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1The LNG Export Study did not consider the 

impact of exports of Alaska natural gas production. 

Because there is no natural gas pipeline 

interconnection between Alaska and the lower-48 

states, the macroeconomic consequences of 

exporting LNG from Alaska are likely to be discrete 

and separate from those of exporting from the 

lower-48 states. 

Type of Review: Extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector (Business or for-profit 

institutions). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,201. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,302 . 

Abstract: As provided by the Higher 

Education Opportunity Act (Pub. L. 

110–315), the regulations provide that a 

proprietary institution must derive at 

least 10% of its annual revenue from 

sources other than Title IV, Higher 

Education Act (HEA) funds, sanctions 

for failing to meet this requirement, and 

otherwise implement the statute by (1) 

Specifying a Net Present Value (NPV) 

formula used to establish the revenue 

for institutional loans, (2) providing an 

administratively easier alternative to the 

NPV calculation, and (3) describing 

more fully the non-Title IV eligible 

programs from which revenue may be 

counted for 90/10 purposes. The 

regulations require an institution to 

disclose in a footnote to its audited 

financial statements the amounts of 

Federal and non-Federal revenues, by 

category, that it used in calculating its 

90/10 ratio (see section 487(d) of the 

HEA). This request is for extending 

approval of reporting requirements 

contained in the regulations related to 

the administrative requirements of the 

non-Title IV revenue requirement (90/ 

10) program. The information collection 

requirements in the regulations are 

necessary to determine eligibility to 

receive program benefits and to prevent 

fraud and abuse of program funds. 

Dated: December 5, 2012. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29817 Filed 12–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

2012 LNG Export Study 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 2012 

LNG Export Study and request for 

comments. 

Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC ............................................................................ [FE Docket No. 10–161–LNG] 

Lake Charles Exports, LLC ................................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 11–59–LNG] 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP ............................................................................................................................ [FE Docket No. 11–128–LNG] 

Carib Energy (USA) LLC ...................................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 11–141–LNG] 

Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC ............................................................................ [FE Docket No. 11–161–LNG] 

Cameron LNG, LLC Gulf ...................................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 11–162–LNG] 

Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC ................................................................................................................................ [FE Docket No. 12–05–LNG] 

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P .......................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 12–32–LNG] 

LNG Development Company, LLC (d/b/a Oregon LNG) .................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 12–77–LNG] 

Cheniere Marketing, LLC ..................................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 12–97–LNG] 

Southern LNG Company, L.L.C ........................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 12–100–LNG] 

Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC ............................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 12–101–LNG] 

CE FLNG, LLC ....................................................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 12–123–LNG] 

Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC ............................................................................................................ [FE Docket No. 12–146–LNG] 

Golden Pass Products LLC ................................................................................................................................... [FE Docket No. 12–156–LNG] 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice of the availability of a 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) export 

cumulative impact study (LNG Export 

Study) in the above-referenced 

proceedings and invites the submission 

of initial and reply comments regarding 

the LNG Export Study. DOE 

commissioned the LNG Export Study to 

inform DOE’s decisions on applications 

seeking authorization to export LNG 

from the lower-48 states to non-free 

trade agreement (FTA) countries.1 The 

LNG Export Study consisted of two 

parts. The first part, performed by the 

Energy Information Administration 

(EIA) and originally published in 

January 2012, assessed how specified 

scenarios of increased natural gas 

exports could affect domestic energy 

markets. The second part, performed by 

NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) 

under contract to DOE, evaluated the 

macro-economic impact of LNG exports 

on the U.S. economy using a general 

equilibrium macroeconomic model of 

the U.S. economy with an emphasis on 

the energy sector and natural gas in 

particular. DOE may use the LNG Export 

Study to inform its decision in the listed 

proceedings and for other purposes. 

Comments submitted in compliance 

with the instructions in this notice will 

be placed in the administrative record 

for all of the above-listed proceedings 

and need only be submitted once. 

DATES: Initial comments are to be filed 

using procedures detailed in the Public 

Comment Procedures section no later 

than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, January 24, 

2013. Reply comments are to be filed 

using the same procedures and will be 

accepted for filing from January 25, 

2013, until 4:30 p.m., eastern time, 

February 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email: 

LNGStudy@hq.doe.gov. 

Regular Mail: U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Office of Natural Gas 

Regulatory Activities, Office of Fossil 

Energy, P.O. Box 44375, Washington, 

DC 20026–4375. 

Hand Delivery or Private Delivery 

Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.): U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, Office 

of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 

Room 3E–042, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

John Anderson, U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Office of Natural Gas 

Regulatory Activities, Office of Fossil 

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E– 

042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

0521. 

Edward Myers, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the Assistant 

General Counsel for Electricity and 

Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 

Room 6B–256, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

(202) 586–3397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to section 3 of the Natural 

Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717b, exports of 

natural gas, including LNG, must be 


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2The authority to regulate the imports and 

exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural 

gas, under section 3 of the NGA (15 U.S.C. § 717b) 

has been delegated to the Assistant Secretary for FE 

in Redelegation Order No. 00–002.04E (issued April 

29, 2011). 

3On August 7, 2012, DOE/FE issued Order No. 

2961–A, A Final Opinion and Order Granting LongTerm Authority To Export LNG From Sabine Pass 

LNG Terminal to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Nations. 

authorized by DOE/FE.2 Applications 

that seek authority to export natural gas 

to countries with which the United 

States has not entered into a free trade 

agreement providing for national 

treatment for trade in natural gas (nonFTA nations) are presumed to be in the 

public interest unless, after opportunity 

for a hearing, DOE finds that the 

authorizations would not be consistent 

with the public interest. 

On May 20, 2011, in Sabine Pass 

Liquefaction, LLC, Opinion and Order 

No. 2961 (Sabine Pass), DOE issued a 

conditional authorization to Sabine Pass 

Liquefaction, LLC for exports to nonFTA nations.3 Due to its receipt of other 

applications to export LNG to non-FTA 

nations, and in anticipation of 

additional applications, DOE cautioned 

in Order No. 2961 that it has a 

continuing duty to monitor supply and 

demand conditions in the United States 

in order to ensure that authorizations to 

export LNG do not subsequently lead to 

a reduction in the supply of natural gas 

needed to meet essential domestic 

needs. Order No. 2961 at 32. DOE 

further stated that it would evaluate the 

cumulative impact of the Sabine Pass 

authorization and any future export 

authorizations when considering 

subsequent applications for such 

authority. Id. 

Like Sabine Pass, the 15 proceedings 

identified above involve applications 

submitted by the named parties seeking 

authorization to export LNG from the 

lower-48 states to non-FTA nations. In 

response, DOE commissioned a study, 

consisting of two separate parts, of the 

economic impacts of granting these 

types of applications. The purpose of 

this Notice is to post the LNG Export 

Study in the 15 proceedings, and to 

invite initial and reply comments on the 

LNG Export Study, as applied to the 

pending matters. The LNG Export Study 

and the comments that DOE/FE receives 

in response to this Notice will help to 

inform our determination of the public 

interest in each case. 

The LNG Export Study 

In summary, the LNG Export Study 

includes: 

• An analysis performed by the 

Energy Information Administration 

(EIA) and originally published in 

January 2012, entitled Effect of 

Increased Natural Gas Exports on 

Domestic Energy Markets (EIA Study), 

examining how specified scenarios of 

increased natural gas exports could 

affect domestic energy markets. 

• An evaluation performed by NERA 

Economic Consulting (NERA), a private 

contractor retained by DOE, entitled 

Macroeconomic Impacts of Increased 

LNG Exports From the United States 

(NERA Study). The NERA analysis 

assessed the macroeconomic impact of 

LNG exports on the U.S. economy using 

a general equilibrium macroeconomic 

model of the U.S. economy with an 

emphasis on the energy sector and 

natural gas in particular. 

The purpose of the LNG Export Study 

was to evaluate the cumulative 

economic impact of the Sabine Pass 

authorization and any future requests 

for authority to export LNG. At the time 

DOE commissioned the EIA analysis, it 

had issued the Sabine Pass conditional 

authorization and had received 

applications for authority to export LNG 

by vessel from two additional proposed 

liquefaction facilities. The combined 

granted and requested authority to 

export LNG to non-FTA nations at that 

time was the equivalent of 5.6 billion 

cubic feet per day (Bcf/day) of natural 

gas. Additionally, DOE had been 

contacted by other companies that were 

considering filing additional 

applications to export LNG to non-FTA 

nations in the Fall of 2011. The 

approximate volume under 

consideration for export from these 

companies was equivalent to 

approximately another 6 Bcf/day of 

natural gas. 

Given the growing interest in 

exporting LNG from the lower-48 states, 

DOE designed the scope of the first part 

of the LNG Export Study, performed by 

EIA, to understand the implications of 

additional natural gas demand (as 

exports) on domestic energy markets 

under various scenarios. The scenarios 

established were not forecasts of either 

the ultimate level, or rates of increase, 

of exports; instead, these scenarios were 

established to set a wide range of 

potential LNG export scenarios, as 

assessed by DOE at that time. 

However, the EIA analysis did not 

address the macroeconomic impacts of 

natural gas exports on the U.S. 

economy. In particular, given its 

domestic focus, EIA’s National Energy 

Modeling System does not account for 

the impact of energy price changes on 

the global utilization pattern for existing 

capacity or the siting of new capacity 

inside or outside of the United States in 

energy-intensive industries. 

Therefore, DOE commissioned NERA 

to conduct such an analysis. The NERA 

macroeconomic analysis includes a 

feasibility analysis of exporting the 

specified quantities of natural gas used 

in the EIA analysis, as well as a range 

of additional global scenarios for natural 

gas supply and demand, including cases 

with no export constraints. 

The NERA study is available on the 

DOE/FE Web site (http:// 

www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/ 

gasregulation/LNGStudy.html). The EIA 

study remains available on the EIA Web 

site (www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/fe). 

Electronic links to both parts have been 

posted to the 15 listed dockets. 

Key Findings of the NERA Study 

The Executive Summary of the NERA 

Study sets forth several key findings 

regarding the macroeconomic impacts of 

permitting exports of LNG from the 

lower-48 states. DOE does not take a 

position regarding these findings at this 

time. However, given the complexity of 

the NERA Study, and in order to help 

focus the comments being solicited by 

this Request, it is worthwhile to set out 

NERA’s key findings verbatim. In 

considering NERA’s findings, 

commenters are urged to keep in mind 

that the NERA Study was performed by 

an independent non-governmental 

organization under contract to DOE and 

that its findings are NERA’s own 

findings, not those of DOE. The NERA 

Study’s key findings, as presented in the 

NERA Study’s Executive Summary are 

as follows: 

This report contains an analysis of the 

impact of exports of LNG on the U.S. 

economy under a wide range of different 

assumptions about levels of exports, global 

market conditions, and the cost of producing 

natural gas in the U.S. These assumptions 

were combined first into a set of scenarios 

that explored the range of fundamental 

factors driving natural gas supply and 

demand. These market scenarios ranged from 

relatively normal conditions to stress cases 

with high costs of producing natural gas in 

the U.S. and exceptionally large demand for 

U.S. LNG exports in world markets. The 

economic impacts of different limits on LNG 

exports were examined under each of the 

market scenarios. Export limits were set at 

levels that ranged from zero to unlimited in 

each of the scenarios. 

Across all these scenarios, the U.S. was 

projected to gain net economic benefits from 

allowing LNG exports. Moreover, for every 

one of the market scenarios examined, net 

economic benefits increased as the level of 

LNG exports increased. In particular, 

scenarios with unlimited exports always had 

higher net economic benefits than 

corresponding cases with limited exports. 

In all of these cases, benefits that come 

from export expansion more than outweigh 

the losses from reduced capital and wage 


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4Notices of application in 12 of the pending cases 

were published in the Federal Register as follows: 

Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG 

Liquefaction, LLC, FE Docket No. 10–161–LNG, 76 

FR4885 (January 27, 2011); Lake Charles Exports, 

LLC, FE Docket No. 11–59–LNG, 76 FR 34212 (June 

13, 2011); Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, FE Docket 

No. 11–128–LNG, 76 FR 76698 (December 8, 2011); 

Carib Energy (USA) LLC, FE Docket No. 11–141– 

LNG, 76 FR 80913 (December 12, 2011); Freeport 

LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC, 

FE Docket No. 11–161–LNG, 77 FR 7568 (February 

13, 2012); Cameron LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 11– 

162–LNG, 77 FR 10732 (February 23, 2012); Gulf 

Coast LNG Export, LLC, FE Docket No. 12–05–LNG, 

77 FR 32962 (June 4, 2012); Jordan Cove Energy 

Project, L.P.,FE Docket No. 12–32–LNG, 77 FR 

33446 (June 6, 2012); LNG Development Company, 

LLC (d/b/a Oregon LNG), FE Docket No. 12–77– 

LNG, 77 FR 55197 (September 7, 2012); Southern 

LNG Company, L.L.C., FE Docket No. 12–100–LNG, 

77 FR 63806 (October 17, 2012); Cheniere 

Marketing, LLC, FE Docket No. 12–097–LNG, 77 FR 

64964 (October 24, 2012); and Gulf LNG 

Liquefaction Company, LLC FE Docket No. 12–101– 

LNG, 77 FR 66454, (November 5, 2012). Comments 

will be received in three other proceedings in 

which the notices of application were issued by 

DOE/FE on November 30, 2012, but have not yet 

posted to the Federal Register, including CE FLNG, 

LLC, FE Docket No. 12–123–LNG; Excelerate 

Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC, FE Docket No. 12– 

146–LNG; and Golden Pass Products LLC, FE 

Docket No. 12–156–LNG.. 

income to U.S. consumers, and hence LNG 

exports have net economic benefits in spite 

of higher domestic natural gas prices. This is 

exactly the outcome that economic theory 

describes when barriers to trade are removed. 

Net benefits to the U.S. would be highest 

if the U.S. becomes able to produce large 

quantities of gas from shale at low cost, if 

world demand for natural gas increases 

rapidly, and if LNG supplies from other 

regions are limited. If the promise of shale 

gas is not fulfilled and costs of producing gas 

in the U.S. rise substantially, or if there are 

ample supplies of LNG from other regions to 

satisfy world demand, the U.S. would not 

export LNG. Under these conditions, 

allowing exports of LNG would cause no 

change in natural gas prices and do no harm 

to the overall economy. 

U.S. natural gas prices increase when the 

U.S. exports LNG. But the global market 

limits how high U.S. natural gas prices can 

rise under pressure of LNG exports because 

importers will not purchase U.S. exports if 

U.S. wellhead price rises above the cost of 

competing supplies. In particular, the U.S. 

natural gas price does not become linked to 

oil prices in any of the cases examined. 

Natural gas price changes attributable to 

LNG exports remain in a relatively narrow 

range across the entire range of scenarios. 

Natural gas price increases at the time LNG 

exports could begin range from zero to $0.33 

(2010 $/Mcf). The largest price increases that 

would be observed after 5 more years of 

potentially growing exports could range from 

$0.22 to $1.11 (2010 $/Mcf). The higher end 

of the range is reached only under conditions 

of ample U.S. supplies and low domestic 

natural gas prices, with smaller price 

increases when U.S. supplies are more costly 

and domestic prices higher. 

How increased LNG exports will affect 

different socio-economic groups will depend 

on their income sources. Like other trade 

measures, LNG exports will cause shifts in 

industrial output and employment and in 

sources of income. Overall, both total labor 

compensation and income from investment 

are projected to decline, and income to 

owners of natural gas resources will increase. 

Different socio-economic groups depend on 

different sources of income, though through 

retirement savings an increasingly large 

number of workers share in the benefits of 

higher income to natural resource companies 

whose shares they own. Nevertheless, 

impacts will not be positive for all groups in 

the economy. Households with income solely 

from wages or government transfers, in 

particular, might not participate in these 

benefits. 

Serious competitive impacts are likely to 

be confined to narrow segments of industry. 

About 10% of U.S. manufacturing, measured 

by value of shipments, has both energy 

expenditures greater than 5% of the value of 

its output and serious exposure to foreign 

competition. Employment in industries with 

these characteristics is about one-half of one 

percent of total U.S. employment. 

LNG exports are not likely to affect the 

overall level of employment in the U.S. There 

will be some shifts in the number of workers 

across industries, with those industries 

associated with natural gas production and 

exports attracting workers away from other 

industries. In no scenario is the shift in 

employment out of any industry projected to 

be larger than normal rates of turnover of 

employees in those industries. 

NERA Study at 1–2. 

Invitation to Comment 

DOE invites comments regarding the 

LNG Export Study that will help to 

inform DOE in its public interest 

determinations of the authorizations 

sought in the 15 pending applications. 

Comments must be limited to the results 

and conclusions of these independent 

analyses on the factors evaluated. These 

factors include the impact of LNG 

exports on: domestic energy 

consumption, production, and prices, 

and particularly the macroeconomic 

factors identified in the NERA analysis, 

including Gross Domestic Product 

(GDP), welfare analysis, consumption, 

U.S. economic sector analysis, and U.S. 

LNG export feasibility analysis, and any 

other factors included in the analyses. 

In addition, comments can be directed 

toward the feasibility of various 

scenarios used in both analyses. While 

this invitation to comment covers a 

broad range of issues, the Department 

may disregard comments that are not 

germane to the present inquiry. 

Moreover, no final decisions will be 

issued in the 15 pending proceedings 

until DOE has received and evaluated 

the comments requested herein. 

Public Comment Procedures 

DOE is not establishing a new 

proceeding or docket by today’s 

issuance and the submission of 

comments in response to this Notice 

will not make commenters parties to 

any of the pending 15 cases. Persons 

with an interest in the outcome of one 

or more of the 15 pending matters have 

been given an opportunity to intervene 

in or protest those pending matters by 

complying with the procedures 

established in the respective notices of 

application issued in the pending 15 

matters and published in the Federal 

Register.4

The record in the 15 pending 

proceedings will include all comments 

received in response to this Notice. 

Initial and reply comments will be 

reviewed on a consolidated basis for 

purposes of hearing, and decisions will 

be issued on a case-by-case basis. In 

addition to the procedures established 

by this Notice, all comments must meet 

the applicable requirements of DOE’s 

regulations at 10 CFR part 590. The 

more specific your comments, the more 

useful they will be. 

Reply comments should be directed 

toward matters specifically addressed in 

initial comments and should not 

introduce new issues not previously 

raised by other commenters. Reply 

comments will not be accepted until the 

opportunity for filing initial comments 

has run. 

Comments may be submitted using 

one of the following methods: (1) 

Emailing the filing to 

LNGStudy@hq.doe.gov; (2) mailing an 

original and three paper copies of the 

filing to the Office of Natural Gas 

Regulatory Activities at the address 

listed in ADDRESSES; or (3) hand 

delivering an original and three paper 

copies of the filing to the Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities at the 

address listed in ADDRESSES. 

All comments and reply comments 

submitted in response to this Notice 

should reference the ‘‘2012 LNG Export 

Study’’ in the title line. Any comments 

greater than 5 pages, double-spaced, in 

length must be submitted in electronic 

format. 

The 2012 LNG Export Study is 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Office of Natural Gas Regulatory 

Activities docket room, Room 3E–042, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. The docket 

room is open between the hours of 8:00 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. All 

initial and reply comments filed in 

response to this Notice will be available 

electronically by going to the following 

DOE/FE Web address: http:// 


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1Public Law 109–58. 

2Burden 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, reference 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/ 

gasregulation/LNGStudy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 5, 

2012. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29894 Filed 12–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–19–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–732); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection FERC–732 (Electric Rate 

Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term Firm 

Transmission Rights in Organized 

Electricity Markets) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. 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 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(77 FR 58116, 9/19/2012) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–732 and is 

making this notation in its submittal to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by January 10, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0245, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC12–19–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site: 

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/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, 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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–732, Electric Rate 

Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term Firm 

Transmission Rights in Organized 

Electricity Markets. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0245. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–732 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: 18 CFR Part 42 provides the 

reporting requirements of FERC–732 as 

they pertain to long-term transmission 

rights. To implement section 1233 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 

2005),1 the Commission requires each 

transmission organization that is a 

public utility with one or more 

organized electricity markets to make 

available long-term firm transmission 

rights that satisfy each of the 

Commission’s guidelines. 

The FERC–732 regulations require 

that transmission organizations (that are 

public utilities with one or more 

organized electricity markets) choose 

one of two ways to file: 

• File tariff sheets making long-term 

firm transmission rights available that 

are consistent with each of the 

guidelines established by FERC. 

• File an explanation describing how 

their existing tariffs already provide 

long-term firm transmission rights that 

are consistent with the guidelines. 

Additionally, the Commission requires 

each transmission organization to make 

its transmission planning and expansion 

procedures and plans available to the 

public. 

FERC–732 enables the Commission to 

exercise its wholesale electric rate and 

electric power transmission oversight 

and enforcement responsibilities in 

accordance with the FPA, the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(DOE Act), and EPAct 2005. 

The Commission intends to include 

the FERC–732 and all of its applicable 

requirements within FERC–516 (OMB 

Control No. 1902–0096). The 

Commission will ensure complete 

renewal (to include publishing all 

public notifications and receiving Office 

of Management and Budget approval) of 

FERC–732 information collection. After 

the collection is renewed, the 

Commission will seek to incorporate 

administratively FERC–732 information 

collection requirements into FERC–516. 

Finally, the Commission will 

discontinue the vacant FERC–732 

information collection. 

Type of Respondents: Public utility 

with one or more organized electricity 

markets. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 


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