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1Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

119 Stat. 594 (2005). 

2Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company 

Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility 

Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR 75592 (2005), 

order on rehearing, Order 667–A, 71 FR 28446 

(2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–B, 71 FR 

42750 (2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–C, 118 

FERC 61133 (2007). 

3 18 CFR 366.1. 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03106 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC15–1–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–598 & FERC–716); 

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 U.S.C. 

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

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting its information 

collections FERC–598 (Self-Certification 

for Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status or Foreign Utility 

Company Status) and FERC–716 [Good 

Faith Requests for Transmission Service 

and Good Faith Responses by 

Transmitting Utilities Under Sections 

211(a) and 213(a) of the Federal Power 

Act (FPA)] 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 

previously issued a Notice in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 68424, 11/17/

2014) requesting public comments. The 

Commission received no comments on 

either the FERC–598 or the FERC–716 

and is making this notation in its 

submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by March 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified either by the OMB Control 

No. 1902–0166 (FERC–598) or 1902– 

0170 (FERC–716) 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 Commission, in Docket 

No. IC15–1–000, 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: 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the information collection 

requirements for all collections 

described below with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. Please 

note that each collection is distinct from 

the next. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the collections of 

information are 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 

estimates of the burden and cost of the 

collections of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collections; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collections 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

FERC–598 (Self-Certification for 

Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status or Foreign Utility 

Company Status) 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0166. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

data in the FERC–598 information 

collection to implement the statutory 

provisions of Title XII, subchapter F of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 

2005).1

EPAct 2005 repealed the Public 

Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 

(PUHCA 1935) in its entirety, and 

adopted in its place the Public Utility 

Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 

2005). This change enabled the 

Commission to exempt from the 

requirements of PUHCA 2005 the 

holding companies that hold 

responsibility over wholesale generators 

from PUHCA 2005 on a case-by-case 

basis. The Commission amended its 

regulations (in Order No. 667 2) to add 

procedures for self-certification by 

entities seeking exempt wholesale 

generator (EWG) and Foreign Utility 

Company (FUCO) status. This selfcertification is similar to the process 

available to entities that seek qualifying 

facility status. 

An EWG is a ‘‘person engaged 

directly, or indirectly through one or 

more affiliates . . . and exclusively in 

the business of owning or operating, or 

both owning and operating, all or part 

of one or more eligible facilities and 

selling electric energy at wholesale.’’ 3 A 

FUCO is a company that ‘‘owns or 

operates facilities that are not located in 

any state and that are used for the 

generation, transmission, or distribution 

of electric energy for sale or the 

distribution at retail of natural or 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, if such company: (1) Derives no 

part of its income, directly or indirectly, 

from the generation, transmission, or 

distribution of electric energy for sale or 

the distribution at retail of natural or 

manufactured gas for heat, light, or 

power, within the United States; and (2) 

neither the company nor any of its 

subsidiary companies is a public-utility 

company operating in the United 

States.’’ 

An EWG, FUCO, or its representative 

seeking to self-certify its status must file 

with the Commission a notice of selfcertification demonstrating that it 

satisfies the definition of EWG or FUCO. 

In the case of EWGs, the person filing 

a notice of self-certification must also 

file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory 

authority of the state in which the 

facility is located and that person must 

also represent to the Commission in its 


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4 18 CFR 366.7. 

5 42 U.S.C. 16451 et seq. 

7Previously titled ‘‘Transmission Services (Good 

Faith Request, Response by Transmitting Utility, 

and Application) under Sections 211 and 213a of 

the Federal Power Act’’. 8The estimates for cost per response are derived 

using the following formula: Average Burden Hours 

per Response * $70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per 

Response. The cost per hour figure is the FERC 

average salary plus benefits. Subject matter experts 

found that industry employment costs closely 

resemble FERC’s regarding the FERC–716 

information collection. 

submission that it has filed a copy of the 

notice with the appropriate state 

regulatory authority.4

Submission of the information 

collected by FERC–598 is necessary for 

the Commission to carry out its 

responsibilities under EPAct 2005.5 The 

Commission implements its 

responsibilities through the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 18 Part 

366. These filing requirements are 

mandatory for entities seeking to selfcertify their EWG or FUCO status. 

Type of Respondent: EWGs and 

FUCOs. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–598 (SELF-CERTIFICATION FOR ENTITIES SEEKING EXEMPT WHOLESALE GENERATOR STATUS OR FOREIGN UTILITY

COMPANY STATUS) 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden 

& cost per 

response 6

Total annual 

burden hours & 

total annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

$ 

(1) (2) (1)*(2) = (3) (4) (3)*(4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) 

EWGs/FUCOs ...... 102 1 102 6 

$423 

612 

$43,146 

$423 

6The estimates for cost per response are derived using the following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response. 

* $70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per Response. The cost per hour figure is the FERC average salary plus benefits. Subject matter experts 

found that industry employment costs closely resemble FERC’s regarding the FERC–598 information collection. 

FERC–716, [Good Faith Requests for 

Transmission Service and Good Faith 

Responses by Transmitting Utilities 

Under Sections 211(a) and 213(a) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) 7] 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0170. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–716 to 

implement the statutory provisions of 

Sections 211 and Section 213 of the 

Federal Power Act as amended and 

added by the Energy Policy Act 1992. 

FERC–716 also includes the 

requirement to file a Section 211 request 

if the negotiations between the 

transmission requestor and the 

transmitting utility are unsuccessful. 

For the initial process, the information 

is not filed with the Commission. 

However, the request and response may 

be analyzed as a part of a Section 211 

action. The Commission may order 

transmission services under the 

authority of FPA 211. 

The Commission’s regulations in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 18 

CFR 2.20, provide standards by which 

the Commission determines if and when 

a valid good faith request for 

transmission has been made under 

section 211 of the FPA. By developing 

the standards, the Commission sought to 

encourage an open exchange of data 

with a reasonable degree of specificity 

and completeness between the party 

requesting transmission services and the 

transmitting utility. As a result, 18 CFR 

2.20 identifies 12 components of a good 

faith estimate and 5 components of a 

reply to a good faith request. 

Type of Respondent: Transmission 

Requestors and Transmitting Utilities. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–716 (GOOD FAITH REQUESTS FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND GOOD FAITH RESPONSES BY TRANSMITTING

UTILITIES UNDER SECTIONS 211(a) AND 213(a) OF THE FEDERAL POWER ACT (FPA)) 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

burden and 

cost per 

response 8

Total annual 

burden hours 

and total 

annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

(1) (2) (1)*(2)=(3) (4) (3)*(4)=(5) (5)÷(1) 

Information exchange between parties .... 3 1 3 100 

$7050 

300 

$21,150 

7050 

Application submitted to FERC if parties’ 

negotiations are unsuccessful .............. 3 1 3 2.5 

$176.25 

7.5 

$528.75 

176.25 

Total .................................................. ........................ ........................ 6 ........................ 307.5 

$21,678.75 

7,226.25 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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