FERC Seeks Comment on Retiring WECC Contingency Reserve Reporting Requirement
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FERC is seeking public comments on ending the information collection tied to WECC’s regional contingency reserve standard BAL-002-WECC-3. The standard currently requires certain Western Interconnection balancing authorities and reserve sharing groups to document compliance with reserve requirements that go beyond the continent-wide reliability rule. If finalized, the change would reduce compliance paperwork for 34 balancing authorities and one reserve sharing group. FERC estimates the retirement would cut about 409 annual burden hours and roughly $25,980 in annual compliance costs. Comments are due July 6, 2026.
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Key Changes
- FERC is requesting comments on retiring the information collection tied to WECC standard BAL-002-WECC-3.
- Balancing authorities and reserve sharing groups in the WECC region would no longer need to document compliance with this regional contingency reserve standard.
- FERC estimates the change would reduce annual compliance burden by 409 hours and about $25,980.
Obligations
What this law requires
Any party submitting comments on the FERC-725E information collection retirement must submit comments by July 6, 2026 and identify Docket No. RD26-5-000.
Electronic comment filings submitted to FERC must be filed in acceptable native applications and print-to-PDF format, not scanned or picture format.
Balancing authorities subject to BAL-002-WECC-3 currently must document compliance with WECC contingency reserve requirements, including annual review and record retention, until the standard is retired.
Reserve sharing groups subject to BAL-002-WECC-3 currently must document compliance with WECC contingency reserve requirements, including annual review and record retention, until the standard is retired.