83 FR 19273 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-582); Comment Request; Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 85 (May 2, 2018)

Page Range		19273-19274
FR Document		2018-09251

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC- 582 (Electric Fees, Annual Charges, Waivers, and Exemptions) and submitting the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission published a 60-day Notice in the Federal Register in Docket No. IC18-4-000 requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in response to the Notice and is indicating that in its submittal to the OMB.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC18-4-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-582); Comment 
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting 
public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-
582 (Electric Fees, Annual Charges, Waivers, and Exemptions) and 
submitting the information collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review. Any interested person may file comments 
directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the 
Commission as explained below. The Commission published a 60-day Notice 
in the Federal Register in Docket No. IC18-4-000 requesting public 
comments. FERC received no comments in response to the Notice and is 
indicating that in its submittal to the OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due June 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by OMB Control No. 1902-
0132, should be sent via email to the

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: [email protected]. 
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-8528.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in 
Docket No. IC18-4-000 by either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Website: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in 
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance, contact FERC Online Support 
by email at [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676 
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FERC-582, Electric Fees, Annual Charges, Waivers, and 
Exemptions.
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0132.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-582 information 
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting 
requirements.
    Abstract: The information required by FERC-582 is contained in 
Title 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 381 \1\ and 382.\2\
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    \1\ 18 CFR, Sections 381.105, 381.106, 381.108, 381.302, and 
381.305.
    \2\ 18 CFR, Sections 382.102, 382.103, 382.105, 382.106, and 
382.201.
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    The Commission uses the FERC-582 to implement the statutory 
provisions of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (IOAA) 
\3\ which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for its services. 
In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA) \4\ 
authorizes the Commission to assess and collect fees and annual charges 
in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred by the 
Commission in that fiscal year.
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    \3\ 31 U.S.C. 9701.
    \4\ 42 U.S.C. 7178.
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    To comply with the FERC-582, respondents submit to the Commission 
the sum of the megawatt-hours (MWh) of all unbundled transmission 
(including MWh delivered in wheeling transactions and MWh delivered in 
exchange transactions) and the megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale 
power sales (to the extent the bundled wholesale power sales were not 
separately reported as unbundled transmission). The data collected in 
the FERC-582 are drawn directly from the FERC Form 1 \5\ transmission 
data. The Commission sums the costs of its electric regulatory program 
and subtracts all electric regulatory program filing fee collections to 
determine the total collectible electric regulatory program costs. 
Then, the Commission uses the data submitted under FERC-582 to 
determine the total megawatt-hours of transmission of electric energy 
in interstate commerce. Respondents (public utilities and power 
marketers) subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 data to 
the Commission by April 30 of each year.\6\ The Commission issues bills 
for annual charges to respondents. Then, respondents must pay the 
charges within 45 days of the Commission's issuance of the bill.
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    \5\ Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and 
Others (OMB Control No. 1902-0021), described in 18 CFR 141.1.
    \6\ 18 CFR 382.201.
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    Respondents file requests for waivers and exemptions of fees and 
charges \7\ based on need. The Commission's staff uses the filer's 
financial information to evaluate the request for a waiver or exemption 
of the obligation to pay a fee or an annual charge.
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    \7\ 18 CFR parts 381 and 382.
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    Estimate of Annual Burden \8\: The Commission estimates the burden 
and cost \9\ for this information collection as follows.
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    \8\ 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 
collection burden, refer to 5 CFR part 1320.
    \9\ The Commission staff thinks that the average respondent for 
this collection is similarly situated to the Commission, in terms of 
salary plus benefits. Based on FERC's 2017 annual average of 
$158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average hourly cost is 
$76.50/hour.
    \10\ This includes requirements of 18 CFR 381.105 (methods of 
payment), 381.106 (waiver), 381.108 (exemption), 381.302 
(declaratory order), 381.303 (review of DOE remedial order), 381.304 
(DOE denial of adjustment), and 381.305 (OGC interpretation).

                                          FERC-582, Electric Fees, Annual Charges, Waivers, and Exemptions \10\
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                                       Annual number
        Number of respondents           of responses   Total number of     Average burden & cost per     Total annual burden hrs. & cost     Cost per
                                       per respondent     responses                 response                                                respondent
(1)                                               (2)  (1) x (2) = (3)  (4)............................  (3) * (4) = (5)................     (5) / (1) =
                                                                                                                                                     (5)
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67..................................                1               67  1 hr.; $76.50..................  67 hrs.; $5,125.50.............          $76.50
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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: April 25, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Issued this 23rd day of April 2018. Docket Numbers: ER18–1442–000. clicking on the links or querying the
Elliot E. Mainzer, Applicants: Citizens Sycamore- docket number.
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. Penasquitos Transmission LLC. Any person desiring to intervene or
[FR Doc. 2018–09085 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am] Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: protest in any of the above proceedings
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
Initial Transmission Owner Tariff Filing must file in accordance with Rules 211
to be effective 12/31/9998. and 214 of the Commission’s
Filed Date: 4/25/18. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Accession Number: 20180425–5211. 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/18. time on the specified comment date.
Federal Energy Regulatory Docket Numbers: ER18–1443–000. Protests may be considered, but
Commission Applicants: Midcontinent intervention is necessary to become a
Independent System Operator, Inc., party to the proceeding.
Combined Notice of Filings #1 Michigan Electric Transmission eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
Take notice that the Commission Company, LLC. information relating to filing
received the following electric corporate Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: requirements, interventions, protests,
filings: 2018–04–25_SA 1756 METC-Consumers service, and qualifying facilities filings
Energy 11th Rev GIA (G479B) to be can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
Docket Numbers: EC18–89–000. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
Applicants: CSOLAR IV South, LLC, effective 5/1/2018.
Filed Date: 4/25/18. other information, call (866) 208–3676
CSOLAR IV WEST, LLC, CD Global (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Solar II CSolar Holdings, LLC. Accession Number: 20180425–5220.
Description: Joint Application for Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/18. Dated: April 26, 2018.
Approval Under Section 203 of the Docket Numbers: ER18–1444–000. Kimberly D. Bose,
Federal Power Act and Request for Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Secretary.
Expedited Approval of CSOLAR IV L.L.C. [FR Doc. 2018–09249 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am]
South, LLC, et al. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Filed Date: 4/26/18. Amendment to WMPA SA No. 4648;
Accession Number: 20180426–5174. Queue No. AB2–057 (Consent to Assign)
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. to be effective 3/2/2017. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Take notice that the Commission Filed Date: 4/26/18.
received the following electric rate Accession Number: 20180426–5074. Federal Energy Regulatory
filings: Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. Commission
Docket Numbers: ER12–1266–009. Docket Numbers: ER18–1445–000. [Docket No. IC18–4–000]
Applicants: Midcontinent Applicants: Idaho Power Company.
Independent System Operator, Inc. Description: Compliance filing: LGIA, Commission Information Collection
Description: Clean-up filing regarding LGIP, SGIA, and SGIP Modifications to Activities (FERC–582); Comment
Order 745 to be effective 6/12/2012. be effective 6/25/2018. Request; Extension
Filed Date: 4/26/18. Filed Date: 4/26/18.
Accession Number: 20180426–5102. AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Accession Number: 20180426–5073. Commission, Department of Energy.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
Docket Numbers: ER18–926–001. Docket Numbers: ER18–1446–000.
Applicants: Avista Corporation. and request for comments.
Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company. Description: Tariff Cancellation: SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Description: Tariff Amendment: Avista Corp NITSA cancel to re-file to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Amended GIA Stanton Energy be effective 4/27/2018. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Reliability Center Project SA No. 999 to Filed Date: 4/26/18. (Commission or FERC) is soliciting
be effective 2/8/2018. Accession Number: 20180426–5149. public comment on the currently
Filed Date: 4/26/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. approved information collection, FERC–
Accession Number: 20180426–5002. Docket Numbers: ER18–1447–000. 582 (Electric Fees, Annual Charges,
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. Applicants: Avista Corporation. Waivers, and Exemptions) and
Docket Numbers: ER18–1294–001. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: submitting the information collection to
Applicants: Woomera Energy, LLC. Avista Corp NITSA Re-filing to be the Office of Management and Budget
Description: Compliance filing: effective 4/27/2018. (OMB) for review. Any interested
Woomera Market Based Rate Tariff to be Filed Date: 4/26/18. person may file comments directly with
effective 12/31/9998. Accession Number: 20180426–5160. OMB and should address a copy of
Filed Date: 4/26/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. those comments to the Commission as
Accession Number: 20180426–5120. Docket Numbers: ER18–1448–000. explained below. The Commission
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, published a 60-day Notice in the
Docket Numbers: ER18–1441–000. L.L.C. Federal Register in Docket No. IC18–4–
Applicants: Southern California Description: Compliance filing: Notice 000 requesting public comments. FERC
Edison Company. of Cancellation of ISA, Service received no comments in response to
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Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: GIA Agreement No. 2381, NQ30 re: the Notice and is indicating that in its
and Distribution Service Agmt Deactivation to be effective N/A. submittal to the OMB.
SCEBESS–017 Project to be effective 4/ Filed Date: 4/26/18. DATES: Comments on the collection of
26/2018. Accession Number: 20180426–5192. information are due June 1, 2018.
Filed Date: 4/25/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/18. ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
Accession Number: 20180425–5204. The filings are accessible in the identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/18. Commission’s eLibrary system by 0132, should be sent via email to the

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Office of Information and Regulatory at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– bundled wholesale power sales were not
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 0873. separately reported as unbundled
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: transmission). The data collected in the
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Title: FERC–582, Electric Fees, FERC–582 are drawn directly from the
Officer may also be reached via Annual Charges, Waivers, and FERC Form 1 5 transmission data. The
telephone at 202–395–8528. Exemptions. Commission sums the costs of its
A copy of the comments should also OMB Control No.: 1902–0132. electric regulatory program and
be sent to the Commission, in Docket Type of Request: Three-year extension subtracts all electric regulatory program
No. IC18–4–000 by either of the of the FERC–582 information collection filing fee collections to determine the
following methods: requirements with no changes to the total collectible electric regulatory
• eFiling at Commission’s Website: current reporting requirements. program costs. Then, the Commission
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Abstract: The information required by uses the data submitted under FERC–
efiling.asp. FERC–582 is contained in Title 18 Code 582 to determine the total megawatt-
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 381 1 hours of transmission of electric energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and 382.2 in interstate commerce. Respondents
The Commission uses the FERC–582 (public utilities and power marketers)
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
to implement the statutory provisions of subject to these annual charges must
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
the Independent Offices Appropriation submit FERC–582 data to the
Instructions: All submissions must be Act of 1952 (IOAA) 3 which authorizes
formatted and filed in accordance with Commission by April 30 of each year.6
the Commission to establish fees for its The Commission issues bills for annual
submission guidelines at: http:// services. In addition, the Omnibus
www.ferc.gov/help/submission- charges to respondents. Then,
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 respondents must pay the charges
guide.asp. For user assistance, contact (OBRA) 4 authorizes the Commission to
FERC Online Support by email at within 45 days of the Commission’s
assess and collect fees and annual issuance of the bill.
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone charges in any fiscal year in amounts
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) equal to all the costs incurred by the Respondents file requests for waivers
502–8659 for TTY. Commission in that fiscal year. and exemptions of fees and charges 7
Docket: Users interested in receiving To comply with the FERC–582, based on need. The Commission’s staff
automatic notification of activity in this respondents submit to the Commission uses the filer’s financial information to
docket or in viewing/downloading the sum of the megawatt-hours (MWh) evaluate the request for a waiver or
comments and issuances in this docket of all unbundled transmission exemption of the obligation to pay a fee
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs- (including MWh delivered in wheeling or an annual charge.
filing/docs-filing.asp. transactions and MWh delivered in Estimate of Annual Burden 8: The
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: exchange transactions) and the Commission estimates the burden and
Ellen Brown may be reached by email megawatt-hours of all bundled cost 9 for this information collection as
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone wholesale power sales (to the extent the follows.

FERC–582, ELECTRIC FEES, ANNUAL CHARGES, WAIVERS, AND EXEMPTIONS 10
Annual Average
number of Total number of Total annual burden Cost per
Number of respondents burden & cost
responses per responses hrs. & cost respondent
per response
respondent

(1) (2) (1) × (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) / (1) = (5)

67 .................................................................... 1 67 1 hr.; $76.50 .......... 67 hrs.; $5,125.50 .. $76.50

Comments: Comments are invited on: (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility Dated: April 25, 2018.
(1) Whether the collection of and clarity of the information collection; Kimberly D. Bose,
information is necessary for the proper and (4) ways to minimize the burden of Secretary.
performance of the functions of the the collection of information on those [FR Doc. 2018–09251 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am]
Commission, including whether the who are to respond, including the use BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
information will have practical utility; of automated collection techniques or
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate other forms of information technology.
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;

1 18 CFR, Sections 381.105, 381.106, 381.108, 6 18 CFR 382.201. to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
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381.302, and 381.305. 7 18 CFR parts 381 and 382. Based on FERC’s 2017 annual average of $158,754
2 18 CFR, Sections 382.102, 382.103, 382.105, 8 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or (for salary plus benefits), the average hourly cost is
382.106, and 382.201. financial resources expended by persons to $76.50/hour.
3 31 U.S.C. 9701. generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 10 This includes requirements of 18 CFR 381.105

information to or for a Federal agency. For further (methods of payment), 381.106 (waiver), 381.108
4 42 U.S.C. 7178.
explanation of what is included in the information (exemption), 381.302 (declaratory order), 381.303
5 Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities,
collection burden, refer to 5 CFR part 1320. (review of DOE remedial order), 381.304 (DOE
Licensees and Others (OMB Control No. 1902– 9 The Commission staff thinks that the average denial of adjustment), and 381.305 (OGC
0021), described in 18 CFR 141.1. respondent for this collection is similarly situated interpretation).

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection and request for comments.
Dates		Comments on the collection of information are due June 1, 2018.
Contact		Ellen Brown may be reached by email at [email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 273-0873.
FR Citation		83 FR 19273

83 FR 19273 - Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-582); Comment Request; Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 85 (May 2, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission