FERC Seeks Nods for Power Grid Form Extensions
Published Date: 8/19/2026
Notice
Summary
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection FERC-725U (1902-0274), Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System; CIP Reliability Standards. There are no proposed changes to the reporting requirements. The comment period ended on July 27, 2026, with no comments received.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Annual paperwork cost for TOs/TOPs
If you are an applicable transmission owner (341 entities) or transmission operator (170 entities), FERC estimates each respondent must spend 32 hours per year on FERC-725U paperwork, averaging $2,032.64 per respondent. Across all 511 respondents the Commission estimates 16,352 hours and a total annual cost of $1,038,679.
Protecting substations to ensure reliability
Reliability Standard CIP-014-3 requires applicable transmission owners and operators to identify and protect transmission stations, substations, and associated primary control centers that, if disabled by a physical attack, could cause widespread instability, uncontrolled separation, or cascading within an Interconnection. The standard is part of implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to better ensure Bulk Power System reliability.
Three-year record retention rule
Transmission owners and transmission operators must keep documentation showing compliance with Reliability Standard CIP-014-3 for three years. If an entity is found non-compliant, it must retain information related to the non-compliance until mitigation is complete and approved, or for three years, whichever is longer.
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