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analyzed by staff and considered in the
Commission’s final licensing decision.
The application will be processed
according to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Commission issues
EA.
Comments on EA ......
Target date
March 2022.1
May 2022.
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to Amanda Gill at (202)
502–6773 or amanda.gill@ferc.gov.
Dated: September 20, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–20777 Filed 9–23–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–38–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities; (FERC–920, Electric
Quarterly Report); Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
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 Report (EQR)),
which will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
review of the information collection
requirements.
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due November 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of
your comments (identified by Docket
No. IC21–38–000 and the specific FERC
collection number (FERC–920) by one of
the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov is preferred.
DATES:
1 The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that
EAs be completed within 1 year of the federal
action agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission’s intent to
prepare an EA for the Campton Hydroelectric
Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ’s
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of
the issuance date of this notice.
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• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery:
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) delivery
to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by
phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
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
Abstract: The Commission originally
set forth the EQR filing requirements in
Order No. 2001 (Docket No. RM01–8–
000) which 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
1 This Notice in Docket No. IC21–38 is separate
from, and does not address, the activities in Docket
No. AD21–8–000.
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
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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
Federal Power Act (FPA) section
205(c) 3 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.4
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.5
To increase transparency broadly
across all wholesale markets subject to
the Commission’s jurisdiction, the
Commission issued Order No. 768 in
2012.6 Order No. 768 required market
participants that are excluded from the
Commission’s jurisdiction under the
FPA 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 anticompetitive, 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
¶ 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 16 U.S.C. 824d(c).
4 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).
5 Order No. 2001–G, 120 FERC ¶ 61,270 (2007).
6 Order No. 768, 77 FR 61896 (Oct. 11, 2012),
FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,336 (2012).
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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 support
its regulatory function over transmission
and sales.
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Type of Respondent: Public utilities,
and non-public utilities with more than
a de minimis market presence.
Estimate of Annual Burden and
Cost: 7 The Commission estimates the
annual public reporting burden 8 for the
information collection as:
FERC–920: ELECTRIC QUARTERLY REPORT (EQR)
Requirements
Number of
respondents
Average
annual
number of
responses per
respondent
1
2
Total number
of responses
Average
annual
burden hrs.
& cost ($)
per response
(rounded)
Total average
annual burden
hours & total
annual cost
($) (rounded)
Cost per
respondent
($) (rounded)
(1) * (2) = (3)
4
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
Electric Quarterly Report ................
2,929
4
11,716
18.1 hrs.; $1,575
212,060 hrs.;
$18,452,700.
$6,300
Total .........................................
........................
........................
11,716
............................
212,060 hrs.;
$18,452,700.
$6,300
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: September 20, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP21–493–000]
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited
Partnership; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization and Establishing
Intervention and Protest Deadline
Take notice that on September 10,
2021, Great Lakes Gas Transmission
Limited Partnership (Great Lakes), 700
Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston,
7 The cost is based on FERC’s 2021 Commissionwide average salary cost (salary plus benefits) of
$87.00/hour. The Commission staff believes the
FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
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Texas 77002–2700, filed in the above
referenced docket, a prior notice request
to modify the operation of a portion of
its natural gas pipeline mainline system
to reduce the Maximum Operating
Pressure (MOP) in the Bemidji,
Minnesota operations area, and to
abandon associated system design
capacity under authorities granted by its
blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP90–2053–000, all in Federal offshore
waters, offshore Louisiana, all as more
fully set forth in the application which
is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Great Lakes requests authorization to
modify the operation of its 36-inch
mainlines 100, 200, and 300 to reduce
the MOP from 974 psig to 812 psig from
CS 3 to CS 4, in the Bemidji, Minnesota
operations area. Additionally, Great
Lakes requests authorization to abandon
252.9 MDth/d of long-term summer
capacity and 299.4 MDth/d of long-term
winter capacity, from its point of receipt
at Emerson in Kittson County,
Minnesota to its point of delivery at
Fortune Lake in Iron County, Michigan,
associated with the Shevlin de-rate. The
estimated cost is $100,000.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (https://
ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. At this
time, the Commission has suspended
access to the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions regarding this prior
notice request should be directed to
David A. Alonzo, Manager, Project
Authorizations, Great Lakes Gas
Transmission Company, 700 Louisiana
Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas,
77002–2700, at (832) 320–5477 or by
email at david_alonzo@tcenergy.com.
wages plus benefits is representative of the
corresponding cost for the industry respondents.
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 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
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Public Participation
There are three ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project: You can file a protest to the
project, you can file a motion to
intervene in the proceeding, and you
can file comments on the project. There
is no fee or cost for filing protests,
motions to intervene, or comments. The
deadline for filing protests, motions to
intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on November 19, 2021.
How to file protests, motions to
intervene, and comments is explained
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC21-38-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities; (FERC-920, Electric
Quarterly Report); Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
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 Report (EQR)),
which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for a review of the information collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due November 23,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket
No. IC21-38-000 and the specific FERC collection number (FERC-920) by
one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://www.ferc.gov is preferred.
Electronic Filing: Documents must be filed in acceptable
native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or picture
format.
For those unable to file electronically, comments may be
filed by USPS mail or by hand (including courier) delivery:
[cir] Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: Addressed to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
[cir] Hand (including courier) delivery to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For user
assistance, contact FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone at (866) 208-3676 (toll-free).
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected] and telephone at (202) 502-8663.
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 Notice in Docket No. IC21-38 is separate from, and does
not address, the activities in Docket No. AD21-8-000.
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Abstract: The Commission originally set forth the EQR filing
requirements in Order No. 2001 (Docket No. RM01-8-000) which 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 Federal Power Act (FPA) section 205(c) \3\ 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).
\3\ 16 U.S.C. 824d(c).
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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.\4\ 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.\5\
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\4\ 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).
\5\ 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.\6\ Order No. 768 required market participants that are
excluded from the Commission's jurisdiction under the FPA 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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\6\ 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
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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
support its regulatory function over transmission and sales.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities, and non-public utilities with
more than a de minimis market presence.
Estimate of Annual Burden and Cost: \7\ The Commission estimates
the annual public reporting burden \8\ for the information collection
as:
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\7\ The cost is based on FERC's 2021 Commission-wide average
salary cost (salary plus benefits) of $87.00/hour. The Commission
staff believes the FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
wages plus benefits is representative of the corresponding cost for
the industry respondents.
\8\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
FERC-920: Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)
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Average annual Total average annual
Number of number of Total number Average annual burden burden hours & total Cost per
Requirements respondents responses per of responses hrs. & cost ($) per annual cost ($) respondent ($)
respondent response (rounded) (rounded) (rounded)
1 2 (1) * (2) = 4....................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1)
(3)
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Electric Quarterly Report............ 2,929 4 11,716 18.1 hrs.; $1,575....... 212,060 hrs.; $6,300
$18,452,700.
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Total............................ .............. .............. 11,716 ........................ 212,060 hrs.; $6,300
$18,452,700.
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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: September 20, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20774 Filed 9-23-21; 8:45 am]
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