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extension to its collection of
information titled: Budget Justification,
OMB No. 1910–5162. The proposed
collection will establish application
consistency for numerous Grant and
Cooperative Agreement application
packages from potential and chosen
recipients. This effort will also
streamline processes and provide
applicants with a clear and
straightforward tool to assist with
project budgeting. In addition it will
endow DOE reviewers with adequate
information to determine if proposed
costs are allowable, allocable, and
reasonable.
Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
February 17, 2015. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments, but
find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the DOE Desk Officer at
OMB of your intention to make a
submission as soon as possible. The
Desk Officer can be reached at 202–395–
4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to:
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 735 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
And to:
U.S. Department of Energy, Golden
Field Office, 15013 Denver West
Parkway Golden, CO 80401–3111,
Attn: James Cash.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions may be directed to James
Cash at (720) 356–1456 or by email at
james.cash@ee.doe.gov. The information
collection instrument titled, Budget
Justification, may also be viewed at
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/
resources.html.
DATES:
This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5162, Budget
Justification;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Budget Justification;
(3) Type of Request: Renewal;
(4) Purpose: This collection of
information is necessary in order for
DOE to identify allowable, allocable,
and reasonable recipient project costs
eligible for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements under EERE programs;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 400;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 400;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 24 hours, per response;
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(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $899.04
per one time response;
(9) Authority: 10 CFR 600.112.
Issued in Golden, CO, on December 27,
2014.
James Cash,
Contracting Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC15–2–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities: FERC–65, FERC–65A,
FERC–65B, FERC–585, and FERC–921;
Consolidated Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the requirements and burden 1 of the
information collections described
below. Please note that this is the first
time FERC has issued a consolidated
notice involving otherwise unrelated
information collections.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due March 17, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC15–2–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Please reference the specific
collection number and/or title in your
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
SUMMARY:
1 The
Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
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FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the 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
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FERC–65 (Notice of Holding Company
Status), FERC–65A (Exemption
Notification of Holding Company
Status), and FERC–65B (Waiver
Notification of Holding Company
Status)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0218.
Abstract: Pursuant to Section 366.4 of
the Commission’s rules and regulations,
persons who meet the definition of a
holding company shall provide the
Commission notification of holding
company status.
The FERC–65 is a one-time
informational filing outlined in the
Commission’s regulations at 18 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4. The
FERC–65 must be submitted within 30
days of becoming a holding company2.
2 Persons that meet the definition of a holding
company as provided by § 366.1 as of February 8,
2006 shall notify the Commission of their status as
a holding company no later than June 15, 2006.
Holding companies formed after February 8, 2006
shall notify the Commission of their status as a
holding company, no later than the latter of June
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While the Commission does not require
the information to be reported in a
specific format, the filing needs to
consist of the name of the holding
company, the name of public utilities,
the name of natural gas companies in
the holding company system, and the
names of service companies. In
addition, the Commission requires the
filing to include the names of specialpurpose subsidiaries (which provide
non-power goods and services) and the
names of all affiliates and subsidiaries
(and their corporate interrelationship) to
each other. Filings may be submitted in
hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission’s eFiling system.
FERC–65A (Exemption Notification of
Holding Company Status)
While noting the previously outlined
requirements of the FERC–65, the
Commission has allowed for an
exemption from the requirement of
providing the Commission with a
FERC–65 if the books, accounts,
memoranda, and other records of any
person are not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company; or if any class of
transactions is not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company. Persons seeking
this exemption file the FERC–65A,
which must include a form of notice
suitable for publication in the Federal
Register. Those who file a FERC–65A in
good faith will have a temporary
exemption upon filing, after 60 days if
the Commission has taken no action, the
exemption will be deemed granted.
Commission regulations within 18 CFR
366.3 describe the criteria in more
specificity.
FERC–65B (Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status)
If an entity meets the requirements in
18 CFR 366.3(c), they may file a FERC–
65B waiver notification pursuant to the
procedures outlined in 18 CFR 366.4.
Specifically, the Commission waives the
requirement of providing it with a
FERC–65 for any holding company with
respect to one or more of the following:
(1) Single-state holding company
systems; (2) holding companies that
own generating facilities that total 100
MW or less in size and are used
fundamentally for their own load or for
sales to affiliated end-users; or (3)
investors in independent transmissiononly companies. Filings may be made in
hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission’s Web site.
Type of Respondent: Public utility
companies, natural gas companies,
electric wholesale generators, foreign
utility holding companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–65 (NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS), FERC–65A (EXEMPTION NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING
COMPANY STATUS), AND FERC–65B (WAIVER NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS)
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden &
cost per
response 3
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
FERC–65 .................................................
FERC–65A ...............................................
FERC–65B ...............................................
8
1
0
1
1
1
8
1
0
3, $216
1, $72
1, $72
24, $1728
1, $72
0, $0
216
72
0
Total ..................................................
........................
........................
9
........................
25, $1,800
........................
OMB Control No.: 1902–0138.
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–585,
‘‘Reporting of Electric Energy Shortages
and Contingency Plans under PURPA’’,
is used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 206 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1979
(PURPA) Public Law 95–617, 92 Stat.
3117. Section 206 of PURPA amended
the Federal Power Act (FPA) by adding
a new subsection (g) to section 202,
under which the Commission by rule,
was to require each public utility to (1)
report to the Commission and
appropriate state regulatory authorities
of any anticipated shortages of electric
energy or capacity which would affect
the utility’s capability to serve its
wholesale customers; and (2) report to
the Commission and any appropriate
state regulatory authority contingency
plan that would outline what
circumstances might give rise to such
occurrences.
In Order No. 575,4 the Commission
modified the reporting requirements in
18 CFR 294.101(b) to provide that, if a
public utility includes in its rates
schedule, provisions that: (a) During
electric energy and capacity shortages it
will treat firm power wholesale
customers without undue
discrimination or preference; and (b) it
will report any modifications to its
contingency plan for accommodating
shortages within 15 days to the
appropriate state regulatory agency and
to the affected wholesale customers,
15, 2006 or 30 days after they become holding
companies.
3 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * 70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The Cost per hour figure is the 2015
FERC average salary plus benefits.
4 60 FR 4859 (25 Jan 1995).
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then the utility need not file with the
Commission an additional statement of
contingency plan for accommodating
such shortages. This revision merely
changed the reporting mechanism; the
public utility’s contingency plan would
be located in its filed rate rather than in
a separate document.
In Order No. 659,5 the Commission
modified the reporting requirements in
18 CFR 294.101(e) to provide that the
means by which public utilities must
comply with the requirements to report
shortages and anticipated shortages is to
submit this information electronically
using the Office of Electric Reliability’s
pager system at emergency@ferc.gov in
lieu of submitting an original and two
copies with the Secretary of the
Commission.
The Commission uses the information
to evaluate and formulate an
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anticipated disruptions in electric
energy, and (3) ensure equitable
treatment of all public utility customers
under the shortage situations. The
Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal
appropriate option for action in the
event an unanticipated shortage is
reported and/or materializes. Without
this information, the Commission and
State agencies would be unable to: (1)
examine and approve or modify utility
actions, (2) prepare a response to
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part
294.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–585 (REPORTING OF ELECTRIC SHORTAGES AND CONTINGENCY PLANS UNDER PURPA 206)
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden &
cost per
response 3
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
Contingency Plan .....................................
Capacity Shortage ...................................
1
1
1
1
1
1
73, $5,256
0.25, $18
73, $5,256
0.25, $18
5,256
18
Total ..................................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
73.25, $5,274
5,274
FERC–921 (Ongoing Electronic Delivery
of Data From Regional Transmission
Organization and Independent System
Operators)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0257.
Abstract: The collection of data in the
FERC–921 is an effort by the
Commission to detect potential anticompetitive or manipulative behavior or
ineffective market rules by requiring
Regional Transmission Organizations
(RTO) and Independent System
Operators (ISO) 6 to electronically
submit, on a continuous basis, data
relating to physical and virtual offers
and bids, market awards, resource
outputs, marginal cost estimates, shift
factors, financial transmission rights,
internal bilateral contracts, uplift, and
interchange pricing. Individual datasets
that the Commission is requesting may
be produced or retained by the market
monitoring units (MMUs). The
Commission directed each RTO and ISO
either to: (1) Request such data from its
MMU, so that the RTO or ISO can
deliver such data to the Commission; or
(2) request its MMU to deliver such data
directly to the Commission. Any burden
associated with the delivery of such
data is counted as burden on the RTO
or ISO.
Type of Respondent: Regional
transmission organizations and
independent system operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–921 (ONGOING ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DATA FROM REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATORS)
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden &
cost per
response 7
Total annual
recurring
operating
burden hours
& cost
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1)*(2)=(3)
(4)
(3)*(4)=(5)
(5)÷(1)
6
1
6
98, $9,830
588, $58,980
$9,830
Dated: January 9, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Appalachian Mountain Club; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
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any additional data from market participants;
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requiring regional organized markets to provide
data to the Commission that is already collected.
7 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
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a. Type of Application: Original
Minor License.
b. Project No.: 14657–000.
c. Date filed: December 29, 2014.
d. Applicant: Appalachian Mountain
Club.
e. Name of Project: Zealand Falls
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Whitehall Brook, in
the Town of Bethlehem, Grafton County,
New Hampshire. The project would
occupy 0.66 acres of federal land
managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
per Response * $100.30 per Hour = Average Cost
per Response.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC15-2-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities: FERC-65, FERC-65A,
FERC-65B, FERC-585, and FERC-921; Consolidated Comment Request;
Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collections and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the
requirements and burden \1\ of the information collections described
below. Please note that this is the first time FERC has issued a
consolidated notice involving otherwise unrelated information
collections.
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\1\ The Commission defines burden as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain,
retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal
agency. For further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due March 17,
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2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC15-2-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Please reference the specific collection number and/or title in
your comments.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the information collection
requirements for all collections described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please note that each collection is
distinct from the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the 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 estimates of the
burden and cost of the collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collections; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
FERC-65 (Notice of Holding Company Status), FERC-65A (Exemption
Notification of Holding Company Status), and FERC-65B (Waiver
Notification of Holding Company Status)
OMB Control No.: 1902-0218.
Abstract: Pursuant to Section 366.4 of the Commission's rules and
regulations, persons who meet the definition of a holding company shall
provide the Commission notification of holding company status.
The FERC-65 is a one-time informational filing outlined in the
Commission's regulations at 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4.
The FERC-65 must be submitted within 30 days of becoming a holding
company\2\.
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While the Commission does not require the information to be reported in
a specific format, the filing needs to consist of the name of the
holding company, the name of public utilities, the name of natural gas
companies in the holding company system, and the names of service
companies. In addition, the Commission requires the filing to include
the names of special-purpose subsidiaries (which provide non-power
goods and services) and the names of all affiliates and subsidiaries
(and their corporate interrelationship) to each other. Filings may be
submitted in hardcopy or electronically through the Commission's
eFiling system.
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\2\ Persons that meet the definition of a holding company as
provided by Sec. 366.1 as of February 8, 2006 shall notify the
Commission of their status as a holding company no later than June
15, 2006. Holding companies formed after February 8, 2006 shall
notify the Commission of their status as a holding company, no later
than the latter of June 15, 2006 or 30 days after they become
holding companies.
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FERC-65A (Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status)
While noting the previously outlined requirements of the FERC-65,
the Commission has allowed for an exemption from the requirement of
providing the Commission with a FERC-65 if the books, accounts,
memoranda, and other records of any person are not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company; or if
any class of transactions is not relevant to the jurisdictional rates
of a public utility or natural gas company. Persons seeking this
exemption file the FERC-65A, which must include a form of notice
suitable for publication in the Federal Register. Those who file a
FERC-65A in good faith will have a temporary exemption upon filing,
after 60 days if the Commission has taken no action, the exemption will
be deemed granted. Commission regulations within 18 CFR 366.3 describe
the criteria in more specificity.
FERC-65B (Waiver Notification of Holding Company Status)
If an entity meets the requirements in 18 CFR 366.3(c), they may
file a FERC-65B waiver notification pursuant to the procedures outlined
in 18 CFR 366.4. Specifically, the Commission waives the requirement of
providing it with a FERC-65 for any holding company with respect to one
or more of the following: (1) Single-state holding company systems; (2)
holding companies that own generating facilities that total 100 MW or
less in size and are used fundamentally for their own load or for sales
to affiliated end-users; or (3) investors in independent transmission-
only companies. Filings may be made in hardcopy or electronically
through the Commission's Web site.
Type of Respondent: Public utility companies, natural gas
companies, electric wholesale generators, foreign utility holding
companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
FERC-65 (Notification of Holding Company Status), FERC-65A (Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status), and FERC-65B (Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status)
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Annual number Average Total annual
Number of of responses Total number burden & cost burden hours Cost per
respondents per of responses per response & total respondent
respondent \3\ annual cost ($)
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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FERC-65................................................. 8 1 8 3, $216 24, $1728 216
FERC-65A................................................ 1 1 1 1, $72 1, $72 72
FERC-65B................................................ 0 1 0 1, $72 0, $0 0
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Total............................................... .............. .............. 9 .............. 25, $1,800 ..............
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FERC-585 (Reporting of Electric Shortages and Contingency Plans Under
PURPA 206)
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\3\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * 70.50 per
Hour = Average Cost per Response. The Cost per hour figure is the
2015 FERC average salary plus benefits.
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OMB Control No.: 1902-0138.
Abstract: The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
585, ``Reporting of Electric Energy Shortages and Contingency Plans
under PURPA'', is used by the Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of section 206 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
of 1979 (PURPA) Public Law 95-617, 92 Stat. 3117. Section 206 of PURPA
amended the Federal Power Act (FPA) by adding a new subsection (g) to
section 202, under which the Commission by rule, was to require each
public utility to (1) report to the Commission and appropriate state
regulatory authorities of any anticipated shortages of electric energy
or capacity which would affect the utility's capability to serve its
wholesale customers; and (2) report to the Commission and any
appropriate state regulatory authority contingency plan that would
outline what circumstances might give rise to such occurrences.
In Order No. 575,\4\ the Commission modified the reporting
requirements in 18 CFR 294.101(b) to provide that, if a public utility
includes in its rates schedule, provisions that: (a) During electric
energy and capacity shortages it will treat firm power wholesale
customers without undue discrimination or preference; and (b) it will
report any modifications to its contingency plan for accommodating
shortages within 15 days to the appropriate state regulatory agency and
to the affected wholesale customers, then the utility need not file
with the Commission an additional statement of contingency plan for
accommodating such shortages. This revision merely changed the
reporting mechanism; the public utility's contingency plan would be
located in its filed rate rather than in a separate document.
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\4\ 60 FR 4859 (25 Jan 1995).
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In Order No. 659,\5\ the Commission modified the reporting
requirements in 18 CFR 294.101(e) to provide that the means by which
public utilities must comply with the requirements to report shortages
and anticipated shortages is to submit this information electronically
using the Office of Electric Reliability's pager system at
emergency@ferc.gov in lieu of submitting an original and two copies
with the Secretary of the Commission.
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\5\ 70 FR 35028 (16 Jun 2005).
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The Commission uses the information to evaluate and formulate an
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appropriate option for action in the event an unanticipated shortage is
reported and/or materializes. Without this information, the Commission
and State agencies would be unable to: (1) examine and approve or
modify utility actions, (2) prepare a response to anticipated
disruptions in electric energy, and (3) ensure equitable treatment of
all public utility customers under the shortage situations. The
Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part 294.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
FERC-585 (Reporting of Electric Shortages and Contingency Plans Under PURPA 206)
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Annual number Average Total annual
Number of of responses Total number burden & cost burden hours Cost per
respondents per of responses per response & total respondent
respondent \3\ annual cost ($)
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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Contingency Plan........................................ 1 1 1 73, $5,256 73, $5,256 5,256
Capacity Shortage....................................... 1 1 1 0.25, $18 0.25, $18 18
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Total............................................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 73.25, $5,274 5,274
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FERC-921 (Ongoing Electronic Delivery of Data From Regional
Transmission Organization and Independent System Operators)
OMB Control No.: 1902-0257.
Abstract: The collection of data in the FERC-921 is an effort by
the Commission to detect potential anti-competitive or manipulative
behavior or ineffective market rules by requiring Regional Transmission
Organizations (RTO) and Independent System Operators (ISO) \6\ to
electronically submit, on a continuous basis, data relating to physical
and virtual offers and bids, market awards, resource outputs, marginal
cost estimates, shift factors, financial transmission rights, internal
bilateral contracts, uplift, and interchange pricing. Individual
datasets that the Commission is requesting may be produced or retained
by the market monitoring units (MMUs). The Commission directed each RTO
and ISO either to: (1) Request such data from its MMU, so that the RTO
or ISO can deliver such data to the Commission; or (2) request its MMU
to deliver such data directly to the Commission. Any burden associated
with the delivery of such data is counted as burden on the RTO or ISO.
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\6\ Per Final Rule RM-11-17-000 regionally organized markets
would not be required to collect any additional data from market
participants; requiring regional organized markets to provide data
to the Commission that is already collected.
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Type of Respondent: Regional transmission organizations and
independent system operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\7\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $100.30 per
Hour = Average Cost per Response.
FERC-921 (Ongoing Electronic Delivery of Data from Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System
Operators)
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Total annual
Number of Annual number of Total number of Average burden & recurring Cost per
respondents responses per responses cost per operating burden respondent ($)
respondent response \7\ hours & cost
(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)/(1)
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6 1 6 98, $9,830 588, $58,980 $9,830
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Dated: January 9, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-00573 Filed 1-15-15; 8:45 am]
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