[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16691-16696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7040]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Part 40
Docket No. RM09-19-000; Order No. 746]
Western Electric Coordinating Council Qualified Transfer Path
Unscheduled Flow Relief Regional Reliability Standard
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Commission
approves regional Reliability Standard of the Western Electricity
Coordinating Council (WECC) IRO-006-WECC-1 (Qualified Transfer Path
Unscheduled Flow Relief) and six associated new definitions submitted
to the Commission for approval by the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation. This Reliability Standard is intended to
mitigate transmission overloads due to unscheduled flow on a transfer
path designated by WECC as being qualified for unscheduled flow
mitigation.
DATES: Effective Date: This rule will become effective May 24, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terence Burke (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6498.
Danny Johnson (Technical Information), Office of Electric Reliability,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8892.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Before Commissioners: Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman; Marc Spitzer, Philip
D. Moeller, John R. Norris, and Cheryl A. LaFleur.
Final Rule
1. Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA),\1\ the
Commission approves regional Reliability Standard of the Western
Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) IRO-006-WECC-1 (Qualified
Transfer Path Unscheduled Flow Relief) and six associated new
definitions submitted to the Commission for approval by the North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Electric
Reliability Organization (ERO) certified by the Commission. The
approved
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Reliability Standard is intended to mitigate transmission overloads due
to unscheduled flow on Qualified Transfer Paths.\2\
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\1\ 16 U.S.C. 824o.
\2\ The term ``Qualified Transfer Path'' is defined as ``[a]
transfer path designated by the WECC Operating Committee as being
qualified for WECC unscheduled flow mitigation.'' When the Standard
becomes effective, this definition will be added to the NERC
Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards.
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I. Background
A. NERC Reliability Standard IRO-006
2. On March 16, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 693 approving
83 Reliability Standards proposed by NERC, including Interconnection
Reliability Operations and Coordination (IRO) Reliability Standard IRO-
006-3, titled ``Reliability Coordination--Transmission Loading
Relief.'' \3\ In addition, under section 215(d)(5) of the FPA, the
Commission directed the ERO to develop modifications to IRO-006-3 and
other approved Reliability Standards to address specific issues
identified by the Commission.
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\3\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System,
Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,242, order on reh'g, Order
No. 693-A, 120 FERC ] 61,053 (2007).
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3. NERC Reliability Standard IRO-006-3 establishes a Transmission
Loading Relief (TLR) process for use in the Eastern Interconnection to
alleviate loadings on the system by curtailing or changing transactions
based on their priorities and according to different levels of TLR
procedures. Requirement R2.2 provides that ``the equivalent
Interconnection-wide transmission loading relief procedure for use in
the Western Interconnection is the WECC Unscheduled Flow Mitigation
Plan.'' This document provides detailed instructions for addressing
unscheduled flows, i.e., parallel path flows, based on the topography
and configuration of the Bulk-Power System in the Western
Interconnection. The Unscheduled Flow Mitigation Plan identifies nine
``steps'' to address unscheduled flows. In the first three steps, the
Mitigation Plan relies on phase angle regulators, series capacitors,
and back-to-back DC lines to mitigate contingencies without curtailing
transactions. Steps four through nine involve curtailment of
transactions.
4. On March 19, 2009, the Commission approved IRO-006-4, which
modified the prior version of the Reliability Standard and addressed
the Commission's directives from Order No. 693.\4\ The Commission
subsequently accepted an erratum to that Reliability Standard that
corrected the reference in Requirement R1.2 to the Unscheduled Flow
Mitigation Plan (Mitigation Plan).\5\
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\4\ Modification of Interchange and Transmission Loading Relief
Reliability Standards; and Electric Reliability Organization
Interpretation of Specific Requirements of Four Reliability
Standards, Order No. 713-A, 126 FERC ] 61,252 (2009), reh'g denied,
Order No. 713-B, 130 FERC ] 61,032 (2010).
\5\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., Docket No. RD09-
9-000 (Dec. 10, 2009) (unpublished letter order). Note that
Reliability Standard IRO-006-4.1, Requirement R1.2 refers to the
``WECC Unscheduled Flow Reduction Procedure,'' which is Attachment 1
to the Mitigation Plan, the term we use herein.
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B. WECC Delegation Agreement and WECC Regional Reliability Standard
IRO-STD-006-0
5. On April 19, 2007, the Commission approved delegation agreements
between NERC and each of the eight Regional Entities, including
WECC.\6\ In that approval, the Commission accepted WECC as a Regional
Entity organized on an Interconnection-wide basis and accepted WECC's
Standards Development Manual, which sets forth the process for
development of WECC's Reliability Standards.\7\
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\6\ See North American Electric Reliability Corp., 119 FERC ]
61,060, order on reh'g, 120 FERC ] 61,260 (2007).
\7\ Id. P 469-470.
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6. On June 8, 2007, the Commission approved eight WECC regional
Reliability Standards that apply in the Western Interconnection,
including IRO-STD-006-0.\8\ The regional Reliability Standard applies
to transmission operators, load-serving entities and balancing
authorities within the Western Interconnection. It addresses the
mitigation of transmission overloads due to unscheduled line flow on
specified paths. Specifically, Requirement R1 of IRO-STD-006-0 states
that:
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\8\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 119 FERC ] 61,260
(2007) (June 8, 2007 Order).
WECC's Unscheduled Flow Mitigation Plan (Plan) * * * specifies
that members shall comply with requests from (Qualified) Transfer
Path Operators to take actions that will reduce unscheduled flow on
the Qualified Path in accordance with the table entitled ``WECC
Unscheduled Flow Procedure Summary of Curtailment Actions,'' which
is located in Attachment 1 of the Plan.\9\
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\9\ Regional Reliability Standard IRO-STD-006-0, available at
http://www.wecc.biz/Standards/Approved%20Standards/IRO-STD-006-0.pdf.
The regional Reliability Standard then provides excerpts from the plan
that describe actions entities must take to address unscheduled flow.
7. The June 8, 2007 Order directed WECC to develop certain
modifications to the eight WECC Reliability Standards to address issues
identified by the Commission. With respect to IRO-STD-006-0, the
Commission directed WECC to clarify the term ``receiver'' used in the
Reliability Standard. The Commission also directed WECC to address
concerns raised by a commenter regarding WECC's inclusion of load-
serving entities, which may be unable to meet the Reliability
Standard's requirements, in the applicability section of the
Reliability Standard.\10\ The Commission directed WECC to remove a
Sanctions Table that is inconsistent with the NERC Sanctions
Guidelines. The Commission also directed WECC to address NERC's
concerns regarding formatting, use of standard terms, and the need for
greater specificity in the actions that a responsible entity must take.
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\10\ June 8, 2007 Order, 119 FERC ] 61,260 at P 70-71.
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C. Proposed Regional Reliability Standard
8. In a June 17, 2009 filing (NERC Petition), NERC requested
Commission approval of proposed regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-
WECC-1, which was developed in response to the Commission's directives
in the June 8, 2007 Order, to replace the currently effective regional
Standard. NERC stated that the purpose of IRO-006-WECC-1 is to mitigate
transmission overloads due to unscheduled flow on Qualified Transfer
Paths. Under the Reliability Standard, reliability coordinators are
responsible for initiating schedule curtailments, and balancing
authorities are responsible for implementing the curtailments.
Specifically, proposed regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-WECC-1
contains the following two Requirements:
R.1. Upon receiving a request of Step 4 or greater (see
Attachment 1-IRO-006-WECC-1) from the Transmission Operator of a
Qualified Transfer Path, the Reliability Coordinator shall approve
(actively or passively) or deny that request within five minutes.
R.2. The Balancing Authorities shall approve curtailment
requests to the schedules as submitted, implement alternative
actions, or a combination there of that collectively meets the
Relief Requirement.
An attachment to IRO-006-WECC-1 summarizes the nine steps and related
actions to address unscheduled flows.
D. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
9. On October 29, 2010, the Commission issued its Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking proposing to approve the regional IRO Reliability
Standard IRO-006-WECC-1.\11\ In
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addition, the Commission raised concerns with respect to: (1) How
entities will know whether to follow the national or regional Standard
in a given situation; (2) WECC's and NERC's reliance on TOP-007-WECC-1
to ensure that entities manage power flows using steps one through
three of the Mitigation Plan prior to requesting curtailments; (3) how
the webSAS \12\ tool will work with respect to the national and
regional Standard; and (4) the potential reliability impact of
reliability coordinators' inability to request curtailments.
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\11\ Western Electric Coordinating Council Qualified Transfer
Path Unscheduled Flow Relief Regional Reliability Standard, Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, 75 FR 66702 (Oct. 29, 2010), FERC Stats &
Regs. ] 32,663 (2010) (NOPR).
\12\ The webSAS (Security Analysis System) is a proprietary
internet based application that is used by WECC to analyze,
initiate, communicate, and provide compliance reports for
implementation of the Unscheduled Flow Reduction Procedure. It is
available by subscription through the vendor to provide notification
of Unscheduled Flow Events, calculate and display required relief,
and provide a rapid method of transaction curtailments.
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10. In response to the NOPR, comments were filed by NERC, WECC, and
Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company, both d/b/a NV
Energy (NV Energy). In the discussion below, we address these comments.
II. Discussion
A. Approval of IRO-006-WECC-1
11. In the NOPR, the Commission proposed to approve regional
Reliability Standard IRO-006-WECC-1 stating that it adequately
addresses a number of the directives identified in the June 8, 2007
Order and represents an improvement to the current Standard. As stated
in the NOPR, the Standard addresses our concern regarding the use of
the term ``receiver'' by removing the term, thus removing potential
confusion arising from the use of the undefined term. The Reliability
Standard also provides additional clarity by removing load-serving
entities from its applicability section since load-serving entities may
not be able to meet the Standard's requirements regarding curtailment
procedures. Further, the Standard includes reliability coordinators as
an applicable entity and addresses their role in curtailment
procedures. The Standard goes beyond the corresponding NERC Reliability
Standard by requiring a reliability coordinator to approve or deny a
transmission operator's curtailment request within five minutes.
Finally, the WECC Reliability Standard addresses formatting concerns,
conformance with NERC's Violation Severity Level and Violation Risk
Factor matrix, and the elimination of a WECC sanction table. NERC,
WECC, and NV Energy all support approval. Accordingly the Commission
adopts the NOPR proposal and approves regional Reliability Standard
IRO-006-WECC-1 as just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or
preferential, and in the public interest.
12. We raised in the NOPR several concerns regarding how the
regional Reliability Standard would work in practice to ensure Reliable
Operation in the Western Interconnect. As a result of the comments
submitted, our concerns have been adequately addressed, and we do not
direct any modifications to the regional Reliability Standard.
B. Issues Raised in NOPR
1. Consistency Between NERC and WECC
13. Requirement R1.2 in NERC Reliability Standard IRO-006-4 refers
to the WECC Unscheduled Flow Reduction Procedure with regard to
transmission loading relief in the Western Interconnection. In the
NOPR, the Commission requested comment on the interaction between the
differing requirements contained in the regional versus the national
Reliability Standards, on which of the two Standards' requirements take
precedence, and on how NERC intends to ensure compliance and consistent
enforcement with regard to the Standards.
Comments
14. WECC and NV Energy comment that the Standards differ in their
applicability. They state that NERC's IRO-006-4 addresses the
obligations of the reliability coordinator and the balancing authority
if an Interconnection-wide procedure is selected for the mitigation of
overloads on transmission facilities. According to WECC and NV Energy,
Regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-WECC-1 sets out reliability
obligations for the reliability coordinator and balancing authority
regarding transmission loading relief on the narrow subset of Western
Interconnect transmission facilities designated as Qualified Transfer
Paths. The two commenters assert there is no conflict between the NERC
Reliability Standard and the regional Standard, as they work together.
15. NERC states that it recognized some potential for confusion in
this matter and will soon file for approval a proposed Reliability
Standard IRO-006-5 \13\ that, among other things, eliminates reference
to the WECC Unscheduled Flow Reduction Procedure as a procedure that
may be selected by the reliability coordinator to achieve loading
relief and, instead, mentions the procedure as an example for which
coordination must occur.
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\13\ Subsequent to filing its comments in this Docket, NERC
filed its Petition for Approval of Proposed New Interconnection
Reliability Operations and Coordination Reliability Standards,
Glossary Term and Implementation Plan on January 13, 2011 in Docket
No. RD11-2-000.
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Commission Determination
16. The Commission finds that NERC's plan to eliminate the
opportunity for confusion with respect to this Reliability Standard
adequately addresses the concerns raised in the NOPR.
2. TOP-007-WECC-1 and the Mitigation Plan
17. In the June 8, 2007 Order, the Commission determined that the
regional Reliability Standard IRO-STD-006-0 is superior to the NERC
Standard based in part on the specified pre-curtailment steps one
through three of the Mitigation Plan.\14\ As stated above, the
Mitigation Plan is no longer referenced in IRO-006-WECC-1. The NERC
Petition stated that proposed WECC regional Reliability Standard TOP-
007-WECC-1, would work in conjunction with IRO-006-WECC-1 to ensure
that pre-curtailment steps one through three of the Mitigation Plan are
performed.\15\ In the NOPR, the Commission requested comment as to
whether WECC's reliance on proposed regional Standard TOP-007-WECC-1 or
currently effective Reliability Standard TOP-STD-007-0 (whichever is in
effect) is an adequate replacement for the currently required pre-
curtailment actions set forth in steps one through three of the
Mitigation Plan.
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\14\ June 18, 2007 Order, 119 FERC ] 61,260 at P 69.
\15\ NERC's petition for approval of regional Reliability
Standard TOP-007-WECC-1 is currently pending before the Commission
in Docket No. RM09-14-000.
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Comments
18. Each of the commenters note that Reliability Standard IRO-006-
WECC-1 and the proposed regional Standard TOP-007-WECC-1 were intended
to meet the performance objective of enhanced reliability but not to
prescribe a specific method for achieving that objective. WECC and NV
Energy assert that the pre-curtailment steps were not mandatory, but,
as before, they remain tools available to transmission operators for
the mitigation of transmission facility overloading. WECC states that
reliability would suffer if transmission operators were limited in
their action by a mandatory adherence to the Mitigation Plan.
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Commission Determination
19. The Commission acknowledges the comments offered and is
satisfied that IRO-006-WECC-1 does not present a reduction in
reliability. The Commission also highlights the comment made by WECC
that the Standard is applicable to reliability coordinators and
balancing authorities, not to transmission operators. Under the
Standard, the reliability coordinator must approve or deny the
implementation of a step four or higher action, and the balancing
authority must grant relief so the transmission operator does not
violate a system operating limit (SOL) or an interconnection
reliability operating limit (IROL) operating limit. But transmission
operator's obligations remain unchanged by IRO-006-WECC-1. They
continue to be required to take immediate steps to relieve an SOL or
IROL operating limit violation.
3. Operation of webSAS
20. According to the NERC Petition, the webSAS tool calculates
curtailment and, unless the reliability coordinator actively denies the
request, approves the curtailment within five minutes. The Commission
requested in the NOPR additional information regarding how the webSAS
program works in relation to WECC's proposed IRO-006-WECC-1 as well as
the currently effective IRO-006-4, and whether conflicts could arise
between the webSAS programming and the Mitigation Plan.
Comments
21. NV Energy and WECC comments describe of the webSAS program,
explaining that it utilizes impedance modeling of the transmission
network in the Western Interconnection and is able to determine
transmission distribution factors that correspond to discrete
transactions. It is configured to prescribe curtailments in accordance
with the curtailment table in the WECC Unscheduled Flow Reduction
Procedure, and is only one of the methods a balancing authority might
use in devising curtailments. WECC notes that webSAS merely suggests
strategies; the responsible balancing authority must implement those
strategies. WECC further comments that WebSAS operates similarly
whether utilized under the regional or the national Reliability
Standard.
Commission Determination
22. The Commission is satisfied with the commenters' explanation of
the operation of webSAS, as well as its proposed use within the
mitigation process set out in Reliability Standard IRO-006-WECC-1.
4. Reliability Coordinators' Role in Curtailment
23. In the NOPR the Commission stated that, because reliability
coordinators are the only entities with the wide-area view, the
Commission believes it is appropriate that they, as the entities with
the highest level of authority to ensure reliability, have the ability
to initiate relief procedures.\16\ In the NOPR, the Commission
requested comment regarding its concerns that the proposed regional
Reliability Standard does not mention the reliability coordinators'
ability to request curtailments, and that automatic approval of
curtailments may occur through the webSAS tool without reliability
coordinator review.
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\16\ NOPR, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 32,663 at P 30.
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Comments
24. WECC and NV Energy comment that the reliability coordinator
always has the ability to issue directives or take other actions to
ensure Reliable Operations under the authority granted in Reliability
Standard IRO-001-1.1. NV Energy states that the automatic approval of
requested curtailments after five minutes is an appropriate balance
between allowing for the reliability coordinators' participation and
adequately ensuring that transmission loading relief is obtained for
the next hour.
Commission Determination
25. The Commission agrees with the commenters that NERC Reliability
Standard IRO-001-1.1 provides the reliability coordinator authority to
take actions to ensure Reliable Operations, and no further
clarification is required.
5. Alternative Revisions
26. Because of the concerns expressed in the NOPR, the Commission
questioned whether it might be more efficient and appropriate if all
the WECC rules and procedures with respect to unscheduled flow
mitigation were incorporated in a single document.
Comments
27. WECC asserts that regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-4 does
not mandate following the Mitigation Plan but only suggests that the
Mitigation Plan is a procedure available to a reliability coordinator.
Therefore, incorporating the WECC rules and procedures into the
Mitigation Plan would not eliminate the need for an enforceable
regional Reliability Standard. WECC also comments that the differing
purposes of the Mitigation Plan, IRO-006-WECC-1, and TOP-007-WECC-1
would thwart efforts to combine them. NERC notes that it has already
undertaken eliminating the regional differences from the continent-wide
standard in its proposed IRO-006-5.
Commission Determination
28. The clarification provided by WECC adequately addresses the
Commission's concerns. Accordingly, the Commission finds that IRO-006-
WECC-1 represents an improvement to reliability.
III. Information Collection Statement
29. The following collections of information contained in this
Reliability Standard have been submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review under section 3507(d) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1955.\17\ OMB's regulations require OMB to approve
certain information collection requirements imposed by agency rule.\18\
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\17\ 44 U.S.C. 3507(d).
\18\ 5 CFR 1320.11.
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30. The Commission solicited comments on the burden to implement
IRO-006-WECC-1 which, rather than creating entirely new requirements,
instead modifies the existing regional Reliability Standard governing
qualified transfer path unscheduled flow relief and thus imposes a
minimal additional burden on the affected entities. The Commission
received no comments as to the issue of reporting burden estimates. The
Commission has not directed any modifications to the Requirements of
the Reliability Standard being approved. Thus this Final Ruled does not
materially or adversely affect the burden estimates provided in the
NOPR.
31. Burden Estimate: The burden for the requirements in this final
rule follow:
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Number of Number of Hours per Total annual
Data collection FERC-725E respondents responses response hours
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35 Balancing Authorities and 1 Reliability 36 1 1 36
Coordinator--Reporting Requirement.............
35 Balancing Authorities and 1 Reliability 36 1 1 36
Coordinator--Recordkeeping Requirement.........
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 72
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Total Annual hours for Collection: 36 reporting +36 recordkeeping =
72 hours.
Reporting = 36 hours @ $120/hour = $4320.
Recordkeeping = 36 hours @ $40/hour = $1440.
Total Costs = Reporting ($4320) + Recordkeeping ($1440) = $5760.
Title: FERC 725E, Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Western
Electric Coordinating Council.
Action: Proposed collection of information.
OMB Control No: 1902-0246.
Respondents: Balancing Authorities and Reliability Coordinator in
the Western Electricity Coordinating Council.
Frequency of Responses: On Occasion.
Necessity of the Information: This Final Rule would approve a
revised Reliability Standard modifying the existing requirement for
entities to respond to requests for curtailment. The proposed
Reliability Standard requires entities to maintain documentation
evidencing their response to such requests.
Internal review: The Commission has reviewed the requirements
pertaining to proposed regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-WECC-1 and
believes it to be just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or
preferential, and in the public interest. These requirements conform to
the Commission's plan for efficient information collection,
communication and management within the energy industry. The Commission
has assured itself, by means of internal review, that there is
specific, objective support for the burden estimates associated with
the information requirements.
32. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting
requirements by contacting: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: Ellen Brown, Office
of the Executive Director, Phone: (202) 502-8663, fax: (202) 273-0873,
e-mail: [email protected]]. Comments on the requirements of this
Final Rule may also be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503
[Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission].
For security reasons, comments should be sent by e-mail to OMB at: oira
[email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1902-0246
and the docket number of this final rulemaking in your submission.
IV. Environmental Analysis
33. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.\19\ The
action taken in the Final Rule fall within the categorical exclusion in
the Commission's regulations for rules that are clarifying, corrective
or procedural, for information gathering, analysis, and
dissemination.\20\ Accordingly, neither an environmental impact
statement nor an environmental assessment is required.
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\19\ Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy
Act, Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897 (Dec. 17, 1987), FERC Stats. &
Regs., Regulations Preambles 1986-1990 ] 30,783 (1987).
\20\ 18 CFR 380.4(a)(5).
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V. Regulatory Flexibility Act
34. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \21\ generally
requires a description and analysis of final rules that will have
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The RFA mandates consideration of regulatory alternatives that
accomplish the stated objectives of a proposed rule and that minimize
any significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities. The Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Size
Standards develops the numerical definition of a small business.\22\
The SBA has established a size standard for electric utilities, stating
that a firm is small if, including its affiliates, it is primarily
engaged in the transmission, generation and/or distribution of electric
energy for sale and its total electric output for the preceding twelve
months did not exceed four million megawatt hours.\23\
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\21\ 5 U.S.C. 601-612.
\22\ 13 CFR 121.101.
\23\ 13 CFR 121.201, Sector 22, Utilities & n. 1.
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35. Most of the entities (i.e., reliability coordinators and
balancing authorities) to which the requirements of this Rule would
apply do not fall within the definition of small entities. The
Commission estimates that only 2-4 of the 35 balancing authorities are
small and that the economic impact on each of these is $160 per year.
The Commission does not consider this to be a significant economic
impact. Based on the foregoing, the Commission certifies that this Rule
will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities. Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required.
VI. Document Availability
36. 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 FERC's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) and in FERC's
Public Reference Room during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Eastern time) at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426.
37. From FERC's Home Page on the Internet, this information is
available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is available on
eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, printing, and/or
downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket
number excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket
number field.
38. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the FERC's Web
site during normal business hours from FERC Online Support at (202)
502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or e-mail at
[email protected], or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. E-mail the Public Reference Room at
[email protected].
VII. Effective Date and Congressional Notification
39. These regulations are effective May 24, 2011. The Commission
notes
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that although the determinations made in this Final Rule are effective
May 24, 2011, regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-WECC-1 approved in
this Final Rule will not become effective until the first day of the
first quarter after applicable regulatory approval. The Commission has
determined, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, that this rule is not a
``major rule'' as defined in section 351 of the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996.
By the Commission.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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