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sellers 2 must comply with in order to
obtain and retain market-based rate
authority.3
2. In Order No. 860,4 the Commission
revised certain aspects of the substance
and format of the ownership
information sellers must submit in order
to obtain or retain market-based rate
authority. Specifically, Order No. 860
requires that, as part of its market-based
rate application or baseline submission,
a seller must identify its ultimate
upstream affiliate(s) through a new
relational database.5
3. In accordance with Order No. 860,
as modified by Order No. 860–A, the
Order Adopting Revisions to
Information Collection,6 and the Notice
of Extension of Time,7 each seller with
a market-based rate tariff on file with
the Commission was required to make a
baseline submission to the market-based
rate relational database by February 1,
2022.8 Commission staff’s review of the
baseline submissions to the marketbased rate relational database indicates
that the sellers with market-based rate
authorization listed in the caption of
this order failed to file their baseline
submissions. This order notifies these
sellers that their market-based rate
authorizations will be revoked unless
they comply with the Commission’s
2 A ‘‘seller’’ is defined as any person that has
authorization to or seeks authorization to engage in
sales for resale of electric energy, capacity or
ancillary services at market-based rates under
section 205 of the FPA. 18 CFR 35.36(a)(1); 16
U.S.C. 824d. Each seller is a public utility under
section 205 of the FPA. 16 U.S.C. 824.
3 Order No. 697, 119 FERC ¶ 61,295 at n. 258.
4 Data Collection for Analytics & Surveillance and
Mkt.-Based Rate Purposes, Order No. 860, 168
FERC ¶ 61,039 (2019), order on reh’g, Order No.
860–A, 170 FERC ¶ 61,129 (2020).
5 Order No. 860, 168 FERC ¶ 61,039 at P 121.
6 Data Collection for Analytics & Surveillance and
Mkt.-Based Rate Purposes, 176 FERC ¶ 61,109
(2021) (Order Adopting Revisions to Information
Collection).
7 Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance
and Mkt.-Based Rate Purposes, Notice of Extension
of Time, Docket No. RM16–17–000 (Oct. 22, 2021).
8 A baseline submission consists of ‘‘market-based
rate information,’’ which includes (a) seller category
status for each region in which the seller has
market-based rate authority, (b) each market in
which the seller is authorized to sell ancillary
services at market-based rates, (c) mitigation, if any,
and (d) whether the seller has limited the regions
in which it has market-based rate authority. A
baseline submission also consists of ‘‘market-based
rate ownership information,’’ which includes
ultimate upstream affiliates; and affiliate owners
with franchised service areas, market-based rate
authority, or that directly own or control
generation; transmission, intrastate natural gas
transportation, storage or distribution facilities,
physical coal supply sources or ownership of or
control over who may access transportation of coal
supplies, and asset appendix information. Order
No. 860, 168 FERC ¶ 61,039 at P 185.
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requirements within 15 days of the date
of issuance of this order.9
4. To comply with the Commission’s
requirements, the above-captioned
sellers must file their baseline
submissions to the market-based rate
relational database consistent with the
procedures set forth in Order Nos. 860,
860–A, and the Order Adopting
Revisions to Information Collection.
5. In the event any of the abovecaptioned sellers have already
submitted their baseline submissions in
compliance with the Commission’s
requirements, their inclusion herein is
inadvertent. Such sellers are directed to
make a filing with the Commission,
within 15 days of the date of issuance
of this order, to identify themselves and
provide details about their prior
submissions to establish that they
complied with the Commission’s
market-based rate relational database
filing requirements.
6. If any of the above-captioned sellers
do not wish to continue having marketbased rate authority, they may file a
notice of cancellation of their marketbased rate tariffs with the Commission
pursuant to section 205 of the FPA.
The Commission orders:
(A) Within 15 days of the date of
issuance of this order, each seller listed
in the caption of this order shall file
with the Commission its delinquent
baseline submission to the market-based
rate relational database. If a seller
subject to this order fails to make the
filings required in this order, the
Commission intends to revoke that
seller’s market-based rate authorization
and intends to terminate its electric
market-based rate tariff. The Secretary is
hereby directed, upon expiration of the
filing deadline in this order, to promptly
issue a notice, effective on the date of
issuance, listing the sellers whose tariffs
have been revoked for failure to comply
with the requirements of this order and
the Commission’s market-based rate
relational database requirements.
(B) The Secretary is hereby directed to
publish this order in the Federal
Register.
Issued: September 22, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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9 Commission staff contacted or attempted to
contact the sellers to remind them of their
regulatory obligations. Despite these reminders,
however, the sellers listed in the caption of this
order have not met these obligations.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC22–20–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–740); 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, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
740 (Availability of E-Tag Information to
Commission Staff), 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 October 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–740 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB control number
(1902–0254) in the subject line. Your
comments should be sent within 30
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Please submit copies of your
comments (identified by Docket No.
IC22–20–000) to the Commission as
noted below. 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:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions:
OMB submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Using the search function
under the ‘‘Currently Under Review
field,’’ select Federal Energy Regulatory
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Commission; click ‘‘submit’’ and select
‘‘comment’’ to the right of the subject
collection.
FERC 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–740, Availability of E-Tag
Information to Commission Staff.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0254.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–740 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: This collection of
information is authorized by 18 CFR
366.2(d), which requires Commission
access, on a non-public and view-only
basis, to information that is located on
‘‘electronic tags,’’ also known as ‘‘eTags.’’ Each e-Tag consists of an
electronic record of a transaction to
transfer energy from a generation source
to a Balancing Authority (BA). Each BA
operates a portion of the grid, balancing
supply and demand and assuring
compliance with federal reliability
standards. E-Tag ‘‘authors’’ are typically
that case, this administrative function
would be expected to require at most an
hour of effort total from both the BA and
e-Tag administrator to include the BA
on the exemption list. New exempt BAs
are not common—years may pass
between them—but for the purpose of
estimation, we will conservatively
assume one appears each year creating
a burden and cost associated with the
Commission’s FERC–740 of one hour
and $36.90.
Type of Respondents: PurchasingSelling Entities and Balancing
Authorities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the burden and
cost for FERC–740 as follows based on
the distinct e-Tags submitted to the
Commission in 2021 (the most recent
full year available).
The estimated hourly cost (wages plus
benefits) provided in this section is
based on the figures for May 2021
posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
for the Utilities sector (available at
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm), assuming:
—15 minutes legal (code 23–0000), at
$73.09/hour median hourly wage; and
—45 minutes information and record
clerk (code 43–4199), at $24.84/hour
median hourly wage.
The overall hourly cost is $36.90 (i.e.,
15 minutes/60 minutes) * $73.09/hour
median hourly wage for legal + 45
minutes/60 minutes) * $24.84/hour
median hourly wage for information and
record clerk.
A.
Number of
respondents
B.
Annual
number
of responses
(E-Tags) per
respondent
C.
Total number
of responses
(column A ×
column B)
D.
Average
burden
& cost per
response
E.
Total annual
burden hours &
total
annual cost
(column C ×
column D)
435 PSE/BAs .............
3,403 E-Tags ............
1,480,305 E-Tags .....
1 E-Tag administrator
1 response to add
new non-jurisdictional Balancing
Authority.
1 response to add
new non-jurisdictional Balancing
Authority.
Automatic, so 0 burden and cost.
1 hr.; $36.90 .............
Automatic, so 0 burden and cost.
1 hr.; $36.90 .............
Automatic, so 0 burden and cost.
$36.90
3,404 .........................
1,480,306 ..................
1 hr.; $36.90 .............
1 hr.; $36.90 .............
$36.90
Totals ..................
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Purchasing-Selling Entities (PSEs). A
PSE purchases or sells energy, capacity,
and Interconnected Operations Services.
Transmission system operators, which
are among the addressees of e-Tags, use
e-Tags to ascertain the transactions
affecting their local systems, and to
prevent damage to the power grid.
Commission access to e-Tags helps the
Commission detect and prevent market
manipulation and anti-competitive
behavior, and monitor the efficiency of
markets. Both transmission system
operators and the Commission need the
e-Tag information to understand the use
of the interconnected electricity grid,
particularly transactions occurring at
interchanges. Due to the nature of the
electric grid, an individual transaction’s
impact on an interchange cannot be
assessed adequately in all cases without
information from all connected systems,
which is included in the e-Tags. The
inclusion of the Commission is
completely automatic and is part of the
normal business requirement. Thus, the
time, effort, and financial resources
necessary to comply with this collection
of information are ‘‘usual and
customary’’ within the meaning of the
OMB regulation at 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2)
(excluding such activities from the
definition of ‘‘burden’’). In view of these
circumstances, FERC is including only a
‘‘placeholder’’ burden of one hour to
account for the rare event where a new
BA qualifies for exemption under the
Commission’s regulations (e.g.,
transmissions from a new non-U.S. BA
into another non-U.S. BA using a path
that does not go through a U.S. BA). In
F.
Cost per
respondent
($)
(column
E÷
column A)
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.
1 ‘‘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 5 CFR part 1320.
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Dated: September 20, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–20946 Filed 9–27–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER18–1639–000.
Applicants: Constellation Mystic
Power, LLC.
Description: Constellation Mystic
Power, LLC submits September 2022
Informational Filing.
Filed Date: 9/15/22.
Accession Number: 20220915–5354.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/6/22.
Docket Numbers: ER19–841–001.
Applicants: Energy Center Dover LLC.
Description: Notice of Change in
Status of Energy Center Dover LLC.
Filed Date: 9/19/22.
Accession Number: 20220919–5246.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2518–000.
Applicants: Clearwater Wind I, LLC.
Description: Supplement to July 28,
2022, Clearwater Wind I, LLC
Application for Market-Based Rate
Authorization to be effective 9/27/2022.
Filed Date: 9/19/22.
Accession Number: 20220919–5268.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/29/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2884–000.
Applicants: Golden Spread Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: WPC
Amendments Depr. and Deriv
Accounting to be effective 11/19/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5011.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2886–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing:
Compliance on Certain Market Seller
Offer Cap Provisions (EL22–22) to be
effective 8/24/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5019.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2887–000.
Applicants: Crossing Trails Wind
Power Project LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Notice of Cancellation and withdrawal
of Rate Schedule Tariff to be effective 9/
21/2022.
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Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5026.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2888–000.
Applicants: Northern Indiana Public
Service Company LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Certificate of Concurrence to be effective
8/25/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5027.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2889–000.
Applicants: PacifiCorp.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
UAMPS Const Agmt Lehi Carter BTM
Resource Modeling to be effective 11/
20/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5044.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2890–000.
Applicants: National Grid Generation
LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Annual Reset of Pension and OPEB
Expenses to be effective 1/1/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5045.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2891–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2022–09–20_Ramp and STR Demand
Curve Enhancements to be effective 11/
29/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5055.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2892–000.
Applicants: Black Hills Power, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
BHP—BH Wyoming Update to Schedule
B of GDEMA to be effective 11/21/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5062.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2893–000.
Applicants: Black Hills Power, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
BHP—BHCE Update to Schedule B of
GDEMA to be effective 11/21/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5065.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2894–000.
Applicants: Black Hills Power, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
BHP—CLFP Update to Schedule B of
GDEMA to be effective 11/21/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5066.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2895–000.
Applicants: Black Hills Power, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
BHP—Gillette Update to Schedule B of
GDEMA to be effective 11/21/2022.
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Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5067.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Docket Numbers: ER22–2896–000.
Applicants: Black Hills Power, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
BHP—MDU Update to Schedule B of
GDEMA to be effective 11/21/2022.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5068.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following public utility
holding company filings:
Docket Numbers: PH22–19–000.
Applicants: Ullico Inc.
Description: FERC–65A Notice of
Change in Fact to Waiver Notification to
Ullico Inc.
Filed Date: 9/20/22.
Accession Number: 20220920–5063.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/22.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
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
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: September 20, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–21008 Filed 9–27–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER22–2898–000]
Huck Finn Solar, LLC; Supplemental
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of Huck
Finn Solar, LLC’s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC22-20-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-740); 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, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-740 (Availability of E-Tag Information to
Commission Staff), 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 October 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC-740 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB control number (1902-
0254) in the subject line. Your comments should be sent within 30 days
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Please submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket No.
IC22-20-000) to the Commission as noted below. 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: Deliver to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions:
OMB submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Using the
search function under the ``Currently Under Review field,'' select
Federal Energy Regulatory
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Commission; click ``submit'' and select ``comment'' to the right of the
subject collection.
FERC 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-740, Availability of E-Tag Information to Commission
Staff.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0254.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-740 information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
Abstract: This collection of information is authorized by 18 CFR
366.2(d), which requires Commission access, on a non-public and view-
only basis, to information that is located on ``electronic tags,'' also
known as ``e-Tags.'' Each e-Tag consists of an electronic record of a
transaction to transfer energy from a generation source to a Balancing
Authority (BA). Each BA operates a portion of the grid, balancing
supply and demand and assuring compliance with federal reliability
standards. E-Tag ``authors'' are typically Purchasing-Selling Entities
(PSEs). A PSE purchases or sells energy, capacity, and Interconnected
Operations Services.
Transmission system operators, which are among the addressees of e-
Tags, use e-Tags to ascertain the transactions affecting their local
systems, and to prevent damage to the power grid. Commission access to
e-Tags helps the Commission detect and prevent market manipulation and
anti-competitive behavior, and monitor the efficiency of markets. Both
transmission system operators and the Commission need the e-Tag
information to understand the use of the interconnected electricity
grid, particularly transactions occurring at interchanges. Due to the
nature of the electric grid, an individual transaction's impact on an
interchange cannot be assessed adequately in all cases without
information from all connected systems, which is included in the e-
Tags. The inclusion of the Commission is completely automatic and is
part of the normal business requirement. Thus, the time, effort, and
financial resources necessary to comply with this collection of
information are ``usual and customary'' within the meaning of the OMB
regulation at 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2) (excluding such activities from the
definition of ``burden''). In view of these circumstances, FERC is
including only a ``placeholder'' burden of one hour to account for the
rare event where a new BA qualifies for exemption under the
Commission's regulations (e.g., transmissions from a new non-U.S. BA
into another non-U.S. BA using a path that does not go through a U.S.
BA). In that case, this administrative function would be expected to
require at most an hour of effort total from both the BA and e-Tag
administrator to include the BA on the exemption list. New exempt BAs
are not common--years may pass between them--but for the purpose of
estimation, we will conservatively assume one appears each year
creating a burden and cost associated with the Commission's FERC-740 of
one hour and $36.90.
Type of Respondents: Purchasing-Selling Entities and Balancing
Authorities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the burden
and cost for FERC-740 as follows based on the distinct e-Tags submitted
to the Commission in 2021 (the most recent full year available).
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\1\ ``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 5 CFR part 1320.
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The estimated hourly cost (wages plus benefits) provided in this
section is based on the figures for May 2021 posted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics for the Utilities sector (available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm), assuming:
--15 minutes legal (code 23-0000), at $73.09/hour median hourly wage;
and
--45 minutes information and record clerk (code 43-4199), at $24.84/
hour median hourly wage.
The overall hourly cost is $36.90 (i.e., 15 minutes/60 minutes) *
$73.09/hour median hourly wage for legal + 45 minutes/60 minutes) *
$24.84/hour median hourly wage for information and record clerk.
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E. Total annual F. Cost per
B. Annual number of C. Total number of D. Average burden & burden hours & total respondent ($)
A. Number of respondents responses (E-Tags) per responses (column A x cost per response annual cost (column C (column E / column
respondent column B) x column D) A)
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435 PSE/BAs........................ 3,403 E-Tags.......... 1,480,305 E-Tags...... Automatic, so 0 Automatic, so 0 Automatic, so 0
burden and cost. burden and cost. burden and cost.
1 E-Tag administrator.............. 1 response to add new 1 response to add new 1 hr.; $36.90........ 1 hr.; $36.90........ $36.90
non-jurisdictional non-jurisdictional
Balancing Authority. Balancing Authority.
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Totals......................... 3,404................. 1,480,306............. 1 hr.; $36.90........ 1 hr.; $36.90........ $36.90
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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.
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Dated: September 20, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-20946 Filed 9-27-22; 8:45 am]
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