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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC09-715-001]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-715); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review

November 23, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) has submitted the
information collection described below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection requirements. Any
interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should
address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below.
The Commission received one comment in response to the Federal Register
notice (74FR47566, 9/16/2009). FERC has summarized and addressed the
commenter's suggestions below and in its submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by January 4,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o oira__
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>and include OMB Control Number 1902-0171 as a
point of reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at
202-395-4638. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission and should refer to Docket No. IC09-715-
001. Comments may be filed either electronically or in paper format.
Those persons filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in an
acceptable filing format and in compliance with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission submission guidelines. Complete filing
instructions and acceptable filing formats are available at http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/electronic-media.asp. To file the
document electronically, access the Commission's Web site and click on
Documents & Filing, E-Filing (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp), and then follow the instructions for each screen. First-
time users will have to establish a user name and password. The
Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to the sender's e-
mail address upon receipt of comments.
    For paper filings, an original and 2 copies of the comments should
be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of
the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should
refer to Docket No. IC09-715-001.
    All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the ``eLibrary'' link. For user
assistance, contact<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll-free at (866)
208-3676 or for TTY, contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by
telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, by fax at<PHONE_NUMBER>, and by e-mail at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FERC-715 (``Annual Transmission Planning
and Evaluation Report,'' OMB Control No. 1902-0171) is a mandatory
filing described at 18 CFR 141.300. The FERC-715 must be submitted by
each transmitting utility that operates integrated (that is, non-
radial) transmission facilities at or above 100 kilovolts. [An overview
and current instructions for filing the FERC-715 are posted on the FERC
Web site at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eforms/form-715/
instructions.asp.]
    Section 213 (b) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as amended by the
Energy Policy Act of 1992, requires FERC to collect, annually from
transmitting utilities, sufficient information about their transmission
systems to inform potential transmission customers, state regulatory
authorities, and the public, of available transmission capacity and
constraints. FERC-715 also supports the Commission's expanded
responsibilities under Sections 211, 212, 213(a), 304, 307(a), 309, and
311 of the FPA, as amended, for reviewing reliability issues, market
structure relationships, and in rate and other regulatory proceedings.
    A summary of the comment filed, FERC's response, and proposed
changes to the requirements follow.
    a. Comment: FERC Order No. 890 now requires regional transmission
planning processes. We suggest that respondents be allowed to refer to
Attachment K information already available on Regional Planning Web
sites.
    FERC response: Respondents are already encouraged to incorporate
references to readily available information when preparing their FERC-
715 submissions. External information is most often used in Part IV,
Transmission Planning Reliability Criteria. However, Order No. 890 does
not require utilities to file power flow data or maps with the
Commission or otherwise make this data available. Therefore, FERC-715
is the only source for these items.
    b. Comment: The commenter suggests FERC should allow filing via the
Internet, as well as on CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or in hard copy.
    FERC response: The Commission agrees that Internet filing has the
potential to reduce the burden to industry. Respondents are already
given the option of filing via the Internet (through eFiling), if the
submission can be completed using acceptable file formats. Filings may
also be made on CD or DVD. The option of using diskettes is being
eliminated, however, due to advances in technology and file sizes being
too large for the medium.
    c. Comment: The commenter suggests that a list of changes be
provided when the FERC-715 instructions are updated.
    FERC response: FERC agrees and will provide this information to
respondents beginning with the 2010 filing.
    d. Comment: Certain parts of FERC-715 need only be updated when
information changes from previous filings. The commenter suggests that
respondents be required to report the last filing date of information
that is unchanged.
    FERC response: FERC agrees and will incorporate this requirement
into the FERC-715 instructions. To reduce the burden on industry, if
this date is prior to the 2010 filing deadline, Respondents need only
state that the previous filing was ``prior to the 2010 filing.''
    e. Comment: FERC-715 responses are considered Critical Energy
Infrastructure Information (CEII), and parties requesting access to
this data must be vetted and approved by FERC. These parties may also
request CEII directly from FERC-715 respondents.

We suggest that FERC attempt to confirm to Respondents that parties
requesting access to this data have passed the necessary background
checks.
    FERC response: The process for requesting CEII from the Commission
is detailed in Order Nos. 702, 683, 662, 649, 643, 630, and PL02-01-
000, and on http://www.ferc.gov. FERC-715 is not an appropriate venue
to address the CEII request process, but the FERC offices responsible
for handling CEII requests have been made aware of the suggestion.
    A copy of the proposed, revised instructions is attached and part
of this document, but the instructions are not being printed in the
Federal Register. The Attachment is available on the FERC's eLibrary
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp) by searching Docket No.
IC09-715-001, and through the FERC Public Reference Room.
    Action: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
current expiration date for the FERC-715, with the changes noted above
and in the attached draft instructions.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as follows.

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                                                                     Number of        Average      Total annual
                                                     Number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
              FERC data collection                  respondents     respondent     per response     (1) x (2) x
                                                   annually  (1)        (2)             (3)             (3)
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FERC-715........................................             120               1             160         19,200
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[Note: These figures may not be exact, due to rounding.]

    The total estimated annual cost burden \1\ to respondents is
$1,184,279.90 [(19,200 hrs.)/(2,080 hrs./yr.)] x ($128,297 per yr.).
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    \1\ Employees work an average of 2,080 hours per year, at an
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    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 a collection of information; (5)
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection 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 estimates 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 collection 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.

    Note: The Attachment (proposed, revised instructions) will not
be printed in the Federal Register. The Attachment is available on
the FERC's eLibrary (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp)
by searching Docket No. IC09-715-001, and through the FERC Public
Reference Room.

Attachment

FERC-715--Annual Transmission Planning and Evaluation Report
Instructions

Revised November 2009.
Approved OMB Control No. 1902-0171.
Expires: (MM/DD/YY).

    This report is mandatory under Sections 213(b), 307(a) and 311
of the Federal Power Act and 18 CFR Section 141.300 of the
Commission's regulations.

Sec.  141.300 FERC Form No. 715, Annual Transmission Planning and
Evaluation Report

    Who must file: Any transmitting utility, as defined in Sec.
3(23) of the Federal Power Act, that operates integrated (that is,
non-radial) transmission facilities at or above 100 kilovolts must
complete FERC Form No. 715;
    When to file: FERC Form No. 715 must be filed on or before each
April 1st;
    What to file: FERC Form No. 715 must be filed with the Office of
the Secretary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in
accordance with the instructions on that form.
    The Commission considers the information collected by this
report to be Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) and
will treat it as such. The public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 160 hours per
response, including the time for reviewing the instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
You shall not be penalized for failure to respond to this collection
of information unless the collection of information displays a valid
OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or
any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Deputy Chief
Information Officer, ATTN: Information Clearance Officer (ED-32),
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

and to:

Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs. ATTN: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20503.

Table of Contents

I. General Information
    A. Purpose of Report
    B. Who Must Submit
    C. Waiver Request
    D. Blank or N/A (Not Applicable) Responses
    E. Checklist and Where to Submit
    F. When to Submit
    G. Contact Information
    H. Sanctions and Confidentiality Statements
II. General Instructions
    A. Submit
    B. Designate Entity to Submit Power Flow Cases
    C. Fee Schedule
    D. The Importance of Power Flow Cases in the Evaluation of
System Performance
III. Terms and Definitions
    A. Transmission Planning Reliability Criteria
    B. Transmitting Utility
IV. Specific Instructions
    A. Part 1: Identification and Certification

    B. Part 2: Power Flow Base Cases
    C. Part 3: Transmitting Utility Maps and Diagrams
    D. Part 4: Transmission Planning Reliability Criteria
    E. Part 5: Transmission Planning Assessment Practices
    F. Part 6: Evaluation of Transmission System Performance

I. General Information

A. Purpose of Report

    The FERC Form No. 715, Annual Transmission Planning and
Evaluation Report, is required pursuant to Sections 213(b), 307(a)
and 311 of the Federal Power Act to provide information adequate to
inform potential transmission customers, State regulatory
authorities and the public of potential transmission capacity and
known constraints, to support the Commission's expanded
responsibilities under Sec. Sec.  211, 212 and 213(a) of the Federal
Power Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act), and to assist in
rate or other regulatory proceedings.

B. Who Must Submit

    Each transmitting utility, as defined in section 3(23) of the
Federal Power Act, that operates network (that is, non-radial)
transmission facilities at or above 100 kilovolts must report the
information requested under the listed items in the prescribed
manner. In the case of joint ownership, only the operator of the
facilities must report.
    A designated agent, such as a regional transmission group,
regional reliability organization, formal power pool, or other
group, may submit part or all of the required information on behalf
of the transmitting utility. The transmitting utility is responsible
for submitting all data not submitted on its behalf by a designated
agent. Designated agents must specify the transmitting utility (or
transmitting utilities) for which they are submitting information.
The Commission prefers that all power flow data submitted for Part 2
of FERC-715 be submitted by designated agents outlined above.

C. Waiver Request

    The final rule requires that an entity requesting waiver of
FERC-715 must either: (1) Indicate the entity that performs
transmission planning for it, or (2) state that it does not use
power flow analyses in performing transmission planning. Once
granted, a waiver request in subsequent years is unnecessary,
provided the party's status does not change; that is, as long as the
party does not begin to perform transmission planning or to use
power flow analyses in its planning. Requests for waivers must be
submitted prior to the required submission date, April 1st of the
filing year.

D. Blank or N/A (Not Applicable) Responses

    All parts of the FERC-715 must be completed. Blank or N/A (Not
Applicable) responses are not acceptable. For example; for Parts 4
and 5, respondent transmitting utilities should state the reasons
why they have not developed specific transmission reliability
criteria or assessment practices for their own system in addition to
that of the regional entities if that should be the case.

E. Checklist and Where To Submit

    Respondents may send their responses via FERC eFiling, if all
the files comprising the submission are on the list of FERC
acceptable file formats.
    Respondents who are unable or unwilling to use the FERC eFiling
system must submit one original, either in hardcopy or
electronically on CDs or DVDs, including all six Parts of FERC-715
to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Form No. 715, Secretary of
the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

F. When To Submit

    File the report annually by April 1st of the filing year.

G. Contact Information

    Direct technical questions concerning the FERC-715, Annual
Transmission Planning and Evaluation Report, to email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
H. Sanctions and Confidentiality Statements

    The FERC-715, Annual Transmission Planning and Evaluation
Report, is mandatory under the Federal Power Act. The information
reported in FERC-715 is classified as CEII. Late filing or failure
to file, keep records, or comply with these instructions may result
in criminal fines, civil penalties, and other sanctions as provided
by law.

II. General Instructions

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has
determined that to satisfy section 213(b) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) it is necessary for potential customers to be able to
reasonably anticipate the outcome of technical studies that a
transmitting utility would perform in assessing the availability of
transmission capacity to satisfy a request for transmission service.
Therefore, the Commission requires each transmitting utility, or its
designated agent, to:

A. Submit

    The Commission requires each transmitting utility, or its
designated agent, to submit an annual report that includes:
    1. Power flow base cases for its transmission system, or if the
transmitting utility belongs to a regional or subregional
transmission planning or reliability organization, power flow base
cases for that region or subregion;
    2. System maps and one-line diagrams;
    3. A description of their reliability criteria and transmission
planning assessment practices; and
    4. An evaluation under the reliability criteria of the current
and future performance of their transmission system.

B. Designate Entity To Submit Power Flow Cases

    The Commission requires each transmitting utility, or its agent,
to designate any regional or subregional transmission planning or
reliability organizations to which it belongs or any other single
entity to submit to the Commission any regional or subregional power
flow base cases developed for the purposes of members' transmission
planning.

C. Fee Schedule

    If Respondents make CEII directly available to the requesting
public and desire to impose copying charges for this service, they
shall provide a fee schedule.

D. The Importance of Power Flow Cases in the Evaluation of System
Performance

    The Commission assumes that most transmitting utilities
participate in the development, by a regional or subregional
organization to which they belong, of regional or subregional power
flow base cases. The purpose of this process is to ensure
consistency of assumptions and accuracy of data.
    Individual members of regional or subregional organizations use
these power flow cases as the starting place for their own
transmission planning studies. A detailed description of a
transmitting utility's reliability criteria and planning practices
and an evaluation of system performance are essential to perform
planning studies, to assess the availability of transmission, to
identify potential constraints, and to anticipate the outcome of
transmitting utility technical studies made in response to an actual
request for service.

III. Terms and Definitions

A. Transmission Planning Reliability Criteria

    The measuring systems and performance standards that are used
for assessing the actual or projected ability of the bulk electric
transmission system to deliver power to load reliably. Failure to
attain a specified performance standard indicates the need to
consider adding or rearranging facilities, changing operating modes,
or other responses.
    Examples of criteria that might apply to simulated testing of
the bulk electric transmission system are:
    1. No cascading outage following any specified set of
contingencies.
    2. No overloaded facilities following a specified contingency.
    3. All voltages within prescribed limits.

B. Transmitting Utility

    Any electric utility, qualifying cogeneration facility (section
3(18)(B), FPA), qualifying small power production facility (section
3(17)(C), FPA), or Federal power marketing agency (section 3(19),
FPA) that owns or operates electric power transmission facilities
that are used for the sale of electric energy at wholesale. (section
3(23), FPA)

IV. Specific Instructions

A. Part 1: Identification and Certification

    Provide the following information:
    1. Transmitting Utility Name
    2. Transmitting Utility Mailing Address
    3. Contact Person Name
    4. Contact Person Title
    5. Contact Person Telephone Number
    6. Contact Person Facsimile Number
    7. Certification by an authorized official of the Transmitting
Utility regarding the accuracy of the information submitted.
    8. Certifying Official Signature

    9. Certifying Official Name
    10. Certifying Official Title

B. Part 2: Power Flow Base Cases

    A Respondent participating in a regional or subregional process
(for consolidating and ensuring the consistency and accuracy of the
power flow information used by the Respondent for transmission
planning) must submit the most current regional or subregional input
data to solved power flow base cases that the transmitting utility
would ordinarily use as the starting point for its transmission
planning studies or, where these data are unavailable from a
regional organization, submit such data itself.
    If the Respondent participates in such a regional or subregional
process, it must submit the following items:
    1. Regional or subregional organization name;
    2. Regional or subregional organization mailing address;
    3. Regional or subregional organization contact person;
    4. Regional or subregional organization contact person title;
    5. Regional or subregional organization contact person telephone
number;
    6. Regional or subregional organization contact person facsimile
number;
    7. Description of process for public access to regional or
subregional power flow information; and
    8. Description of power flow cases currently available from
regional or subregional organization, including time frame,
conditions, format, media and the fees, if any, for copying data for
the public.
    If a Respondent does not participate in the development of
regional or subregional transmission planning power flow base cases,
the Respondent must submit its own equivalent power flow base cases
directly to the Commission.
    Each Respondent must submit for each solved power flow base
case: the input data file (in formats described below) and the
corresponding output data file (in ASCII format) showing the solved
real and reactive power flows, voltages, real and reactive
generation and loads, solution parameters, and other relevant output
information; or, in the alternative, at a minimum, a one-line
diagram showing real and reactive power flows, bus voltages and
angles, generator outputs, transformer tap settings and loads.
    Regional and subregional organizations authorized by their
members to provide access to solved power flow cases should make
them available electronically on CDs or DVDs, or via a computer
bulletin board, when practical, in the input data format associated
with the power flow program that the regional or subregional
organizations use in their transmission studies. The Commission
expects that, in nearly all cases, the format will be one of the
following:
    1. The Raw Data File format of the PTI (Power Technologies,
Inc.) PSS/E Power flow program;
    2. The Card Deck Image format of the Philadelphia Electric Power
flow program;
    3. The Card Deck format of the WSCC Power flow program;
    4. The Raw Data File format of the General Electric PSLF power
flow program;
    5. The IEEE Common Format for Exchange of Solved Power Flows; or
    6. The Binary or Project File format of the PowerWorld
simulator.
    Respondents submitting their own cases must supply the input
data to the solved base cases and associated ASCII output data on
CDs or DVDs in the format associated with the power flow program
used by the Respondents in the course of their transmission studies,
as described above.
    The power flow cases may also be submitted via eFiling, if they
are available in an acceptable file format. A list of acceptable
file formats is available on the FERC eFiling website.
    The input data to the solved power flow base cases must be
forward-looking. For example, the power flow base cases submitted
and made available might include:
    1. One, two, five and ten-year forecasts under summer and winter
peak conditions and
    2. A one-year forecast under light load/heavy transfers
condition.
    This example is similar to a schedule of base cases proposed by
North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC)
Multiregional Modeling Working Group for development at the time
this form was created. A regional or subregional organization may
develop, depending on its needs, a different number of power flow
base cases than those described above.
    The power flow base cases must be in sufficient detail that
network equivalents, if used, extend sufficiently beyond the
electrical borders of the transmitting utility that potential
transmission users could simulate power transfers within a
reasonable market area without significant loss of accuracy.
    The power flow base cases should include all branch circuit
ratings (that is, normal, long-term and short-term emergency, or
other relevant ratings) that a Respondent uses. Each Respondent must
also submit or make available a data-dictionary that cross-
references the bus or line terminal names. Energy Information
Administration (EIA) codes must be included for each generating
plant referenced. [bond] EIA Plant Codes

C. Part 3: Transmitting Utility Maps and Diagrams

    1. Each Respondent must submit general transmission maps and
single-line schematic diagrams. The maps and diagrams should be
those prepared in the general course of business for planning and
operating purposes. The guidelines provided below indicate the type
of information and the level of detail desired; however, the
Commission is not requiring the Respondent to specifically prepare
new maps and diagrams to satisfy this requirement. If the Respondent
has readily available more than one set of maps and/or diagrams, the
Commission requests that the set submitted best provide the level of
detail described below.
    2. The transmitting utility's general maps should show the
geographic locations and names of:
    a. Generating plants;
    b. Switching stations;
    c. Substations;
    d. Service areas; and
    e. Interconnections with other utilities.
    3. The transmitting utility's single-line schematic diagrams
should show and identify:
    a. AC and DC transmission lines and facilities, including their
nominal operating and design voltages;
    b. Electrical connections;
    c. Generating plants;
    d. Transformation facilities;
    e. Phase angle transformers; and
    f. VAR control equipment; (i.e., shunt and series capacitors and
inductors, etc.).
    4. On the maps or in separate documentation, each Respondent
should provide a legend that shows the symbols used on the map or
diagram to represent generators, transmission lines, transformers,
capacitors, reactors, buses, etc.
    5. Respondents must submit new maps or diagrams each year
regardless of its revision.
    6. The FERC prefers all maps and diagrams be submitted
electronically in a format such that any text is searchable. For
example, these maps typically list many substations, and FERC
prefers that the format support a search for specific substation
names. The Adobe PDF format is an example of a common file type that
provides this feature.

D. Part 4: Transmission Planning Reliability Criteria

    Each Respondent is to provide the transmission planning
reliability criteria used to assess and test the strength and limits
of its transmission system to meet its load responsibility as well
as to move bulk power between and among other electric systems.
    If a transmitting utility subscribes, through its
interconnection or pooling agreements with others, to criteria that
are more detailed than the NERC and regional entity standards, then
it must also submit these additional criteria.
    The Commission expects that each transmitting utility will have
additional detailed criteria. For example, each utility generally
sets its own voltage limit criteria on its bulk system as well as
its lower voltage system, since NERC and the regional entities
generally do not. Each transmitting utility must submit all such
additional criteria.
    The above criteria will be those which the transmitting utility
uses to determine available transmission capacity needed to meet
potential transmission requests as well as its own native load. A
transmitting utility must describe the criteria that it uses in
sufficient detail to allow others to use the criteria when
performing their own planning or screening studies and to better
understand the process of determining available transmission
capacity.
    In subsequent years, Respondents need only identify and file
changed criteria. If the criteria are unchanged from a previous
filing, please provide the date of that filing. If this date is
prior to the 2010 filing deadline, Respondents need only state that
the previous filing was ``prior to the 2010 filing.''

E. Part 5: Transmission Planning Assessment Practices

    The criteria submitted under Part 4 of this form set the limits
of transmission use.

However, assessment practices that a transmitting utility uses in
applying these criteria are as important as the criteria themselves.
These practices, developed through experience and study, include
consideration of detailed factors that a transmitting utility may
not list in the criteria that it submits under Part 4. For example,
a utility might have certain operating restrictions and limitations
that must be met by appropriate modeling within a simulation study.
    Also, through experience and study, each transmitting utility
may have developed a list of various contingencies it typically
tests against in the application of its transmission planning
reliability criteria. For example, before testing for the limits of
transmission capability that could be used for firm power transfers
on its system, a transmitting utility will assume, based on
experience or realistic expectation, that certain facilities will be
unavailable for some period of time. Each transmitting utility must
identify these contingencies and submit them under this Part.
    A description of the Respondent's practices when applying the
transmission planning reliability criteria submitted in Part 4 must
be submitted under this part. The description must include the
substantive planning assessment practices that a Respondent follows
in the normal course of business. The information filed should help
requesters to perform planning or screening studies and to better
understand the process of determining available transmission
capacity and known constraints.
    In subsequent years, Respondents need only identify and file
changed assessment practices. If the practices are unchanged from a
previous filing, please provide the date of that filing. If this
date is prior to the 2010 filing deadline, Respondents need only
state that the previous filing was ``prior to the 2010 filing.''

F. Part 6: Evaluation of Transmission System Performance

    The transmitting utility must provide a narrative evaluation or
assessment of the performance of its transmission system in future
time periods based on the application of its reliability criteria.
It must provide a clear understanding of existing and likely future
transmission constraints, their sources, how it identified these
constraints, and a description of any plans to mitigate the
constraints. The evaluation must provide a clear understanding of
the existing and expected system performance of the Respondent's
transmission system. The evaluation should include a description of
all existing transmission stability limits that the transmitting
utility has uncovered through dynamic system simulation studies. If,
in their studies, Respondents identify stability as a regional
transmission limiting factor, Respondents must, on request, provide
the results of their studies.
    The required evaluation is to be drawn from existing utility
transmission planning studies and the experience and judgment of the
Respondents' transmission system planners. Respondents may base the
required evaluation, in part, on recently performed operating
studies that determine transfer capabilities for the upcoming peak
load season.

[FR Doc. E9-28791 Filed 12-1-09; 8:45 am]

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eleventh meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 227, Standards of
Navigation Performance.

DATES: The meeting will be held September 15-19, 2014 from 9:00 a.m.-
4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at RTCA 1150 18th Street NW., Suite
910, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>
or<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org. In addition, Sophie Bousquet may be contacted directly at
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is
hereby given for a meeting of Special Committee 227. The agenda will
include the following:

September 15-19

 Welcome/Introductions/Administrative Remarks
 Agenda Overview
 Overview of Planned Work Program for the Week
     MOPS Change Proposals
     Status of MASPS Change 1, and Patent Licensing Issue
     Briefing Summary for SC-227/SC-214 Tiger Team
 Plenary Review--MOPS
     Planned Work Schedule (Note, schedule subject to change
based upon progress/pace/issue)
     9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day
 Technical Requirements Breakout Sessions (as needed)
 Other Business
 Adjourn
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space
availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present
statements or obtain information should contact the person

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the
public may present a written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 18th 2014.
Mohannad Dawoud,
Management Analyst, NextGen, Business Operations Group, Federal
Aviation Administration.
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[Federal Register: February 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 39)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

February 17, 2006.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings.
    Docket Number: ER00-2187-001.
    Applicants: CMS Distributed Power, L.L.C.
    Description: CMS Distributed Power LLC submits the Revised
Triennial Generation Market Power Analysis filed in response to the
Letter Order dated 1/12/05.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060214-0235.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER02-2366-002.
    Applicants: Louis Dreyfus Energy LLC.
    Description: Louis Dreyfus Energy, LLC submits an amendment to its
9/9/05 updated market power analysis filing.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060214-0229.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER03-534-001.
    Applicants: Ingenco Wholesale Power, L.L.C.
    Description: Ingenco Wholesale Power LLC submits amended,
additional tariff sheets to the market-based rate tariff to comply with
FERC's Market Behavior Rules.
    Filed Date: 2/9/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060213-0013.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER05-111-003.
    Applicants: TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.
    Description: TransCanada Hydro Northeast, Inc submits an amendment
to Original Sheet 1, FERC Electric Tariff 1, Original Volume No. 1.
    Filed Date: 2/9/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060213-0012.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-652-005; RT04-1-019; ER05-109-004; ER04-48-
019.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits a compliance filing
providing revisions its OATT pursuant to FERC's 1/11/06 Order.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0023.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-28-002.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits revised tariff
language in compliance with FERC's 1/26/06 letter order.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0022.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-268-002.
    Applicants: Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility, LLC.
    Description: Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility, LLC submits
corrections to Rate Schedule No. 131 of its Reliability Must-Run
Agreement with the California ISO.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0034.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-616-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Corporation.
    Description: Duke Energy Corp submits proposed changes to its
interconnection agreement with North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.
    Filed Date: 2/9/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060213-0010.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-618-000.
    Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    Description: Pacific Gas & Electric Co submits notices of
termination for the Atlantic Substation Upgrade Special Facilities
Agreement et al with Sierra Pacific Power Co.
    Filed Date: 2/9/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060214-0232.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-620-000.
    Applicants: ISO New England Inc.
    Description: ISO New England Inc submits non-conforming market
participant service agreements with EnergyConnect, Inc et al.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0016.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-621-000.
    Applicants: Starlight Energy.
    Description: Starlight Energy, LP submits a Notice of Cancellation
of Rate Schedule No. 1, effective 3/30/06.
    Filed Date: 2/9/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0017.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-622-000.
    Applicants: UGI Development Company.
    Description: UGI Development Co submits a rate schedule specifying
the revenue requirement for providing cost-based Reactive Support &
Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service etc.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0018.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-623-000.
    Applicants: New England Power Company.
    Description: New England Power Co dba National Grid submits its
Cost Allocation Agreement for Line 448-518 Upgrades with Boston Edison
Co.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0019.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-624-000.
    Applicants: Idaho Power Company.
    Description: Idaho Power Co submits revised tariff sheets to its
OATT, FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 5.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0020.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-625-000.
    Applicants: American Electric Power Service Company.
    Description: American Electric Power Service Corp, on behalf of the
American Electric Power System, submits proposed amendments to two
jurisdictional agreements etc with Central Power and Light Co.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0021.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-626-000.
    Applicants: Allegheny Energy Service Corporation.
    Description: Allegheny Energy Inc submits Revisions to the Reactive
Power Rate Schedule of Hunlock Creek Energy Ventures.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0040.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-627-000.
    Applicants: American Electric Power Service Corp.
    Description: American Electric Power Service Corp submits the
Station Agreement, dated 1/1/68 as amended among Ohio Power Co, Buckeye
Power Inc et al.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.

    Accession Number: 20060216-0041.

    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-628-000.
    Applicants: Tacoma Energy Recovery Company.
    Description: Tacoma Energy Recovery Co's submits notice of
cancellation of its FERC Electric Rate Schedule No. 1.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0039.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-629-000.
    Applicants: California Independent System Operator Corporation
    Description: California Independent System Operator submits its
Standard Small Generator Interconnection Procedures for FERC's approval
and inclusion in the ISO Tariff pursuant to Order 2006.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0037.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER06-630-000.
    Applicants: Southern California Edison Company.
    Description: Joint filing of a small generator interconnection
agreement of the California Independent System Operator Corp pursuant
to Order 2006.
    Filed Date: 2/10/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060216-0038.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, March 3, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER95-692-000.
    Applicants: TransCanada Energy, Ltd.
    Description: TransCanada Energy, Ltd submits an amendment to its
FERC Electric Rate Schedule No.1 pursuant to Order 652.
    Filed Date: 2/9/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060213-0001.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

    Docket Number: ER98-564-009.
    Applicants: TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd.
    Description: TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd submits an amendment
to its FERC Electric Rate Schedule No.1.
    Filed Date: 2/9/2006.
    Accession Number: 20060213-0014.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, March 2, 2006.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov.
 To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet

access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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