while it may show a decrease from previous years 

the 2021 values reflect treating standards as a whole 

instead of by requirement which allow for aggregate 

values and eliminating multiple counts of the same 

entity within a standard. 

14Using NERC Compliance Registration data 

(February 5, 2021), the number of respondents are 

for US unique entities and takes into account the 

overlap between functions of the DP = Distribution 

Provider, TO = Transmission Owner and PC= 

Planning Coordinator for a total of 480. 

15Using NERC Compliance Registration data 

(February 5, 2021), the number of respondents are 

for US unique entities and takes into account the 

overlap between functions of the DP = Distribution 

Provider, TO = Transmission Owner and DP = 

Distribution Provider for a total of 1,314. The 

number of hours also take into account line 

terminal work needed to be done applicable TO, 

GO, or DP as per PRC–023–1 approved in Order No. 

773 March 18, 2010. 

16Reliability Standard PRC–025–2 from FERC– 

725G2 (OMB No. 1902–0281)– a temporary place 

holder is now being placed back into 725G. 

17According to the NERC compliance registry as 

of February 5, 2021, NERC has registered 379 

distribution providers (DP), 1,003 generator owners 

(GO) and 321 transmission owners (TO). However, 

under NERC’s compliance registration program, 

entities may be registered for multiple functions, so 

these numbers incorporate some double counting. 

The number of unique entities responding will be 

approximately 994 entities registered as a 

transmission owner, a distribution provider, or a 

generator owner that is also a transmission owner 

and/or a distribution owner. These values reflect 

removing any year 1–2 costs and covers on-going 

cost from version PRC–025–1 and PRC–025–2. 

18Based on the Requirements of PRC–002–2 some 

entities do not have to perform tasks annual so 

average response rate is set to 0.50. 

IC21–30–000 RENEWAL AS EFFECTED BY RD20–4–000: MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE BULK-POWER

SYSTEM: REGIONAL MANDATORY RELIABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE BULK-POWER SYSTEM: REGIONAL RELIABILITY

STANDARD PRC STANDARDS: PRC–006–5, PRC–002–2, PRC–012–2, PRC–019–2, PRC–023–4, PRC–024–1, 

PRC–025–2, PRC–026–1, AND PRC–02713—Continued 

Reliability standard & requirement 

Average 

annual 

number 1 of 

respondents 

Average 

annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

annual 

total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden hours & cost 

($) per response 

Total annual 

burden hours & cost 

($) (rounded) 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

PRC–025–2 16

GO/TO/DP17 ..................................... 1,314 1 1,314 4 hrs.; $332 .................. 5,256 hrs.; $436,248 .............. 332 

PRC–019–2 

GO/TO ............................................... 1,178 1 1,178 8.9 hrs.; $664 ............... 9,424 hrs.; $782,192 .............. 664 

PRC–024–1 

GO ..................................................... 1,003 1 1,003 8 hrs.; $664 .................. 8,024 hrs.; $665,992 .............. 664 

PRC–026–1 

GO/PC/TO ......................................... 1,189 1 1,189 18 hrs.; $1,494 ............. 21,402 hrs.; $1,776,366 ......... 1,494 

PRC–002–2 

TO/GO/PC 18 ..................................... 1,189 0.50 594.5 100 hrs.; $8,300 ........... 59,450 hrs.; $4,934,350 ......... 8,300 

PRC–012–2 

RC/PC/TO/GO/DP ............................. 1,329 1 1,329 88 hrs.; $7,304 ............. 116,952 hrs.; $9,707,016 ....... 7,304 

PRC–027–1 

TO/GO/DP ......................................... 1,314 1 1,314 44 hrs.; $3,652 ............. 57,816 hrs.; $4,798,728 ......... 3,652 

Total for FERC–725G ................ ........................ ........................ 10,226.50 ....................................... 708,604 hrs.; $58,814,132.

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: May 26, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER15–1375–012. 

Applicants: McCoy Solar, LLC. 

Description: Notice of Change in 

Status of McCoy Solar, LLC. 

Filed Date: 5/26/21. 

Accession Number: 20210526–5138. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/16/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–194–000. 

Applicants: American Electric Power 

Service Corporation, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Description: Formal Challenge of Joint 

Customers’ to May 26, 2021 Annual 

Informational Filing by American 

Electric Power Service Corporation. 

Filed Date: 5/21/21. 

Accession Number: 20210521–5275. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER20–687–003. 

Applicants: Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc. 


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