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Module Shipments Report,’’ move into
this clearance package to permit EIA to
better align its surveys and programs. In
addition, EIA’s proposed new Form
EIA–930, ‘‘Balancing Authority
Operations Report,’’’ will collect hourly
information on the operation of the
power system, a topic of growing
interest due to the impact of renewable
power plants and demand response
programs on power system performance.
Changes to the currently approved
forms in this package include collecting
enhanced data on power system
reliability, operations, environmental
performance, and energy efficiency and
demand response programs, and
eliminating questions where the data
either are no longer needed or cannot be
accurately or cost-effectively collected.
In addition, EIA proposes changes to the
data protection terms for the electric
power survey forms to uniformly apply
the same policy regarding electric power
data. There are two changes in the
provisions for protecting the survey
data. The first change is that EIA will
protect and not publicly disclose the
information on the individuals who
complete the survey forms. The second
change is that, with the exceptions of
blackstart data and power plant
construction costs reported on Form
EIA–860, and all data reported on Form
EIA–63B, EIA will no longer apply
disclosure limitation procedures to the
published aggregate electric power
statistical data.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 14,328;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 74,934;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 141,145;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $76,000.
Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal
Energy Administration Act of 1974, Public
Law 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b).
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Issued in Washington, DC, December 18,
2013.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Certification Reports, Compliance
Statements, Application for a Test
Procedure Waiver, and Recordkeeping
for Consumer Products and
Commercial/Industrial Equipment
Subject to Federal Energy or Water
Conservation Standards
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Proposed information
collection; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) invites public comment
on a proposed collection of information
that DOE is developing for submission
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 24,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
Building Technologies Program, EE–2J,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121. Email:
certification_compliance_enforcement
@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Ashley Armstrong at
Ashley.Armstrong@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–1400;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Certification Reports, Compliance
Statements, Application for a Test
SUMMARY:
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Procedure Waiver, and Recordkeeping
for Consumer Products and
Commercial/Industrial Equipment
subject to Energy or Water Conservation
Standards;
(3) Type of Request: Renewal;
(4) Purpose: DOE is seeking approval
to collect information from
manufacturers and to require that
manufacturers retain records of covered
consumer products and commercial and
industrial equipment pursuant to Title
III of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended
(‘‘EPCA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq. The
EPCA sets forth a variety of provisions
designed to improve energy efficiency.
Part A of Title III (42 U.S.C. 6291–6309)
of the EPCA provides for the Energy
Conservation Program for Consumer
Products Other Than Automobiles.
The Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products Other Than
Automobiles consists of four parts: (1)
Testing, (2) labeling, (3) Federal energy
conservation standards, and (4)
certification and enforcement
procedures. The testing requirements
consist of test procedures that
manufacturers of covered products must
use (1) as the basis for certifying to DOE
that their products comply with the
applicable energy conservation
standards adopted under the EPCA, and
(2) for making representations about the
efficiency of those products. DOE must
use these test requirements to determine
whether the products comply with any
relevant standards promulgated under
the EPCA.
DOE is renewing its information
collection on the energy and water
efficiency of consumer products and
commercial equipment manufactured
for distribution in commerce in the
United States. Under the Energy
Conservation Program for Consumer
Products Other Than Automobiles DOE
requires that manufacturers: (1) Submit
certification and compliance reports for
each basic model distributed in
commerce in the U.S.; (2) maintain
records underlying the certified ratings
for each basic model including test data
and the associated calculations; and (3)
submit an application for a test
procedure waiver for which
manufacturers may elect to submit if
they manufacturer a basic model that
cannot be tested pursuant to the DOE
test procedure.
DOE currently requires manufacturers
or their party representatives to prepare
and submit certification reports and
compliance statements using DOE’s
electronic Web-based tool, the
Compliance and Certification
Management System (CCMS), which is
the only mechanism for submitting
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certification reports to DOE. CCMS
currently has product specific templates
which manufacturers are required to use
when submitting certification data to
DOE. See https://
www.regulations.doe.gov/ccms. DOE
believes the availability of electronic
filing through the CCMS system reduces
reporting burdens, streamlines the
process, and provides the Department
with needed information in a
standardized, more accessible form.
This electronic filing system also
ensures that records are recorded in a
permanent, systematic way.
Covered products and equipment are
described in 10 CFR parts 429, 430, and
431. They generally include: (1)
Residential refrigerators, refrigeratorfreezers and freezers; (2) Room air
conditioners; (3) Central air
conditioners and heat pumps, including
SDHV and Space-Constrained; (4)
Residential water heaters; (5)
Residential furnaces, including boilers;
(6) Dishwashers; (7) Residential clothes
washers; (8) Residential clothes dryers;
(9) Direct heating equipment; (10)
Conventional cooking tops,
conventional ovens, microwave ovens;
(11) Pool heaters; (12) Fluorescent lamp
ballasts; (13) General service fluorescent
lamps, general service incandescent
lamps, and incandescent reflector
lamps; (14) Faucets; (15) Showerheads;
(16) Water closets; (17) Urinals; (18)
Ceiling fans; (19) Ceiling fan light kits;
(20) Torchieres; (21) Compact
fluorescent lamps; (22) Dehumidifiers;
(23) Class A external power supplies;
(24) Non-class A external power
supplies; (25) Battery chargers; (26)
Candelabra base incandescent lamps
and intermediate base incandescent
lamps; (27) Electric motors; (28) Small
electric motors; (29) Commercial
refrigerators, freezers, and refrigeratorfreezers; (30) Commercial air
conditioners and heat pumps (aircooled, water-cooled, and watersourced); (31) Packaged terminal air
conditioners and heat pumps; (32)
Single package vertical units; (33)
Variable refrigerant flow systems; (34)
Computer room air conditioners; (35)
Commercial water heating equipment;
(36) Commercial warm air furnaces; (37)
Commercial packaged boilers; (38)
Automatic commercial ice makers; (39)
Commercial clothes washers; (40)
Distribution transformers; (41)
Illuminated exit signs; (42) Traffic signal
modules and pedestrian modules; (43)
Commercial unit heaters; (44)
Commercial pre-rinse spray valves; (45)
Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage
vending machines; (46) Walk-in coolers
and walk-in freezers, including each of
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the components (doors/panels/
refrigeration system); (47) Metal halide
lamp ballasts and fixtures; (48) Furnace
fans; (49) General service lamps; (50)
Unfired hot water storage tanks; (51) Hot
water supply boilers; and (52) television
sets.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2000;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 20,000;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 68,000 (3 hours for
certification reports, compliance
statements, and recordkeeping; 50 hours
for test procedure waiver preparation);
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $6,800,000.
Statutory Authority
Part A of Title III of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 6291–6309); 10 CFR parts 429,
430, and 431.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
18, 2013.
Kathleen Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC14–14–000.
Applicants: NRG Energy Holdings,
Inc., Edison Mission Energy.
Description: NRG Energy Holdings
Inc. submits additional information
concerning the application relating to
the delivered price tests analyses
pursuant to Appendix A of the Merger
Policy Statement.
Filed Date: 12/11/13.
Accession Number: 20131212–0009.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/2/14.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG14–17–000.
Applicants: RE Clearwater LLC.
Description: RE Clearwater LLC
Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt
Wholesale Generator Status.
Filed Date: 12/12/13.
Accession Number: 20131212–5151.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/2/14.
Docket Numbers: EG14–18–000.
Applicants: RE Columbia Two LLC.
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Description: RE Columbia Two LLC
Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt
Wholesale Generator Status.
Filed Date: 12/12/13.
Accession Number: 20131212–5155.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/2/14.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–2607–003;
ER10–2626–002; ER10–2624–002.
Applicants: Old Dominion Electric
Cooperative, Inc., New Dominion
Energy Cooperative, TEC Trading, Inc.
Description: Triennial Market Power
Update of the ODEC Entities under
ER10–2607, et. al.
Filed Date: 12/13/13.
Accession Number: 20131213–5276.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/11/14.
Docket Numbers: ER11–2664–007.
Applicants: Powerex Corp.
Description: Notice of Non-Material
Change in Status of Powerex Corp.
Filed Date: 12/13/13.
Accession Number: 20131213–5278.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/14.
Docket Numbers: ER13–630–000.
Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company.
Description: Arizona Public Service
Company’s Second Supplement to
December 28, 2012 Triennial Market
Power Update.
Filed Date: 12/11/13.
Accession Number: 20131211–5179.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/2/14.
Docket Numbers: ER13–2295–002.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: 12–16–2013 TCDC
Compliance Filing to be effective 11/1/
2013.
Filed Date: 12/13/13.
Accession Number: 20131213–5244.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–612–001.
Applicants: Skylar Energy LP.
Description: Amendment to Skylar
Petition to be effective 1/16/2014.
Filed Date: 12/13/13.
Accession Number: 20131213–5224.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–624–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: 12–16–2013 Cleco
NITSA NOA Succession Filing to be
effective 12/19/2013.
Filed Date: 12/13/13.
Accession Number: 20131213–5240.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/14.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Certification Reports, Compliance Statements, Application for a
Test Procedure Waiver, and Recordkeeping for Consumer Products and
Commercial/Industrial Equipment Subject to Federal Energy or Water
Conservation Standards
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Proposed information collection; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on
a proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 24,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
Building Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Email: certification_compliance_enforcement@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Ashley Armstrong at Ashley.Armstrong@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-1400;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Certification Reports,
Compliance Statements, Application for a Test Procedure Waiver, and
Recordkeeping for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment
subject to Energy or Water Conservation Standards;
(3) Type of Request: Renewal;
(4) Purpose: DOE is seeking approval to collect information from
manufacturers and to require that manufacturers retain records of
covered consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment
pursuant to Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of
1975, as amended (``EPCA''), 42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq. The EPCA sets forth
a variety of provisions designed to improve energy efficiency. Part A
of Title III (42 U.S.C. 6291-6309) of the EPCA provides for the Energy
Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles.
The Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than
Automobiles consists of four parts: (1) Testing, (2) labeling, (3)
Federal energy conservation standards, and (4) certification and
enforcement procedures. The testing requirements consist of test
procedures that manufacturers of covered products must use (1) as the
basis for certifying to DOE that their products comply with the
applicable energy conservation standards adopted under the EPCA, and
(2) for making representations about the efficiency of those products.
DOE must use these test requirements to determine whether the products
comply with any relevant standards promulgated under the EPCA.
DOE is renewing its information collection on the energy and water
efficiency of consumer products and commercial equipment manufactured
for distribution in commerce in the United States. Under the Energy
Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles DOE
requires that manufacturers: (1) Submit certification and compliance
reports for each basic model distributed in commerce in the U.S.; (2)
maintain records underlying the certified ratings for each basic model
including test data and the associated calculations; and (3) submit an
application for a test procedure waiver for which manufacturers may
elect to submit if they manufacturer a basic model that cannot be
tested pursuant to the DOE test procedure.
DOE currently requires manufacturers or their party representatives
to prepare and submit certification reports and compliance statements
using DOE's electronic Web-based tool, the Compliance and Certification
Management System (CCMS), which is the only mechanism for submitting
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certification reports to DOE. CCMS currently has product specific
templates which manufacturers are required to use when submitting
certification data to DOE. See https://www.regulations.doe.gov/ccms. DOE
believes the availability of electronic filing through the CCMS system
reduces reporting burdens, streamlines the process, and provides the
Department with needed information in a standardized, more accessible
form. This electronic filing system also ensures that records are
recorded in a permanent, systematic way.
Covered products and equipment are described in 10 CFR parts 429,
430, and 431. They generally include: (1) Residential refrigerators,
refrigerator-freezers and freezers; (2) Room air conditioners; (3)
Central air conditioners and heat pumps, including SDHV and Space-
Constrained; (4) Residential water heaters; (5) Residential furnaces,
including boilers; (6) Dishwashers; (7) Residential clothes washers;
(8) Residential clothes dryers; (9) Direct heating equipment; (10)
Conventional cooking tops, conventional ovens, microwave ovens; (11)
Pool heaters; (12) Fluorescent lamp ballasts; (13) General service
fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, and incandescent
reflector lamps; (14) Faucets; (15) Showerheads; (16) Water closets;
(17) Urinals; (18) Ceiling fans; (19) Ceiling fan light kits; (20)
Torchieres; (21) Compact fluorescent lamps; (22) Dehumidifiers; (23)
Class A external power supplies; (24) Non-class A external power
supplies; (25) Battery chargers; (26) Candelabra base incandescent
lamps and intermediate base incandescent lamps; (27) Electric motors;
(28) Small electric motors; (29) Commercial refrigerators, freezers,
and refrigerator-freezers; (30) Commercial air conditioners and heat
pumps (air-cooled, water-cooled, and water-sourced); (31) Packaged
terminal air conditioners and heat pumps; (32) Single package vertical
units; (33) Variable refrigerant flow systems; (34) Computer room air
conditioners; (35) Commercial water heating equipment; (36) Commercial
warm air furnaces; (37) Commercial packaged boilers; (38) Automatic
commercial ice makers; (39) Commercial clothes washers; (40)
Distribution transformers; (41) Illuminated exit signs; (42) Traffic
signal modules and pedestrian modules; (43) Commercial unit heaters;
(44) Commercial pre-rinse spray valves; (45) Refrigerated bottled or
canned beverage vending machines; (46) Walk-in coolers and walk-in
freezers, including each of the components (doors/panels/refrigeration
system); (47) Metal halide lamp ballasts and fixtures; (48) Furnace
fans; (49) General service lamps; (50) Unfired hot water storage tanks;
(51) Hot water supply boilers; and (52) television sets.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2000;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 20,000;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 68,000 (3 hours for
certification reports, compliance statements, and recordkeeping; 50
hours for test procedure waiver preparation);
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$6,800,000.
Statutory Authority
Part A of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 6291-6309); 10 CFR parts 429, 430, and 431.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2013.
Kathleen Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2013-30674 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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