Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2012 / Notices 64495 

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 15, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–25907 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, November 15, 2012 

from 3:30–4:00 p.m. (EST). To receive 

the call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the address or phone 

number listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gil 

Sperling, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number is (202) 287–1644. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Receive an update 

on the activities of the STEAB’s Task 

Forces, review the activities of the 

newly formed STEAB Strategic Planning 

Subcommittee, and provide an update 

to the Board on routine business matters 

and other topics of interest, and discuss 

outstanding items from the visit to 

Brookhaven National Laboratory. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gil Sperling at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site at: www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 16, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–25906 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD12–8–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–922); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC 

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

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the new 

information collection FERC–922, 

‘‘Performance Metrics in Regions 

Outside ISOs and RTOs,’’ 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 12832, 3/2/2012) requesting 

public comments. FERC received a 

comment from Edison Electric Institute 

(EEI) regarding the burden estimate as 

discussed further below. FERC also 

received comments on the specific 

metrics. These latter comments are 

summarized and addressed in the 

Commission Staff Report. The 

Commission Staff Report can be 

obtained via the Commission’s eLibrary 

system (at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp) by searching under 

Docket No. AD12–8. The report will not 

be published in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by November 21, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by FERC–922, 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. AD12–8–000, 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–922, Performance Metrics 

in Regions outside ISOs and RTOs. 

OMB Control No.: To be determined. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

information collection. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information requires those public 

utilities outside of ISOs and RTOs that 

choose to participate to provide 

information responding to the attached 

metrics on a periodic basis. This 

includes the submission of price data 

and information relating to reliability, 

transmission planning, requests for 

service, and system capacity. The 

information submitted by participating 

utilities would be used to help develop 

a common set of metrics for both ISO/ 

RTO markets and non-ISO/RTO 

markets, and for evaluating market 

performance thereafter. 

The Chairman has reviewed the 

proposed metrics and has determined 


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