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B. Are the instructions and definitions
clear and sufficient? If not, which
instructions need clarification?
C. Can the information be submitted
by the due date?
D. Public reporting burden for this
collection is estimated at 3 hours per
respondent per month (this reflects no
change from the original estimate). The
estimated burden includes the total time
necessary to provide the requested
information. In your opinion, how
accurate is this estimate?
E. The agency estimates that the only
cost to a respondent is for the time it
will take to complete the collection.
Will a respondent incur any start-up
costs for reporting, or any recurring
annual costs for operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services associated with
the information collection?
F. What additional actions could be
taken to minimize the burden of this
collection of information? Such actions
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A. What actions could be taken to
help ensure and maximize the quality,
objectivity, utility, and integrity of the
information disseminated?
B. Is the information useful at the
levels of detail to be collected?
C. For what purpose(s) would the
information be used? Be specific.
D. Are there alternate sources for the
information and are they useful? If so,
what are their weaknesses and/or
strengths?
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of the form. They also will
become a matter of public record.
Statutory Authority: Section
3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Issued in Washington, DC, December 11,
2006.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Energy Information Administration
Policy for Publicly Releasing Planned
Electric Generating Unit Information
for Years 1998–2000; Policy Statement
Energy Information
Administration (EIA), DOE.
ACTION: Policy Statement. Energy
Information Administration Policy for
Publicly Releasing Planned Electric
Generating Unit Information for Years
1998–2000.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EIA has modified its
policy and will publicly release EIA
survey information collected regarding
planned electric generating units for the
years 1998, 1999, and 2000.
DATES: This policy becomes effective on
January 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information or
questions about this policy should be
directed to Mr. Kevin Lillis of EIA’s
Electric Power Division. Mr. Lillis may
be contacted by phone (202–287–1757),
FAX (202–287–1934), or e-mail
(kevin.lillis@eia.doe.gov). His mailing
address is Electric Power Division, EI–
53, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave.,
SW., Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
about this policy should be directed to
Mr. Lillis at the address listed above.
Information on EIA’s Electric Power
Program is available on EIA’s Internet
site at https://www.eia.doe.gov/
fuelelectric.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Discussion of Comments
III. Current Actions
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration
Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C.
761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization
Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.) require the EIA to carry out a
centralized, comprehensive, and unified
energy information program. This
program collects, evaluates, assembles,
analyzes, and disseminates information
on energy resource reserves, production,
demand, technology, and related
economic and statistical information.
This information is used to assess the
adequacy of energy resources to meet
near and longer term domestic
demands.
The purpose of EIA’s Electric Power
Program is to collect and disseminate
basic and detailed data to meet EIA’s
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mandates and energy data users’ needs
for credible, reliable, and timely
information on U.S. electric capacity,
generation, sales, trade, transmission,
and pricing. Prior to 1998, information
collected by EIA on planned electric
power generating units was considered
as nonconfidential and was publicly
available. With increasing competition
and restructuring of the electric power
industry, EIA collected information on
planned electric generating units for the
years 1998, 1999, and 2000 and stated
that it would treat that information as
confidential. After reconsidering the
need to treat planned electric generating
unit information as confidential,
consulting with EIA survey respondents
and customers, and obtaining Office of
Management and Budget approval, EIA
changed its policy. Planned electric
generating unit information for calendar
years 2001 and later has been collected
as nonconfidential and is publicly
available.
EIA received a request under the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) for the planned generating unit
information for calendar years 1998–
2000. Given that such information prior
to 1998 and after 2000 is publicly
available, EIA undertook a process to
determine whether the planned unit
data for 1998–2000 should continue to
be withheld or should be publicly
released. EIA sent a letter to 963
respondents who reported having
planned generating units in the 1998–
2000 time period on Form EIA–860A,
‘‘Annual Electric Generating Report—
Utility,’’ and/or Form EIA–860B,
‘‘Annual Electric Generating Report—
Non-Utility,’’ on this issue. The letters
were mailed on August 24 and August
28, 2006.
The letter asked respondents whether
they objected to the public release of the
information on planned electric
generating units for the years 1998–
2000. Respondents were asked to reply
by September 29, 2006. Any respondent
objecting to the release was requested to
provide ‘‘EIA with specific details on
why your information for 1998–2000 on
planned generating units/facilities is
sensitive and proprietary and how
public release of the information would
cause substantial competitive harm to
your company.’’
As of October 18, 2006, EIA received
52 responses to its letter. Of the 52
responses, 47 stated that they had no
objection to the release of the
information from 1998–2000 on planned
electric generating units. Five
respondents objected to the release of
the planned electric generating unit
information. Thus, less than one percent
of the companies that reported planned
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electric generating unit information for
1998–2000 objected to the public release
of that information.
II. Discussion of Comments
Five companies objected to the release
of the 1998–2000 information on
planned electric generating units but
none specifically addressed how public
release of the information would cause
substantial competitive harm to the
company.
III. Current Actions
The information at issue is planned
electric generating unit data for 1998,
1999 and 2000. As of October 2006, that
information is over six years old.
Planned electric generating unit
information collected after 2000 is
currently treated as non-confidential
and is publicly available. Each survey
respondent was provided with an
opportunity to provide specific details
on why its information for 1998–2000
on planned electric generating units was
sensitive and proprietary and how
public release of the information would
cause substantial competitive harm to
the company. Based on the fact that
most of the responding companies
support this change and the fact that the
small number of companies who
objected provided no details to show
that releasing this historical information
would cause substantial competitive
harm, EIA’s policy regarding the
planned electric generating unit
information for the period 1998–2000
will be considered as non-confidential
and the planned electric generating unit
information for the 1998–2000 time
period will be made publicly available.
Statutory Authority: Section 52 of the
Federal Energy Administration Act
(Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 790a).
Issued in Washington, DC, December 11,
2006.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information
Administration.
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Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
December 8, 2006.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and extension of this
information collection requirement. Any
interested person may file comments
directly with OMB and should address
a copy of those comments to the
Commission as explained below. The
Commission received no comments in
response to an earlier Federal Register
notice of August 30, 2006 (71 FR 51589–
51590) and has made this notation in its
submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by January 16,
2007.
Address comments on the
collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Comments to
OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and
include the OMB Control No. as a point
of reference. The Desk Officer may be
reached by telephone at 202–395–4650.
A copy of the comments should also be
sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Office of the Executive
Director, ED–34, Attention: Michael
Miller, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed either in paper format or
electronically. Those persons filing
electronically do not need to make a
paper filing. For paper filings an
original and 14 copies, of such
comments should be submitted to the
Secretary of the Commission, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426
and should refer to Docket No. IC07–
715–001.
Documents filed electronically via the
Internet must be prepared in
WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable
Document Format, or ASCII format. To
file the document, access the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an EFiling,’’ and then follow the instructions
for each screen. First time users will
have to establish a user name and
password. The Commission will send an
automatic acknowledgement to the
sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of
comments. User assistance for electronic
filings is available at 202–502–8258 or
by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments
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should not be submitted to this e-mail
address.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document. For user assistance, contact
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at
(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at
michael.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The information collection submitted
for OMB review contains the following:
1. Collection of Information: FERC
715 ‘‘Annual Transmission Planning
and Evaluation Report’’
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
3. Control No.: 1902–0171
The Commission is now requesting
that OMB approve and extend the
expiration date for an additional three
years with no changes to the existing
collection. The information filed with
the Commission is mandatory.
4. Necessity of the Collection of
Information: Submission of the
information is necessary for the
Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the
statutory provisions of section 213(b) of
the Federal Power Act (FPA), as
amended by the Energy Policy Act of
1992. Through Section 213(b) Congress
requires the Commission to collect
annually from transmitting utilities,
certain transmission system information
and make it available to potential
transmission providers, customers and
state regulatory authorities. This
information collection also supports the
Commission’s responsibilities under
Sections 202, 207, 210–213, 304, 309
and 311 of the FPA, as amended (49
Stat. 838; 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r). The
Commission’s FERC–715 filing
requirements are published in the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), 18 CFR
141.300.
Through the FERC–715, the
Commission gathers basic electric
transmission system information. The
Commission staff use the FERC–715
information to evaluate available
transmission capacity and assess
transmission reliability. Electrical
transmission customers and
transmission dependent utilities use the
information, in conjunction with other
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Energy Information Administration Policy for Publicly Releasing
Planned Electric Generating Unit Information for Years 1998-2000;
Policy Statement
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), DOE.
ACTION: Policy Statement. Energy Information Administration Policy for
Publicly Releasing Planned Electric Generating Unit Information for
Years 1998-2000.
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SUMMARY: The EIA has modified its policy and will publicly release EIA
survey information collected regarding planned electric generating
units for the years 1998, 1999, and 2000.
DATES: This policy becomes effective on January 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information or questions about this policy
should be directed to Mr. Kevin Lillis of EIA's Electric Power
Division. Mr. Lillis may be contacted by phone (202-287-1757), FAX
(202-287-1934), or e-mail (kevin.lillis@eia.doe.gov). His mailing
address is Electric Power Division, EI-53, Forrestal Building, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC
20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
about this policy should be directed to Mr. Lillis at the address
listed above. Information on EIA's Electric Power Program is available
on EIA's Internet site at https://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Discussion of Comments
III. Current Actions
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-275, 15
U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91, 42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require the EIA to carry out a centralized,
comprehensive, and unified energy information program. This program
collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes, and disseminates information
on energy resource reserves, production, demand, technology, and
related economic and statistical information. This information is used
to assess the adequacy of energy resources to meet near and longer term
domestic demands.
The purpose of EIA's Electric Power Program is to collect and
disseminate basic and detailed data to meet EIA's mandates and energy
data users' needs for credible, reliable, and timely information on
U.S. electric capacity, generation, sales, trade, transmission, and
pricing. Prior to 1998, information collected by EIA on planned
electric power generating units was considered as nonconfidential and
was publicly available. With increasing competition and restructuring
of the electric power industry, EIA collected information on planned
electric generating units for the years 1998, 1999, and 2000 and stated
that it would treat that information as confidential. After
reconsidering the need to treat planned electric generating unit
information as confidential, consulting with EIA survey respondents and
customers, and obtaining Office of Management and Budget approval, EIA
changed its policy. Planned electric generating unit information for
calendar years 2001 and later has been collected as nonconfidential and
is publicly available.
EIA received a request under the Freedom of Information Act (5
U.S.C. 552) for the planned generating unit information for calendar
years 1998-2000. Given that such information prior to 1998 and after
2000 is publicly available, EIA undertook a process to determine
whether the planned unit data for 1998-2000 should continue to be
withheld or should be publicly released. EIA sent a letter to 963
respondents who reported having planned generating units in the 1998-
2000 time period on Form EIA-860A, ``Annual Electric Generating
Report--Utility,'' and/or Form EIA-860B, ``Annual Electric Generating
Report--Non-Utility,'' on this issue. The letters were mailed on August
24 and August 28, 2006.
The letter asked respondents whether they objected to the public
release of the information on planned electric generating units for the
years 1998-2000. Respondents were asked to reply by September 29, 2006.
Any respondent objecting to the release was requested to provide ``EIA
with specific details on why your information for 1998-2000 on planned
generating units/facilities is sensitive and proprietary and how public
release of the information would cause substantial competitive harm to
your company.''
As of October 18, 2006, EIA received 52 responses to its letter. Of
the 52 responses, 47 stated that they had no objection to the release
of the information from 1998-2000 on planned electric generating units.
Five respondents objected to the release of the planned electric
generating unit information. Thus, less than one percent of the
companies that reported planned
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electric generating unit information for 1998-2000 objected to the
public release of that information.
II. Discussion of Comments
Five companies objected to the release of the 1998-2000 information
on planned electric generating units but none specifically addressed
how public release of the information would cause substantial
competitive harm to the company.
III. Current Actions
The information at issue is planned electric generating unit data
for 1998, 1999 and 2000. As of October 2006, that information is over
six years old. Planned electric generating unit information collected
after 2000 is currently treated as non-confidential and is publicly
available. Each survey respondent was provided with an opportunity to
provide specific details on why its information for 1998-2000 on
planned electric generating units was sensitive and proprietary and how
public release of the information would cause substantial competitive
harm to the company. Based on the fact that most of the responding
companies support this change and the fact that the small number of
companies who objected provided no details to show that releasing this
historical information would cause substantial competitive harm, EIA's
policy regarding the planned electric generating unit information for
the period 1998-2000 will be considered as non-confidential and the
planned electric generating unit information for the 1998-2000 time
period will be made publicly available.
Statutory Authority: Section 52 of the Federal Energy
Administration Act (Pub. L. 93-275, 15 U.S.C. 790a).
Issued in Washington, DC, December 11, 2006.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-21369 Filed 12-14-06; 8:45 am]
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