Document ID: FERC-2015-1115-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests for Information: Common Performance Metrics
Posted Date: 2015-08-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50847-50848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20743]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD14-15-000]

Common Performance Metrics; Request for Information on Common 
Performance Metrics for RTOs and ISOs and Utilities Outside RTO and ISO 
Regions

    On August 26, 2014, Commission Staff issued a ``Common Metrics 
Report,'' establishing 30 common metrics for independent system 
operators (ISOs), regional transmission organizations (RTOs), and 
utilities in non-ISO/RTO regions. In that report, Commission Staff 
indicated that upon approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for additional data collection, a notice would be issued 
requesting that the ISOs, RTOs, and participating utilities in non-ISO/
RTO regions provide performance

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information on the common metrics on a schedule to be specified in the 
notice.\1\
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    \1\ Common Metrics Commission Staff Report, Docket No. AD14-15-
000, at 4 (Aug. 26, 2014).
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    Consistent with the OMB-approved data collection \2\ and past 
practice regarding this effort, ISOs, RTOs, and utilities in non-ISO/
RTO regions are encouraged to submit information responsive to the 30 
common metrics listed in the August 2014 report. Information submitted 
should cover the 2010-2014 period, and should be submitted by October 
30, 2015.\3\ Commission staff plans to contact representatives of the 
ISOs, RTOs, and utilities in non-ISO/RTO regions that have previously 
participated in this effort.
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    \2\ On August 6, 2015, OMB approved a request for reinstatement 
and revision of information collection FERC-922, ``Performance 
Metrics for ISOs, RTOs and Regions Outside ISOs and RTOs'' (OMB 
Control No. 1902-0262).
    \3\ Information should be submitted in docket no. AD14-15-000. 
Submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with the 
submission guidelines described at: http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/submission-guide.asp. Submissions must be in an acceptable 
file format as described at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary/accept-file-formats.asp. The numeric values corresponding 
to all charts and tables containing metrics must be submitted in an 
accompanying file, in one of the following formats: Microsoft Office 
2003/2007/2010: Excel (.xls or .xlsx), or ASCII Comma Separated 
Value (.csv).
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    For further information, please contact: Eric Krall, Office of 
Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6180, 
eric.krall@ferc.gov.

    Dated: August 17, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-20743 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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