Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-716) Comment Request; Extension, 49871-49872 [2024-12868]
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Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC24–13–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–716) Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
716, Good Faith Requests for
Transmission Services under Section
213(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
and Applications for Interconnection or
Transmission Orders under Sections
211(a) and 212 of the FPA (OMB Control
Number 1902–0170). The information
collection will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due July 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–716 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
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Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0170) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
(identified by Docket No. IC24–13–000)
by one of 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:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
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 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/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Sonneman may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at
(202) 502–6362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–716, Good Faith Requests
for Transmission Services under Section
213(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
and Applications for Interconnection or
Transmission Orders under Sections
211(a) and 212 of the FPA.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0170.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–716 information collection
requirements with revisions.
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Abstract: FERC–716 pertains to
transmission of electricity generated and
sold at the wholesale level, i.e., sold to
a utility or other entity reselling that
energy to residential, business, or
industrial customers. The term of art for
such a transaction is ‘‘sale for resale.’’
The FPA and the relevant Commission
regulations provide for two procedures
that a generator of electricity may use to
seek transmission services from an
entity that does not own or directly use
the power it is transmitting. One
procedure involves the exchange of
information between generators and
transmitting utilities, and does not
require submission of information to the
Commission. The other procedure,
which is applicable only if the exchange
of information is unsuccessful, involves
an application for a Commission
interconnection or transmission order.
Section 213(a) of the FPA (16 U.S.C.
16 U.S.C. 824l) provides that whenever
a person generating wholesale electric
energy makes a good faith request to a
transmitting utility to provide wholesale
transmission services, and includes in
that request specific rates and charges
and other terms and conditions, the
transmitting utility must either:
• Agree to provide such services at
rates, charges, terms and conditions
acceptable to the generator-requester; or
• Within 60 days or other mutually
agreed upon period, provide the
generator-requester with a detailed
written explanation, with specific
reference to the facts and circumstances
of the request, stating (1) the
transmitting utility’s basis for the
proposed rates, charges, terms, and
conditions for such services, and (2) its
analysis of any physical or other
constraints affecting the provision of
such services.
Section 211(a) of the FPA (16 U.S.C.
824j(a)) provides that any person
generating wholesale electric energy
may apply to the Commission for an
order requiring a transmitting utility to
provide wholesale transmission services
to the applicant. The Commission’s
regulation at 18 CFR 2.20 provides that
the Commission may issue an FPA
section 211 order only if the applicant
has made a request for transmission
services to the transmitting utility at
least 60 days prior to the filing of an
application for such order. A
Commission order requiring
interconnection or transmission services
must include a determination that the
order meets the requirements of FPA
section 212 (16 U.S.C. 824k) and would
otherwise be in the public interest.
Program changes are necessary to
increase the accuracy of this
information collection request. As
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previously approved, FERC–716
included a single collection activity for
good-faith requests, thus erroneously
omitting the possibility of an
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the average
annual burden 1 and cost 2 for this
information collection as follows.
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden and
cost per response
Total annual burden
hours and total
annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
Information exchange between parties.
Application submitted to
FERC if parties’ negotiations are unsuccessful.
6
1
6
100 hrs.; $10,000 .....
600 hrs.; 60,000 .......
$10,000
6
1
6
2.5 hrs.; $250 ...........
15 hrs.; 1,500 ...........
250
Total ...........................
........................
........................
12
...................................
615 hrs.; 61,500 .......
10,250
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC24–85–000.
Applicants: Russellville Solar LLC.
Description: Application for
authorization under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of Russellville Solar
LLC.
Filed Date: 6/5/24.
Accession Number: 20240605–5231.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/24.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG24–200–000.
Applicants: Java Solar, LLC.
Description: Java Solar, LLC submits
Notice of Withdrawal of Exempt
Wholesale Generator Status.
Filed Date: 6/6/24.
Accession Number: 20240606–5147.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/24.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER24–1473–001.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
ALLETE, Inc.
Description: Compliance filing:
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc. submits tariff filing per
35: 2024–06–06_Compliance regarding
ALLETE Request for Transmission Rate
Incentives to be effective 5/10/2024.
Filed Date: 6/6/24.
Accession Number: 20240606–5048.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1560–000.
Applicants: DTE Electric Company.
Description: Refund Report: Refund
Report in Docket ER24–1560 to be
effective N/A.
Filed Date: 6/6/24.
Accession Number: 20240606–5049.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1698–000.
Applicants: AES ES Alamitos 2, LLC.
Description: Supplement to 04/04/
2024 AES ES Alamitos 2, LLC tariff
filing.
Filed Date: 5/31/24.
Accession Number: 20240531–5457.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/10/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1729–001.
Applicants: Upper Missouri G. & T.
Electric Cooperative, Inc..
Description: Tariff Amendment:
UMPC Amended Formula Rate Change
Filing to be effective 12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 6/5/24.
Accession Number: 20240605–5193.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1832–000.
Applicants: North Fork Solar Project,
LLC.
Description: Supplement to 04/24/
2024 North Fork Solar Project, LLC tariff
filing.
Filed Date: 6/3/24.
Accession Number: 20240603–5271.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1941–000.
Applicants: Liberty County Solar
Project, LLC.
Description: Supplement to 05/03/
2024 Liberty County Solar Project, LLC
tariff filing.
Filed Date: 6/3/24.
Accession Number: 20240603–5270.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/13/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–2173–000.
Applicants: MRP Elgin LLC.
Description: Request for limited
waiver and expedited consideration of
MRP Elgin LLC.
Filed Date: 5/31/24.
Accession Number: 20240531–5452.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/17/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–2191–000.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: 205(d) Rate Filing:
3928R1 Twelvemile Solar Energy
Surplus Interconnection GIA to be
effective 8/5/2024.
Filed Date: 6/5/24.
1 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
collections burden, reference 5 CFR 1320.3.
2 The Commission staff estimates that the average
respondent for FERC–716 is similarly situated to
the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
Based on FERC’s current annual average of
$207,786 (for salary plus benefits), the average
hourly cost is $100/hour.
Comments: 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.
Dated: June 6, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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application for a Commission order.
Both collection activities are included
in this request.
Type of Respondents: Wholesale
Generators and Transmitting Utilities.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC24-13-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-716) Comment
Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission
or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-716, Good Faith Requests for Transmission
Services under Section 213(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and
Applications for Interconnection or Transmission Orders under Sections
211(a) and 212 of the FPA (OMB Control Number 1902-0170). The
information collection will be submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due July 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC-716 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB Control Number (1902-
0170) in the subject line of your comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket No. IC24-13-000)
by one of 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: Deliver to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 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 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/ferc-online/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Sonneman may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone at (202) 502-6362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-716, Good Faith Requests for Transmission Services
under Section 213(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and Applications
for Interconnection or Transmission Orders under Sections 211(a) and
212 of the FPA.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0170.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-716 information
collection requirements with revisions.
Abstract: FERC-716 pertains to transmission of electricity
generated and sold at the wholesale level, i.e., sold to a utility or
other entity reselling that energy to residential, business, or
industrial customers. The term of art for such a transaction is ``sale
for resale.'' The FPA and the relevant Commission regulations provide
for two procedures that a generator of electricity may use to seek
transmission services from an entity that does not own or directly use
the power it is transmitting. One procedure involves the exchange of
information between generators and transmitting utilities, and does not
require submission of information to the Commission. The other
procedure, which is applicable only if the exchange of information is
unsuccessful, involves an application for a Commission interconnection
or transmission order.
Section 213(a) of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 16 U.S.C. 824l) provides that
whenever a person generating wholesale electric energy makes a good
faith request to a transmitting utility to provide wholesale
transmission services, and includes in that request specific rates and
charges and other terms and conditions, the transmitting utility must
either:
Agree to provide such services at rates, charges, terms
and conditions acceptable to the generator-requester; or
Within 60 days or other mutually agreed upon period,
provide the generator-requester with a detailed written explanation,
with specific reference to the facts and circumstances of the request,
stating (1) the transmitting utility's basis for the proposed rates,
charges, terms, and conditions for such services, and (2) its analysis
of any physical or other constraints affecting the provision of such
services.
Section 211(a) of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824j(a)) provides that any
person generating wholesale electric energy may apply to the Commission
for an order requiring a transmitting utility to provide wholesale
transmission services to the applicant. The Commission's regulation at
18 CFR 2.20 provides that the Commission may issue an FPA section 211
order only if the applicant has made a request for transmission
services to the transmitting utility at least 60 days prior to the
filing of an application for such order. A Commission order requiring
interconnection or transmission services must include a determination
that the order meets the requirements of FPA section 212 (16 U.S.C.
824k) and would otherwise be in the public interest.
Program changes are necessary to increase the accuracy of this
information collection request. As
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previously approved, FERC-716 included a single collection activity for
good-faith requests, thus erroneously omitting the possibility of an
application for a Commission order. Both collection activities are
included in this request.
Type of Respondents: Wholesale Generators and Transmitting
Utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the average
annual burden \1\ and cost \2\ for this information collection as
follows.
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\1\ 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
collections burden, reference 5 CFR 1320.3.
\2\ The Commission staff estimates that the average respondent
for FERC-716 is similarly situated to the Commission, in terms of
salary plus benefits. Based on FERC's current annual average of
$207,786 (for salary plus benefits), the average hourly cost is
$100/hour.
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Annual number Total annual burden
Number of of responses Total number Average burden and cost hours and total annual Cost per
respondents per respondent of responses per response cost ($) respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)..................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1)
(3)
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Information exchange between parties. 6 1 6 100 hrs.; $10,000....... 600 hrs.; 60,000....... $10,000
Application submitted to FERC if 6 1 6 2.5 hrs.; $250.......... 15 hrs.; 1,500......... 250
parties' negotiations are
unsuccessful.
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Total............................ .............. .............. 12 ........................ 615 hrs.; 61,500....... 10,250
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Comments: 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.
Dated: June 6, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-12868 Filed 6-11-24; 8:45 am]
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