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1Burden 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, refer to 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

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Dated: August 8, 2017. 

Kimberly M. Richey, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17014 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC17–13–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–717); Comment 

Request; Revision and Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of revised 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 revision to the 

information collection, FERC–717, 

(Open Access Same-Time Information 

System and Standards for Business 

Practices and Communication Protocol) 

which will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

review of the information collection 

requirements. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due October 10, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. IC17–13–000 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

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

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–717, Open Access SameTime information System and Standards 

for Business Practices & Communication 

Protocols. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0173. 

Type of Request: Three-year approval 

of the FERC–717 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission directs all 

public utilities that own, control or 

operate facilities for transmitting energy 

in interstate commerce to provide 

certain types of information regarding 

their transmission operations on an 

Open Access Same-time Information 

System (OASIS). The Commission does 

not believe that open-access 

nondiscriminatory transmission services 

can be completely realized until it 

removes real-world obstacles that 

prevent transmission customers from 

competing effectively with the 

Transmission Provider. One of the 

obstacles is unequal access to 

transmission information. The 

Commission believes that transmission 

customers must have simultaneous 

access to the same information available 

to the Transmission Provider if truly 

nondiscriminatory transmission services 

are to be a reality. 

The Commission also established 

Standards of Conduct requiring that 

personnel engaged in transmission 

system operations function 

independently from personnel engaged 

in marketing functions. The Standards 

of Conduct were designed to prevent 

employees of a public utility (or any of 

its affiliates) engaged in marketing 

functions from preferential access to 

OASIS-related information or from 

engaging in unduly discriminatory 

business practices. Companies were 

required to separate their transmission 

operations/reliability functions from 

their marketing/merchant functions and 

prevent system operators from 

providing merchant employees and 

employees of affiliates with 

transmission-related information not 

available to all customers at the same 

time through public posting on the 

OASIS. 

Type of Respondents: Transmission 

Owners and Transmission Operators. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The 

Commission estimates a reduction in 

the annual public reporting burden for 

the FERC–717. The numbers comport 

two separate entities: Transmission 

Owners and Transmission Operators. 

The respondent estimate provide 

corresponds to 170 Transmission 

Operators. The rational is that many 

Transmission Owners have elected to 

turn over operational control of their 

collective transmission systems to 

Transmission Operators, including 

RTOs/IS0s (as authorized in 18 CFR 

37.5). These Transmission Operators 

offer OASIS access to the collective 

systems facilitating a single OASIS 

transmission request serving multiple 

transmission systems. As a result of 

these efficiency gains, the lower 

respondent count is appropriate. For 

completeness, we ascribe the reduction 

in Transmission Owners to mergers and 

acquisitions occurring during the time 

periods examined. 

Many Transmission Owners have 

turned over operational control of their 

collective transmission systems to 

Transmission Operators, including 

RTOs/ISOs. As a result of the efficiency 

gains, and an overestimate of the 

respondents in our past request, we are 

submitting a more accurate number of 

respondents. The changes in business 

practice standards from version to 

version requires a different number of 

hours each time a respondent submits 

there response. The estimate below 

reflects the work associated with the 

most recent version of the standards: 


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2The Commission staff thinks that the average 

respondent for this collection is similarly situated 

to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits. 

Based upon FERC’s 2017 annual average of 

$158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average 

hourly cost is $76.50/hour. 

FERC–717, OPEN ACCESS SAME-TIME INFORMATION SYSTEM AND STANDARDS FOR BUSINESS PRACTICES & 

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS

Information collection requirements Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total number 

of 

responses 

Average 

burden hours 

and cost per 

response 2

Total annual 

burden hours 

and 

total annual 

cost 

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

FERC–717 ........................................................................... 170 1 170 30 

$2,295 

5,100 

$390,150 

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: August 7, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–16959 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #2 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER13–1966–001. 

Applicants: NRG Wholesale 

Generation LP. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Informational Filing Regarding Planned 

Transfer to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5112. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER15–2572–004. 

Applicants: GenOn Energy 

Management, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Informational Filing Regarding Planned 

Transfer to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5108. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER15–2573–004. 

Applicants: GenOn Energy 

Management, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Informational Filing Regarding Planned 

Transfer to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5109. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER16–209–004. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Central Power Electric Cooperative 

Formula Rate Compliance Filing to be 

effective 1/1/2016. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5144. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER16–1774–003. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative 

Formula Rate Compliance Filing to be 

effective 7/1/2016. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5152. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER16–2665–003. 

Applicants: NRG Power Midwest LP. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Informational Filing Regarding Planned 

Transfer to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5111. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–274–002. 

Applicants: GenOn Energy 

Management, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Informational Filing Regarding Planned 

Transfer to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5110. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–1342–001. 

Applicants: Duke Energy Florida, 

LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Correct Loss Factor Tariff Records to be 

effective 5/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5077. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2250–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2017–08–07_SA 2523 ITC-Pheasant Run 

4th Revised GIA (J075 J466) to be 

effective 7/24/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5078. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2251–000. 

Applicants: GenOn Energy 

Management, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Rate 

Schedule FERC No. 1 to be effective 

9/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5093. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2252–000. 

Applicants: NRG Power Marketing 

LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Rate 

Schedule FERC No. 1 to be effective 

9/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5094. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2253–000. 

Applicants: NorthWestern 

Corporation. 

Description: NorthWestern 

Corporation submits Average System 

Cost Filing for Sales of Electric Power to 

the Bonneville Power Administration, 

FY 2018–2019. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5121. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2254–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Notices of Cancellation IFA & DSA Mid 

Valley Landfill Project SA Nos. 73 & 74 

to be effective 12/3/2017. 

Filed Date: 8/7/17. 

Accession Number: 20170807–5127. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2255–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 


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