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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.2
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.3
To increase transparency broadly
across all wholesale markets subject to
the Commission’s jurisdiction, the
Commission issued Order No. 768 in
2012.4 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: 5 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:
FERC–920: ELECTRIC QUARTERLY REPORTS (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)
2,595
4
Dated: September 18, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Commission
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Records Governing Off-the-Record
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This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
2 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).
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summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
the prohibited communication and any
responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication, and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable
proceeding in accordance with Rule
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
3 Order
No. 2001–G, 120 FERC ¶ 61,270 (2007).
No. 768, 77 FR 61896 (Oct. 11, 2012),
FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,336 (2012).
5 ‘‘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
4 Order
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Exempt off-the-record
communications are included in the
decisional record of the proceeding,
unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40
CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently
received by the Secretary of the
Commission. The communications
listed are grouped by docket numbers in
ascending order. These filings are
available for electronic review at the
Commission in the Public Reference
Room or may be viewed on the
Commission’s website 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, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnline Support@
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
The cost is based on FERC’s 2019 average FTE
(full-time equivalent) cost (wages plus benefits) of
$80.00/hour. The Commission staff believes the
FERC FTE cost for wages plus benefits is
representative of the corresponding cost for the
industry respondents.
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for TTY, contact (202)502–8659.
Docket No.
File date
Prohibited:
P–14227–003 ......................................................................
EL16–49–000 ......................................................................
EL18–178–000
CP18–548–000 ....................................................................
Exempt:
EL16–49–000 ......................................................................
EL18–178–000
P–14227–003 ......................................................................
Dated: September 17, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Electric Quarterly Report Users Group
Meeting and Electric Quarterly
Reports; Notice of Electric Quarterly
Report Users Group Meeting
Take notice that on December 4, 2019
staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) will hold an
Electric Quarterly Report (EQR) Users
Group meeting. The meeting will take
place from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST)
in Hearing Room 1 at 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426. All
interested persons are invited to attend.
For those unable to attend in person,
access to the meeting will be available
via webcast.
This meeting provides a forum for
dialogue between Commission staff and
EQR users to discuss potential
improvements to the EQR program and
the EQR filing process. Prior to the
meeting, staff would like input on
discussion topics. Individuals may
suggest agenda topics for consideration
by emailing EQRUsersGroup@ferc.gov.
Please note that matters pending
before the Commission and subject to ex
parte limitations cannot be discussed at
this meeting. An agenda of the meeting
will be provided in a subsequent notice.
Due to the nature of the discussion,
those interested in participating are
encouraged to attend in person. All
interested persons (whether attending in
person or via webcast) are asked to
register https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/
1 Senators Charles Shumer, Richard Durbin,
Thomas Carper, Christopher Coons, Benjamin
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8–28–2019
9–6–2019
South West Riverside County Fire Safe Council.
Electric Power Supply Association.
9–10–2019
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company.
8–29–2019
U.S. Senate. 1
9–10–2019
Assembly California Legislature. 2
registration/12-04-19-form.asp. There is
no registration fee. Anyone with
internet access can listen to the meeting
by navigating to www.ferc.gov’s
Calendar of Events, locating the EQR
Users Group Meeting on the Calendar,
and clicking on the link to the webcast.
The webcast will allow persons to listen
to the technical conference and they can
email questions during the meeting to
EQRUsersGroup@ferc.gov.
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov
or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice)
or 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a FAX
to 202–208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about the EQR
Users Group meeting, please contact Jeff
Sanders of the Commission’s Office of
Enforcement at (202) 502–6455, or send
an email to EQRUsersGroup@ferc.gov.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG19–183–000.
Applicants: Airport Solar LLC.
Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Airport Solar LLC.
Filed Date: 9/17/19.
Accession Number: 20190917–5065.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/19.
Docket Numbers: EG19–184–000.
Applicants: Heart of Texas Wind,
LLC.
Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Heart of Texas
Wind, LLC.
Filed Date: 9/17/19.
Accession Number: 20190917–5069.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/19.
Docket Numbers: EG19–185–000.
Applicants: Isabella Wind, LLC.
Description: Self-Certification of
Exempt Wholesale Generator Status of
Isabella Wind, LLC.
Filed Date: 9/17/19.
Accession Number: 20190917–5073.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/19.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER19–1928–002.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
3290R2 Sholes Wind GIA—Amended
Filing to be effective 4/25/2019.
Filed Date: 9/16/19.
Accession Number: 20190916–5132.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2446–002.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2019–09–17_SA 3332, Southern Indiana
Gas & Electric-OSER 2nd Sub GIA (J783)
to be effective 7/10/2019.
Filed Date: 9/17/19.
Accession Number: 20190917–5094.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2448–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
MidAmerican Energy Company.
Description: Supplement to July 24,
2019, Midcontinent Independent
System Operator, Inc. tariff filing
(Replacement Tab C ? Revised Exhibit
B).
Filed Date: 9/16/19.
Accession Number: 20190916–5182.
Cardin, Chris Van Hollen, Cory Booker, Sheldon
Whitehouse, Brian Schatz, and Robert Casey Jr.
67.
Dated: September 17, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM98-1-000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice
This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of
the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission
decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-
the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested
proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of
the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any
oral communication.
Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional
file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the
proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited
communication and any responses thereto should become a part of the
decisional record, the prohibited off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to respond to any facts or
contentions made in a prohibited off-the-record communication, and may
request that the Commission place the prohibited communication and
responses thereto in the decisional record. The Commission will grant
such a request only when it determines that fairness so requires. Any
person identified below as having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable proceeding in accordance with
Rule 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record communications are included in the decisional
record of the proceeding, unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40 CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-the-record communications recently
received by the Secretary of the Commission. The communications listed
are grouped by docket numbers in ascending order. These filings are
available for electronic review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website 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, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnline [email protected]
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ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202)502-
8659.
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\1\ Senators Charles Shumer, Richard Durbin, Thomas Carper,
Christopher Coons, Benjamin Cardin, Chris Van Hollen, Cory Booker,
Sheldon Whitehouse, Brian Schatz, and Robert Casey Jr.
\2\ Assemblywoman, Melissa A. Melendez, District 67.
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Presenter or
Docket No. File date requester
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Prohibited:
P-14227-003................... 8-28-2019 South West Riverside
County Fire Safe
Council.
EL16-49-000................... 9-6-2019 Electric Power
Supply Association.
EL18-178-000 ....................
CP18-548-000.................. 9-10-2019 Eastern Shore
Natural Gas
Company.
Exempt:
EL16-49-000................... 8-29-2019 U.S. Senate. \1\
EL18-178-000 ....................
P-14227-003................... 9-10-2019 Assembly California
Legislature. \2\
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Dated: September 17, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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