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1Pub. L. 109–58, § 1252(e)(3), 119 Stat. 594, 966 

(2005) (EPAct 2005). 

2Pub. L. 109–58, § 1211(a), 119 Stat. 594, 941 

(codified at 16 U.S.C. 824o (2006)). 

3North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 

FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g & compliance, 117 

FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), appeal docketed sub nom. 

Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, No. 06–1426 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 29, 

2006). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–731–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

July 31, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) (2006), the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC or Commission) is soliciting 

public comment on the proposed 

information collection described below. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

collection of information are due 60 

days after publication in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed 

either electronically (e-Filed) or in 

paper format, and should refer to Docket 

No. IC09–731–000. Documents must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with Commission 

submission guidelines at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. 

Comments may be eFiled. The eFiling 

option under the Documents & Filings 

tab on the Commission’s home Web 

page (http://www.ferc.gov) directs users 

to the eFiling Web page. First-time users 

should follow the eRegister instructions 

on the eFiling Web page to establish a 

user name and password before eFiling. 

Filers will receive an e-mailed 

confirmation of their eFiled comments. 

Commentors filing electronically 

should not make a paper filing. 

Commentors that are not able to file 

electronically must send an original and 

14 paper copies of the filing to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Parties interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket may do so through 

eSubscription. The eSubscription option 

under the Documents & Filings tab on 

the Commission’s home Web page 

directs users to the eSubscription Web 

page. Users submit the docket numbers 

of the filings they wish to track and will 

subsequently receive an e-mail 

notification each time a filing is made 

under the submitted docket numbers. 

First-time users will need to establish a 

user name and password before 

eSubscribing. 

Filed comments and FERC issuances 

may be viewed, printed and 

downloaded remotely from the 

Commission’s Web site. The eLibrary 

link found at the top of most of the 

Commission’s Web pages directs users 

to FERC’s eLibrary. From the eLibrary 

Web page, choose General Search, and 

in the Docket Number space provided, 

enter IC09–731, then click the Submit 

button at the bottom of the page. For 

help with any of the Commission’s 

electronic submission or retrieval 

systems, contact FERC Online Support 

via e-mail at: 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or 

telephone toll-free: (866) 208–3676 

(TTY (202) 502–8659). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to 

meet the requirements of Section 

1252(e)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, the Commission proposes to 

conduct a survey with a response 

deadline of April 30, 2010, and publish 

a report on the results in 2010. The 

proposed survey is necessary to update 

the 2006 and 2008 advanced metering 

and demand response information 

collected on previous Commission 

surveys. A copy of the survey, 

instructions, and glossary are attached 

and part of this document, but they are 

not being printed in the Federal 

Register. The Attachments are available 

on the FERC’s eLibrary (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp) 

by searching Docket No. IC09–731–000, 

and through the FERC Public Reference 

Room. Interested parties may also 

request paper copies of the survey, 

instructions, and glossary by contacting 

Michael Miller by telephone at (202) 

502–8415, by fax at (202) 273–0873, or 

by e-mail at michael.miller@ferc.gov. 

Section 1252(e)(3) of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005,1 requires the 

Commission to prepare and publish an 

annual report, by appropriate region, 

that assesses demand response 

resources, including those available 

from all consumer classes. Specifically, 

EPAct 2005 Section 1252(e)(3) requires 

that the Commission identify and 

review: 

(A) Saturation and penetration rate of 

advanced meters and communications 

technologies, devices and systems; 

(B) Existing demand response 

programs and time-based rate programs; 

(C) The annual resource contribution 

of demand resources; 

(D) The potential for demand 

response as a quantifiable, reliable 

resource for regional planning purposes; 

(E) Steps taken to ensure that, in 

regional transmission planning and 

operations, demand resources are 

provided equitable treatment as a 

quantifiable, reliable resource relative to 

the resource obligations of any loadserving entity, transmission provider, or 

transmitting party; and 

(F) Regulatory barriers to improved 

customer participation in demand 

response, peak reduction and critical 

period pricing programs. 

In 2006 and 2008, the Commission 

designed and used Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approved collections FERC–727, 

Demand Response and Time Based Rate 

Programs Survey (OMB Control No. 

1902–0214), and FERC–728, Advanced 

Metering Survey (OMB Control No. 

1902–0213), to collect and convey to 

Congress the requested demand 

response and advanced metering 

information. The collection proposed 

herein will update the information filed 

previously in the FERC–727 and 728 

surveys. The Commission investigated 

alternatives, including using data from 

the North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC) and the Energy 

Information Administration (EIA), to 

fielding and collecting data using a 

FERC designed survey. However, as 

explained below, the data cannot be 

obtained by the Commission in time to 

complete the 2010 report to Congress. 

In addition to creating the demand 

response and advanced metering 

requirements, EPAct 2005 enacted 

section 215 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA) titled ‘‘Electric Reliability,’’ 

authorizing the Commission to approve 

and enforce reliability standards for the 

reliability of the interstate grid.2 Section 

215 of the FPA authorized FERC to 

certify an Electric Reliability 

Organization (ERO) to develop the 

reliability standards for the Nation’s 

bulk power system, subject to 

Commission review and approval. 

NERC has been certified by the 

Commission as the ERO for the United 

States.3 Among many other things, 

NERC has begun to collect demand 

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4Number of hours an employee works each year. 

5Average annual salary per employee. 

dispatchable resources that it needs to 

conduct its reliability work. The 

Demand Response Data Task Force at 

NERC is in the process of developing a 

Demand Response Availability Data 

System (DADS) to collect demand 

response program information. NERC is 

planning a limited trial run of DADS in 

2010 followed by a full-scale version, 

with disaggregated information on 

utility/load serving entity demand 

response programs, in 2011. NERC will 

not be collecting the 2009 data that the 

Commission plans to collect in its 

proposed survey. Moreover, NERC 

proposes to collect detailed demand 

response data on a quarterly basis for 

the year 2010, beginning in June 2010 

and plans to publish the annual data for 

2010 by May 1, 2011 Thus, the 

Commission will not be able to use the 

2010 data that NERC proposes to collect 

for the FERC’s 2010 report to Congress. 

The Energy Information 

Administration (EIA) collects aggregated 

information on energy efficiency and 

load management as well as advanced 

metering data in its EIA–861, ‘‘Annual 

Electric Power Industry Report.’’ The 

data collected in this survey does not 

identify existing demand response 

programs or time-based rate programs, 

but it does support the Commission’s 

advanced metering data needs. 

Unfortunately, the finalized advanced 

metering data for 2009 will not be 

available until the fourth quarter of 2010 

under EIA’s proposed schedule. 

Therefore, the EIA data will not be 

available to the Commission in time to 

use in its 2010 report to Congress. 

Therefore, because the alternatives 

will not provide data in a timely manner 

for the 2010 report, the Commission 

proposes to conduct a survey (attached) 

with a response deadline of April 30, 

2010. This survey has been designed to 

be consistent with the NERC’s data 

collection such that, in future years, the 

Commission may be able to use the 

NERC data when it becomes available, 

phase-out the FERC demand response 

survey and still comply with EPAct 

2005 Section 1252(e)(3). 

FERC staff has designed a survey that 

will impose minimal burden on 

respondents by providing respondents 

with an easy-to-complete, fillable form 

that will include such user friendly 

features as pre-populated fields and 

drop-down menus, make use of the data 

that is becoming available from reliable 

sources, and provide it with the 

information necessary to draft and file 

the report that is required by Congress. 

It is a streamlined and simplified 

version of past surveys and can be 

electronically filed. A paper version of 

the survey will be available for those 

who are unable to file electronically. 

The Commission is proposing to 

collect the demand response and 

advanced metering information via a 

voluntary survey from the nation’s 

entities that serve wholesale and retail 

customers. The information will be used 

to draft and file the report that is 

required by Congress. Industry 

cooperation is important for us to obtain 

as accurate and up-to-date information 

as possible to respond to Congress, as 

well as to provide information to states 

and other market participants. We, 

therefore, strongly encourage all 

potential survey respondents to 

complete the survey. 

In summary, the Commission seeks 

public comment on the proposed survey 

(FERC–731, ‘‘Demand Response/TimeBased Rate Programs and Advanced 

Metering’’) and the related estimated 

burden. FERC also requests OMB 

approval to administer the survey and to 

collect the information on demand 

response and advanced metering. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

comments on the proposed survey and 

related burden estimate. The 

Commission is also requesting OMB 

approval for the collection of 

information on demand response and 

advanced metering. 

Burden Statement: The proposed 

survey targets respondents who directly 

serve wholesale and retail customers. 

The Commission estimates the public 

reporting burden for this information 

collection will be 13,600 hours and will 

affect 3,400 respondents. The burden for 

the collection is: 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1) × (2) × (3) 

FERC–731 Demand Response/Time-Based Rate Programs and 

Advanced Metering Survey .......................................................... 3,400 1 4 13,600 

The estimated total cost to 

respondents is $838,865.00 [13,600 

hours divided by 2,080 hours 4 per year, 

times $128,297 5 equals $838,865.00]. 

The cost per respondent is $246.73. 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

reviewing the collection of information; 

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise 

disclosing the information. 

The respondent’s cost estimate is 

based on salaries for professional and 

clerical support, as well as direct and 

indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) 

Problems in measuring data elements 

collected; (2) regulatory or other barriers 

to gathering the information; (3) terms 

and definitions in the survey and 

glossary; (4) other sources of 

information on advanced metering and 

demand response programs; (5) the 

accuracy of the agency’s burden 

estimate of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(6) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and, (7) ways to minimize 

respondent information collection 

burden. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

Note: The Attachments (survey, 

instructions, and glossary) will not be printed 

in the Federal Register. The Attachments are 


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1The license application contains documents that 

provide elevations based on NAVD88 datum or 

based on Plant Datum. To convert from Plant Datum 

to NAVD88 datum, subtract 1.5 feet. 

available on the FERC’s eLibrary (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp) by 

searching Docket No. IC09–731–000, and 

through the FERC Public Reference Room. 

[FR Doc. E9–18914 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–516–459] 

South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company; Notice of Application Ready 

for Environmental Analysis and 

Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

July 31, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–516–459. 

c. Date filed: August 28, 2008. 

d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric 

& Gas Company. 

e. Name of Project: Saluda 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Saluda River in 

Richland, Lexington, Saluda, and 

Newberry counties, South Carolina. The 

project does not occupy any federal 

lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James M. 

Landreth, Vice President, Fossil/Hydro 

Operations South Carolina Electric & 

Gas Company, 111 Research Drive, 

Columbia, South Carolina 29203; or Mr. 

William R. Argentieri, Manager-Civil 

Engineering, South Carolina Electric & 

Gas Company, 111 Research Drive, 

Columbia, South Carolina 29203, (803) 

217–9162. 

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202) 

502–8379, or e-mail at 

lee.emery@ferc.gov. 

j. The deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days 

from the issuance of this notice and 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

Comments, recommendations, terms 

and conditions, and prescriptions may 

be filed electronically via the Internet in 

lieu of paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ 

k. This application has been accepted 

and is ready for environmental analysis 

at this time. 

l. Project description: The existing 

207.3-megawatt (MW) Saluda Project 

consists of a single development with 

the following features: (1) A 7,800-footlong, 213-foot-high earth-fill dam 

(Saluda dam), with South Carolina State 

Highway 6 (Highway 6) running along 

the top of the dam; (2) a dike that 

extends 2,550 feet from the north end of 

the dam, running parallel with Highway 

6; (3) a 2,900-foot-long emergency 

spillway, with six steel Tainter gates, 

that is located 500 feet from the south 

end of Saluda dam, and a spillway 

channel that reconnects with the Saluda 

River about 0.75 miles downstream from 

the Saluda powerhouse; (4) a 2,300-footlong, 213-foot-high roller compacted 

concrete backup dam located along the 

downstream toe of the Saluda dam, with 

(i) a crest elevation of 372.0 feet North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988 

(NAVD88),1 and (ii) rock fill 

embankment sections on the north and 

south ends of the backup dam, having 

a combined length of 5,700 feet; (5) a 41- 

mile-long, 50,900-acre reservoir (Lake 

Murray) at a full pool elevation of 358.5 

feet NAVD88, with a total usable storage 

of approximately 635,000 acre-feet; (6) 

five 223-foot-high intake towers and 

associated penstocks; (7) a concrete and 

brick powerhouse containing four 

vertical Francis turbine generating units 

(three at 32.5 MW and one at 42.3 MW), 

and a fifth vertical Francis turbine 

generating unit (67.5 MW), which is 

enclosed in a weather-tight housing 

located on a concrete deck attached to 

the south end of the main powerhouse; 

(8) a 150-foot-long tailrace; and (9) 

appurtenant facilities. There is no 

transmission line or bypassed reach 

associated with the project. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary 

link.’’ Enter the docket number 

excluding the last three digits in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS’’; (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain 

copies of the application directly from 

the applicant. Each filing must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed on the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b), and 385.2010. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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