Agency Information Collection Extension, 70793-70795 [2022-25287]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 223 / Monday, November 21, 2022 / Notices not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the Manager of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, Washington, DC 20202–8240. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, (202) 377–4018. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department’s information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. The Department is soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The Department is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records. Title of Collection: Student Assistance General Provisions—Subpart K—Cash Management. OMB Control Number: 1845–0038. Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved ICR. Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector; State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Individuals or Households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 19,605,555. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 861,393. Abstract: This request is for an extension of the current information collection 1845–0038 that is expiring. This collection pertains to the recordkeeping requirements contained in the regulations related to the VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:25 Nov 18, 2022 Jkt 259001 administration of the Subpart K—Cash Management section of the Student Assistance General Provisions. The regulatory language has not changed. These program regulations are designed to provide benefits to Title IV, HEA applicants, and protect the taxpayers’ interest. The information collection requirements in these regulations are necessary to provide students with required information about their eligibility to receive funding under the federal student financial aid programs and to prevent fraud and abuse of program funds by allowing students to reduce or reject aid being offered as well as being made aware of when such funding can be expected to be available. Dated: November 16, 2022. Kun Mullan, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2022–25254 Filed 11–18–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY U.S. Energy Information Administration Agency Information Collection Extension U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EIA submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes to the Electric Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys (EPRES), OMB Control Number; 1905–0129. EPRES consists of nine surveys, including annual, monthly and one daily survey. These surveys collect data from entities involved in the production, transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity, and in maintaining the reliable operation of the power system. The data collected are the primary source of information on the nation’s electric power system. The renewable energy survey collects information on the manufacture, shipment, import, and export of photovoltaic cells and modules, and is the primary national source of information on these topics. DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no later than December 21, 2022. Written SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70793 comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul McArdle, (202) 586–4445 email: Electricity2023@eia.gov. The forms and instructions are available on EIA’s website at https://www.eia.gov/survey/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: 1905–0129; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Electric Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys; (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes; (4) Purpose: EIA’s EPRES consists of the following nine surveys: Form EIA–63B Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report tracks photovoltaic module manufacturing, shipments, technology types, revenue, and related information. Form EIA–860 Annual Electric Generator Report collects data on existing and planned electric generation plants, and associated equipment including generators, boilers, cooling systems, and environmental control systems. Data are collected from all existing units and from planned units scheduled for initial commercial operation within ten years of the specified reporting period (depending on the type of power plant). Form EIA–860M Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report collects data on the status of proposed new generators scheduled to begin commercial operation within the future 12-month period; and existing generators that have proposed modifications that are scheduled for completion within one month. The information is needed to ensure a complete and accurate inventory of the nation’s generating fleet, for such purposes as reliability and environmental analysis. Form EIA–861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report collects annual information on the retail sale, distribution, transmission, and generation of electric energy in the United States and its territories. The data include related activities such as energy efficiency and demand response programs. In combination with Form EIA–861S short form and the monthly Form EIA–861M, this annual survey provides coverage of sales to ultimate customers of electric power and related activities. E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM 21NON1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 70794 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 223 / Monday, November 21, 2022 / Notices Form EIA–861S Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Short Form) collects a limited set of information annually from small companies involved in the retail sale of electricity. A complete set of annual data are collected from large companies on Form EIA–861. The small utilities that currently report on Form EIA–861S are required to complete Form EIA–861 once every eight years to provide updated information for the statistical estimation of uncollected data. Form EIA–861M Monthly Electric Power Industry Report collects monthly information from a sample of electric utilities, energy service providers, and distribution companies that sell or deliver electric power to end users. Data included on this form includes sales and revenue for end-use sectors— residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation. Additionally, capacity data on net metering and non netmetered distributed generators is collected by technology type and used for the monthly small scale solar generation estimate. This survey is the monthly complement to the annual data collection from the universe of respondents that report on Form EIA– 861 and Form EIA–861S. Form EIA–923 Power Plant Operations Report collects information from electric power plants in the United States on electric power generation, energy source consumption, end of reporting period fossil fuel stocks, as well as the quality and cost of fossil fuel receipts. Form EIA–930 Balancing Authority Operations Report collects a comprehensive set of the current day’s system demand data on an hourly basis and the prior day’s basic hourly electric system operating data on a daily basis. The data provide a basic measure of the current status of electric systems in the United States and can be used to compare actual system demand with the day-ahead forecast thereby providing a measure of the accuracy of the forecasting used to commit resources. In addition, the data can be used to address smart grid related issues such as integrating wind and solar generation, improving the coordination of natural gas and electric short-term operations and expanding the use of demand response, storage, and electric vehicles in electric systems operations. Form EIA–930A Balancing Authority Generator Inventory Report is a new survey proposed under this clearance to collect an inventory of electric generating units from the 63 Balancing Authorities (BAs) in the contiguous United States on an annual basis. VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:25 Nov 18, 2022 Jkt 259001 (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: Form EIA–860 Annual Electric Generator Report EIA proposes to add battery storage questions for proposed applications, including planned design attributes, energy storage capacity, and use case. For energy storage applications that are operationally connected to renewable technologies, EIA proposes to add a question that identifies the related plants and generators. EIA also proposes to add ‘bifacial’ as a solar photovoltaic technology option. Form EIA–861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report EIA proposes to expand questions about battery storage on the net metering and non net-metered distributed generators schedules. EIA is dropping two questions on net metering ‘storage’ and adding six questions pertaining to batteries. For non net-metered EIA is dropping one ‘storage’ question and adding two questions about batteries. EIA is proposing to add one question about Photovoltaic generators. Form EIA–861M Monthly Electric Power Industry Report EIA proposes to expand questions about battery storage on the net metering and non net-metered distributed generators schedules. EIA is dropping two questions on net metering ‘storage’ and adding six questions pertaining to batteries. For non net-metered EIA is dropping one ‘storage’ question and adding two questions about batteries. EIA is proposing to add one question about Photovoltaic generators. Form EIA–923 Power Plant Operations Report EIA proposes to collect 12 months of operational data for annual respondents of renewable and energy storage power plants when respondents report their annual EIA–923 survey form. EIA also proposes to collect the cost, quality, and storage statistics for plants that utilize hydrogen as a fuel source for electricity generation. Form EIA–930 Balancing Authority Operations Report EIA proposes several improvements to the EIA–930 designed to enhance the submission process and EIA–930 data quality. First, EIA proposes that respondents provide a description of their submission method on an annual basis in order to ensure compliance with the Federal Information Security PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). Second, EIA proposes that BAs report all data as hourly integrated integer values in order to standardize data format across all respondents. Third, EIA proposes that respondents report hourly net generation separately for pumped hydro, geothermal, battery storage, integrated solar and battery units, integrated wind and battery units, and other energy storage technologies to obtain a better understanding of the charging/discharging patterns of these rapidly evolving generation sources. Fourth, EIA proposes that if a respondent cannot report accurate data within the required timeline, then they should submit their best estimate to meet the required timeline and correct the data with a scheduled resubmission as soon as accurate data are available. And, finally, EIA proposes in cases where respondents have been unable to remove the adjustments from dynamic transfer arrangements (either pseudoties or dynamic schedules), per the revised instructions, it is the responsibility of the impacted balancing authorities to reach an agreement with their counterparts on a consistent reporting of generation, demand, and interchange. Form EIA–930A Annual Balancing Authority Generator Inventory Report EIA proposes to improve the ability to reconcile Form EIA–930 data with data reported on Form EIA–860 and Form EIA–923 by collecting the plants and generators used by each balancing authority. Pretesting Interviews EIA would like to conduct up to 100 pretesting interviews each year for testing purposes. These methodologies will test or evaluate new terminology, unclear questions in surveys, unclear instructions, or questions that may be added to the Electric Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys. This will help improve ongoing surveys and reduce errors due to respondent confusion. (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,737: Form EIA–63B has 36 respondents; Form EIA–860 has 5,716 respondents; Form EIA–860M has 478 respondents; Form EIA–861 has 1,735 respondents; Form EIA–861S has 1,692 respondents; Form EIA–861M has 650 respondents; Form EIA–923 has 13,204 respondents; Form EIA–930 has 63 respondents; Form EIA–930A has 63 respondents; Pretesting has 100 respondents; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 84,838; E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM 21NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 223 / Monday, November 21, 2022 / Notices (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 202,320 hours; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $16,892,482 (202,320 burden hours times $83.38 per hour). EIA estimates that there are no additional costs to respondents associated with the surveys other than the costs associated with the burden hours since the information is maintained during normal course of business. Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. Samson Adeshiyan, Director, Office of Statistical Methods & Research, U.S. Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. 2022–25287 Filed 11–18–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP23–10–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline Take notice that on November 3, 2022, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed a prior notice request for authorization, in accordance with 18 CFR Sections 157.205, 157.213, and 157.216 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) regulations under the Natural Gas Act and Columbia’s blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83–76–000, to install facilities and appurtenances, to abandon storage pipeline, and to make other modifications in its existing Pavonia Storage Field (Field), located in Ashland County, Ohio. Columbia states the project creates counter storage compression to mitigate the Field’s intra-reservoir migration issues improving deliverability of the Field. Columbia states that the cost of the project will be $17,000,000, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:25 Nov 18, 2022 Jkt 259001 last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions concerning this application should be directed to David A. Alonzo, Manager, Project Authorizations, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas, 77002–2700, at (832) 320–5477 or David_alonzo@tcenergy.com. Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure,1 within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: complete its environmental review and place it into the Commission’s public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or environmental assessment (EA) for this proposal. The filing of an EA in the Commission’s public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff’s FEIS or EA. Public Participation There are three ways to become involved in the Commission’s review of this project: you can file a protest to the project, you can file a motion to intervene in the proceeding, and you can file comments on the project. There is no fee or cost for filing protests, motions to intervene, or comments. The deadline for filing protests, motions to intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13, 2023. How to file protests, motions to intervene, and comments is explained below. Protests Pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission’s regulations under the 1 18 PO 00000 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) § 157.9. Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70795 NGA,2 any person 3 or the Commission’s staff may file a protest to the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed or if a protest is filed and then withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a protest, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the time allowed for protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request for authorization will be considered by the Commission. Protests must comply with the requirements specified in section 157.205(e) of the Commission’s regulations,4 and must be submitted by the protest deadline, which is January 13, 2023. A protest may also serve as a motion to intervene so long as the protestor states it also seeks to be an intervenor. Interventions Any person has the option to file a motion to intervene in this proceeding. Only intervenors have the right to request rehearing of Commission orders issued in this proceeding and to subsequently challenge the Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. To intervene, you must submit a motion to intervene to the Commission in accordance with Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure 5 and the regulations under the NGA 6 by the intervention deadline for the project, which is January 13, 2023. As described further in Rule 214, your motion to intervene must state, to the extent known, your position regarding the proceeding, as well as your interest in the proceeding. For an individual, this could include your status as a landowner, ratepayer, resident of an impacted community, or recreationist. You do not need to have property directly impacted by the project in order to intervene. For more information about motions to intervene, refer to the FERC website at https:// www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/ intervene.asp. All timely, unopposed motions to intervene are automatically granted by operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to intervene that are filed after the intervention deadline are untimely and may be denied. Any late-filed motion to intervene must show good cause for 2 18 CFR 157.205. include individuals, organizations, businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 CFR 385.102(d). 4 18 CFR 157.205(e). 5 18 CFR 385.214. 6 18 CFR 157.10. 3 Persons E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM 21NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2022)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25287]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

U.S. Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information collection request for extension 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information 
collection requests a three-year extension with changes to the Electric 
Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys (EPRES), OMB Control Number; 
1905-0129. EPRES consists of nine surveys, including annual, monthly 
and one daily survey. These surveys collect data from entities involved 
in the production, transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity, and 
in maintaining the reliable operation of the power system. The data 
collected are the primary source of information on the nation's 
electric power system. The renewable energy survey collects information 
on the manufacture, shipment, import, and export of photovoltaic cells 
and modules, and is the primary national source of information on these 
topics.

DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no 
later than December 21, 2022. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul McArdle, (202) 586-4445 email: 
[email protected]. The forms and instructions are available on 
EIA's website at https://www.eia.gov/survey/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1905-0129;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Electric Power & 
Renewable Electricity Surveys;
    (3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
    (4) Purpose: EIA's EPRES consists of the following nine surveys:
    Form EIA-63B Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report tracks 
photovoltaic module manufacturing, shipments, technology types, 
revenue, and related information.
    Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report collects data on 
existing and planned electric generation plants, and associated 
equipment including generators, boilers, cooling systems, and 
environmental control systems. Data are collected from all existing 
units and from planned units scheduled for initial commercial operation 
within ten years of the specified reporting period (depending on the 
type of power plant).
    Form EIA-860M Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator 
Report collects data on the status of proposed new generators scheduled 
to begin commercial operation within the future 12-month period; and 
existing generators that have proposed modifications that are scheduled 
for completion within one month. The information is needed to ensure a 
complete and accurate inventory of the nation's generating fleet, for 
such purposes as reliability and environmental analysis.
    Form EIA-861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report collects annual 
information on the retail sale, distribution, transmission, and 
generation of electric energy in the United States and its territories. 
The data include related activities such as energy efficiency and 
demand response programs. In combination with Form EIA-861S short form 
and the monthly Form EIA-861M, this annual survey provides coverage of 
sales to ultimate customers of electric power and related activities.

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    Form EIA-861S Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Short Form) 
collects a limited set of information annually from small companies 
involved in the retail sale of electricity. A complete set of annual 
data are collected from large companies on Form EIA-861. The small 
utilities that currently report on Form EIA-861S are required to 
complete Form EIA-861 once every eight years to provide updated 
information for the statistical estimation of uncollected data.
    Form EIA-861M Monthly Electric Power Industry Report collects 
monthly information from a sample of electric utilities, energy service 
providers, and distribution companies that sell or deliver electric 
power to end users. Data included on this form includes sales and 
revenue for end-use sectors--residential, commercial, industrial, and 
transportation. Additionally, capacity data on net metering and non 
net-metered distributed generators is collected by technology type and 
used for the monthly small scale solar generation estimate. This survey 
is the monthly complement to the annual data collection from the 
universe of respondents that report on Form EIA-861 and Form EIA-861S.
    Form EIA-923 Power Plant Operations Report collects information 
from electric power plants in the United States on electric power 
generation, energy source consumption, end of reporting period fossil 
fuel stocks, as well as the quality and cost of fossil fuel receipts.
    Form EIA-930 Balancing Authority Operations Report collects a 
comprehensive set of the current day's system demand data on an hourly 
basis and the prior day's basic hourly electric system operating data 
on a daily basis. The data provide a basic measure of the current 
status of electric systems in the United States and can be used to 
compare actual system demand with the day-ahead forecast thereby 
providing a measure of the accuracy of the forecasting used to commit 
resources. In addition, the data can be used to address smart grid 
related issues such as integrating wind and solar generation, improving 
the coordination of natural gas and electric short-term operations and 
expanding the use of demand response, storage, and electric vehicles in 
electric systems operations.
    Form EIA-930A Balancing Authority Generator Inventory Report is a 
new survey proposed under this clearance to collect an inventory of 
electric generating units from the 63 Balancing Authorities (BAs) in 
the contiguous United States on an annual basis.
    (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection:

Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report

    EIA proposes to add battery storage questions for proposed 
applications, including planned design attributes, energy storage 
capacity, and use case. For energy storage applications that are 
operationally connected to renewable technologies, EIA proposes to add 
a question that identifies the related plants and generators.
    EIA also proposes to add `bifacial' as a solar photovoltaic 
technology option.

Form EIA-861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report

    EIA proposes to expand questions about battery storage on the net 
metering and non net-metered distributed generators schedules. EIA is 
dropping two questions on net metering `storage' and adding six 
questions pertaining to batteries.
    For non net-metered EIA is dropping one `storage' question and 
adding two questions about batteries. EIA is proposing to add one 
question about Photovoltaic generators.

Form EIA-861M Monthly Electric Power Industry Report

    EIA proposes to expand questions about battery storage on the net 
metering and non net-metered distributed generators schedules. EIA is 
dropping two questions on net metering `storage' and adding six 
questions pertaining to batteries.
    For non net-metered EIA is dropping one `storage' question and 
adding two questions about batteries. EIA is proposing to add one 
question about Photovoltaic generators.

Form EIA-923 Power Plant Operations Report

    EIA proposes to collect 12 months of operational data for annual 
respondents of renewable and energy storage power plants when 
respondents report their annual EIA-923 survey form. EIA also proposes 
to collect the cost, quality, and storage statistics for plants that 
utilize hydrogen as a fuel source for electricity generation.

Form EIA-930 Balancing Authority Operations Report

    EIA proposes several improvements to the EIA-930 designed to 
enhance the submission process and EIA-930 data quality. First, EIA 
proposes that respondents provide a description of their submission 
method on an annual basis in order to ensure compliance with the 
Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). Second, 
EIA proposes that BAs report all data as hourly integrated integer 
values in order to standardize data format across all respondents. 
Third, EIA proposes that respondents report hourly net generation 
separately for pumped hydro, geothermal, battery storage, integrated 
solar and battery units, integrated wind and battery units, and other 
energy storage technologies to obtain a better understanding of the 
charging/discharging patterns of these rapidly evolving generation 
sources. Fourth, EIA proposes that if a respondent cannot report 
accurate data within the required timeline, then they should submit 
their best estimate to meet the required timeline and correct the data 
with a scheduled resubmission as soon as accurate data are available. 
And, finally, EIA proposes in cases where respondents have been unable 
to remove the adjustments from dynamic transfer arrangements (either 
pseudo-ties or dynamic schedules), per the revised instructions, it is 
the responsibility of the impacted balancing authorities to reach an 
agreement with their counterparts on a consistent reporting of 
generation, demand, and interchange.

Form EIA-930A Annual Balancing Authority Generator Inventory Report

    EIA proposes to improve the ability to reconcile Form EIA-930 data 
with data reported on Form EIA-860 and Form EIA-923 by collecting the 
plants and generators used by each balancing authority.

Pretesting Interviews

    EIA would like to conduct up to 100 pretesting interviews each year 
for testing purposes. These methodologies will test or evaluate new 
terminology, unclear questions in surveys, unclear instructions, or 
questions that may be added to the Electric Power & Renewable 
Electricity Surveys. This will help improve ongoing surveys and reduce 
errors due to respondent confusion.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,737:
    Form EIA-63B has 36 respondents;
    Form EIA-860 has 5,716 respondents;
    Form EIA-860M has 478 respondents;
    Form EIA-861 has 1,735 respondents;
    Form EIA-861S has 1,692 respondents;
    Form EIA-861M has 650 respondents;
    Form EIA-923 has 13,204 respondents;
    Form EIA-930 has 63 respondents;
    Form EIA-930A has 63 respondents;
    Pretesting has 100 respondents;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 84,838;

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    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 202,320 hours;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$16,892,482 (202,320 burden hours times $83.38 per hour). EIA estimates 
that there are no additional costs to respondents associated with the 
surveys other than the costs associated with the burden hours since the 
information is maintained during normal course of business.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

Samson Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods & Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-25287 Filed 11-18-22; 8:45 am]
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