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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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[Docket Nos. IC11–1–000 and IC11–1F–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–1 and FERC–1F);
Comment Request; Submitted for OMB
Review
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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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 or
FERC) is submitting the information
collections described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of the information
collections requirements. 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
issued a Notice in the Federal Register
(76 FR 46781, 10/3/2011) requesting
public comments. FERC received one
comment on the FERC–1 and the FERC–
1F and has provided a response in this
notice as well as in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by November 28,
2011.
ADDRESSES: 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
Created by OMB should be filed
electronically, c/o
oira__submission@omb.eop.gov and
include OMB Control Numbers 1902–
0021 (for FERC–1) and 1902–0029 (for
FERC–1F) as a point of reference. For
comments that pertain to only one of the
collections, specify the appropriate
collection and OMB Control Number.
The Desk Officer may be reached by
telephone at (202) 395–4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed either on paper or on CD/DVD,
and should refer to Docket Nos. IC11–
1–001 and IC11–1F as appropriate.
Documents must be prepared in an
acceptable filing format and in
compliance with Commission
submission guidelines at https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. eFiling and eSubscription are
not available for Docket No. IC11–1F–
001, due to a system issue, but are
available for Docket No. IC11–1–001.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance,
contact ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or
toll-free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
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telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with sections 304 and 309 of
the Federal Power Act, FERC is
authorized to collect and record data to
the extent it considers necessary, and to
prescribe rules and regulations
concerning accounts, records and
memoranda. The Commission may
prescribe a system of accounts for
jurisdictional companies and after
notice and an opportunity for hearing
may determine the accounts in which
particular outlays and receipts will be
entered, charged or credited.
The Form No. 1 is a comprehensive
financial and operating report submitted
for electric rate regulation and financial
audits. Major is defined as having (1)
one million Megawatt hours or more; (2)
100 megawatt hours of annual sales for
resale; (3) 500 megawatt hours of annual
power exchange delivered; or (4) 500
megawatt hours of annual wheeling for
others (deliveries plus losses).
FERC Form 1–F is designed to collect
financial and operational information
from non-major public utilities and
licensees. Non-major is defined as
having total annual sales of 10,000
megawatt-hours or more in the previous
calendar year and not classified as
Major. The Commission collects Form
Nos. 1 and 1–F information as
prescribed in 18 CFR 141.1 and 141.2.
Under the existing regulations FERC
jurisdictional entities subject to its
Uniform System of Accounts 1 must
annually (quarterly for the 3Q) file with
the Commission a complete set of
financial statements, along with other
selected financial and non financial data
through the submission of FERC Forms
1, 1–F, and 3Q.2 The FERC Annual/
Quarterly Report Forms provide the
Commission, as well as others, with an
informative picture of the jurisdictional
entities financial condition along with
other relevant data that is used by the
Commission, as well as others, in
making economic judgments about the
entity or its industry.
The information collected in the
forms is used by Commission staff, state
regulatory agencies and others in the
review of the financial condition of
regulated companies. The information is
also used in various rate proceedings,
industry analyses and in the
Commission’s audit programs and as
appropriate, for the computation of
1 See
18 CFR part 201.
FERC Form 3Q data collection (OMB
Control No. 205) is not being renewed as part of this
proceeding. Some information regarding the Form
3Q is included here as it relates to the FERC Forms
1 and 1F.
2 The
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annual charges based on certain
schedules contained on the forms. The
Commission provides the information to
the public, interveners and all interested
parties to assist in the proceedings
before the Commission.
Additionally, the uniformity of
information helps to present accurately
the entity’s financial condition and
produces comprehensive data related to
the entity’s financial history helping to
act as a guide for future action. The
uniformity provided by the
Commission’s chart of accounts and
related accounting instructions permits
comparability and financial statement
analysis of data provided by
jurisdictional entities. Comparability of
data and financial statement analysis for
a particular entity from one period to
the next, or between entities, within the
same industry, would be difficult to
achieve if each company maintained its
own accounting records using dissimilar
accounting methods and classifications
to record similar transactions and
events.
The FERC Annual Report Forms
provide the Commission, as well as
others, with an informative picture of
the jurisdictional entities’ financial
condition along with other relevant data
that is used by the Commission in
making economic judgments about the
entity or its industry. For financial
information to be useful to the
Commission, it must be understandable,
relevant, reliable and timely.
Public Comment and Commission
Response
The Commission received one
comment from the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) in regards to the Forms
Nos. 1 and 1–F. In that comment, BEA
requests additional reporting in Forms
Nos. 1 and 1–F. BEA relies on this data
collection for its analysis. In response,
the Commission intends to work with
BEA should there be a need to make any
changes to this data collection.
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a
three-year extension of the FERC Forms
1 and 1F reporting requirements, with
no changes to the forms.
Burden Statement: The estimated
annual public reporting burden is
reflected in the following table:
Number of
respondents
annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
Data collection
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
209
5
1
1
1,162
116
242,858
580
Total ..........................................................................................
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Form 1 .............................................................................................
Form 1F ...........................................................................................
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............................
243,438
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents on the FERC
Form 1 is $12,385,758 (242,858 hours ×
$51/hour 3). The average cost per
respondent is $59,262.
The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents on the FERC
Form 1F is $29,580 (580 hours × $51/
hour 3). The average cost per respondent
is $5,916.
The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
including: (1) Reviewing instructions;
(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and
utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating,
verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to a
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collections of
information; and (7) transmitting or
otherwise disclosing the information.
3 The per hour figures were obtained from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics National IndustrySpecific Occupational and Employment Wage
Estimates (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics4_221100.htm), and are based on the mean
wage statistics for staff in the areas of management,
business and financial, legal and administrative.
The mean wage was then increased by 20% to
account for benefits/overhead.
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The estimate of cost for respondents
is based upon salaries for professional
and clerical support, as well as direct
and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs
include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as
administrative costs and the cost for
information technology. Indirect or
overhead costs are costs incurred by an
organization in support of its mission.
These costs apply to activities which
benefit the whole organization rather
than any one particular function or
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collections of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology (e.g. permitting
electronic submission of responses).
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Dated: October 20, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Docket No. CP12–7–000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice
of Application
Take notice that on October 7, 2011,
El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),
P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80904, filed in the above
referenced docket an application
pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA), requesting amendment and
reissuance of its Presidential Permits to
increase the combined daily export
capacity at three separate border
crossings all located in Cochise County,
Arizona, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. Concurrent with this filing,
El Paso filed an application under
section 7(c) in Docket No. CP12–6–000,
requesting authorization to modify,
construct, own and operate certain
compressor and lateral facilities and
existing delivery meter stations, in
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. IC11-1-000 and IC11-1F-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-1 and FERC-
1F); Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 or FERC) is submitting the
information collections described below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review of the information collections requirements.
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 issued a Notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 46781,
10/3/2011) requesting public comments. FERC received one comment on the
FERC-1 and the FERC-1F and has provided a response in this notice as
well as in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by November
28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: 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 Created by OMB should be filed electronically, c/o oira__submission@omb.eop.gov and include OMB Control Numbers 1902-0021 (for
FERC-1) and 1902-0029 (for FERC-1F) as a point of reference. For
comments that pertain to only one of the collections, specify the
appropriate collection and OMB Control Number. The Desk Officer may be
reached by telephone at (202) 395-4718.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed either on paper or on
CD/DVD, and should refer to Docket Nos. IC11-1-001 and IC11-1F as
appropriate. Documents must be prepared in an acceptable filing format
and in compliance with Commission submission guidelines at https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. eFiling and eSubscription are
not available for Docket No. IC11-1F-001, due to a system issue, but
are available for Docket No. IC11-1-001.
All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the ``eLibrary'' link. For user
assistance, contact ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866)
208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with sections 304 and 309 of
the Federal Power Act, FERC is authorized to collect and record data to
the extent it considers necessary, and to prescribe rules and
regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda. The Commission
may prescribe a system of accounts for jurisdictional companies and
after notice and an opportunity for hearing may determine the accounts
in which particular outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or
credited.
The Form No. 1 is a comprehensive financial and operating report
submitted for electric rate regulation and financial audits. Major is
defined as having (1) one million Megawatt hours or more; (2) 100
megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt hours of
annual power exchange delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual
wheeling for others (deliveries plus losses).
FERC Form 1-F is designed to collect financial and operational
information from non-major public utilities and licensees. Non-major is
defined as having total annual sales of 10,000 megawatt-hours or more
in the previous calendar year and not classified as Major. The
Commission collects Form Nos. 1 and 1-F information as prescribed in 18
CFR 141.1 and 141.2.
Under the existing regulations FERC jurisdictional entities subject
to its Uniform System of Accounts \1\ must annually (quarterly for the
3Q) file with the Commission a complete set of financial statements,
along with other selected financial and non financial data through the
submission of FERC Forms 1, 1-F, and 3Q.\2\ The FERC Annual/Quarterly
Report Forms provide the Commission, as well as others, with an
informative picture of the jurisdictional entities financial condition
along with other relevant data that is used by the Commission, as well
as others, in making economic judgments about the entity or its
industry.
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\1\ See 18 CFR part 201.
\2\ The FERC Form 3Q data collection (OMB Control No. 205) is
not being renewed as part of this proceeding. Some information
regarding the Form 3Q is included here as it relates to the FERC
Forms 1 and 1F.
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The information collected in the forms is used by Commission staff,
state regulatory agencies and others in the review of the financial
condition of regulated companies. The information is also used in
various rate proceedings, industry analyses and in the Commission's
audit programs and as appropriate, for the computation of
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annual charges based on certain schedules contained on the forms. The
Commission provides the information to the public, interveners and all
interested parties to assist in the proceedings before the Commission.
Additionally, the uniformity of information helps to present
accurately the entity's financial condition and produces comprehensive
data related to the entity's financial history helping to act as a
guide for future action. The uniformity provided by the Commission's
chart of accounts and related accounting instructions permits
comparability and financial statement analysis of data provided by
jurisdictional entities. Comparability of data and financial statement
analysis for a particular entity from one period to the next, or
between entities, within the same industry, would be difficult to
achieve if each company maintained its own accounting records using
dissimilar accounting methods and classifications to record similar
transactions and events.
The FERC Annual Report Forms provide the Commission, as well as
others, with an informative picture of the jurisdictional entities'
financial condition along with other relevant data that is used by the
Commission in making economic judgments about the entity or its
industry. For financial information to be useful to the Commission, it
must be understandable, relevant, reliable and timely.
Public Comment and Commission Response
The Commission received one comment from the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) in regards to the Forms Nos. 1 and 1-F. In that comment,
BEA requests additional reporting in Forms Nos. 1 and 1-F. BEA relies
on this data collection for its analysis. In response, the Commission
intends to work with BEA should there be a need to make any changes to
this data collection.
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the FERC
Forms 1 and 1F reporting requirements, with no changes to the forms.
Burden Statement: The estimated annual public reporting burden is
reflected in the following table:
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Number of Number of Average burden
Data collection respondents responses per hours per Total annual
annually respondent response burden hours
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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Form 1.................................. 209 1 1,162 242,858
Form 1F................................. 5 1 116 580
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Total............................... ................ ................ ................ 243,438
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents on the FERC
Form 1 is $12,385,758 (242,858 hours x $51/hour \3\). The average cost
per respondent is $59,262.
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\3\ The per hour figures were obtained from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics National Industry-Specific Occupational and Employment
Wage Estimates (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_221100.htm),
and are based on the mean wage statistics for staff in the areas of
management, business and financial, legal and administrative. The
mean wage was then increased by 20% to account for benefits/
overhead.
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The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents on the FERC
Form 1F is $29,580 (580 hours x $51/hour \3\). The average cost per
respondent is $5,916.
The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing,
acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways
to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5)
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collections of
information; and (7) transmitting or otherwise disclosing the
information.
The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost
for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs
incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs
apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than
any one particular function or activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Commission, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information
on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g. permitting
electronic submission of responses).
Dated: October 20, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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