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Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD22–14–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (Proposed FERC–1001 and
FERC–1002); Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) staff is soliciting
public comment on the proposed
surveys FERC–1001 (Hotline and
Helpline Survey) and FERC–1002
(Customer Engagement Management
Survey).
SUMMARY:
Comments on the proposed
collections of information are due
November 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. AD22–14–000)
by 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.
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.
Please identify whether your
comments relate to proposed collection
FERC–1001 (Hotline and Helpline
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Survey) and/or FERC–1002 (Customer
Engagement Management Survey).
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: Guides |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(ferc.gov) (https://www.ferc.gov/guides).
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 may subscribe to the docket
using eSubscription, FERC Online—Log
In (https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
LogIn.aspx). Users interested in viewing
or downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so using
eLibrary, eLibrary | General search
(ferc.gov) (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/
eLibrary/search).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Lozano may be reached at
Melissa.Lozano@FERC.gov by email or
telephone at (202) 502–6267.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles: Proposed FERC–1001 (Hotline
and Helpline Survey) and FERC–1002
(Customer Engagement Management
Survey).1
OMB Control Nos: 1902–TBD.2
Type of Request: Request for proposed
new information collections.
Abstract:
Proposed FERC–1001
This proposed survey covers the
Office of Public Participation (OPP)
helpline, Customer Engagement
helpline, Landowner helpline,
Alternative Dispute Resolution helpline,
Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)
helpline, and the Enforcement hotline.3
The contact information voluntarily
provided and collected is listed in
Attachment A to this notice. FERC
collects contact information voluntarily
1 The proposed surveys will not be published in
the Federal Register but will be available as part of
this notice in the Commission’s eLibrary system.
2 We anticipate having one OMB Control No. that
would include both proposed FERC–1001 and
proposed FERC–1002.
3 Proposed FERC—1001 covers five helplines and
one hotline: OPP Helpline: 202–502–6595;
OPP@ferc.gov; Customer Engagement Helpline:
202–502–8004; 1–866–208–3372;
customer@ferc.gov; Landowner Helpline: 1–877–
337–2237; fax 202–219–2730;
landownerHelp@ferc.gov; Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR) Helpline: 1–844–238–1560; fax
202–219–2730; ferc.adr@ferc.gov; Electric Quarterly
Report (EQR) Helpline: 202–502–8076;
eqr@ferc.gov. Enforcement Hotline: 202–502–8390;
1–888–889–8030; fax 202–208–0057; https://
www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/enforcementhotline/contract-hotline-staffanonymously.hotline@ferc.gov; https://
www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/enforcement/
enforcement-hotline/contact-hotline-staffanonymously.
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provided by members of the public who
contact FERC to obtain assistance with
navigating FERC matters. Members of
the public typically contact FERC
helplines and its Enforcement hotline
seeking assistance with understanding
specific issues that impact their
property and communities, businesses,
or marketplace. Other times, members of
the public contact FERC seeking to
understand how to express their
opinions, views, and concerns regarding
energy policy developments, energy
infrastructure projects, or a specific case
pending before FERC.
Members of the public, including
company representatives, contact FERC
to indicate their interest in obtaining
information to facilitate fulfilling their
compliance obligations under the
Commission’s Electric Quarterly Reports
regulations or to seek support or
guidance with filing their Electric
Quarterly Reports. Further, FERC invites
market participants and the general
public to contact FERC to report market
activities or transactions that may be
market manipulation, fraud, an abuse of
an affiliate relationship, a tariff
violation, a violation of a Commission
order, or other possible violation. FERC
receives the contact information or
specified data to provide customer
service. Data is used to respond to the
customer’s question. Data is also used in
an aggregated manner to identify areas
that require additional explanations
from FERC. Staff may use data from its
helplines and its hotline to develop
Frequently Asked Questions or other
educational materials for posting on the
FERC website.
Contact information is collected at
several intake points including via
email, telephone, fax, and/or webform.
The FERC website provides a number of
web-based forms for the public to
request assistance related to specific
subjects like landowner and energy
company disputes, reporting possible
violations of the Commission’s
regulations, energy infrastructure
compliance concerns, general
participation in Commission proceeding
inquiries, matters that may benefit from
alternative dispute resolution, press and
media issues, and Electric Quarterly
Reports.
Proposed FERC–1002
This survey covers outreach under
Office of Public Participation, Office of
External Affairs and Electric Quarterly
Report administrators.4 FERC proposes
to voluntarily collect information on
individual or stakeholder interests to
engage with them by providing to the
extent possible targeted information
consistent with their expressed interest.
The list of proposed questions is
included in Attachment B of this notice.
FERC proposes to voluntarily collect
contact information and information
about a participant’s subject matter
areas of interest, and to keep email
distributions to be used to inform
interested individuals of technical
conferences, workshops, user group
meetings, certain proceedings or of
press releases or newsletters.
This information collection is needed
to conduct customer engagement
activities. Customer engagement is
needed to further the Commission’s goal
of facilitating the public’s
understanding of FERC’s work and
encouraging their participation in FERC
matters. This data will allow FERC to
understand which areas of its work are
of greater interest to the public and
where additional public outreach and
educational materials or other resources
are needed the most.
Estimate of Annual Burden 5
The following tables set forth the
estimated annual burden and cost 6 for
the information collections:
ESTIMATED ANNUAL AVERAGES FOR PROPOSED FERC–1001 AND FERC–1002
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS FOR FERC–1001
Line
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
(2)
(1) × (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) × (4) = (5)
Landowner Helpline ..............................................................................................
Enforcement Hotline ..............................................................................................
ADR Helpline .........................................................................................................
OPP Helpline .........................................................................................................
Customer Engagement Helpline ...........................................................................
EQR Helpline ........................................................................................................
350
175
75
400
7,300
380
1
1
1
1.5
1
2.5
350
175
75
600
7,300
950
0.17
0.25
0.5
0.35
0.17
0.75
59.5
43.75
37.5
210
1,241
712.5
Totals (Rounded) ...........................................................................................
........................
........................
9,450
........................
2304
ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST FOR FERC–1001
Line
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Loaded cost
per hour
Average cost
per response
Total annual
cost
(3)
(4)
(6)
(4) × (6) = (7)
(3) × (7) = (8)
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Landowner Helpline ..............................................................................................
Enforcement Hotline ..............................................................................................
ADR Helpline .........................................................................................................
OPP Helpline .........................................................................................................
Customer Engagement Helpline ...........................................................................
EQR Helpline ........................................................................................................
4 Proposed FERC–1002 covers 3 areas of outreach
for customer engagement (a) from the Office of
Public Participation: Subscribe for Updates From
the Office of Public Participation | Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (ferc.gov): FERC Insight
Newsletter | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(https://www.ferc.gov/office-of-public-participationsubscribe) and (b) for the Electric Quarterly Report
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350
175
75
600
7,300
950
users: Join Our EQR Contact List | Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (ferc.gov) (https://
www.ferc.gov/join-our-eqr-contact-list).
5 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
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0.17
0.25
0.5
0.35
0.17
0.75
$91
91
91
91
91
91
$15.47
22.75
45.50
31.85
15.47
68.25
$5,414.50
3,981.25
3,412.50
19,110.00
112,931.00
64,837.50
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, see 5 CFR 1320.3.
6 Commission staff believes the FERC average
wages plus benefits are a reasonable approximation
of the cost for industry and public respondents.
Therefore we are using the 2022 FERC average cost
for wages plus benefits ($91.00 (rounded) per hour
or $188,922 (rounded) per year).
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST FOR FERC–1001—Continued
Line
Totals (Rounded) ...........................................................................................
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Loaded cost
per hour
Average cost
per response
Total annual
cost
(3)
(4)
(6)
(4) × (6) = (7)
(3) × (7) = (8)
I
9,450
I
........................
I
........................
I
........................
I
209,687
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS FOR FERC–1002
Subscriber type
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
(1)
(2)
(1) × (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) × (4) = (5)
Customer Engagement .........................................................................................
OPP .......................................................................................................................
EQR .......................................................................................................................
2,000
100
140
1
1
1
2,000
100
140
0.3
0.17
0.17
600
17
23.8
Totals (Rounded) ...........................................................................................
........................
........................
2,240
........................
641
ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST FOR FERC–1002
Subscriber type
Total number
of responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Loaded cost
per hour
Average cost
per response
Total annual
cost
(3)
(4)
(6)
(4) × (6) = (7)
(3) × (7) = (8)
Customer Engagement .........................................................................................
OPP .......................................................................................................................
EQR .......................................................................................................................
2000
100
140
0.3
0.17
0.17
$91
91
91
$27.30
15.47
15.47
$54,600.00
1,547.00
2,165.80
Totals (Rounded) ...........................................................................................
2,240
........................
........................
........................
58,313
COMBINED TOTAL FOR PROPOSED FERC–1001 AND FERC–1002
Estimated
hour burden
Estimated Annual Combined Total for Proposed FERC–1001 and FERC–1002 ....................................................................................
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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: September 1, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Project No. 2100–185]
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the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission)
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office
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administered by the U.S. Forest Service
and U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
The FEA contains the staff’s analysis
of the environmental effects of the
proposed amendment and concludes
that approving the amendment would
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The Commission provides all
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD22-14-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (Proposed FERC-1001
and FERC-1002); Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collections and request for
comments.
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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) staff is soliciting public comment on the proposed surveys FERC-
1001 (Hotline and Helpline Survey) and FERC-1002 (Customer Engagement
Management Survey).
DATES: Comments on the proposed collections of information are due
November 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. AD22-14-
000) by 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.
Please identify whether your comments relate to proposed collection
FERC-1001 (Hotline and Helpline Survey) and/or FERC-1002 (Customer
Engagement Management Survey).
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: Guides [bond] Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (ferc.gov) (https://www.ferc.gov/guides). For
user assistance, contact FERC Online Support by email at
ferc.gov">[email protected]ferc.gov, or by phone at (866) 208-3676 (toll-free).
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket may subscribe to the docket using
eSubscription, FERC Online--Log In (https://ferconline.ferc.gov/LogIn.aspx). Users interested in viewing or downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so using eLibrary, eLibrary [bond]
General search (ferc.gov) (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Lozano may be reached at
[email protected] by email or telephone at (202) 502-6267.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles: Proposed FERC-1001 (Hotline and Helpline Survey) and FERC-
1002 (Customer Engagement Management Survey).\1\
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\1\ The proposed surveys will not be published in the Federal
Register but will be available as part of this notice in the
Commission's eLibrary system.
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OMB Control Nos: 1902-TBD.\2\
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\2\ We anticipate having one OMB Control No. that would include
both proposed FERC-1001 and proposed FERC-1002.
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Type of Request: Request for proposed new information collections.
Abstract:
Proposed FERC-1001
This proposed survey covers the Office of Public Participation
(OPP) helpline, Customer Engagement helpline, Landowner helpline,
Alternative Dispute Resolution helpline, Electric Quarterly Report
(EQR) helpline, and the Enforcement hotline.\3\ The contact information
voluntarily provided and collected is listed in Attachment A to this
notice. FERC collects contact information voluntarily
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provided by members of the public who contact FERC to obtain assistance
with navigating FERC matters. Members of the public typically contact
FERC helplines and its Enforcement hotline seeking assistance with
understanding specific issues that impact their property and
communities, businesses, or marketplace. Other times, members of the
public contact FERC seeking to understand how to express their
opinions, views, and concerns regarding energy policy developments,
energy infrastructure projects, or a specific case pending before FERC.
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\3\ Proposed FERC--1001 covers five helplines and one hotline:
OPP Helpline: 202-502-6595; ferc.gov">[email protected]ferc.gov; Customer Engagement
Helpline: 202-502-8004; 1-866-208-3372; ferc.gov">[email protected]ferc.gov; Landowner
Helpline: 1-877-337-2237; fax 202-219-2730; ferc.gov">[email protected]ferc.gov;
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Helpline: 1-844-238-1560; fax
202-219-2730; ferc.gov">[email protected]ferc.gov; Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)
Helpline: 202-502-8076; ferc.gov">[email protected]ferc.gov. Enforcement Hotline: 202-502-
8390; 1-888-889-8030; fax 202-208-0057; https:ferc.gov">//www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/enforcement-hotline/[email protected]ferc.gov; https://www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/enforcement/enforcement-hotline/contact-hotline-staff-anonymously.
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Members of the public, including company representatives, contact
FERC to indicate their interest in obtaining information to facilitate
fulfilling their compliance obligations under the Commission's Electric
Quarterly Reports regulations or to seek support or guidance with
filing their Electric Quarterly Reports. Further, FERC invites market
participants and the general public to contact FERC to report market
activities or transactions that may be market manipulation, fraud, an
abuse of an affiliate relationship, a tariff violation, a violation of
a Commission order, or other possible violation. FERC receives the
contact information or specified data to provide customer service. Data
is used to respond to the customer's question. Data is also used in an
aggregated manner to identify areas that require additional
explanations from FERC. Staff may use data from its helplines and its
hotline to develop Frequently Asked Questions or other educational
materials for posting on the FERC website.
Contact information is collected at several intake points including
via email, telephone, fax, and/or webform. The FERC website provides a
number of web-based forms for the public to request assistance related
to specific subjects like landowner and energy company disputes,
reporting possible violations of the Commission's regulations, energy
infrastructure compliance concerns, general participation in Commission
proceeding inquiries, matters that may benefit from alternative dispute
resolution, press and media issues, and Electric Quarterly Reports.
Proposed FERC-1002
This survey covers outreach under Office of Public Participation,
Office of External Affairs and Electric Quarterly Report
administrators.\4\ FERC proposes to voluntarily collect information on
individual or stakeholder interests to engage with them by providing to
the extent possible targeted information consistent with their
expressed interest. The list of proposed questions is included in
Attachment B of this notice. FERC proposes to voluntarily collect
contact information and information about a participant's subject
matter areas of interest, and to keep email distributions to be used to
inform interested individuals of technical conferences, workshops, user
group meetings, certain proceedings or of press releases or
newsletters.
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\4\ Proposed FERC-1002 covers 3 areas of outreach for customer
engagement (a) from the Office of Public Participation: Subscribe
for Updates From the Office of Public Participation [bond] Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (ferc.gov): FERC Insight Newsletter
[bond] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (https://www.ferc.gov/office-of-public-participation-subscribe) and (b) for the Electric
Quarterly Report users: Join Our EQR Contact List [bond] Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (ferc.gov) (https://www.ferc.gov/join-our-eqr-contact-list).
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This information collection is needed to conduct customer
engagement activities. Customer engagement is needed to further the
Commission's goal of facilitating the public's understanding of FERC's
work and encouraging their participation in FERC matters. This data
will allow FERC to understand which areas of its work are of greater
interest to the public and where additional public outreach and
educational materials or other resources are needed the most.
Estimate of Annual Burden 5
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\5\ 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, see 5 CFR 1320.3.
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The following tables set forth the estimated annual burden and cost
\6\ for the information collections:
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\6\ Commission staff believes the FERC average wages plus
benefits are a reasonable approximation of the cost for industry and
public respondents. Therefore we are using the 2022 FERC average
cost for wages plus benefits ($91.00 (rounded) per hour or $188,922
(rounded) per year).
Estimated Annual Averages for Proposed FERC-1001 and FERC-1002
Estimated Annual Burden Hours for FERC-1001
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Number of Average burden
Line Number of responses per Total number hours per Total annual
respondents respondent of responses response burden hours
(1) (2) (1) x (2) = (4) (3) x (4) =
(3) (5)
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Landowner Helpline.............. 350 1 350 0.17 59.5
Enforcement Hotline............. 175 1 175 0.25 43.75
ADR Helpline.................... 75 1 75 0.5 37.5
OPP Helpline.................... 400 1.5 600 0.35 210
Customer Engagement Helpline.... 7,300 1 7,300 0.17 1,241
EQR Helpline.................... 380 2.5 950 0.75 712.5
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Totals (Rounded)............ .............. .............. 9,450 .............. 2304
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Estimated Annual Cost for FERC-1001
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Average burden
Line Total number hours per Loaded cost Average cost Total annual
of responses response per hour per response cost
(3) (4) (6) (4) x (6) = (3) x (7) =
(7) (8)
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Landowner Helpline.............. 350 0.17 $91 $15.47 $5,414.50
Enforcement Hotline............. 175 0.25 91 22.75 3,981.25
ADR Helpline.................... 75 0.5 91 45.50 3,412.50
OPP Helpline.................... 600 0.35 91 31.85 19,110.00
Customer Engagement Helpline.... 7,300 0.17 91 15.47 112,931.00
EQR Helpline.................... 950 0.75 91 68.25 64,837.50
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Totals (Rounded)............ 9,450 .............. .............. .............. 209,687
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Estimated Annual Burden Hours for FERC-1002
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Number of Average burden
Subscriber type Number of responses per Total number hours per Total annual
respondents respondent of responses response burden hours
(1) (2) (1) x (2) = (4) (3) x (4) =
(3) (5)
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Customer Engagement............. 2,000 1 2,000 0.3 600
OPP............................. 100 1 100 0.17 17
EQR............................. 140 1 140 0.17 23.8
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Totals (Rounded)............ .............. .............. 2,240 .............. 641
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Estimated Annual Cost for FERC-1002
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Average burden
Subscriber type Total number hours per Loaded cost Average cost Total annual
of responses response per hour per response cost
(3) (4) (6) (4) x (6) = (3) x (7) =
(7) (8)
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Customer Engagement............. 2000 0.3 $91 $27.30 $54,600.00
OPP............................. 100 0.17 91 15.47 1,547.00
EQR............................. 140 0.17 91 15.47 2,165.80
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Totals (Rounded)............ 2,240 .............. .............. .............. 58,313
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Combined Total for Proposed FERC-1001 and FERC-1002
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Estimated hour Estimated cost
burden burden
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Estimated Annual Combined Total for 2,945 $268,000
Proposed FERC-1001 and FERC-1002.......
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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: September 1, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-19406 Filed 9-7-22; 8:45 am]
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