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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/19/18.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Docket Numbers: ER18–1232–000.
Applicants: Westar Energy, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Request to Recover Costs in Formula
Rates, TFR, Actual Gross Rev to be
effective 6/1/2018.
Filed Date: 3/29/18.
Accession Number: 20180329–5252.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/19/18.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Docket Numbers: ER18–1233–000.
Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC, PJM Interconnection, LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amended and Restated Dynamic
Transfer Agreement DEC–NCEMC–PJM
to be effective 6/1/2018.
Filed Date: 3/29/18.
Accession Number: 20180329–5263.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/19/18.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric securities
filings:
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Docket Numbers: ES18–25–000.
Applicants: ISO New England Inc.
Description: Application under
Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for
an Order Authorizing Future
Drawdowns Under Existing Authorized
Securities of ISO New England Inc.
Filed Date: 3/28/18.
Accession Number: 20180328–5255.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/18/18.
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
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: March 29, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–921); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
921 (Ongoing Electronic Delivery of
Data from Regional Transmission
Organization and Independent System
Operators).
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due June 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC18–10–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
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.
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
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: Ellen Brown
may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at
(202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–921, Ongoing Electronic
Delivery of Data from Regional
Transmission Organization and
Independent System Operators.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0257.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–921 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
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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) 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. All data for
this collection has (and is expected to
continue to) come from each RTO orISO
and not the MMUs. Therefore, any
associated burden is counted as burden
on RTO andISO.
Each RTO or ISO may make changes
to their individual markets with
Commission approval. Each RTO or ISO
may also change the data being sent to
the Commission to ensure compliance
with Order No. 760. Such changes
typically require respondents to alter
the ongoing delivery of data under
FERC–921. For this reason, the burden
estimate has been updated to reflect the
incremental burden associated with
such changes. The burden associated
with a changes varies considerably
based on the significance of the specific
change, therefore, the estimate reflects
the incremental burden for an average
change. Based on historical patterns of
change, staff estimates there to be about
one and a half changes per RTO or ISO
per year.
Type of Respondent: Regional
transmission organizations and
independent system operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 2 for this information
collection as follows.
1 ‘‘Burden’’ is 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, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
2 Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage
figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for
May 2016 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits information (for
December 2017, issued March 20, 2018, at https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The
ongoing electronic delivery of data requires a
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FERC-921—ONGOING ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DATA FROM REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATORS
Number of
respondents
Ongoing electronic delivery of data ..................................
Total
number of
responses
Average burden
and cost
per response
Total annual
burden hours
and cost
Annual
cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Category
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
52 hrs.; ....................
$2,460 .....................
480 hrs.: ..................
$37,848 ...................
312 hrs.; .......................
$14,758 ........................
2,880 hrs.: ....................
$227,088 ......................
$2,460
532 hrs. ...................
$40,308 ...................
3,192 hrs. .....................
$241,846 ......................
40,308
1
6
36
Changes to the delivered data made by the RTO/ISO ....
6
1
46
Total ...........................................................................
6
2
12
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is 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 and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: March 29, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–118–000]
Rover Pipeline LLC; Notice of
Application
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On March 15, 2018, Rover Pipeline
LLC (Rover), 1300 Main Street, Houston,
Texas 77002, filed an application
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural
Gas Act (NGA), in Docket No. CP18–
118–000, for authorization to construct
a new meter station on its Burgettstown
Lateral in Jefferson County, Ohio to
operate as a second receipt point for
computer support specialist (code 15–1150), at an
hourly cost (wages plus benefits) of $47.30
(rounded).
Changes to the delivered data require a database
administrator (code 15–1141), legal review (code
23–0000), and executive review (code 11–1000).
According to BLS, the hourly cost (wages plus
benefits) is $65.07, $143.68, and $96.68,
respectively. We estimate the fraction of time for
each skill set for each response to be 3⁄4, 1⁄8, and
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Range-Resources-Appalachia, LLC
(UGS-Crawford Meter Station Project).
Rover states that the project would
consist of an ultrasonic meter skid and
ancillary facilities near Mile Post 30.5
on the Burgettstown Lateral. The UGSCrawford Meter Station would receive
up to 350,000 dekatherms per day of
natural gas from an interconnect with
the gathering facilities of Utica Gas
Services, LLC. There would be no
change in mainline capacity. Rover
estimates the cost of the project to be
approximately $4,723,718, all as more
fully set forth in the request which is on
file with the Commission and open to
public inspection. The filing may be
viewed on the web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions regarding the
application should be directed to Blair
Lichtenwalter, Senior Director,
Regulatory Affairs, Rover Pipeline LLC,
1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas
77002, at (713) 989–2605.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the EA
for this proposal. The filing of the EA
in the Commission’s public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule will serve to notify
federal and state agencies of the timing
for the completion of all necessary
reviews, and the subsequent need to
complete all federal authorizations
within 90 days of the date of issuance
of the Commission staff’s EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below, file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
5 copies of filings made with the
Commission and must mail a copy to
the applicant and to every other party in
the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
⁄ respectively, so the weighted hourly cost (wages
plus benefits) is $78.85 (rounded). We estimate the
total time required per change to be 320 hours.
Because a response encompasses one year where
there are, on average, 1.5 changes, the total time per
response is 480 hours (1.5 × 320 hours).
3 Each RTO/ISO electronically submits data daily.
To match with past filings, we are considering the
collection of daily responses to be a single response.
4 Each RTO/ISO is estimated to make one and a
half changes yearly. To be consistent with the
formulation that the submissions over the course of
a year constitute a single response, for the purpose
of this calculation, we are assuming that each
response requires one and a half changes over the
course of the year and estimating burden
accordingly.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC18-10-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-921); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-921 (Ongoing Electronic Delivery of Data
from Regional Transmission Organization and Independent System
Operators).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due June 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC18-10-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's website: 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.
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 [email protected], 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: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202)
273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-921, Ongoing Electronic Delivery of Data from Regional
Transmission Organization and Independent System Operators.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0257.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-921 information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
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) 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. All data for this
collection has (and is expected to continue to) come from each RTO
orISO and not the MMUs. Therefore, any associated burden is counted as
burden on RTO andISO.
Each RTO or ISO may make changes to their individual markets with
Commission approval. Each RTO or ISO may also change the data being
sent to the Commission to ensure compliance with Order No. 760. Such
changes typically require respondents to alter the ongoing delivery of
data under FERC-921. For this reason, the burden estimate has been
updated to reflect the incremental burden associated with such changes.
The burden associated with a changes varies considerably based on the
significance of the specific change, therefore, the estimate reflects
the incremental burden for an average change. Based on historical
patterns of change, staff estimates there to be about one and a half
changes per RTO or ISO per year.
Type of Respondent: Regional transmission organizations and
independent system operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the total
annual burden and cost \2\ for this information collection as follows.
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\1\ ``Burden'' is 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, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
\2\ Costs (for wages and benefits) are based on wage figures
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for May 2016 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits information (for
December 2017, issued March 20, 2018, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The ongoing electronic delivery of data
requires a computer support specialist (code 15-1150), at an hourly
cost (wages plus benefits) of $47.30 (rounded).
Changes to the delivered data require a database administrator
(code 15-1141), legal review (code 23-0000), and executive review
(code 11-1000). According to BLS, the hourly cost (wages plus
benefits) is $65.07, $143.68, and $96.68, respectively. We estimate
the fraction of time for each skill set for each response to be \3/
4\, \1/8\, and \1/8\ respectively, so the weighted hourly cost
(wages plus benefits) is $78.85 (rounded). We estimate the total
time required per change to be 320 hours. Because a response
encompasses one year where there are, on average, 1.5 changes, the
total time per response is 480 hours (1.5 x 320 hours).
\3\ Each RTO/ISO electronically submits data daily. To match
with past filings, we are considering the collection of daily
responses to be a single response.
\4\ Each RTO/ISO is estimated to make one and a half changes
yearly. To be consistent with the formulation that the submissions
over the course of a year constitute a single response, for the
purpose of this calculation, we are assuming that each response
requires one and a half changes over the course of the year and
estimating burden accordingly.
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Annual
number of Total Annual
Category Number of responses number of Average burden and cost Total annual burden hours and cost per
respondents per responses per response cost respondent
respondent ($)
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(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)......................... (3) * (4) = (5)................. (5) / (1)
(3)
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Ongoing electronic delivery of data. 6 1 \3\ 6 52 hrs.;.................... 312 hrs.;....................... $2,460
$2,460...................... $14,758.........................
Changes to the delivered data made 6 1 \4\ 6 480 hrs.:................... 2,880 hrs.:..................... 37,848
by the RTO/ISO. $37,848..................... $227,088........................
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Total........................... 6 2 12 532 hrs..................... 3,192 hrs....................... 40,308
$40,308..................... $241,846........................
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is 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 and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: March 29, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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