81_FR_73001 81 FR 72797 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

81 FR 72797 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 204 (October 21, 2016)

Page Range72797-72798
FR Document2016-25504

EIA has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension with changes, under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for the Electric Power and Renewable Electricity Surveys (OMB Control Number 1905-0129) information collection. EIA requests a three-year clearance with changes for the following forms:

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 204 (Friday, October 21, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 204 (Friday, October 21, 2016)]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-25504]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension With Changes

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

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an information collection request to the OMB 
for extension with changes, under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, for the Electric Power and Renewable Electricity 
Surveys (OMB Control Number 1905-0129) information collection. EIA 
requests a three-year clearance with changes for the following forms:

[ssquf] Form EIA-63B, ``Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report''
[ssquf] Form EIA-411, ``Coordinated Bulk Power Supply Program Report''
[ssquf] Form EIA-826, ``Monthly Electric Utility Sales and Revenue 
Report with State Distributions'' (will be replaced by EIA-861M)
[ssquf] Form EIA-860, ``Annual Electric Generator Report''
[ssquf] Form EIA-860M, ``Monthly Update to the Annual Electric 
Generator Report''
[ssquf] Form EIA-861, ``Annual Electric Power Industry Report''
[ssquf] Form EIA-861S, ``Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Short 
Form)''

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[ssquf] Form EIA-861M, ``Monthly Electric Power Industry Report'' (will 
replace EIA-826)
[ssquf] Form EIA-923, ``Power Plant Operations Report''
[ssquf] Form EIA-930, ``Balancing Authority Operations Report''

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
November 21, 2016. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time 
allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 
your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk 
Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-4718 or contacted by email at 
[email protected].


ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the:

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 
735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, [email protected]
And to
Rebecca Peterson, [email protected], U.S. Energy Information 
Administration, Mail Stop EI-23, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, (Email is preferred)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct any requests for additional 
information or copies of the information collection instruments and 
instructions to Rebecca Peterson at [email protected] or at 202-
586-4509. The collection instruments and instructions are also 
available on the Internet at: http://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/electricity/solar/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1905-0129;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Electricity and 
Renewables Power Surveys;
    (3) Type of Request: Extension, with changes of a currently 
approved collection;
    (4) Purpose: The electricity and renewables 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 industry. EIA uses the data collected on 
the electric power surveys to answer queries from the U.S. Congress, 
other federal and state agencies, the electric power industry, and the 
public; and as input to the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) and 
to EIA's other forecasting and analytical activities. Other users of 
the data include policy makers, regulators, energy market analysts, and 
the energy industries.
    Changes to the currently approved forms in this package can be 
summarized as follows:
     Form EIA-63B: Change from a monthly only to an annual and 
monthly collection and eliminate questions about photovoltaic cells 
which will result in a significant decrease in burden;
     Form EIA-411: Discontinue the collection of historical 
information associated with demand, capacity, transactions, and reserve 
margins;
     Form EIA-826: Discontinue this form and replace it with 
Form EIA-861M (see further below);
     Form EIA-860: Require plants in Puerto Rico to begin 
reporting and add questions concerning storage capacity, solar 
generators, virtual net metering agreements, and planned retirement 
dates of environmental equipment;
     Form EIA-860M: Add questions regarding net metering 
agreements involving newly operable solar generators;
     Form EIA-861: Add questions regarding small scale storage 
and virtual net metered capacity;
     Form EIA-861 M (which replaces the Form EIA-826): Add 
questions regarding capacity;
     Form EIA-923: Reduce the current monthly sample via a more 
efficient model-based cutoff design; require plants in Puerto Rico to 
begin reporting, remove data protection for coal and petroleum stocks, 
collect the mercury removal rate for environmental equipment, collect 
data from plants that are operating under test conditions;
     Form EIA-930: Require respondents to report hourly sub-
regional demand, hourly net generation by standard fuel type, and their 
hourly total actual demand within 30 minutes (instead of the current 60 
minutes) of the end of the data hour.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: The annual estimated 
number of respondents on the electric and solar surveys is 16,770;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: The annual 
estimated number of total responses is 65,716;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: The annual estimated 
number of burden hours is 152,120 which represents an increase of 
10,975 burden hours from the prior renewal of this collection. Most of 
the overall change is driven by an overall 17-percent increase in 
survey respondents due to rapid growth in the electric power industry. 
To a smaller extent, the increase is due to additional questions that 
are needed on certain surveys to optimize data coverage while adding 
only a minimal increase in burden and to the requirement for plants in 
Puerto Rico to begin reporting on the Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923.
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost burden: New 
respondents will incur a one-time total startup cost of $14,400. This 
will apply to the 25 power companies in Puerto Rico that will be new 
respondents (25 companies times 8 hours times $72.02 per hour, the 
current hourly rate for an EIA employee). EIA estimates that for each 
of these companies it will take 8 hours to configure their reporting 
systems, review instructions, search their data systems and receive 
authentication for EIA's Single Sign-on Internet Data Collection System 
in order to report electronically. Additional costs to respondents are 
not anticipated beyond costs associated with response burden. This 
information is maintained in the normal course of business. The total 
annual cost of burden hours to the respondents for all nine surveys is 
estimated to be $10,955,682 (152,120 burden hours times $72.02 per 
hour). Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA estimates that there 
are no additional costs for generating, maintaining, and providing the 
information.

    Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
772(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC, October 14, 2016.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, 
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-25504 Filed 10-20-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 204 / Friday, October 21, 2016 / Notices 72797 sciences, compared to the average Reader, which is available free at the the meeting at the phone number listed minority enrollment in the same fields site. above. Written statements may be filed in the three-year period immediately You may also access documents of the with the Board either before or after the prior to the beginning of the current Department published in the Federal meeting. Individuals who wish to make grant; and (2) the percentage of minority Register by using the article search oral presentations pertaining to agenda students enrolled at four-year minority feature at www.federalregister.gov. items should contact Barbara Ulmer at institutions in the fields of engineering Specifically, through the advanced the telephone number listed above. The or physical or biological sciences who search feature at this site, you can limit request must be received five days prior graduate within six years of enrollment. your search to documents published by to the meeting and reasonable provision Please see the application package for the Department. will be made to include the presentation details of data collection and reporting Dated: October 18, 2016. in the agenda. The Deputy Designated requirements for these measures. Lynn B. Mahaffie, Federal Officer is empowered to 5. Continuation Awards: In making a conduct the meeting in a fashion that Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, continuation award under 34 CFR Planning, and Innovation, Delegated the will facilitate the orderly conduct of 75.253, the Secretary considers, among Duties of the Assistant Secretary for business. Individuals wishing to make other things: Whether a grantee has Postsecondary Education. public comments can do so during the made substantial progress in achieving [FR Doc. 2016–25539 Filed 10–20–16; 8:45 am] 15 minutes allotted for public the goals and objectives of the project; BILLING CODE 4000–01–P comments. whether the grantee has expended funds Minutes: Minutes will be available by in a manner that is consistent with its writing to Barbara Ulmer at the address approved application and budget; and, listed above or at the following Web DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY if the Secretary has established site: http://www.nnss.gov/NSSAB/ performance measurement Environmental Management Site- pages/MM_FY16.htm. requirements, the performance targets in Specific Advisory Board, Nevada Authority: Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770. the grantee’s approved application. Issued at Washington, DC on October 17, In making a continuation grant, the AGENCY: Department of Energy. 2016. Secretary also considers whether the ACTION: Notice of open meeting. LaTanya R. Butler, grantee is operating in compliance with Deputy Committee Management Officer. SUMMARY: This notice announces a the assurances in its approved meeting of the Environmental [FR Doc. 2016–25462 Filed 10–20–16; 8:45 am] application, including those applicable Management Site-Specific Advisory BILLING CODE 6450–01–P to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit Board (EM SSAB), Nevada. The Federal discrimination in programs or activities Advisory Committee Act requires that receiving Federal financial assistance DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY public notice of this meeting be from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, announced in the Federal Register. 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). Proposed Agency Information DATES: Wednesday, November 9, 2016— VII. Agency Contacts Collection Extension With Changes 4:00 p.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. ADDRESSES: Clark County Government AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Bernadette Hence, U.S. Department of Center, 500 South Grand Central Administration (EIA), U.S. Department Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89155. of Energy. Room 4C115, Washington, DC 20202. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ACTION: Notice and request for OMB Telephone: (202) 453–7913 or by email: Barbara Ulmer, Board Administrator, review and comment. Bernadette.hence@ed.gov. 232 Energy Way, M/S 167, North Las SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the Vegas, Nevada 89030. Phone: (702) 630– information collection request to the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 0522; Fax (702) 295–2025 or Email: OMB for extension with changes, under NSSAB@nnsa.doe.gov. VIII. Other Information the provisions of the Paperwork SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Reduction Act of 1995, for the Electric Accessible Format: Individuals with Purpose of the Board: The purpose of Power and Renewable Electricity disabilities can obtain this document the Board is to make recommendations Surveys (OMB Control Number 1905– and a copy of the application package in to DOE–EM and site management in the 0129) information collection. EIA an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large areas of environmental restoration, requests a three-year clearance with print, audiotape, or compact disc) on waste management, and related changes for the following forms: request to the program contact person activities. D Form EIA–63B, ‘‘Photovoltaic Module listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Tentative Agenda Shipments Report’’ CONTACT in section VII of this notice. D Form EIA–411, ‘‘Coordinated Bulk Electronic Access to This Document: 1. Briefing and Recommendation Power Supply Program Report’’ The official version of this document is Development for Clean Slate II Path D Form EIA–826, ‘‘Monthly Electric the document published in the Federal Forward—Work Plan Item #2 Utility Sales and Revenue Report with Register. Free Internet access to the 2. Election of Vice-Chair State Distributions’’ (will be replaced official edition of the Federal Register Public Participation: The EM SSAB, asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES by EIA–861M) and the Code of Federal Regulations is Nevada, welcomes the attendance of the D Form EIA–860, ‘‘Annual Electric available via the Federal Digital System public at its advisory committee Generator Report’’ at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you meetings and will make every effort to D Form EIA–860M, ‘‘Monthly Update to can view this document, as well as all accommodate persons with physical the Annual Electric Generator Report’’ other documents of this Department disabilities or special needs. If you D Form EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric published in the Federal Register, in require special accommodations due to Power Industry Report’’ text or Portable Document Format. To a disability, please contact Barbara D Form EIA–861S, ‘‘Annual Electric use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Ulmer at least seven days in advance of Power Industry Report (Short Form)’’ VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:06 Oct 20, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1

72798 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 204 / Friday, October 21, 2016 / Notices D Form EIA–861M, ‘‘Monthly Electric agencies, the electric power industry, percent increase in survey respondents Power Industry Report’’ (will replace and the public; and as input to the due to rapid growth in the electric EIA–826) National Energy Modeling System power industry. To a smaller extent, the D Form EIA–923, ‘‘Power Plant (NEMS) and to EIA’s other forecasting increase is due to additional questions Operations Report’’ and analytical activities. Other users of that are needed on certain surveys to D Form EIA–930, ‘‘Balancing Authority the data include policy makers, optimize data coverage while adding Operations Report’’ regulators, energy market analysts, and only a minimal increase in burden and DATES: Comments regarding this the energy industries. to the requirement for plants in Puerto collection must be received on or before Changes to the currently approved Rico to begin reporting on the Forms November 21, 2016. If you anticipate forms in this package can be EIA–860 and EIA–923. that you will be submitting comments, summarized as follows: (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and but find it difficult to do so within the • Form EIA–63B: Change from a Recordkeeping Cost burden: New period of time allowed by this notice, monthly only to an annual and monthly respondents will incur a one-time total please advise the DOE Desk Officer at collection and eliminate questions about startup cost of $14,400. This will apply OMB of your intention to make a photovoltaic cells which will result in a to the 25 power companies in Puerto submission as soon as possible. The significant decrease in burden; Rico that will be new respondents (25 Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202– • Form EIA–411: Discontinue the companies times 8 hours times $72.02 395–4718 or contacted by email at collection of historical information per hour, the current hourly rate for an Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov. associated with demand, capacity, EIA employee). EIA estimates that for transactions, and reserve margins; each of these companies it will take 8 ADDRESSES: Written comments should • Form EIA–826: Discontinue this hours to configure their reporting be sent to the: form and replace it with Form EIA– systems, review instructions, search DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 861M (see further below); their data systems and receive and Regulatory Affairs, Office of • Form EIA–860: Require plants in authentication for EIA’s Single Sign-on Management and Budget, New Puerto Rico to begin reporting and add Internet Data Collection System in order Executive Office Building, Room questions concerning storage capacity, to report electronically. Additional costs 10102, 735 17th Street NW., solar generators, virtual net metering to respondents are not anticipated Washington, DC 20503, Chad_S_ agreements, and planned retirement beyond costs associated with response Whiteman@omb.eop.gov dates of environmental equipment; burden. This information is maintained And to • Form EIA–860M: Add questions in the normal course of business. The Rebecca Peterson, Electricity2017@ regarding net metering agreements total annual cost of burden hours to the eia.gov, U.S. Energy Information involving newly operable solar respondents for all nine surveys is Administration, Mail Stop EI–23, generators; estimated to be $10,955,682 (152,120 Forrestal Building, 1000 • Form EIA–861: Add questions burden hours times $72.02 per hour). Independence Avenue SW., regarding small scale storage and virtual Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA Washington, DC 20585, (Email is net metered capacity; estimates that there are no additional preferred) • Form EIA–861 M (which replaces costs for generating, maintaining, and the Form EIA–826): Add questions providing the information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: regarding capacity; Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Direct any requests for additional • Form EIA–923: Reduce the current information or copies of the information Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, monthly sample via a more efficient Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). collection instruments and instructions model-based cutoff design; require to Rebecca Peterson at Electricity2017@ Issued in Washington, DC, October 14, plants in Puerto Rico to begin reporting, 2016. eia.gov or at 202–586–4509. The remove data protection for coal and collection instruments and instructions Nanda Srinivasan, petroleum stocks, collect the mercury are also available on the Internet at: Director, Office of Survey Development and removal rate for environmental Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy http://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/ equipment, collect data from plants that electricity/solar/. Information Administration. are operating under test conditions; [FR Doc. 2016–25504 Filed 10–20–16; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This • Form EIA–930: Require respondents BILLING CODE 6450–01–P information collection request contains: to report hourly sub-regional demand, (1) OMB No.: 1905–0129; hourly net generation by standard fuel (2) Information Collection Request type, and their hourly total actual DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Title: Electricity and Renewables Power demand within 30 minutes (instead of Surveys; the current 60 minutes) of the end of the Environmental Management Site- (3) Type of Request: Extension, with data hour. Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge changes of a currently approved (5) Annual Estimated Number of Reservation collection; Respondents: The annual estimated (4) Purpose: The electricity and number of respondents on the electric AGENCY: Department of Energy. renewables surveys collect data from and solar surveys is 16,770; ACTION: Notice of open meeting. entities involved in the production, (6) Annual Estimated Number of transmission, delivery, and sale of SUMMARY: This notice announces a Total Responses: The annual estimated asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES electricity, and in maintaining the meeting of the Environmental number of total responses is 65,716; reliable operation of the power system. (7) Annual Estimated Number of Management Site-Specific Advisory The data collected are the primary Burden Hours: The annual estimated Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge source of information on the nation’s number of burden hours is 152,120 Reservation. electric power industry. EIA uses the which represents an increase of 10,975 DATES: Wednesday, November 9, 2016, data collected on the electric power burden hours from the prior renewal of 6:00 p.m. surveys to answer queries from the U.S. this collection. Most of the overall ADDRESSES: Department of Energy Congress, other federal and state change is driven by an overall 17- Information Center, Office of Science VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:06 Oct 20, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for OMB review and comment.
DatesComments regarding this collection must be received on or before November 21, 2016. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-4718 or contacted by email at [email protected]
ContactDirect any requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instruments and instructions to Rebecca Peterson at [email protected] or at 202- 586-4509. The collection instruments and instructions are also available on the Internet at: http://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/ electricity/solar/.
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