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the Commission’s order in Docket No.
CP16–4–001, the Commission will
apply its revised practice concerning
out-of-time motions to intervene in any
new Natural Gas Act section 3 or section
7 proceeding.1 Persons desiring to
become a party to a certificate
proceeding are to intervene in a timely
manner. If seeking to intervene out-oftime, the movant is required to show
good cause why the time limitation
should be waived, and should provide
justification by reference to factors set
forth in Rule 214(d)(1) of the
Commission’s Rules and Regulations.2
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
1 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 162
FERC 61,167 at 50 (2018).
2 18 CFR 385.214(d)(1).
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and interventions in lieu of paper using
the eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 3 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on October 8, 2019.
Dated: September 17, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–30–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–920); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting its
information collection FERC–920
[Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR)] to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of the information
collection requirements. 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
previously published a Notice in the
Federal Register on July 8, 2019
requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments and
is making this notation in its submittal
to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by October 23,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0255, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC19–30–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
SUMMARY:
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• 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, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–920 [Electric Quarterly
Reports (EQR)].
OMB Control No.: 1902–0255.
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.1 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
1 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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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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record
Communications; Public Notice
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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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187,878 hrs.; $15,030,240
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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC19-30-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-920); Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
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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 submitting its information collection FERC-920 [Electric
Quarterly Reports (EQR)] to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review of the information collection requirements. 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
previously published a Notice in the Federal Register on July 8, 2019
requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments and is
making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by October 23,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0255, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: [email protected]. Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
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.
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], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-920 [Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR)].
OMB Control No.: 1902-0255.
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.\1\ 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
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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.''
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\1\ 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.\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\
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\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).
\3\ 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.\4\ 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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\4\ 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: \5\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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\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
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.
FERC-920: Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR)
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Annual number of Total annual burden
Number of respondents responses per Total number of Average burden hrs. hours & total
respondent responses & cost per response annual cost
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4)................ (3) * (4) = (5)
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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: September 18, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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