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in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is December 8,
2021.
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interventions in lieu of paper, using the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. PL21–3–000]
[Docket No. IC22–3–000]
Technical Conference on Greenhouse
Gas Mitigation: Natural Gas Act
Sections 3 and 7 Authorizations;
Supplemental Notice of Technical
Conference
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form Nos. 1, 1T, 1–F,
1–FT, 3–Q, and 3–QT); Comment
Request; Extensions
Dated: November 18, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
Dated: November 18, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–25680 Filed 11–23–21; 8:45 am]
[FR Doc. 2021–25672 Filed 11–23–21; 8:45 am]
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As announced in the Notice of
Technical Conference issued in this
proceeding on September 16, 2021, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) will convene a
Commission staff-led technical
conference to discuss methods natural
gas companies may use to mitigate the
effects of direct and indirect greenhouse
gas emissions resulting from Natural
Gas Act sections 3 and 7 authorizations.
The technical conference will be held
on Friday, November 19, 2021, from
approximately 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Eastern time. The conference will be
held virtually.
Attached to this Supplemental Notice
is a revised agenda for the technical
conference, which includes the final
conference program and a revised list of
expected speakers. The conference will
be open for the public to attend
virtually. Registration is not required
and there is no fee for attendance.
Information on this technical
conference, including a link to the
public webcast, is available at
www.ferc.gov/GhG-mitigation. The
conference is also posted on the
Calendar of Events on the Commission’s
website, www.ferc.gov. Transcripts will
be available for a fee from Ace
Reporting, (202) 347–3700.
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov,
call toll-free (866) 208–3372 (voice) or
(202) 208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to
(202) 208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about this
technical conference, please contact
GHGTechConf@ferc.gov. For
information related to logistics, please
contact Sarah McKinley at
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov or (202) 502–
8368. This notice is issued and
published in accordance with 18 CFR
2.1.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections 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 collections, FERC
Form Nos. 1 and 1T (Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Others), 1–F and 1–FT (Annual Report
for Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees), and 3–Q and 3–QT
(Quarterly Financial Report of Electric
Utilities, Licensees, and Natural Gas
Companies).
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collections of
information are due January 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC22–3–000
and the form) by either of the following
methods:
• 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
DATES:
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FERC Form No. 1 is a comprehensive
financial and operating report submitted
annually for electric rate regulation,
market oversight analysis, and financial
audits by major electric utilities,
licensees, and others. Major is defined
as having in each of the last three
consecutive calendar years, sales or
transmission services that exceed one of
the following: (1) One million
megawatt-hours of total sales; (2) 100
megawatt-hours of sales for resale; (3)
500 megawatt-hours of power exchanges
delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt-hours of
wheeling for others (deliveries plus
losses).3
FERC Form No. 1 is designed to
collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the
public. FERC Form No. 1 includes a
basic set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Income,
• Statement of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statements of Accumulated
Comprehensive Income,
• Comprehensive Income, and
Hedging Activities, and
• Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
• Supplementary information and
outlines of corporate structure and
governance,
• Information on formula rates, and
• Description of important changes
during the year.
Other schedules provide:
• Information on revenues and the
related quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
1 Due to expiration dates in 2019 for many of the
Commission’s financial forms, the renewal work for
several of the forms was in process or pending at
OMB during the 2019 Forms Refresh rulemaking
effort in Docket No. RM19–12–000. The
simultaneous OMB Paperwork Reduction Act
processes required the assignment of alternate
temporary information collection numbers (‘‘T’’) for
some collections at the proposed and/or final rule
stages. Accordingly, FERC Form Nos. 1T, 1–FT, and
3–QT represent the additional burden associated
with the final rule in RM19–12–000. Revisions to
the Filing Process for Comm’n Forms, Order No.
859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).
2 For purposes of this notice, unless otherwise
stated, FERC Form Nos. 1 and 1T are collectively
referred to as ‘‘FERC Form No. 1,’’ FERC Form Nos.
1–F and 1–FT are collectively referred to as ‘‘FERC
Form No. 1–F,’’ and FERC Form Nos. 3–Q (electric
and natural gas) and 3–QT (electric and natural gas)
are collectively referred to as ‘‘FERC Form No. 3–
Q.’’ Because this renewal will incorporate the
requirements and burden represented by the 1T, 1–
FT, and 3–QT into FERC Form Nos. 1, 1–F, and 3–
Q, respectively, it is anticipated that the
Commission will eventually seek to retire the 1T,
1–FT, and 3–QT as duplicative.
3 As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of
Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.1.
4 Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:1
Type of Request: Three-year
extensions of FERC Form Nos. 1, 1T, 1–
F, 1–FT, 3–Q, and 3Q–T with no
changes to the current reporting
requirements.2
FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Others
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902–
0021 (FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report
of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees,
and Others) and 1902–0311 (FERC Form
No. 1T, Annual Report of Major Electric
Utilities, Licensees and Others—
Modifications to Form 1 due to Final
Rule in Docket No. RM19–12–000).
Abstract:
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FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of
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• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data, and
• Other statistical information.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form
No. 1
Previously, FERC Form No. 1 filers
would transmit the information in the
form to the Commission using a
software application called Visual
FoxPro (VFP). This application is no
longer supported by its developer,
Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in
April 2015, the Commission issued an
order announcing its intention to
replace the VFP filing format for certain
Commission forms (including FERC
Form No. 1) with an eXtensible Markup
Language (XML)-based filing format. On
June 20, 2019, the Commission issued
Order No. 859, which adopted
eXtensible Business Reporting Language
(XBRL) as the standard for filing FERC
Form No. 1 and certain other
Commission forms.4
Type of Respondent: Major electric
utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 The
Commission estimates the annual
burden and cost 6 for FERC Form No. 1
as follows:
5 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, 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 burden hours and costs are
rounded for ease of presentation.
6 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
wages plus benefits is representative of the
corresponding cost for the industry respondents.
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An~ual "Bll~
(Hrs.).& Tot
Annual Cost(
(3);~(4 ;=(5
Form 1
Form 1-T
217
217
217
1,168
$101,616
253,456
$22,050,672
$101,616
217
14
$1,218
3,038
$264,306
$1,218
256,494
$22,314,978
Total
$102,834
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902–
0029 (FERC Form No. 1–F, Annual
Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees) and 1902–0312 (FERC Form
No. 1–FT, Annual Report for Nonmajor
Public Utilities and Licensees,
Modifications to FERC Form No. 1–F
due to Final Rule in Docket No. RM19–
12–000).
Abstract: FERC Form No. 1–F is a
financial and operating report submitted
annually for electric rate regulation,
market oversight analysis, and financial
audits by Nonmajor electric utilities and
licensees. Nonmajor is defined as
utilities and licensees that are not
classified as Major, and having total
sales in each of the last three
consecutive years of 10,000 megawatthours or more.7
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7 As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of
Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and
Licensees Subject to the Provision of the Federal
Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR 141.2.
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FERC Form No. 1–F is designed to
collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the
public. FERC Form No. 1–F includes a
basic set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statement of Comprehensive
Income and Hedging Activities, and
• Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
• Supplementary information and
include revenues and the related
quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data, and
• Other statistical information.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form
No. 1–F
Previously, FERC Form No. 1–F filers
would transmit the information in the
form to the Commission using a
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software application called Visual
FoxPro (VFP). This application is no
longer supported by its developer,
Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in
April 2015, the Commission issued an
order announcing its intention to
replace the VFP filing format for certain
Commission forms (including FERC
Form No. 1–F) with an XML-based filing
format. On June 20, 2019, the
Commission issued Order No. 859,
which adopted XBRL as the standard for
filing FERC Form No. 1–F and other
Commission forms.8
Type of Respondent: Nonmajor
electric utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost
follow. (The estimated hourly cost used
for FERC Form No. 1–F is $87 (for wages
plus benefits) and is described above,
under FERC Form No. 1.) The burden
hours and costs are rounded for ease of
presentation.
8 Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).
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FERC Form No. 1–F, Annual Report for
Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees
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Form 1-F
2
2
122
$10,614
244
$21,228
$10,614
Form 1-FT
2
2
14
$1,218
28
$2,436
$1,218
272
$23,664
Total
$11,832
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902–
0205 (FERC Form No. 3–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies)
and 1902–0313 (FERC Form No. 3–QT,
Quarterly Financial Report-Electric and
Gas, modifications to FERC Form No. 3–
Q due to Final Rule in Docket No.
RM19–12–000).
Abstract: FERC Form No. 3–Q is a
quarterly financial and operating report
for rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits which
supplements (a) FERC Form Nos. 1 and
1–F, for the electric industry, or (b)
FERC Form No. 2 (Annual Report for
Major Natural Gas Companies; OMB
Control No. 1902–0028) and FERC Form
No. 2–A (Annual Report for Nonmajor
Natural Gas Companies; OMB Control
No. 1902–0030), for the natural gas
industry. FERC Form No. 3–Q is
submitted for all Major and Nonmajor
electric utilities, licensees, and natural
gas companies.9
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CFR 260.1(b) states that for natural gas
companies as defined by the Natural Gas Act, Major
pertains to a company whose combined gas
transported or stored for a fee exceed 50 million Dth
in each of the three previous calendar years. 18 CFR
260.2(b) states that for natural gas companies as
defined by the Natural Gas Act, Non-Major pertains
to a company not meeting the filing threshold for
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FERC Form No. 3–Q includes a basic
set of financial statements:
• Comparative Balance Sheet,
• Statement of Income and Statement
of Retained Earnings,
• Statement of Cash Flows,
• Statement of Comprehensive
Income and Hedging Activities, and
• Supporting schedules containing
supplementary information.
Electric respondents report:
• Revenues and the related quantities
of electric sales and electricity
transmitted,
• Account balances for all electric
operation and maintenance expenses,
• Selected plant cost data, and
• Other statistical information.
Natural gas respondents report:
• Monthly and quarterly quantities of
gas transported and associated revenues,
• Storage, terminalling, and
processing services,
• Natural gas customer accounts and
details of service, and
• Operational expenses, depreciation,
depletion, and amortization of gas plant.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form
No. 3–Q
Previously, FERC Form No. 3–Q filers
would transmit the information in the
form to the Commission using a
software application called Visual
FoxPro (VFP). This application is no
longer supported by its developer,
Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in
April 2015, the Commission issued an
order announcing its intention to
replace the VFP filing format for certain
Commission forms (including FERC
Form No. 3–Q) with an XML-based
filing format. On June 20, 2019, the
Commission issued Order No. 859,
which adopted XBRL as the standard for
filing these Commission forms.10
Type of Respondent: Major and
nonmajor electric utilities, licensees,
and natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
estimated annual burden and cost (as
rounded) follow. (The estimated hourly
cost used for FERC Form No. 3–Q is $87
(for wages plus benefits) and is
described above, under FERC Form No.
1.) The burden hours and costs are
rounded for ease of presentation. The
quarterly filings are generally a subset of
the annual filings. For this reason, the
XBRL burden (‘‘3–QT’’) hours are ‘‘0’’
because the burden associated with the
3–QT is already incorporated into other
burden numbers for FERC Form No. 1
and FERC Form No. 2.
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FERC Form No. 2, but having total gas sales or
volume transactions exceeding 200,000 Dth in each
of the three previous calendar years.
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10 Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).
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FERC Form No. 3–Q, Quarterly
Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies
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Form 3-Q (Electric)
221
3
663
168
$14,616
111,384
$9,690,408
$43,848
orm 3-QT (Electric)
221
3
663
0
$0
0
$0
$0
111,384
$9,690,408
Total
$43,848
Form 3-Q (Gas)
Form 3-QT(Gas)
147
3
147
3
441
167
$14,529
73,647
$6,407,289
$43,587
441
0
$0
0
$0
$0
73,647
$6,407,289
Total
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Dated: November 18, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–C
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: CP19–491–001.
Applicants: National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation.
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Description: Request for Approval of
Capacity Lease Agreement Amendment
between National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation under CP19–491 and
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC.
Filed Date: 11/17/2021.
Accession Number: 20211117–5159.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/23/21.
Docket Numbers: RP22–327–000.
Applicants: National Fuel Gas
Supply Corporation.
Description: Compliance filing:
TSCA—Informational Filing (November
2021) to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 11/18/21.
Accession Number: 20211118–5049.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/30/21.
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
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For the FERC Form 3–Q (electric and
natural gas), the total average annual
burden hours is 185,031, and the total
annual cost is $16,097,697.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC22-3-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC Form Nos. 1,
1T, 1-F, 1-FT, 3-Q, and 3-QT); Comment Request; Extensions
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collections 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 collections, FERC Form Nos. 1 and 1T (Annual Report of
Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Others), 1-F and 1-FT (Annual
Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees), and 3-Q and 3-QT
(Quarterly Financial Report of Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Natural Gas Companies).
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due January 24,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC22-3-000
and the form) by either of the following methods:
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
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at [email protected], and telephone at (202) 502-8663.
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\1\ Due to expiration dates in 2019 for many of the Commission's
financial forms, the renewal work for several of the forms was in
process or pending at OMB during the 2019 Forms Refresh rulemaking
effort in Docket No. RM19-12-000. The simultaneous OMB Paperwork
Reduction Act processes required the assignment of alternate
temporary information collection numbers (``T'') for some
collections at the proposed and/or final rule stages. Accordingly,
FERC Form Nos. 1T, 1-FT, and 3-QT represent the additional burden
associated with the final rule in RM19-12-000. Revisions to the
Filing Process for Comm'n Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ] 61,241
(2019).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:\1\
Type of Request: Three-year extensions of FERC Form Nos. 1, 1T, 1-
F, 1-FT, 3-Q, and 3Q-T with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.\2\
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\2\ For purposes of this notice, unless otherwise stated, FERC
Form Nos. 1 and 1T are collectively referred to as ``FERC Form No.
1,'' FERC Form Nos. 1-F and 1-FT are collectively referred to as
``FERC Form No. 1-F,'' and FERC Form Nos. 3-Q (electric and natural
gas) and 3-QT (electric and natural gas) are collectively referred
to as ``FERC Form No. 3-Q.'' Because this renewal will incorporate
the requirements and burden represented by the 1T, 1-FT, and 3-QT
into FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q, respectively, it is anticipated
that the Commission will eventually seek to retire the 1T, 1-FT, and
3-QT as duplicative.
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FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees,
and Others
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902-0021 (FERC Form No. 1, Annual
Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Others) and 1902-
0311 (FERC Form No. 1T, Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities,
Licensees and Others--Modifications to Form 1 due to Final Rule in
Docket No. RM19-12-000).
Abstract:
FERC Form No. 1, Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees,
and Others
FERC Form No. 1 is a comprehensive financial and operating report
submitted annually for electric rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits by major electric utilities, licensees,
and others. Major is defined as having in each of the last three
consecutive calendar years, sales or transmission services that exceed
one of the following: (1) One million megawatt-hours of total sales;
(2) 100 megawatt-hours of sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt-hours of
power exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt-hours of wheeling for
others (deliveries plus losses).\3\
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\3\ As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of Accounts
Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees Subject to the
Provision of the Federal Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR
141.1.
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FERC Form No. 1 is designed to collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the public. FERC Form No. 1
includes a basic set of financial statements:
Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Income,
Statement of Retained Earnings,
Statement of Cash Flows,
Statements of Accumulated Comprehensive Income,
Comprehensive Income, and Hedging Activities, and
Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
Supplementary information and outlines of corporate
structure and governance,
Information on formula rates, and
Description of important changes during the year.
Other schedules provide:
Information on revenues and the related quantities of
electric sales and electricity transmitted,
Account balances for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses,
Selected plant cost data, and
Other statistical information.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form No. 1
Previously, FERC Form No. 1 filers would transmit the information
in the form to the Commission using a software application called
Visual FoxPro (VFP). This application is no longer supported by its
developer, Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in April 2015, the
Commission issued an order announcing its intention to replace the VFP
filing format for certain Commission forms (including FERC Form No. 1)
with an eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-based filing format. On June
20, 2019, the Commission issued Order No. 859, which adopted eXtensible
Business Reporting Language (XBRL) as the standard for filing FERC Form
No. 1 and certain other Commission forms.\4\
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\4\ Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm'n Forms, Order No.
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Type of Respondent: Major electric utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \5\ The Commission estimates the annual
burden and cost \6\ for FERC Form No. 1 as follows:
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\5\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
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 burden hours and costs are rounded for ease of
presentation.
\6\ 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.
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FERC Form No. 1-F, Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902-0029 (FERC Form No. 1-F, Annual
Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees) and 1902-0312 (FERC
Form No. 1-FT, Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and
Licensees, Modifications to FERC Form No. 1-F due to Final Rule in
Docket No. RM19-12-000).
Abstract: FERC Form No. 1-F is a financial and operating report
submitted annually for electric rate regulation, market oversight
analysis, and financial audits by Nonmajor electric utilities and
licensees. Nonmajor is defined as utilities and licensees that are not
classified as Major, and having total sales in each of the last three
consecutive years of 10,000 megawatt-hours or more.\7\
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\7\ As detailed in 18 CFR 101 (Uniform System of Accounts
Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees Subject to the
Provision of the Federal Power Act, General Instructions) and 18 CFR
141.2.
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FERC Form No. 1-F is designed to collect financial and operational
information and is made available to the public. FERC Form No. 1-F
includes a basic set of financial statements:
Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Retained Earnings,
Statement of Cash Flows,
Statement of Comprehensive Income and Hedging Activities,
and
Notes to Financial Statements.
Supporting schedules contain:
Supplementary information and include revenues and the
related quantities of electric sales and electricity transmitted,
Account balances for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses,
Selected plant cost data, and
Other statistical information.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form No. 1-F
Previously, FERC Form No. 1-F filers would transmit the information
in the form to the Commission using a software application called
Visual FoxPro (VFP). This application is no longer supported by its
developer, Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in April 2015, the
Commission issued an order announcing its intention to replace the VFP
filing format for certain Commission forms (including FERC Form No. 1-
F) with an XML-based filing format. On June 20, 2019, the Commission
issued Order No. 859, which adopted XBRL as the standard for filing
FERC Form No. 1-F and other Commission forms.\8\
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Type of Respondent: Nonmajor electric utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The estimated annual burden and cost
follow. (The estimated hourly cost used for FERC Form No. 1-F is $87
(for wages plus benefits) and is described above, under FERC Form No.
1.) The burden hours and costs are rounded for ease of presentation.
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FERC Form No. 3-Q, Quarterly Financial Report of Electric Utilities,
Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902-0205 (FERC Form No. 3-Q,
Quarterly Financial Report of Electric Utilities, Licensees, and
Natural Gas Companies) and 1902-0313 (FERC Form No. 3-QT, Quarterly
Financial Report-Electric and Gas, modifications to FERC Form No. 3-Q
due to Final Rule in Docket No. RM19-12-000).
Abstract: FERC Form No. 3-Q is a quarterly financial and operating
report for rate regulation, market oversight analysis, and financial
audits which supplements (a) FERC Form Nos. 1 and 1-F, for the electric
industry, or (b) FERC Form No. 2 (Annual Report for Major Natural Gas
Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0028) and FERC Form No. 2-A (Annual
Report for Nonmajor Natural Gas Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0030),
for the natural gas industry. FERC Form No. 3-Q is submitted for all
Major and Nonmajor electric utilities, licensees, and natural gas
companies.\9\
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\9\ 18 CFR 260.1(b) states that for natural gas companies as
defined by the Natural Gas Act, Major pertains to a company whose
combined gas transported or stored for a fee exceed 50 million Dth
in each of the three previous calendar years. 18 CFR 260.2(b) states
that for natural gas companies as defined by the Natural Gas Act,
Non-Major pertains to a company not meeting the filing threshold for
FERC Form No. 2, but having total gas sales or volume transactions
exceeding 200,000 Dth in each of the three previous calendar years.
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FERC Form No. 3-Q includes a basic set of financial statements:
Comparative Balance Sheet,
Statement of Income and Statement of Retained Earnings,
Statement of Cash Flows,
Statement of Comprehensive Income and Hedging Activities,
and
Supporting schedules containing supplementary information.
Electric respondents report:
Revenues and the related quantities of electric sales and
electricity transmitted,
Account balances for all electric operation and
maintenance expenses,
Selected plant cost data, and
Other statistical information.
Natural gas respondents report:
Monthly and quarterly quantities of gas transported and
associated revenues,
Storage, terminalling, and processing services,
Natural gas customer accounts and details of service, and
Operational expenses, depreciation, depletion, and
amortization of gas plant.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form No. 3-Q
Previously, FERC Form No. 3-Q filers would transmit the information
in the form to the Commission using a software application called
Visual FoxPro (VFP). This application is no longer supported by its
developer, Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in April 2015, the
Commission issued an order announcing its intention to replace the VFP
filing format for certain Commission forms (including FERC Form No. 3-
Q) with an XML-based filing format. On June 20, 2019, the Commission
issued Order No. 859, which adopted XBRL as the standard for filing
these Commission forms.\10\
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Type of Respondent: Major and nonmajor electric utilities,
licensees, and natural gas companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The estimated annual burden and cost (as
rounded) follow. (The estimated hourly cost used for FERC Form No. 3-Q
is $87 (for wages plus benefits) and is described above, under FERC
Form No. 1.) The burden hours and costs are rounded for ease of
presentation. The quarterly filings are generally a subset of the
annual filings. For this reason, the XBRL burden (``3-QT'') hours are
``0'' because the burden associated with the 3-QT is already
incorporated into other burden numbers for FERC Form No. 1 and FERC
Form No. 2.
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For the FERC Form 3-Q (electric and natural gas), the total average
annual burden hours is 185,031, and the total annual cost is
$16,097,697.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collections of
information are 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 collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collections; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Dated: November 18, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-25683 Filed 11-23-21; 8:45 am]
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