Federal Register #2026-21074

FERC reliability-standard information collections and Southern Star Viola Project environmental review

This FERC notice covers public comments on reliability-standard information collections and an environmental review of Southern Star’s Viola Project. - Government buyer and issuing agency: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), within the Department of Energy. - Reliability information collections: FERC requests comments on updates to FERC-725Z, FERC-725L, and FERC-725A, associated with NERC standards IRO-010-6, MOD-032-2, TOP-003-8, MOD-033-3, and MOD-026-2. The topics include reliability coordination, power-system modeling and analysis, transmission operations, and model validation. - Comment topics include the collections’ usefulness and necessity, reporting burden estimates, clarity, and opportunities to reduce respondent burden. - Environmental review: Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. proposes the Viola Project in Sumner County, Kansas, to provide natural gas service for Evergy’s planned 710-MW combined-cycle power plant. Proposed facilities include a 19.3-mile, 16-inch pipeline, a compressor station, a flow-control setting, and a meter setting; the stated service capacity is up to 116,296 dekatherms per day. - Organizations named: FERC, the Department of Energy, NERC, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., and Evergy. No OEM or commercial product is identified as being procured.

Description

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is requesting public comments on revisions to three approved information collections related to Mandatory Reliability Standards. The collections cover reliability coordinator data collection, power system modeling and analysis, and transmission operator and balancing authority data collection. The notice anticipates changes in reporting requirements for each of the eight standards. Comments are due November 16, 2026.

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