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The following items will be covered on 

the agenda: 

• DOE Program Update 

• U.S. and Global Update on Hydrogen 

Fuel Cell Vehicle Industry 

• International Status of Fuel Cells and 

Hydrogen Technologies 

• Role of Fuel Cells in Smart Gris 

Programs 

• Update on Battery Technology for 

Vehicles 

• 2009 HTAC Report Development 

• Open Discussion 

Public Participation: In keeping with 

procedures, members of the public are 

welcome to observe the business of the 

meeting of HTAC and to make oral 

statements during the specified period 

for public comment. The public 

comment period will take place between 

8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on November 4, 

2009. To attend the meeting and/or to 

make oral statements regarding any of 

the items on the agenda, e-mail 

HTAC@nrel.gov at least 5 business days 

before the meeting. Please indicate if 

you will be attending the meeting, 

whether you want to make an oral 

statement, and what organization you 

represent. Members of the public will be 

heard in the order in which they sign up 

for the public comment period. Oral 

comments should be limited to two 

minutes in length. Reasonable provision 

will be made to include the scheduled 

oral statements on the agenda. The chair 

of the committee will make every effort 

to hear the views of all interested parties 

and to facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the committee, 

you may do so either by submitting a 

hard copy at the meeting or by 

submitting an electronic copy to 

HTAC@nrel.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review at 

http://hydrogen.energy.gov. 

Issued at Washington, DC on October 8, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–24776 Filed 10–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency information collection 

activities: Proposed collection; 

Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed revisions 

and three-year extension to the Forms: 

EIA–411, ‘‘Coordinated Bulk Power 

Supply Program Report,’’ 

EIA–826, ‘‘Monthly Electric Sales and 

Revenue with State Distributions 

Report,’’ 

EIA–860, ‘‘Annual Electric Generator 

Report,’’ 

EIA–860M, ‘‘Monthly Update to the 

Annual Electric Generator Report,’’ 

EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric Power 

Industry Report,’’ and 

EIA–923, ‘‘Power Plant Operations 

Report.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

December 14, 2009. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed below as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. 

Elizabeth Panarelli. To ensure receipt of 

the comments by the due date, 

submission by FAX (202–287–1938) or 

an e-mail to Ms. Panarelli at 

electricity2011@eia.doe.gov is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Energy Information Administration, 

Electric Power Division, EI–53, Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

Ms. Panarelli may be contacted by 

telephone at 202–586–2234. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to Ms. Elizabeth 

Panarelli at the address listed above. To 

review the proposed forms and 

instructions, please visit: http:// 

www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/ 

fednotice/elect_2011.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974, specifically 15 U.S.C. 790a, 

and the DOE Organization Act, 

specifically 42 U.S.C. 7135, require the 

EIA to carry out a centralized, 

comprehensive, and unified energy 

information program. This program 

collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes, 

and disseminates information on energy 

resource reserves, production, demand, 

technology, and related economic and 

statistical information. This information 

is used to assess the adequacy of energy 

resources to meet near and longer term 

domestic demands. 

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies with opportunities to comment 

on collections of energy information 

conducted by or in conjunction with the 

EIA. Also, the EIA will later seek 

approval for this collection by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

under Section 3507(a) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

The EIA collects information about 

the electric power industry for use by 

government and private sector analysts. 

The survey information is disseminated 

in a variety of electronic products and 

files. For details on the EIA electric 

power information program, please visit 

the electricity page of the EIA Internet 

site at http://www.eia.doe.gov/ 

fuelelectric.html. 

The EIA has completed an extensive 

review and update of the electric power 

survey collection instruments. The 

result of the update reflects input from 

the electric power industry, other 

industry users of the data, government 

agencies, consumer groups, and private 

sector analysts. The form changes are 

explained below. 

Please refer to the proposed forms and 

instructions for more information about 

the purpose, who must report, when to 

report, where to submit, the elements to 

be reported, detailed instructions, 

provisions for confidentiality, and uses 

(including possible non-statistical uses) 

of the information. For instructions on 

obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

II. Current Actions 

Specifically, the EIA is soliciting 

comments on the following revisions to 

and extension of existing forms, 

including: 

Form EIA–411, ‘‘Coordinated Bulk 

Power Supply Program Report’’ 

Change form name to ‘‘Coordinated 

Bulk Power Supply & Demand Program 

Report;’’ return to collecting projected 

reliability data on a 10-year basis as 

opposed to 5 years; change ‘‘Council’’ to 

‘‘Regional Entity;’’ and add submission 

of Sub-regional level breakout of data. 

Adopt the current NERC 2009 

Schedule 3 for summer and winter 

aggregated demand and supply 

information. Changes are as follows: 

Demand category additions include 

‘‘Demand Response,’’ ‘‘Critical PeakPricing with Control,’’ and ‘‘Load as a 

Capacity Resource;’’ supply category 

additions include ‘‘Existing-Certain,’’ 

‘‘Existing-Other,’’ ‘‘Existing-Inoperable,’’ 

‘‘Future-Planned,’’ ‘‘Future-Other,’’ and 

‘‘Conceptual’’ categories; break out 

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capacity categories of Wind, Solar, 

Hydro, and Biomass to cover both 

expected on-peak and derated values; 

and expand coverage of types of reserve 

margin calculations. Delete Schedule 

4—Regional Imports and Export detail. 

(Transaction summaries are added to 

Schedule 3). For Schedule 5, permit the 

submission of Computer-Aided Design 

and/or Computer-Aided Design and 

Drafting (CAD/CADD) file types. 

Schedule 6 changes include: Part A will 

now collect the following Existing 

Transmission Circuit Miles values: AC 

(kV)—115, 138, 161, 230, 345, 500, 765; 

DC (kV) 100–299, 300, 400, 450, 500; 

Part B will now collect Projected 

Transmission Additions starting at 

100kV and information on the reasons 

why Projected Transmission Additions 

are being added; and change reporting 

of selected transmission outage data to 

a mandatory basis on Schedule 7. 

Form EIA–826, ‘‘Monthly Electric Sales 

and Revenue With State Distributions 

Report’’ 

Schedule 2 Part B. Sales to Ultimate 

Customers—Energy-Only Service: 

Collect the names of the companies that 

deliver electricity on behalf of power 

marketers and retail service providers. 

Schedule 3 Part A. Green Pricing: 

Collect, by State and sector, the number 

of green pricing customers, green 

pricing sales and revenue as well as 

green pricing sales and revenue from 

Renewable Energy Certificates (REC). 

Schedule 3 Part B. Net Metering: 

Collect, by State and sector, the number 

of net metering customers, net metering 

capacity and technology type, as well as 

energy displaced by net metered 

generating facilities. Schedule 3 Part C. 

Advanced Metering: Collect, by State 

and sector, the number of Advanced 

Meter Reading (AMR) and Advanced 

Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters 

installed, as well as the energy served 

through AMI meters. 

Form EIA–860, ‘‘Annual Electric 

Generator Report’’ 

Change the collection of planning 

horizon from 5 years to 10 years. 

Schedule 3 Generator Information: Make 

revisions (prime movers and energy 

sources) to distinguish the reporting of 

energy storage technologies; make 

revisions (prime movers and energy 

sources) to distinguish the reporting of 

hydrokinetic technologies and related 

information; add geothermal to the 

technologies for which tested heat rate 

data are required; add the data element, 

‘‘Annual Average Operating Efficiency,’’ 

for solar photovoltaic, wind, and 

hydroelectric generators to the data 

collection; and replace the questions on 

reactive power output (MVAR) with 

new questions related to reactive power 

output. Schedule 6 Part F. Cooling 

System Information: Add new codes to 

capture additional cooling system types, 

source of cooling water and type of 

cooling water; add a question to collect 

the percentage of cooling load served by 

dry cooling components (for hybrid 

cooling systems); and expand the survey 

frame for cooling system data collection 

to include all thermoelectric plants 

greater than or equal to 100 MW in size. 

Form EIA–860M, ‘‘Monthly Update to 

the Annual Electric Generator Report’’ 

Schedule 2 (Updates To Proposed 

New Generators) and Schedule 3 

(Updates To Proposed Changes To 

Existing Generators): Make revisions 

(prime movers and energy sources) to 

distinguish the reporting of energy 

storage technologies; and make 

revisions (prime movers and energy 

sources) to distinguish the reporting of 

hydrokinetic technologies and related 

information. 

Form EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric Power 

Industry Report’’ 

Schedule 2 Part C. Green Pricing: 

Add, by State and sector, the green 

pricing sales and revenue from 

Renewable Energy Certificates (REC). 

Schedule 2 Part D. Net Metering: By 

State and sector, add the capacity and 

technology type for net metering 

generating facilities. Schedule 6 

Demand-Side Management Information: 

Collect Demand-Side Management 

(DSM) information from all 

respondents, regardless of size; and 

expand collection of DSM data to 

include State- and sector-level 

breakdown of costs, energy efficiency, 

and load management effects. Schedule 

7 Distributed and Dispersed Generation: 

Collect the capacity for distributed and 

dispersed generating technologies by 

State (replaces the percentage for each 

technology); and add ‘‘Photovoltaic 

(PV)’’ and ‘‘Storage’’ as choices for 

reporting distributed and dispersed 

generation types. 

Form EIA–923, ‘‘Power Plant Operations 

Report’’ 

Schedule 2. Cost and Quality of Fuel 

Receipts, Plant-Level: Collect receipts of 

uranium ownership transfers and 

enrichment services. Schedule 7. Total 

Plant Efficiency for Combined Heat and 

Power Plants (CHP): Add the annual 

average total CHP efficiency (i.e., the 

energy output’s percentage of the energy 

input) from CHP plants only. Schedule 

8D. Cooling System Information, 

Annual Operations: Add a column to 

collect amount of water diverted; and 

expand directions to include definitions 

of diversion, withdrawal, consumption, 

and discharge. Expand respondent pool 

to include any thermoelectric power 

plant greater than or equal to 100 MW. 

III. Request for Comments 

Prospective respondents and other 

interested parties should comment on 

the actions discussed in Item II. The 

following guidelines are provided to 

assist in the preparation of comments. 

Please indicate to which form(s) your 

comments apply. 

As a Potential Respondent to the 

Request for Information 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information collected? 

C. Are the instructions and definitions 

clear and sufficient? If not, which 

instructions need clarification? 

D. Can the information be submitted 

by the due dates? 

E. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average: Form 

EIA–411, ‘‘Bulk Power Supply Program 

Report,’’ 15.9 hours per response 

(Annual); Form EIA–826, ‘‘Monthly 

Electric Sales and Revenue with State 

Distributions Report,’’ 1.6 hours per 

response; Form EIA–860, ‘‘Annual 

Electric Generator Report,’’ 6.75 hours 

per response for respondents without 

environmental information and 12.5 

hours per response for respondents with 

environmental information; Form EIA– 

860M, ‘‘Monthly Update to the Annual 

Electric Generator Report,’’ 0.3 hours 

per response; Form EIA–861, ‘‘Annual 

Electric Power Industry Report,’’ 9.0 

hours per response; Form EIA–923, 

‘‘Power Plant Operations Report,’’ 3.2 

hours per response (Monthly for a 

sample, Annually for plants not in the 

sample). The estimated burden includes 

the total time necessary to provide the 

requested information. In your opinion, 

how accurate are these estimates? 

F. The agency estimates that the only 

cost to a respondent is for the time it 

will take to complete the collection. 

Will a respondent incur any start-up 

costs for reporting, or any recurring 

annual costs for operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services associated with 

the information collection? 

G. What additional actions could be 

taken to minimize the burden of this 

collection of information? Such actions 

may involve the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

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technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

H. Does any other Federal, State, or 

local agency collect similar information? 

If so, specify the agency, the data 

element(s), and the methods of 

collection. 

As a Potential User of the Information 

To Be Collected 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information disseminated? 

C. Is the information useful at the 

levels of detail to be collected? 

D. For what purpose(s) would the 

information be used? Be specific. 

E. Are there alternate sources for the 

information and are they useful? If so, 

what are their weaknesses and/or 

strengths? 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the form. They also will 

become a matter of public record. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

P.L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 8, 

2009. 

Renee Miller, 

Director, Forms Clearance and Information, 

Quality Division, Statistics and Methods 

Group, Energy Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–24777 Filed 10–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13470–000] 

Swalley Irrigation District; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, Protests, 

Recommendations, and Terms and 

Conditions 

October 7, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Conduit 

Exemption. 

b. Project No.: 13470–000. 

c. Date filed: May 21, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Swalley Irrigation 

District. 

e. Name of Project: Swalley Irrigation 

District Project. 

f. Location: The proposed Swalley 

Irrigation District Project would be 

located on the Swalley Main Canal in 

Deschutes County, Oregon. The land in 

which all the project structures are 

located is owned by the applicant. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Gary Blake, 

Chairmen, Swalley Irrigation District, 

64672 Cook Avenue, Suite 1, Bend, OR 

97701, phone (541) 388–0658. 

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 

502–6062, Robert.bell@ferc.gov. 

j. Status of Environmental Analysis: 

This application is ready for 

environmental analysis at this time, and 

the Commission is requesting 

comments, reply comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions. 

k. Deadline for filing responsive 

documents: The Commission directs, 

pursuant to section 4.34(b) of the 

Regulations (see Order No. 533, issued 

May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23,108 (May 20, 

1991)) that all comments, motions to 

intervene, protests, recommendations, 

terms and conditions, and prescriptions 

concerning the application be filed with 

the Commission: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. All reply 

comments must be filed with the 

Commission: 105 days from the 

issuance of this notice. 

Comments, protests, and 

interventions may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person in 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. 

l. Description of Project: The proposed 

Swalley Irrigation District Project 

consists of: (1) A proposed powerhouse 

containing one generating unit having 

an installed capacity of 750 kilowatts, 

and (2) appurtenant facilities. The 

Swalley Irrigation District, estimates the 

project would have an average annual 

generation of 2.7 gigawatt-hours that 

would be sold to a local utility. 

m. This filing is available for review 

and reproduction at the Commission in 

the Public Reference Room, Room 2A, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The filing may also be viewed on 

the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number, P–13470, in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3676 or e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for review and reproduction at 

the address in item h above. 

n. Development Application—Any 

qualified applicant desiring to file a 

competing application must submit to 

the Commission, on or before the 

specified deadline date for the 

particular application, a competing 

development application, or a notice of 

intent to file such an application. 

Submission of a timely notice of intent 

allows an interested person to file the 

competing development application no 

later than 120 days after the specified 

deadline date for the particular 

application. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

o. Notice of Intent—A notice of intent 

must specify the exact name, business 

address, and telephone number of the 

prospective applicant, and must include 

an unequivocal statement of intent to 

submit a competing development 

application. A notice of intent must be 

served on the applicant(s) named in this 

public notice. 

p. Protests or Motions to Intervene— 

Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline date 

for the particular application. 

q. All filings must (1) Bear in all 

capital letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE 

OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING 

APPLICATION’’, ‘‘COMPETING 

APPLICATION’’, ‘‘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 protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

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