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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 18 / Friday, January 29, 2021 / Proposed Rules
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increase the periodicity of its performance assessment submission and address identified topics, this NOPR
will not have a significant or substantial impact on entities other than NERC. The ERO develops and files with the Commission for approval Reliability Standards affecting the Bulk-Power System, which represents: a A total electricity demand of 830 gigawatts 830,000 megawatts and b more than $1 trillion worth of assets. Therefore, the Commission certifies that this NOPR
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
VI. Comment Procedures 29. The Commission invites interested persons to submit comments on the matters and issues proposed in this notice to be adopted, including any related matters or alternative proposals that commenters may wish to discuss.
Comments are due March 1, 2021.
Comments must refer to Docket No.
RM2112000, and must include the commenters name, the organization they represent, if applicable, and their address in their comments.
30. The Commission encourages comments to be filed electronically via the eFiling link on the Commissions website at http www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts most standard word processing formats. Documents created electronically using word processing software should be filed in native applications or print-to-PDF
format and not in a scanned format.
Commenters filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing.
31. Commenters that are not able to file comments electronically must submit an original of their comments either by mail through the United States Postal Service to: The Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC, 20426,31 or by any other method of delivery, including hand delivery, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.32
32. All comments will be placed in the Commissions public files and may be viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely as described in the Document Availability section below. Commenters on this proposal are not required to serve copies of their comments on other commenters.
VII. Document Availability 33. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal 31 18
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Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commissions Home Page http
www.ferc.gov. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commissions Public Reference Room due to the Presidents March 13, 2020 proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease COVID19.
34. From the Commissions 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.
35. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commissions website during normal business hours from the Commissions Online Support at 202
5026652 toll free at 18662083676
or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the Public Reference Room at 202
5028371, TTY 202 5028659. Email the Public Reference Room at public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 39
Administrative practice and procedure, Electric power, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
By direction of the Commission.
Commissioners Chatterjee and Glick are concurring with a joint separate statement attached.
Issued: January 19, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.

In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission proposes to amend part 39, chapter I, title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:
PART 39RULES CONCERNING
CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTRIC
RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION; AND
PROCEDURES FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT, APPROVAL, AND
ENFORCEMENT OF ELECTRIC
RELIABILITY STANDARDS
1. The authority citation for part 39
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 824o.

2. Amend 39.3 by revising paragraph c introductory text, paragraph cii and adding paragraph iv to read as follows.

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39.3 Electric Reliability Organization certification.

c The Electric Reliability Organization shall submit an assessment of its performance three years from the date of certification by the Commission, and every three years thereafter. After receipt of the assessment, the Commission will establish a proceeding with opportunity for public comment in which it will review the performance of the Electric Reliability Organization.

ii Recommendations, as solicited by the Electric Reliability Organization via a noticed public comment period, by Regional Entities, users, owners, and operators of the Bulk-Power System, and other interested parties for improvement of the Electric Reliability Organizations operations, activities, oversight and procedures, and the Electric Reliability Organizations response to such recommendations. . .

iv a detailed discussion of any areas of the Electric Reliability Organizations responsibilities and activities, or the Regional Entity delegated functions, beyond those required by 39.3c1i, ii, and iii of this section that the Commission has identified. The Commission will inform the Electric Reliability Organization of any additional performance areas to include at least 90 days prior to the expected performance assessment submission date.

United States of America Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Revisions to Regulations on Electric Reliability Organization Performance AssessmentsDocket No. RM2112
000
Issued January 19, 2021
CHATTERJEE, Commissioner, and GLICK, Commissioner, concurring:
We support this notice of proposed rulemaking NOPR, which explores potential improvements to the existing framework for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization ERO, to submit assessments of its performance.
Given the important and increasingly complex role the ERO plays in ensuring the reliability of the Bulk Power System, we urge interested parties to submit comments on the proposed reforms. To that end, while we encourage comments on the potential benefits of these proposed reforms, we also encourage interested parties to provide comments on the potential burdens the proposed
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