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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 2, 2018 / Notices
Issued this 23rd day of April 2018.
Elliot E. Mainzer,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC18–89–000.
Applicants: CSOLAR IV South, LLC,
CSOLAR IV WEST, LLC, CD Global
Solar II CSolar Holdings, LLC.
Description: Joint Application for
Approval Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act and Request for
Expedited Approval of CSOLAR IV
South, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5174.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER12–1266–009.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: Clean-up filing regarding
Order 745 to be effective 6/12/2012.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5073.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–926–001.
Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Amended GIA Stanton Energy
Reliability Center Project SA No. 999 to
be effective 2/8/2018.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5002.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1294–001.
Applicants: Woomera Energy, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
Woomera Market Based Rate Tariff to be
effective 12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5120.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1441–000.
Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: GIA
and Distribution Service Agmt
SCEBESS–017 Project to be effective 4/
26/2018.
Filed Date: 4/25/18.
Accession Number: 20180425–5204.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/18.
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Docket Numbers: ER18–1442–000.
Applicants: Citizens SycamorePenasquitos Transmission LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Initial Transmission Owner Tariff Filing
to be effective 12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 4/25/18.
Accession Number: 20180425–5211.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1443–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
Michigan Electric Transmission
Company, LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2018–04–25_SA 1756 METC-Consumers
Energy 11th Rev GIA (G479B) to be
effective 5/1/2018.
Filed Date: 4/25/18.
Accession Number: 20180425–5220.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1444–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to WMPA SA No. 4648;
Queue No. AB2–057 (Consent to Assign)
to be effective 3/2/2017.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5074.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1445–000.
Applicants: Idaho Power Company.
Description: Compliance filing: LGIA,
LGIP, SGIA, and SGIP Modifications to
be effective 6/25/2018.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5102.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1446–000.
Applicants: Avista Corporation.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Avista Corp NITSA cancel to re-file to
be effective 4/27/2018.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5149.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1447–000.
Applicants: Avista Corporation.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Avista Corp NITSA Re-filing to be
effective 4/27/2018.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5160.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1448–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing: Notice
of Cancellation of ISA, Service
Agreement No. 2381, NQ30 re:
Deactivation to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5192.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
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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: April 26, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–4–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–582); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with 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–
582 (Electric Fees, Annual Charges,
Waivers, and Exemptions) and
submitting the information collection to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. 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
published a 60-day Notice in the
Federal Register in Docket No. IC18–4–
000 requesting public comments. FERC
received no comments in response to
the Notice and is indicating that in its
submittal to the OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due June 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0132, should be sent via email to the
SUMMARY:
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Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via
telephone at 202–395–8528.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC18–4–000 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 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:
Title: FERC–582, Electric Fees,
Annual Charges, Waivers, and
Exemptions.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0132.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–582 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information required by
FERC–582 is contained in Title 18 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 381 1
and 382.2
The Commission uses the FERC–582
to implement the statutory provisions of
the Independent Offices Appropriation
Act of 1952 (IOAA) 3 which authorizes
the Commission to establish fees for its
services. In addition, the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986
(OBRA) 4 authorizes the Commission to
assess and collect fees and annual
charges in any fiscal year in amounts
equal to all the costs incurred by the
Commission in that fiscal year.
To comply with the FERC–582,
respondents submit to the Commission
the sum of the megawatt-hours (MWh)
of all unbundled transmission
(including MWh delivered in wheeling
transactions and MWh delivered in
exchange transactions) and the
megawatt-hours of all bundled
wholesale power sales (to the extent the
bundled wholesale power sales were not
separately reported as unbundled
transmission). The data collected in the
FERC–582 are drawn directly from the
FERC Form 1 5 transmission data. The
Commission sums the costs of its
electric regulatory program and
subtracts all electric regulatory program
filing fee collections to determine the
total collectible electric regulatory
program costs. Then, the Commission
uses the data submitted under FERC–
582 to determine the total megawatthours of transmission of electric energy
in interstate commerce. Respondents
(public utilities and power marketers)
subject to these annual charges must
submit FERC–582 data to the
Commission by April 30 of each year.6
The Commission issues bills for annual
charges to respondents. Then,
respondents must pay the charges
within 45 days of the Commission’s
issuance of the bill.
Respondents file requests for waivers
and exemptions of fees and charges 7
based on need. The Commission’s staff
uses the filer’s financial information to
evaluate the request for a waiver or
exemption of the obligation to pay a fee
or an annual charge.
Estimate of Annual Burden 8: The
Commission estimates the burden and
cost 9 for this information collection as
follows.
FERC–582, ELECTRIC FEES, ANNUAL CHARGES, WAIVERS, AND EXEMPTIONS 10
Number of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number of
responses
Average
burden & cost
per response
Total annual burden
hrs. & cost
Cost per
respondent
(1)
(2)
(1) × (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) / (1) = (5)
1 hr.; $76.50 ..........
67 hrs.; $5,125.50 ..
67 ....................................................................
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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;
1 18 CFR, Sections 381.105, 381.106, 381.108,
381.302, and 381.305.
2 18 CFR, Sections 382.102, 382.103, 382.105,
382.106, and 382.201.
3 31 U.S.C. 9701.
4 42 U.S.C. 7178.
5 Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities,
Licensees and Others (OMB Control No. 1902–
0021), described in 18 CFR 141.1.
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(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.
6 18
CFR 382.201.
CFR parts 381 and 382.
8 Burden is defined 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, refer to 5 CFR part 1320.
9 The Commission staff thinks that the average
respondent for this collection is similarly situated
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Dated: April 25, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
Based on FERC’s 2017 annual average of $158,754
(for salary plus benefits), the average hourly cost is
$76.50/hour.
10 This includes requirements of 18 CFR 381.105
(methods of payment), 381.106 (waiver), 381.108
(exemption), 381.302 (declaratory order), 381.303
(review of DOE remedial order), 381.304 (DOE
denial of adjustment), and 381.305 (OGC
interpretation).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC18-4-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-582); Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with 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-
582 (Electric Fees, Annual Charges, Waivers, and Exemptions) and
submitting the information collection to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review. 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 published a 60-day Notice
in the Federal Register in Docket No. IC18-4-000 requesting public
comments. FERC received no comments in response to the Notice and is
indicating that in its submittal to the OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due June 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by OMB Control No. 1902-
0132, should be sent via email to the
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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: [email protected].
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-8528.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC18-4-000 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 CONTACT: 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-582, Electric Fees, Annual Charges, Waivers, and
Exemptions.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0132.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-582 information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: The information required by FERC-582 is contained in
Title 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 381 \1\ and 382.\2\
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\1\ 18 CFR, Sections 381.105, 381.106, 381.108, 381.302, and
381.305.
\2\ 18 CFR, Sections 382.102, 382.103, 382.105, 382.106, and
382.201.
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The Commission uses the FERC-582 to implement the statutory
provisions of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA)
\3\ which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for its services.
In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) \4\
authorizes the Commission to assess and collect fees and annual charges
in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred by the
Commission in that fiscal year.
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\3\ 31 U.S.C. 9701.
\4\ 42 U.S.C. 7178.
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To comply with the FERC-582, respondents submit to the Commission
the sum of the megawatt-hours (MWh) of all unbundled transmission
(including MWh delivered in wheeling transactions and MWh delivered in
exchange transactions) and the megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale
power sales (to the extent the bundled wholesale power sales were not
separately reported as unbundled transmission). The data collected in
the FERC-582 are drawn directly from the FERC Form 1 \5\ transmission
data. The Commission sums the costs of its electric regulatory program
and subtracts all electric regulatory program filing fee collections to
determine the total collectible electric regulatory program costs.
Then, the Commission uses the data submitted under FERC-582 to
determine the total megawatt-hours of transmission of electric energy
in interstate commerce. Respondents (public utilities and power
marketers) subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 data to
the Commission by April 30 of each year.\6\ The Commission issues bills
for annual charges to respondents. Then, respondents must pay the
charges within 45 days of the Commission's issuance of the bill.
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\5\ Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and
Others (OMB Control No. 1902-0021), described in 18 CFR 141.1.
\6\ 18 CFR 382.201.
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Respondents file requests for waivers and exemptions of fees and
charges \7\ based on need. The Commission's staff uses the filer's
financial information to evaluate the request for a waiver or exemption
of the obligation to pay a fee or an annual charge.
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\7\ 18 CFR parts 381 and 382.
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Estimate of Annual Burden \8\: The Commission estimates the burden
and cost \9\ for this information collection as follows.
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\8\ Burden is defined 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, refer to 5 CFR part 1320.
\9\ The Commission staff thinks that the average respondent for
this collection is similarly situated to the Commission, in terms of
salary plus benefits. Based on FERC's 2017 annual average of
$158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average hourly cost is
$76.50/hour.
\10\ This includes requirements of 18 CFR 381.105 (methods of
payment), 381.106 (waiver), 381.108 (exemption), 381.302
(declaratory order), 381.303 (review of DOE remedial order), 381.304
(DOE denial of adjustment), and 381.305 (OGC interpretation).
FERC-582, Electric Fees, Annual Charges, Waivers, and Exemptions \10\
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Annual number
Number of respondents of responses Total number of Average burden & cost per Total annual burden hrs. & cost Cost per
per respondent responses response respondent
(1) (2) (1) x (2) = (3) (4)............................ (3) * (4) = (5)................ (5) / (1) =
(5)
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67.................................. 1 67 1 hr.; $76.50.................. 67 hrs.; $5,125.50............. $76.50
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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: April 25, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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