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