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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Application for Partial
Transfer of License and Amendment of
License and Soliciting Comments,
Motions To Intervene, and Protests
Project No.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company .........
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Nevada Irrigation District .....................
2310–227
2784–006
14530–001
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Partial
Transfer of License and Amendment.
b. Project Nos.: 2310–227, 2784–006,
and 14530–001.
c. Date filed: January 22, 2019.
d. Applicants: Pacific Gas & Electric
Company (transferor), Nevada Irrigation
District (transferee).
e. Name of Projects: Drum Spaulding
Hydroelectric Project (P–2310), Rollins
Transmission Line Project (P–2784),
proposed Deer Creek Hydroelectric
Project (P–14530).
f. Location: Deer Creek development
of the Drum Spaulding Project—located
on Deer Creek in Nevada County,
California. Rollins Transmission Line
Project—located in the Bear River basin
in Placer and Nevada counties,
California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a—825r.
h. Applicants Contacts: For
Transferor: Ms. Annette Faraglia, Chief
Counsel Hydro Generation, Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, 77 Beale Street,
B30A–3005, San Francisco, CA 94105,
(415) 973–7145, Email:
annette.faraglia@pge.com and Ms.
Stephanie Maggard, Director, Power
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, 245 Market Street, N11E–
1136, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415)
973–2812, Email: Stephanie.maggard@
pge.com.
For Transferee: Mr. Remleh
Scherzinger, General Manager, Nevada
Irrigation District, 1036 West Main St.,
Grass Valley, CA 95945–5424, (530)
273–6185, email: Scherzinger@
nidwater.com and Minasian Law Firm,
ATTN: Andrew McClure, District
Counsel, 1681 Bird Street, Oroville, CA
95965, (530) 533–2885, email:
amcclure@minasianlaw.com.
i. FERC Contacts: Steven Sachs, (202)
502–8666 or steven.sachs@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests: 30
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issues this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, or protests using
the Commission’s eFiling system at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket numbers P–2310–227,
P–2784–006, and P–14530–001.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all intervenors
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person on the official service list
for the project. Further, if an intervenor
files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an
issue that may affect the responsibilities
of a particular resource agency, they
must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. Description of Transfer and
Amendment Requests: The applicants
request a partial transfer of the Deer
Creek Development, which is part of
Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s DrumSpaulding Project No. 2310, to the
Nevada Irrigation District and to
establish it as a separate project, Deer
Creek Project No. 14530. The applicants
also request that the Commission
remove the transmission line for the
Deer Creek Development from the
Drum-Spaulding Project and incorporate
it into Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s
license for the Rollins Transmission
Line Project No. 2784.
l. Location of the Application: A copy
of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the
document. You may also register online
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
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related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676,
email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or
for TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.210, .211, and .214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests
and other comments filed, but only
those who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Responsive
Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in
all capital letters the title
‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or
‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as
applicable; (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the
project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or
intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR
385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, motions to intervene, or
protests must set forth their evidentiary
basis. A copy of all other filings in
reference to this application must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
Dated: June 27, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–30–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–920—Electric
Quarterly Reports); Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
AGENCY:
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In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
920 [Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR)].
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due SEPTEMBER 6,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–30–000)
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.
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
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–920 [Electric Quarterly
Reports (EQR)].
OMB Control No.: 1902–0255.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities
and non-public utilities with more than
a de minimis market presence.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–920 information collection
with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.1
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
estimates 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.
Abstract: The Commission originally
set forth the EQR filing requirements in
Order No. 2001 (Docket No. RM01–8–
000, issued April 25, 2002, at https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
intermediate.asp?link_file=yes&
doclist=2270047). Order No. 2001
required public utilities to electronically
file EQRs summarizing transaction
information for short-term and longterm cost-based sales and market-based
rate sales and the contractual terms and
conditions in their agreements for all
jurisdictional services.2 The
Commission established the EQR
reporting requirements to help ensure
the collection of information needed to
perform its regulatory functions over
transmission and sales, while making
data more useful to the public and
allowing public utilities to better fulfill
their responsibility under FPA section
205(c) to have rates on file in a
convenient form and place. As noted in
Order No. 2001, the EQR data is
designed to ‘‘provide greater price
transparency, promote competition,
enhance confidence in the fairness of
the markets, and provide a better means
to detect and discourage discriminatory
practices.’’
Since issuing Order No. 2001, the
Commission has provided guidance and
refined the reporting requirements, as
necessary, to reflect changes in the
Commission’s rules and regulations.3
The Commission also adopted an
Electric Quarterly Report Data
Dictionary, which provides in one
document the definitions of certain
terms and values used in filing EQR
data.4
To increase transparency broadly
across all wholesale markets subject to
the Commission’s jurisdiction, the
Commission issued Order No. 768 in
2012.5 Order No. 768 required market
participants that are excluded from the
Commission’s jurisdiction under the
Federal Power Act section 205 (nonpublic utilities) and have more than a de
minimis market presence to file EQRs
with the Commission. In addition,
Order No. 768 revised the EQR filing
requirements to build upon the
Commission’s prior improvements to
the reporting requirements and further
enhance the goals of providing greater
price transparency, promoting
competition, instilling confidence in the
fairness of the markets, and providing a
better means to detect and discourage
anti-competitive, discriminatory, and
manipulative practices.
EQR information allows the public to
assess supply and demand
fundamentals and to price interstate
wholesale market transactions. This, in
turn, results in greater market
confidence, lower transaction costs, and
ultimately supports competitive
markets. In addition, the data filed in
the EQR strengthens the Commission’s
ability to exercise its wholesale electric
rate and electric power transmission
oversight and enforcement
responsibilities in accordance with the
Federal Power Act. Without this
information, the Commission would
lack some of the data it needs to
examine and approve or modify electric
rates.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities,
and non-public utilities with more than
a de minimis market presence.
Estimate of Annual Burden and
Cost: 6 The Commission estimates the
annual public reporting burden for the
information collection as:
1 This does not include any changes to the
estimates from the Notice Seeking Comments on
proposed revisions and clarifications to the EQR
reporting requirements, currently pending in
Docket No. RM01–8–000, et al.
2 Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements,
Order No. 2001, 67 FR 31043 (May 8, 2002), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,127, reh’g denied, Order No.
2001–A, 100 FERC ¶ 61,074, reh’g denied, Order
No. 2001–B, 100 FERC ¶ 61,342, order directing
filing, Order No. 2001–C, 101 FERC ¶ 61,314 (2002),
order directing filing, Order No. 2001–D, 102 FERC
¶ 61,334, order refining filing requirements, Order
No. 2001–E, 105 FERC ¶ 61,352 (2003), order on
clarification, Order No. 2001–F, 106 FERC ¶ 61,060
(2004), order revising filing requirements, Order No.
2001–G, 72 FR 56735 (Oct. 4, 2007), 120 FERC
¶ 61,270, order on reh’g and clarification, Order No.
2001–H, 73 FR 1876 (Jan. 10, 2008), 121 FERC
¶ 61,289 (2007), order revising filing requirements,
Order No. 2001–I, 73 FR 65526 (Nov. 4, 2008), 125
FERC ¶ 61,103 (2008).
3 See, e.g., Revised Public Utility Filing
Requirements for Electric Quarterly Reports, 124
FERC ¶ 61,244 (2008) (providing guidance on the
filing of information on transmission capacity
reassignments in EQRs); Notice of Electric Quarterly
Reports Technical Conference, 73 FR 2477 (Jan. 15,
2008) (announcing a technical conference to discuss
changes associated with the EQR Data Dictionary).
4 Order No. 2001–G, 120 FERC ¶ 61,270 (2007).
5 Order No. 768, 77 FR 61896 (Oct. 11, 2012),
FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,336 (2012).
6 The cost is based on FERC’s 2019 Commissionwide average salary cost (salary plus benefits) of
$80.00/hour. The Commission staff believes the
FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
wages plus benefits is representative of the
corresponding cost for the industry respondents.
Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
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FERC–920—ELECTRIC QUARTERLY REPORT (EQR)
Number of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden
hrs. & cost per
response
Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
18.1 hrs.; $1,448 .......
187,878 hrs.; $15,030,240.
2,595 ...............................................................................
Dated: June 27, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Combined Notice of Filings #2
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–1821–020.
Applicants: Goshen Phase II LLC.
Description: Updated Market Power
Analysis for Northwest Region of
Goshen Phase II LLC.
Filed Date: 6/28/19.
Accession Number: 20190628–5330.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/27/19.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2249–008.
Applicants: Portland General Electric
Company.
Description: Updated Market Power
Analysis in the Northwest Region for
Portland General Electric Company.
Filed Date: 6/28/19.
Accession Number: 20190628–5334.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/27/19.
Docket Numbers: ER13–520–009;
ER10–2605–013; ER12–1626–010;
ER13–1266–021; ER13–1267–009;
ER13–1268–009; ER13–1269–009;
ER13–1270–009; ER13–1271–009;
ER13–1272–009; ER13–1273–009;
ER13–1441–009; ER13–1442–009;
ER13–521–009; ER15–2211–018.
Applicants: Pinyon Pines Wind I,
LLC, Pinyon Pines Wind II, LLC, Solar
Star California XIX, LLC, Solar Star
California XX, LLC, Topaz Solar Farms
LLC, CE Leathers Company, Del Ranch
Company, Elmore Company, Fish Lake
Power LLC, Salton Sea Power
Generation Company, Salton Sea Power
L.L.C., Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power
Company, Yuma Cogeneration
Associates, CalEnergy, LLC,
MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC.
Description: Triennial Market Power
Update for the Southwest Region of the
BHE MBR Sellers.
Filed Date: 6/28/19.
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10,380
Accession Number: 20190628–5331.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/27/19.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1077–001;
ER15–1218–008; ER16–38–006; ER16–
39–005; ER17–157–004; ER17–2162–
005; ER17–2163–005; ER17–2341–002;
ER17–2453–002; ER18–1076–001;
ER18–1775–003; ER18–713–001.
Applicants: GASNA 36P, LLC, CA
Flats Solar 150, LLC, GASNA 6P, LLC,
CA Flats Solar 130, LLC, Imperial Valley
Solar 3, LLC, Moapa Southern Paiute
Solar, LLC, SunE Beacon Site 2 LLC,
Kingbird Solar A, LLC, Kingbird Solar
B, LLC, Solar Star California XIII, LLC,
64KT 8me LLC, SunE Beacon Site 5
LLC.
Description: Triennial Market-Based
Rate Update for the Capital Dynamics
Southwest MBR Sellers.
Filed Date: 6/28/19.
Accession Number: 20190628–5337.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/27/19.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1489–001;
ER13–1101–026; ER13–1541–025;
ER14–661–016; ER14–787–019; ER15–
1475–011; ER15–2593–010; ER15–54–
010; ER15–55–010; ER16–1154–008;
ER16–1882–003; ER16–452–009; ER16–
705–007; ER16–706–007; ER17–2508–
002; ER17–252–003; ER17–532–002.
Applicants: SP Cimarron I, LLC,
Parrey, LLC, Spectrum Nevada Solar,
LLC, Campo Verde Solar, LLC, SG2
Imperial Valley LLC, Macho Springs
Solar, LLC, Lost Hills Solar, LLC,
Blackwell Solar, LLC, North Star Solar,
LLC, Desert Stateline LLC, RE
Tranquillity LLC, RE Garland A LLC, RE
Garland LLC, Boulder Solar Power, LLC,
RE Gaskell West 1 LLC, PPA Grand
Johanna LLC, 2016 ESA Project
Company, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing of SP
Cimarron I, LLC, et. al. 2886–000.
Filed Date: 6/28/19.
Accession Number: 20190628–5332.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/19/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–1485–001.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Compliance filing:
Compliance Filing in ER19–1485—
NIMECA Formula Rate to be effective 6/
1/2019.
Filed Date: 7/1/19.
Accession Number: 20190701–5291.
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/22/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2277–001.
Applicants: ITC Midwest LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment: ITC
Midwest Supplemental Filing of
Communications Sharing Agreement to
be effective 6/28/2019.
Filed Date: 7/1/19.
Accession Number: 20190701–5273.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/22/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2315–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
WPPI Energy.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2019–07–01_WPPI Revisions to
Attachments O, GG & MM to be effective
9/1/2019.
Filed Date: 7/1/19.
Accession Number: 20190701–5102.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/22/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2316–000.
Applicants: Renewable Energy Asset
Management Group, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Application For Market Based Rate to be
effective 7/2/2019.
Filed Date: 7/1/19.
Accession Number: 20190701–5103.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/22/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2317–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
MidAmerican Energy Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2019–07–01_SA 2787 MEC–IPL 1st Rev
WDS (George) to be effective 9/1/2019.
Filed Date: 7/1/19.
Accession Number: 20190701–5220.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/22/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2318–000.
Applicants: New York State Electric &
Gas Corporation.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Rate
Schedule FERC No. 87 Supplement to
be effective 9/1/2019.
Filed Date: 7/1/19.
Accession Number: 20190701–5225.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/22/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2319–000.
Applicants: Crystal Lake Wind II,
LLC.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Crystal lake Wind II, LLC Notice of
Cancellation of Market-Based Rate Tariff
to be effective 7/2/2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC19-30-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-920--Electric
Quarterly Reports); Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
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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 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission
or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-920 [Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR)].
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due SEPTEMBER 6,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC19-30-
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.
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 [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-920 [Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR)].
OMB Control No.: 1902-0255.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities and non-public utilities with
more than a de minimis market presence.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-920 information
collection with no changes to the current reporting requirements.\1\
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\1\ This does not include any changes to the estimates from the
Notice Seeking Comments on proposed revisions and clarifications to
the EQR reporting requirements, currently pending in Docket No.
RM01-8-000, et al.
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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 estimates 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.
Abstract: The Commission originally set forth the EQR filing
requirements in Order No. 2001 (Docket No. RM01-8-000, issued April 25,
2002, at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/intermediate.asp?link_file=yes&doclist=2270047). Order No. 2001
required public utilities to electronically file EQRs summarizing
transaction information for short-term and long-term cost-based sales
and market-based rate sales and the contractual terms and conditions in
their agreements for all jurisdictional services.\2\ The Commission
established the EQR reporting requirements to help ensure the
collection of information needed to perform its regulatory functions
over transmission and sales, while making data more useful to the
public and allowing public utilities to better fulfill their
responsibility under FPA section 205(c) to have rates on file in a
convenient form and place. As noted in Order No. 2001, the EQR data is
designed to ``provide greater price transparency, promote competition,
enhance confidence in the fairness of the markets, and provide a better
means to detect and discourage discriminatory practices.''
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\2\ Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements, Order No. 2001,
67 FR 31043 (May 8, 2002), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,127, reh'g
denied, Order No. 2001-A, 100 FERC ] 61,074, reh'g denied, Order No.
2001-B, 100 FERC ] 61,342, order directing filing, Order No. 2001-C,
101 FERC ] 61,314 (2002), order directing filing, Order No. 2001-D,
102 FERC ] 61,334, order refining filing requirements, Order No.
2001-E, 105 FERC ] 61,352 (2003), order on clarification, Order No.
2001-F, 106 FERC ] 61,060 (2004), order revising filing
requirements, Order No. 2001-G, 72 FR 56735 (Oct. 4, 2007), 120 FERC
] 61,270, order on reh'g and clarification, Order No. 2001-H, 73 FR
1876 (Jan. 10, 2008), 121 FERC ] 61,289 (2007), order revising
filing requirements, Order No. 2001-I, 73 FR 65526 (Nov. 4, 2008),
125 FERC ] 61,103 (2008).
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Since issuing Order No. 2001, the Commission has provided guidance
and refined the reporting requirements, as necessary, to reflect
changes in the Commission's rules and regulations.\3\ The Commission
also adopted an Electric Quarterly Report Data Dictionary, which
provides in one document the definitions of certain terms and values
used in filing EQR data.\4\
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\3\ See, e.g., Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements for
Electric Quarterly Reports, 124 FERC ] 61,244 (2008) (providing
guidance on the filing of information on transmission capacity
reassignments in EQRs); Notice of Electric Quarterly Reports
Technical Conference, 73 FR 2477 (Jan. 15, 2008) (announcing a
technical conference to discuss changes associated with the EQR Data
Dictionary).
\4\ Order No. 2001-G, 120 FERC ] 61,270 (2007).
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To increase transparency broadly across all wholesale markets
subject to the Commission's jurisdiction, the Commission issued Order
No. 768 in 2012.\5\ Order No. 768 required market participants that are
excluded from the Commission's jurisdiction under the Federal Power Act
section 205 (non-public utilities) and have more than a de minimis
market presence to file EQRs with the Commission. In addition, Order
No. 768 revised the EQR filing requirements to build upon the
Commission's prior improvements to the reporting requirements and
further enhance the goals of providing greater price transparency,
promoting competition, instilling confidence in the fairness of the
markets, and providing a better means to detect and discourage anti-
competitive, discriminatory, and manipulative practices.
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\5\ Order No. 768, 77 FR 61896 (Oct. 11, 2012), FERC Stats. &
Regs. ] 31,336 (2012).
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EQR information allows the public to assess supply and demand
fundamentals and to price interstate wholesale market transactions.
This, in turn, results in greater market confidence, lower transaction
costs, and ultimately supports competitive markets. In addition, the
data filed in the EQR strengthens the Commission's ability to exercise
its wholesale electric rate and electric power transmission oversight
and enforcement responsibilities in accordance with the Federal Power
Act. Without this information, the Commission would lack some of the
data it needs to examine and approve or modify electric rates.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities, and non-public utilities with
more than a de minimis market presence.
Estimate of Annual Burden and Cost: \6\ The Commission estimates
the annual public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\6\ The cost is based on FERC's 2019 Commission-wide average
salary cost (salary plus benefits) of $80.00/hour. The Commission
staff believes the FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
wages plus benefits is representative of the corresponding cost for
the industry respondents.
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Annual number
of responses Total number Average burden hrs. & cost per Total annual burden hours & total annual
Number of respondents per of responses response cost
respondent
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)................................. (3) * (4) = (5)
(3)
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2,595................................. 4 10,380 18.1 hrs.; $1,448................... 187,878 hrs.; $15,030,240.
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Dated: June 27, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-14451 Filed 7-5-19; 8:45 am]
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