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understanding of criteria related to

success. The information collected will

be used to determine by peer review

which schools receive the award and

information on their exemplary

practices and policies will be made

available to other schools.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Annual Program Cost Report.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t; SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 82.

Burden Hours: 385.

Abstract: Collected data submitted on

the Annual Vocational Rehabilitation

Program/Cost Report (RSA–2) by State

vocational agencies for each fiscal year

is used by the Rehabilitation Services

Administration (RSA) to administer and

manage the Title I Program, to analyze

expenditures, evaluate program

accomplishments, and to examine data

for indication of problem areas.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Eisenhower National

Clearinghouse for Mathematics and

Science Education, Evaluation.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government; State, local or

Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 80,125.

Burden Hours: 3,159.

Abstract: This submission contains a

suite of nine instruments to be used in

general data collection for the

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

(ENC). All responses are voluntary.

Subjects will be obtained as a sample of

convenience at ENC workshops,

demonstrations and presentations, and

from recipients of ENC publications and

products. Instruments are designed to

provide general information for

planning and evaluation purposes.

[FR Doc. 98–19068 Filed 7–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection and

Dissemination Activities: Comment

Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Agency electric power

information collection and

dissemination activities: Proposed

confidentiality comment request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

revision to the EIA procedure of

confidentiality treatment given to

electric power data collected and

disseminated by the EIA through a

series of primarily mandatory surveys

(Form EIA–411 is voluntary). This

notice lists the electric power data

elements the EIA considers could cause

substantial competitive harm if made

available to the public and EIA is

proposing that these elements will be

considered confidential if the provider

documents substantial harm due to

unrestricted disclosure.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by August 31, 1998. The

urgency to review and implement this

policy requires close adherence to the

scheduled comment period. If unusual

circumstances arise during the comment

period which could cause a delay in

meeting the scheduled response date,

please notify the contact person listed

below at once. Effort will be made to

accommodate all interested responders

to this notice.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John G.

Colligan, EI–53; Energy Information

Administration, U.S. Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W.; Washington, D.C. 20585–0650;

(202) 426–1174; e-mail

jcolliga@eia.doe.gov; and fax (202) 426–

1311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the electric power forms and

instructions should be directed to John

Colligan at the address listed above.

Please note, the EIA is not seeking

comments on the survey forms per se,

but rather on the level of confidentiality

of specific data elements. A separate

notice regarding forms design is being

published and distributed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA)

(Pub. L. 93–275) and the Department of

Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–

91), the Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is obliged to carry

out a central, comprehensive, and

unified energy data and information

program. As part of this program, EIA

collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes,

and disseminates data and information

related to energy resource reserves,

production, demand, and technology,

and related economic and statistical

information relevant to the adequacy of

energy resources to meet demands in

the near and longer term future for the

Nation’s economic and social needs.

The EIA, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden (required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13)), conducts a presurvey

consultation program to provide the

general public and other Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing reporting forms. This

program helps to prepare data requests

in the desired format, minimize

reporting burden, develop clearly

understandable reporting forms, and

assess the impact of collection

requirements on respondents. Also, EIA

will later seek approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for the

collections under Section 3507(h) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, Title 44, U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The EIA conducts surveys to collect

electric power data from electric

utilities, electric power marketers,

nonutility electric power producers

(cogenerators, small power producers,

and other nonutility electric power

generators), and the North American

Electric Reliability Council regions. The

electric power data collected include

but are not limited to: ownership;

accounting/financial; generation; type

and character of fuels consumed;

capacity; heat rates; heat rate

components; demand; purchases; sales;

peak loads; imports/exports; revenues;

plants; equipment; distribution systems;

reliability; load management; and

environmental data. EIA also collects

projections of load, capacity, and other

related information.

The EIA surveys used to collect this

data and other information are:

EIA–411, ‘‘Coordinated Bulk Power

Supply Program;’’

EIA–412, ‘‘Annual Report of Public

Electric Utilities;’’
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EIA–417R, ‘‘Electric Power Systems

Emergency Report;’’

EIA–759, ‘‘Monthly Power Plant

Report;’’

EIA–767, ‘‘Steam-Electric Plant

Operation and Design Report;’’

EIA–826, ‘‘Monthly Electric Utility

Sales and Revenue Report with State

Distributions;’’

EIA–860, ‘‘Annual Electric Generator

Report;’’

EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric Utility

Report;’’

EIA–867, ‘‘Annual Nonutility Power

Producer Report;’’ and

EIA–900, ‘‘Monthly Nonutility Sales for

Resale Report.’’

(The surveys currently in use to collect

electric power data are subject to change

reflecting the transformation of the

electric power industry. The EIA is also

publishing a notice in the Federal

Register, at this time outlining proposed

individual forms changes.)

II. Current Actions

With the restructuring of the

generation segment of the electric power

industry, the question of confidential

treatment of the electric power data

collected and disseminated by the EIA

has become preeminent. Under existing

EIA procedure, in accordance with the

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), all

electric utility data, except heat rate, are

available to the public. Most electric

power data collected from the nonutility

industry are treated as commercially

sensitive and not releasable in

disaggregated form. The EIA has

followed this procedure since inception

of the nonutility form(s) based on the

nature of that market.

With the implementation of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(FERC) Orders 888 and 889, which

facilitated wholesale electricity

generation competition, and the

initiation of retail competition in some

states, the EIA is addressing the concern

of data confidentiality, through a series

of notices to the public which address

the need for a change to the

confidentiality of submitted data survey

forms. This will result in an amended

procedure that will both balance the

public’s right-to-know, and the

proprietary right of the electric power

generators to conduct business.

The EIA’s initial action was a request

for comment(s) from interested parties

and those who might be affected by

changes in the EIA confidentiality

procedure. The call for comments was

widely publicized through a Federal

Register notice (FRn), and

announcements on the Internet. (Refer

to Federal Register: January 13, 1998

(Volume 63, Number 8) [pp 1960–1962].

The EIA extended the comment period

of the notice beyond the customary 60

days, to accommodate all potential

responders. EIA received 116 responses,

(Appendix A) several from

organizations representing more than a

single entity. Many of the comments

discussed the legal requirements related

to confidentiality of data submitted to

the EIA. The respondents presented

cogent arguments on all sides of the

issue which is the foundation of the EIA

procedure being presented here.

In developing a policy of confidential

treatment of electric power data

collected by the EIA that is fair and

equitable, the EIA weighed the concerns

of the industry (as reported in their

comments) with the legal implications

of any action(s) taken and the laws

governing the EIA survey collection

series. The laws and regulations

considered are:

a—Trade Secrets Act, (18 U.S.C. 1905)

b—Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),

(5 U.S.C. 552)

c—Department of Energy, Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA)

Regulations, (10 C.F.R. 1004)

d—Clean Air Act (as it applies to

emissions data), (42 U.S.C. 85)

e—Paperwork Reduction Act, (44 U.S.C.

35)

a—Trade Secrets Act

A trade secret is defined in narrow

terms: as a secret commercially valuable

plan, formula, process, or device that is

used for the making, preparing,

compounding or processing of trade

commodities and that can be said to be

the end product of either innovation or

substantial effort. The collection and

dissemination, by the EIA of electric

power data does not include trade secret

information or data. By definition the

Trade Secrets Act is not pertinent to the

issue of confidentiality of the EIA

electric power data collection series.

b—Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The concept of FOIA is an open

policy favoring disclosure. There is a

presumption that disclosure is

appropriate, with some limited

exemptions. Exemption 4 of FOIA

covers confidential commercial or

financial information. However,

exemptions to FOIA are narrowly

construed. The test, under exemption 4

of FOIA, of whether to disclose or to

withhold data at the company/plant

level is a two prong examination

depending on whether the submission is

voluntary or required. FOIA does not

contain specific provisions on

information sharing.

Where information is submitted

voluntarily, disclosure under FOIA is

appropriate only if the data provider

and/or industry organizations (in which

the data provider holds membership)

customarily make the data available to

the public. The fact that a custodian of

the data makes it available to the public

is not considered voluntary submission

by the submitter.

All EIA electric power data

collections (except Form EIA–411) are

mandatory surveys. Where information

is required to be submitted, the test for

FOIA disclosure is whether disclosure

would cause substantial competitive

harm. The question of whether

substantial competitive harm will in fact

occur (by release of data to the public)

is a highly fact-specific one. The harm

must be substantial, a mere negative

effect alone does not meet the standard

of substantial harm. Actual competition

is a prerequisite if seeking exception

from disclosure under FOIA. The entity

must be operating in a competitive

market, not a non-competitive market.

Blanket allegations of harm will not

suffice as proof of substantial harm. The

burden is on the entity seeking

confidential treatment of data. When

granting an exemption under FOIA, the

question of balance between public

interest and the rights of the submitter

are always at issue.

c—Department of Energy (DOE), FOIA

Regulations

The DOE complies with the FOIA

regulations both in letter and in spirit.

The fact that the EIA has considered

specific data elements nonconfidential

or confidential in the past does not

preclude a reevaluation of its position

on confidentiality of individual data

elements at any time. The electric power

industry changes as do the

circumstances of data reporting. The

change in circumstances could affect

disclosure of data collected in prior

years by the EIA. For example, if data

are relatively unchanged but the

disclosure rule is now different, the new

rule might prevail for disclosure of all

such data collected in prior years. The

final EIA procedure will clarify this

point. If underlying data are

confidential it is usually acceptable to

disclose the data at an aggregated level

without revealing the data submitter.

DOE also complies with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 which provides

that a Federal agency may make

confidential information available to

another Federal agency if the disclosure

is not inconsistent with applicable law.

The EIA may make confidential

information available to another Federal

Agency if it will be used for statistical

purposes only. In accordance with

section 12(f) of the FEAA, the
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Comptroller General or the Secretary

shall disclose information in a manner

designed to protect its confidentiality to

(1) other Federal government

departments, agencies, and officials for

official use upon request; (2) committees

of Congress upon request; and (3) a

court in any judicial proceeding under

court order.

d—Clean Air Act

The Clean Air Act prohibits

confidential treatment of emissions

data. The Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) FOIA implementing

regulations has determined that

emissions data are defined broadly and

includes ‘‘information necessary to

determine the identity, amount,

frequency, concentration, or other

characteristics (to the extent related to

air quality) of any emission which has

been emitted by the source * * *’’.

(EPA is one of the sponsors of Form

EIA–767.)

Proposed Procedure

The EIA is proposing an update to its

procedure on the confidential treatment

of electric power data collected through

the survey series listed above. The

proposed changes are based on the

review of the comments received from

all sectors of the industry, and

consideration of the laws and

regulations discussed above.

It is the intent of the EIA to establish

a procedure of equal public disclosure

treatment for all market participants.

The data elements designated in this

document (Table 1) have a potential to

be harmful to the submitter, if released

without restriction. Such harm, if it

exists, could qualify the individual

submitter’s data for exemption from

unrestricted release under the

provision(s) of FOIA. Circumstances

vary from reporting entity to reporting

entity. It is the responsibility of the

respondent(s) seeking protection under

FOIA to declare the fact-specific

occasions that will cause damages, and

explain how their company is directly

affected. The burden is on the

respondent to authenticate and

document the likelihood of substantial

harm, and the need for nondisclosure of

specific data. To show substantial

competitive harm, the respondent must

document the existence of actual

competition, how a competitor would

use the data to gain a substantial

competitive advantage, and that the data

are not available from another source.

Even if the respondent appears to meet

the burden of proof, the EIA is required

to balance the harm to the respondent

against the public interest severed by

disclosure.

It should be understood that the EIA’s

identification of these elements is based

on the comments received from the

January 1998 solicitation and a thorough

review of the laws and regulations. Each

respondent seeking nondisclosure

protection, for individually-identifiable

data, should establish that prerogative

when submitting that entity’s data to the

EIA on the applicable survey(s).

All other data collected by the EIA on

the surveys listed in Section I,

Background, will be treated as

nonconfidential. Listed in Appendix B

are most of the major data elements ( by

Form) that will not be treated as

confidential.

TABLE 1.—CONFIDENTIAL DATA ELEMENTS

Data elements Forms affected

Future—generating capacity:

1—retirement dates

2—changes to existing

units

3—planned generating

unit data

EIA–411 generator(s) planning data for: (a) existing (changes to); (b) retirement date(s) (c) new generators (all information)

EIA–767 planning data for: (a) new plants/equip.; (b) equipment updates; (c) retirement date(s)

EIA–860 planning data for: (a) generator updates; (b) retirement date(s); (c) new generator(s)

EIA–867 planning data for equipment

Heat rates: EIA–411 (a) heat rate data

EIA–767 (a) boiler efficiency

EIA–860 (a) heat rate data

1—Sales for resale EIA–412 name(s), quantities, demand charges, energy/other charges, revenue/settlements

2—Contracts

EIA–867 names, maximum contract amount, amount delivered

Wholesale purchases/contracts with sellersEIA–412 name(s), quantities, demand charges, purchased/exchanged, energy/other charges, total costs

EIA–867 name(s), maximum contract amount, amount delivered

Fuel inventory—stocks EIA–759

Financial data—environmental equipmentEIA–767

Sales end user(s) name(s) EIA–867 name(s), maximum contract, amount delivered

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the actions discussed in Section II,

Current Actions. We are seeking

comments on the issue of

confidentiality only at this time. General

comments on the forms themselves will

be solicited under another FRn soon to

be published. The EIA is taking this

approach in order not to confuse form(s)

design and survey coverage(s) with the

issue of confidentiality of the electric

power data. The following guidelines

are provided to assist in the preparation

of responses.

General Issues

The general issue of this notice is to

advise and seek comments on the EIA’s

proposed revised procedure of

confidentiality treatment of data

elements collected on its several electric

power survey form(s), from all

interested parties. Table 1 lists the

electric power data elements the EIA

considers could cause substantial

competitive harm if made available to

the public. The EIA is proposing that

these elements will be considered

confidential if the provider documents

substantial harm due to unrestricted

disclosure. Please comment on this

proposal.

As a Potential Respondent

While the general rule under FOIA is

full disclosure there are limited
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exemptions. The question of whether

data collected by the EIA’s electric

power survey(s) series will qualify for

an exemption is not exact. The critical

test is: will the release of the data

element (at the plant identifiable unit

level) cause or is likely to cause

substantial competitive harm? The

presumption of the FOIA favors

disclosure, placing the burden on the

data provider to document the

likelihood of such harm.

As a potential respondent to an EIA

electric power survey, please discuss

what data elements collected on EIA’s

electric power surveys would cause you

substantial competitive harm if your

individually-identifiable data were

released. Specifically, you should

address the following: (1) is your

information available from other public

sources; and (2) how would release of

your data cause you substantial

competitive harm. Your response must

be specific; broad statements not

addressing specific data elements are

not useful in deciding on what data

elements, if any, should be considered

as confidential.

As a Potential User

A. As a potential user of data

collected in EIA’s electric power

surveys, please discuss what data you

need in company-identifiable form and

why aggregate data where individual

confidentiality is maintained would not

be adequate for your needs.

Additionally, please document the harm

and the extent of loss you would endure

by not having individually-identifiable

specific data.

As new data needs on electric power

are identified in the future and are

considered for inclusion in EIA’s

surveys, the confidentiality treatment of

any new data element(s) will be subject

to the same procedure and

considerations discussed above. Before

new element(s) are included in surveys,

EIA will request comments through its

presurvey consultation program and

will seek OMB approval.

Comments received in response to

this Federal Register notice may be

included in materials submitted to OMB

and will be available to the public.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, D.C. July 14, 1998.

Jay E. Hakes,

Administrator, Energy Information

Administration.

Appendix A

LIST OF COMPANIES RESPONDING TO FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF JANUARY 13, 1998

ID Company Type

1 ............... Alaska Electric Light & Power Co ......................................................................................................................... Utility.

2 ............... Allegheny Power ................................................................................................................................................... Utility.

3 ............... American Public Power Association ..................................................................................................................... Association.

4 ............... American Corporate Resources, Inc ..................................................................................................................... Consultant.

5 ............... Arizona Corporation Commission ......................................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

6 ............... Association of Electric Cooperatives ..................................................................................................................... Association.

7 ............... Baltimore Gas & Electric Co ................................................................................................................................. Utility.

8 ............... Bernadette K. Geyer ............................................................................................................................................. Private Citizen.

9 ............... Bonneville Power Administration ........................................................................................................................... Federal Gov.

10 ............. Brickfield/Burchette-For 3 Texas Coop’s .............................................................................................................. Electric Coop.

11 ............. California Energy Commission .............................................................................................................................. State/Regulator.

12 ............. Carolina Power & Light Co ................................................................................................................................... Utility.

13 ............. Center for Clean Air Policy ................................................................................................................................... Environmental.

14 ............. Central & South West Services, Inc ..................................................................................................................... Utility.

15 ............. Coalition For Local Power ..................................................................................................................................... Citizen Group.

16 ............. Colorado/Dept. Public Health/Environment ........................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

17 ............. Colorado/Dept. Regulatory Agencies .................................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

18 ............. Commonwealth Edison Co—Environmental ......................................................................................................... Utility.

19 ............. Commonwealth Edison Co—Attorney For ............................................................................................................ Utility.

20 ............. Commonwealth Edison Co—Law Dept ................................................................................................................. Utility.

21 ............. Conservation Consultants, Inc .............................................................................................................................. Citizen Group.

22 ............. CONSOL Inc ......................................................................................................................................................... Energy Co.

23 ............. Consumers Energy ................................................................................................................................................ Utility.

24 ............. Coordinated Energy Ltd ........................................................................................................................................ Consultant.

25 ............. Detroit Edison ........................................................................................................................................................ Utility.

26 ............. Duke Energy Corporation ...................................................................................................................................... Utility.

27 ............. Edison Electric Institute ......................................................................................................................................... Association.

28 ............. Electric Power Group ............................................................................................................................................ Consultant.

29 ............. Electric Power Supply Association ........................................................................................................................ Association.

30 ............. Energy Market & Policy Analysis, Inc ................................................................................................................... Consultant.

31 ............. Energy ................................................................................................................................................................... Utility.

32 ............. First Energy ........................................................................................................................................................... Utility.

33 ............. Friends Of The Earth ............................................................................................................................................ Environmental.

34 ............. Groundwork ........................................................................................................................................................... Environmental.

35 ............. Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc ...................................................................................................................................... Utility.

36 ............. Illinois Power ......................................................................................................................................................... Utility.

37 ............. Indiana Dept. Commerce ...................................................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

38 ............. Iowa Dept. Natural Resources .............................................................................................................................. State/Regulator.

39 ............. J.D. McKenzie ....................................................................................................................................................... Consultant.

40 ............. James Kotcon ........................................................................................................................................................ Consultant.

41 ............. Kansas City Power & Light Co ............................................................................................................................. Utility.

42 ............. Katherine M. Phillips ............................................................................................................................................. Private Citizen.

43 ............. Kenneth D. Hammett ............................................................................................................................................. Private Citizen.

44 ............. Komanoff Energy Associates ................................................................................................................................ Consultants.

45 ............. Laclede Gas Co .................................................................................................................................................... Energy Co.

46 ............. Land & Water Fund ............................................................................................................................................... Environmental.

47 ............. M. Cubed ............................................................................................................................................................... Consultant.
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LIST OF COMPANIES RESPONDING TO FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF JANUARY 13, 1998—Continued

ID Company Type

48 ............. Maryland Energy Administration ........................................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

49 ............. MDU Resources Group ......................................................................................................................................... Utility.

50 ............. Michigan State—College of Business ................................................................................................................... College/Univ.

51 ............. Michigan Municipal Electric Association ............................................................................................................... Association.

52 ............. Michigan—Dept Consumer & Industry Services ................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

53 ............. Mid Atlantic Area Council ...................................................................................................................................... Association.

54 ............. Mid American ........................................................................................................................................................ Utility.

55 ............. Mike Turcotte ......................................................................................................................................................... Private Citizen.

56 ............. Missouri—Dept. of Natural Resources .................................................................................................................. State/Regulator.

57 ............. Missouri—Division of Energy ................................................................................................................................ State/Regulator.

58 ............. MSB Energy Associates, Inc ................................................................................................................................. Consultant.

59 ............. N. Carolina Dept. Environment/Natural Resources .............................................................................................. State/Regulator.

60 ............. National Mining Association .................................................................................................................................. Association.

61 ............. National Association of State Officials .................................................................................................................. Association.

62 ............. National Resources Defense Council ................................................................................................................... Association.

63 ............. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association .................................................................................................. Electric Coop.

64 ............. National Assoc. Regulatory Utility Commissioners ............................................................................................... Association.

65 ............. National Assoc. State Utility Consumer Advocates .............................................................................................. Association.

66 ............. Native Forest Network ........................................................................................................................................... Citizen Group.

67 ............. New York Energy Research/Development Authority ............................................................................................ State/Regulator.

68 ............. New England Conference PUC Commissioners, Inc ........................................................................................... Association.

69 ............. New Century Energies .......................................................................................................................................... Utility.

70 ............. New Jersey Dept. Environmental Protection ........................................................................................................ State/Regulator.

71 ............. North American Electric Reliability Council ........................................................................................................... Association.

72 ............. Northeast States Coordinated Air Use Management ........................................................................................... Association.

73 ............. Nuclear Energy Institute ........................................................................................................................................ Association.

74 ............. Pacific Gas & Electric Co ...................................................................................................................................... Utility.

75 ............. Paine Webber ........................................................................................................................................................ Financial.

76 ............. PECO Energy Co .................................................................................................................................................. Utility.

77 ............. Pete Salinas, Jr ..................................................................................................................................................... Private Citizen.

78 ............. Philadelphia Public Health/Services Air/Man ........................................................................................................ State/Regulator.

79 ............. Potomac Electric Power Co .................................................................................................................................. Utility

80 ............. Public Citizen ......................................................................................................................................................... Citizen Group

81 ............. Public Service Company of New Mexico .............................................................................................................. Utility.

82 ............. Public Citizens Critical Mass Energy Project—1 .................................................................................................. Citizen Group.

83 ............. Public Citizens Critical Mass Energy Project—2 .................................................................................................. Citizen Group.

84 ............. Public Citizens Critical Mass Energy Project—3 .................................................................................................. Citizen Group.

85 ............. PUC of Ohio .......................................................................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

86 ............. Puget Sound Energy, Inc. ..................................................................................................................................... Utility.

87 ............. Resource Data International ................................................................................................................................. Consultant.

88 ............. Resources for the Future ...................................................................................................................................... Consultant.

89 ............. Right-to-Know Energy Information ........................................................................................................................ Citizen Group.

90 ............. Sigcorp Inc ............................................................................................................................................................ Utility.

91 ............. Southern California Edison ................................................................................................................................... Utility.

92 ............. Southern Company ............................................................................................................................................... Utility.

93 ............. Southern Environmental Law Center .................................................................................................................... Environmental.

94 ............. Steve Osterday ...................................................................................................................................................... Private Citizen.

95 ............. Tampa Electric Co ................................................................................................................................................. Utility.

96 ............. Terrence Kurtz ....................................................................................................................................................... Private Citizen.

97 ............. Texas Utilities Electric Co ..................................................................................................................................... Utility.

98 ............. Tucson Electric Power Co ..................................................................................................................................... Utility.

99 ............. U. of Delaware Energy & Environmental Policy ................................................................................................... College/Univ.

100 ........... Union of Concerned Scientists .............................................................................................................................. Environmental.

101 ........... University of Wisconsin-Madison .......................................................................................................................... College/Univ.

102 ........... U.S. Senate James M. Jeffords (Vermont) ........................................................................................................... Federal Gov.

103 ........... U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ................................................................................................................. Federal Gov.

104 ........... U.S. Dept Comm. Bureau Economic Analysis ...................................................................................................... Federal Gov.

105 ........... U.S. Dept. of Agriculture ....................................................................................................................................... Federal Gov.

106 ........... Utility Power Group ............................................................................................................................................... Consultant.

107 ........... Vanston Shaw ....................................................................................................................................................... Private Citizen.

108 ........... Virginia Tech Center/Coal & Energy Research .................................................................................................... College/Univ.

109 ........... Virginia Power ....................................................................................................................................................... Utility.

110 ........... Washington-Dept./Community/Trade/Econ-Devel. ................................................................................................ State/Regulator.

111 ........... Washington-Utilities/Transport Commission ......................................................................................................... State/Regulator.

112 ........... Western Resources ............................................................................................................................................... Utility.

113 ........... William Kreuter ...................................................................................................................................................... Consultant.

114 ........... Wisconsin—Dept. of Justice ................................................................................................................................. State/Regulator.

115 ........... Wisconsin Public Service Corporation .................................................................................................................. Utility.

116 ........... Working Assets ..................................................................................................................................................... Consultant.
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 137 / Friday, July 17, 1998 / Notices 38625

Appendix B

LIST OF DATA ELEMENTS THAT WILL NOT BE HELD CONFIDENTIAL

Data elements Forms affected

Existing generating capacity EIA–411 all data not listed as confidential on existing generating units

such as identifiers, type, capacity, fuel, commercial operation date

EIA–767 all data not listed as confidential on steam-electric plant configuration such as existing boiler design parameters (excluding heat

rates & retirement date), existing plant configuration, existing generator information

EIA–860 all data not listed as confidential on existing generating units

such as identifiers, type, capacity, fuel, commercial operation date

EIA–867 existing facility QF or EWG status, nameplate rating, existing

electric generator identification/nameplate rating/ generating unit

type/prime mover type/energy source

Net or Gross Generation EIA–412 net generation by steam, nuclear, hydro, other

EIA–759 net generation by plant & energy source

EIA–767 net monthly generation by generator

EIA–867 gross generation by generator

EIA–900 gross generation by facility

Fuel Consumption EIA–759 fuel consumption

EIA–767 fuel consumed by boiler (quantity and quality)

EIA–867 quantity and quality of fuel consumed

Environmental Characteristics EIA–767 byproduct distribution for the year, air emission standards by

boiler, existing cooling system/particulate collector/flue gas

desulfurization/stack and flue design parameters and information

EIA–867 facility environmental equipment information

Financial Data EIA–412 public electric utility financial data not listed as confidential:

balance sheet, income statement, cash flows, cost of plant in service, taxes, O&M expenses, employee statistics

Emergency Reports EIA–417R

Retail Sales, Revenue, & Number of Consumers EIA–826 monthly sales, revenue, number of consumers by customer

class by State

EIA–861 annual sales, revenue, number of consumers by customer

class by State, electric operating revenues

EIA–867 sales to end users

EIA–900 monthly sales to end users

Sources & Disposition of Energy EIA–861

EIA–867

EIA–900 monthly sales for resale

Demand Side Management Information EIA–861

Distribution System Information EIA–861

[FR Doc. 98–19126 Filed 7–16–98; 8:45 am]

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