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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. PL20–3–000]
Actions Regarding the Commission’s
Policy on Price Index Formation and
Transparency, and Indices Referenced
in Natural Gas and Electric Tariffs
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of policy statement.
AGENCY:
On April 21, 2022, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) revised its price index
policy set forth in its Policy Statement
on Natural Gas and Electric Price
Indices (Revised Policy Statement). In
order to comply with Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Paperwork Reduction Act requirements
on Policy Statements, the Commission
is establishing a new information
collection, FERC–549E, (Price Index
Data Providers and Developers) OMB
No. 1902–New, to reflect the burden to
implement the policy changes in the
Revised Policy Statement and to reflect
the unreported burden arising from the
prior policy statements. The
Commission is also seeking comment on
the burden and cost related to
complying with the Revised Policy
Statement.
SUMMARY:
Send comments on or before
December 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by
docket number, may be filed in the
following ways. 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.
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DATES:
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The Comment Procedures Section of
this document contains more detailed
filing procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evan Oxhorn (Legal Information),
Office of the General Counsel, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–8183, Evan.Oxhorn@ferc.gov.
Eric Primosch (Technical
Information), Office of Energy Policy
and Innovation, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
6483, Eric.Primosch@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. On April 21, 2022, the Commission
issued an order in the above-captioned
proceeding.1 Upon further
consideration, we determine that the
reference in the Revised Policy
Statement to the existing information
collection FERC–549 was in error. That
information collection is already in use
for a matter unrelated to the Revised
Policy Statement.2 The Commission
should have referenced an information
collection for the prior policy
statements.3 However, when the
Commission issued the prior policy
statements, the orders did not provide a
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) burden
estimate.4 In order to comply with
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) PRA requirements on Policy
Statements, the Commission is
establishing a new information
collection, FERC–549E, (Price Index
Data Providers and Developers) OMB
No. 1902–New, to reflect the burden to
implement the policy changes in the
Revised Policy Statement and to reflect
the unreported burden arising from the
prior policy statements. The
Commission is also seeking comment on
1 Actions Regarding the Commission’s Pol’y
Statement on Price Index Formation &
Transparency, & Indices Referenced in Nat. Gas &
Elec. Tariffs, 87 FR 25,237 (Apr. 21, 2022), 179
FERC ¶ 61,036 (2022) (Revised Policy Statement).
2 See FERC–549, NGPA Section 311 Transactions
and NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions, OMB
Control No. 1902–0086.
3 Pol’y Statement on Nat. Gas & Elec. Price
Indices, 104 FERC ¶ 61,121, clarified, Order on
Clarification of Pol’y Statement on Nat. Gas & Elec.
Price Indices, 105 FERC ¶ 61,282 (2003), clarified,
Order Further Clarifying Pol’y Statement on Nat.
Gas & Elec. Price Indices, 70 FR 41,002 (July 15,
2005), 112 FERC ¶ 61,040 (2005) (prior policy
statements).
4 Id.
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the burden and cost as shown in this
order related to complying with the
Revised Policy Statement.
2. We clarify that the term ‘‘burden’’
as used in paragraphs 24, 29, 36, 37, 47,
56, 58, and 97, as well as the header for
section II.c (following paragraph 47), of
the Revised Policy Statement is not
intended to incorporate the statutory
definition of burden contained in 5 CFR
1320.3(b) (2021).5 Rather, the term
‘‘burden’’ as used in those paragraphs
and section header refers to the practical
effect of the Revised Policy Statement
on entities that have been voluntarily
reporting to the Commission. That is,
while the Commission’s statements on
burden properly indicated that changes
in the Revised Policy Statement would
reduce the actual ‘‘burden’’ on data
providers—as that term is commonly
understood, those statements did not
incorporate the statutory definition of
the term ‘‘burden.’’ Nonetheless, the
statutory definition of ‘‘burden’’
contained in 5 CFR 1320.3(b) (2021) is
incorporated in paragraph 110 of the
Revised Policy Statement and into the
new FERC–549E.
3. Because we are establishing a new
information collection herein, this order
corrects the Commission’s statements in
the Revised Policy Statement related to
burden, due to burden now being
implemented and reported in the FERC–
549E information collection. The
Revised Policy Statement’s effective
date remains December 31, 2022.
4. The burden estimates contained
within the burden table labeled FERC–
549 will now be implemented in FERC–
549E. The original table for FERC–549 at
paragraph 110 of the Revised Policy
Statement is being replaced with a new
table for FERC–549E (below). Although
the FERC–549E shows no relative
reduction in burden, that is because
there was no burden estimate prepared
in 2005. Instead, FERC–549E represents
an original total burden that
incorporates both the unreported
burden arising from the prior policy
statements and any decrease in that
unreported burden resulting from
implementation of the policy changes in
the Revised Policy Statement. The table
reflecting the changes is as follows:
5 Revised Policy Statement, 87 FR 25,237, 179
FERC ¶ 61,036.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF BURDEN DUE TO THE REVISED POLICY STATEMENT IN DOCKET NO. PL20–3
Number of
respondents
Annual number of
responses per
respondent
Total number of
responses
Average
burden (hrs.)
& cost ($)
per response
Total annual burden hrs. & total
annual cost
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
Burden for FERC–549E
Data Providers (and
their affiliates)—perform biennial selfaudit.
Data Providers (and
their affiliates) that
provide next-day
transactions.
Data Providers (and
their affiliates) that
provide next-month
transactions.
Grand Total for
Data Providers.
6 104
.5
52
80 hrs.; $6,960 ......
4,160 hrs.; $361,920.
7 96
8 249
23,904
4 hrs.; $348 ...........
95,616 hrs.; $8,318,592.
9 77
10 12
924
4 hrs.; $348 ...........
3,696 hrs.; $321,552.
..............................
..............................
24,880
................................
103,472 hrs.; $9,002,064.
Burden for FERC–549E
Price Index Developers—re-certify
every 7 yrs..
Price Index Developers—code of conduct & confident.; &
inform customers.
6
0.14
0.84
320 hrs.; $27,840 ..
268.8 hrs.; $23,385.6.
6
1
6
80 hrs.; $6,960 ......
480 hrs.; $41,760.
Price Index Developers—identify assessed index price
vs. calculated.
6
1
6
80 hrs.; $6,960 ......
480 hrs.; $41,760.
..............................
..............................
12.84
................................
1,228.80 hrs.; $106,905.60.
..............................
..............................
24,892.84
................................
104,700.80 hrs.; $9,108,969.60.
Grand Total for
Price Index Developers.
Total Burden
for FERC–
549E.
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5. The Commission is providing the
opportunity for an additional 30-day
comment period. The Commission seeks
comments on the burden and cost as
shown in this order related to
6 A total of 104 data providers (and their
affiliates), perform self-audits on the data they
provide to price index developers. This figure
includes data providers (and their affiliates) that
transact solely in the next-day market, data
providers (and their affiliates) that transact solely in
the next-month market, and data providers (and
their affiliates) that transact in both the next-day
and next-month market.
7 This figure includes data providers (and their
affiliates) that transact solely in the next-day market
and in both the next-day and next-month markets.
8 This figure (249 annual responses per
respondent) relates to reporting on all non-holiday
trading days.
9 This figure includes data providers (and their
affiliates) that transact solely in the next-month
market and in both the next-day and next-month
market.
10 Respondents who report their next-month
transactions to price index developers report their
transactions once a month (or 12 times a year).
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complying with the Revised Policy
Statement.
Title: FERC–549E, Price Index Data
Providers and Developers.
OMB Control No.: 1902–NEW.
Respondents: Natural Gas Data
Providers (Market Participants That
Report Transaction).
6. Comments are due December 2,
2022. Comments must refer to Docket
No. PL20–3–000, and must include the
commenter’s name, the organization
they represent, if applicable, and their
address in their comments. All
comments will be placed in the
Commission’s public files and may be
viewed, printed, or downloaded
remotely as described in the Document
Availability section below. Commenters
are not required to serve copies of their
comments on other commenters.
7. The Commission encourages
comments to be filed electronically via
the eFiling link on the Commission’s
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website at https://www.ferc.gov. The
Commission accepts most standard
word processing formats. Documents
created electronically using word
processing software must be filed in
native applications or print-to-PDF
format and not in a scanned format.
Commenters filing electronically do not
need to make a paper filing.
8. Commenters that are not able to file
comments electronically may file an
original of their comment by USPS mail
or by courier or other delivery services.
For submission sent via USPS only,
filings should be mailed to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Office
of the Secretary, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426. Submission of
filings other than by USPS should be
delivered to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
9. No further corrections are
warranted pertaining to the Revised
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Policy Statement. FERC–552 remains
the same and no changes are needed for
that collection.
By the Commission.
Issued: October 27, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PL20-3-000]
Actions Regarding the Commission's Policy on Price Index
Formation and Transparency, and Indices Referenced in Natural Gas and
Electric Tariffs
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of policy statement.
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SUMMARY: On April 21, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) revised its price index policy set forth in its Policy
Statement on Natural Gas and Electric Price Indices (Revised Policy
Statement). In order to comply with Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Paperwork Reduction Act requirements on Policy Statements, the
Commission is establishing a new information collection, FERC-549E,
(Price Index Data Providers and Developers) OMB No. 1902-New, to
reflect the burden to implement the policy changes in the Revised
Policy Statement and to reflect the unreported burden arising from the
prior policy statements. The Commission is also seeking comment on the
burden and cost related to complying with the Revised Policy Statement.
DATES: Send comments on or before December 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by docket number, may be filed in the
following ways. 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.
The Comment Procedures Section of this document contains more
detailed filing procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evan Oxhorn (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington,
DC 20426, (202) 502-8183, [email protected].
Eric Primosch (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6483, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. On April 21, 2022, the Commission issued an order in the above-
captioned proceeding.\1\ Upon further consideration, we determine that
the reference in the Revised Policy Statement to the existing
information collection FERC-549 was in error. That information
collection is already in use for a matter unrelated to the Revised
Policy Statement.\2\ The Commission should have referenced an
information collection for the prior policy statements.\3\ However,
when the Commission issued the prior policy statements, the orders did
not provide a Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) burden estimate.\4\ In
order to comply with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) PRA
requirements on Policy Statements, the Commission is establishing a new
information collection, FERC-549E, (Price Index Data Providers and
Developers) OMB No. 1902-New, to reflect the burden to implement the
policy changes in the Revised Policy Statement and to reflect the
unreported burden arising from the prior policy statements. The
Commission is also seeking comment on the burden and cost as shown in
this order related to complying with the Revised Policy Statement.
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\1\ Actions Regarding the Commission's Pol'y Statement on Price
Index Formation & Transparency, & Indices Referenced in Nat. Gas &
Elec. Tariffs, 87 FR 25,237 (Apr. 21, 2022), 179 FERC ] 61,036
(2022) (Revised Policy Statement).
\2\ See FERC-549, NGPA Section 311 Transactions and NGA Blanket
Certificate Transactions, OMB Control No. 1902-0086.
\3\ Pol'y Statement on Nat. Gas & Elec. Price Indices, 104 FERC
] 61,121, clarified, Order on Clarification of Pol'y Statement on
Nat. Gas & Elec. Price Indices, 105 FERC ] 61,282 (2003), clarified,
Order Further Clarifying Pol'y Statement on Nat. Gas & Elec. Price
Indices, 70 FR 41,002 (July 15, 2005), 112 FERC ] 61,040 (2005)
(prior policy statements).
\4\ Id.
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2. We clarify that the term ``burden'' as used in paragraphs 24,
29, 36, 37, 47, 56, 58, and 97, as well as the header for section II.c
(following paragraph 47), of the Revised Policy Statement is not
intended to incorporate the statutory definition of burden contained in
5 CFR 1320.3(b) (2021).\5\ Rather, the term ``burden'' as used in those
paragraphs and section header refers to the practical effect of the
Revised Policy Statement on entities that have been voluntarily
reporting to the Commission. That is, while the Commission's statements
on burden properly indicated that changes in the Revised Policy
Statement would reduce the actual ``burden'' on data providers--as that
term is commonly understood, those statements did not incorporate the
statutory definition of the term ``burden.'' Nonetheless, the statutory
definition of ``burden'' contained in 5 CFR 1320.3(b) (2021) is
incorporated in paragraph 110 of the Revised Policy Statement and into
the new FERC-549E.
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\5\ Revised Policy Statement, 87 FR 25,237, 179 FERC ] 61,036.
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3. Because we are establishing a new information collection herein,
this order corrects the Commission's statements in the Revised Policy
Statement related to burden, due to burden now being implemented and
reported in the FERC-549E information collection. The Revised Policy
Statement's effective date remains December 31, 2022.
4. The burden estimates contained within the burden table labeled
FERC-549 will now be implemented in FERC-549E. The original table for
FERC-549 at paragraph 110 of the Revised Policy Statement is being
replaced with a new table for FERC-549E (below). Although the FERC-549E
shows no relative reduction in burden, that is because there was no
burden estimate prepared in 2005. Instead, FERC-549E represents an
original total burden that incorporates both the unreported burden
arising from the prior policy statements and any decrease in that
unreported burden resulting from implementation of the policy changes
in the Revised Policy Statement. The table reflecting the changes is as
follows:
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Implementation of Burden Due to the Revised Policy Statement in Docket No. PL20-3
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Annual number of
Number of responses per Total number of Average burden (hrs.) & cost ($) Total annual burden hrs. & total annual cost ($)
respondents respondent responses per response
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4).................................. (3) * (4) = (5)
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Burden for FERC-549E
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Data Providers (and their affiliates)-- \6\ 104 .5 52 80 hrs.; $6,960...................... 4,160 hrs.; $361,920.
perform biennial self-audit.
Data Providers (and their affiliates) \7\ 96 \8\ 249 23,904 4 hrs.; $348......................... 95,616 hrs.; $8,318,592.
that provide next-day transactions.
Data Providers (and their affiliates) \9\ 77 \10\ 12 924 4 hrs.; $348......................... 3,696 hrs.; $321,552.
that provide next-month transactions.
Grand Total for Data Providers....... ................. ................. 24,880 ..................................... 103,472 hrs.; $9,002,064.
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Burden for FERC-549E
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Price Index Developers--re-certify every 6 0.14 0.84 320 hrs.; $27,840.................... 268.8 hrs.; $23,385.6.
7 yrs..
Price Index Developers--code of conduct & 6 1 6 80 hrs.; $6,960...................... 480 hrs.; $41,760.
confident.; & inform customers.
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Price Index Developers--identify assessed 6 1 6 80 hrs.; $6,960...................... 480 hrs.; $41,760.
index price vs. calculated.
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Grand Total for Price Index ................. ................. 12.84 ..................................... 1,228.80 hrs.; $106,905.60.
Developers.
Total Burden for FERC-549E....... ................. ................. 24,892.84 ..................................... 104,700.80 hrs.; $9,108,969.60.
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5. The Commission is providing the opportunity for an additional
30-day comment period. The Commission seeks comments on the burden and
cost as shown in this order related to complying with the Revised
Policy Statement.
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\6\ A total of 104 data providers (and their affiliates),
perform self-audits on the data they provide to price index
developers. This figure includes data providers (and their
affiliates) that transact solely in the next-day market, data
providers (and their affiliates) that transact solely in the next-
month market, and data providers (and their affiliates) that
transact in both the next-day and next-month market.
\7\ This figure includes data providers (and their affiliates)
that transact solely in the next-day market and in both the next-day
and next-month markets.
\8\ This figure (249 annual responses per respondent) relates to
reporting on all non-holiday trading days.
\9\ This figure includes data providers (and their affiliates)
that transact solely in the next-month market and in both the next-
day and next-month market.
\10\ Respondents who report their next-month transactions to
price index developers report their transactions once a month (or 12
times a year).
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Title: FERC-549E, Price Index Data Providers and Developers.
OMB Control No.: 1902-NEW.
Respondents: Natural Gas Data Providers (Market Participants That
Report Transaction).
6. Comments are due December 2, 2022. Comments must refer to Docket
No. PL20-3-000, and must include the commenter's name, the organization
they represent, if applicable, and their address in their comments. All
comments will be placed in the Commission's public files and may be
viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely as described in the Document
Availability section below. Commenters are not required to serve copies
of their comments on other commenters.
7. The Commission encourages comments to be filed electronically
via the eFiling link on the Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts most standard word processing
formats. Documents created electronically using word processing
software must be filed in native applications or print-to-PDF format
and not in a scanned format. Commenters filing electronically do not
need to make a paper filing.
8. Commenters that are not able to file comments electronically may
file an original of their comment by USPS mail or by courier or other
delivery services. For submission sent via USPS only, filings should be
mailed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submission of
filings other than by USPS should be delivered to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
9. No further corrections are warranted pertaining to the Revised
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Policy Statement. FERC-552 remains the same and no changes are needed
for that collection.
By the Commission.
Issued: October 27, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23846 Filed 11-1-22; 8:45 am]
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