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4 18 CFR 385.214. 

5 18 CFR 157.10. 

6Additionally, you may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment feature, 

which is located on the Commission’s website at 

www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit brief, text-only 

comments on a project. 

protestor states it also seeks to be an 

intervenor. 

Interventions 

Any person has the option to file a 

motion to intervene in this proceeding. 

Only intervenors have the right to 

request rehearing of Commission orders 

issued in this proceeding and to 

subsequently challenge the 

Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit 

Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure 4 and the regulations under 

the NGA 5 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is March 3, 2025. 

As described further in Rule 214, your 

motion to intervene must state, to the 

extent known, your position regarding 

the proceeding, as well as your interest 

in the proceeding. For an individual, 

this could include your status as a 

landowner, ratepayer, resident of an 

impacted community, or recreationist. 

You do not need to have property 

directly impacted by the project in order 

to intervene. For more information 

about motions to intervene, refer to the 

FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

All timely, unopposed motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to 

intervene that are filed after the 

intervention deadline are untimely and 

may be denied. Any late-filed motion to 

intervene must show good cause for 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the project may do so. The Commission 

considers all comments received about 

the project in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken. To 

ensure that your comments are timely 

and properly recorded, please submit 

your comments on or before March 3, 

2025. The filing of a comment alone will 

not serve to make the filer a party to the 

proceeding. To become a party, you 

must intervene in the proceeding. 

How To File Protests, Interventions, 

and Comments 

There are two ways to submit 

protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments. In both instances, please 

reference the Project docket number 

CP25–40–000 in your submission. 

(1) You may file your protest, motion 

to intervene, and comments by using the 

Commission’s eFiling feature, which is 

located on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be 

asked to select the type of filing you are 

making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then 

select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 6

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

submission by mailing it to the address 

below. Your submission must reference 

the Project docket number CP25–40– 

000. 

To file via USPS:, Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other method:, DebbieAnne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of submissions (option 

1 above) and has eFiling staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail at: Blair Lichtenwalter, Senior 

Director of Certificates, Florida Gas 

Transmission Company, LLC, 1300 

Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002, or at 

Blair.Lichtenwalter@energytransfer.com. 

Any subsequent submissions by an 

intervenor must be served on the 

applicant and all other parties to the 

proceeding. Contact information for 

parties can be downloaded from the 

service list at the eService link on FERC 

Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: January 2, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00234 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC25–5–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–545); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on the currently 

approved information collection, FERC 

545: Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change 

(Non-Formal). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due March 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit copies of 

your comments (identified by Docket 

No. IC25–5–000) by one of the following 

methods: 


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1Burden 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. Refer to 5 

CFR 1320.3 for additional information. 

Electronic filing through http://

www.ferc.gov is preferred. 

• Electronic Filing: Documents must 

be filed in acceptable native 

applications and print-to-PDF, but not 

in scanned or picture format. 

• For those unable to file 

electronically, comments may be 

submitted to FERC as follows: 

Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Æ All other services (including 

courier): Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov. For user assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support by email 

at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by 

phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kayla Williams may be reached by 

email at DataClearance@FERC.gov, 

telephone at (202) 502–6468. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–545: Gas Pipeline Rates: 

Rate Change (Non-formal) 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0154 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–545 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: FERC–545 is required to 

implement sections 4, 5, and 16 of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717c, 

717d, and 717o). NGA Sections 4, 5, and 

16 authorize the Commission to inquire 

into rate structures and methodologies 

and to set rates at a just and reasonable 

level. Specifically, a natural gas 

company must obtain Commission 

authorization for all rates and charges 

made, demanded, or received in 

connection with the transportation or 

sale of natural gas in interstate 

commerce. FERC–545 consists of: (1) 

Tariff Filings which are filings regarding 

proposed changes to a pipeline’s tariff 

and any related compliance filings; (2) 

Rate Filings which are rate-related 

filings under NGA sections 4 and 5 and 

any related compliance filings and 

settlements; (3) Informational Reports, 

for example, annual reconciliation 

reports.; (4) Negotiated Rates and NonConforming Agreement Filings; (5) 

North American Energy Standards 

Board (NAESB) Filings; (6) MarketBased Rates for Storage Filings; and (6) 

the Labor-Wage Policy which allows 

jurisdictional entities to include wages 

consistent with project-area standards in 

cost-of-service rates filed with the 

Commission where the record supports 

that outcome. 

Under the NGA, a natural gas 

company’s rates must be just and 

reasonable and not unduly 

discriminatory or preferential. The 

Commission may act under different 

sections of the NGA to effect a change 

in a natural gas company’s rates. When 

the Commission reviews rate increases 

that a natural gas company has 

proposed, it is subject to the 

requirement of section 4(e) of the NGA. 

These types of filings are referred to as 

general section 4 rate cases. In the 

proceedings, the Commission reviews a 

pipeline’s rates and services. A pipeline 

can file a general section 4 rate case 

anytime it wishes, provided the pipeline 

did not agree otherwise in a settlement. 

A pipeline must demonstrate that the 

new rates it proposes to charge are just 

and reasonable. When a rate increase 

filing is made pursuant to section 4, the 

application is typically suspended and 

set for hearing by a Commission Order. 

On the other hand, when the 

Commission seeks to impose its own 

rate determination, it must do so in 

compliance with section 5(a) of the 

NGA. Under section 5, the Commission 

must first establish and demonstrate 

that a pipeline’s existing rate is no 

longer just and reasonable. 

Section 16 of the NGA states that the 

Commission ‘‘shall have the power to 

perform any and all acts, and to 

prescribe, issue, make, amend, and 

rescind such orders, rules, and 

regulations as it may find necessary or 

appropriate to carry out provisions of 

[the NGA].’’ In other words, section 16 

of the NGA grants the Commission the 

power to define accounting, technical 

and trade terms, prescribe forms, 

statements, declarations or reports and 

to prescribe rules and regulations. 

Pipelines adjust their tariffs to meet 

market and customer needs. 

Commission review of these proposed 

changes is required to ensure rates 

remain just and reasonable and that 

services are not provided in an unduly 

or preferential manner. The 

Commission’s regulation in 18 CFR part 

154 specifies what changes are allowed 

and the procedures for requesting 

Commission approval. 

Type of Respondents: Jurisdictional 

natural gas companies. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–545: GAS PIPELINE RATES: RATE CHANGE (NON-FORMAL) 

[No change] 

Number of 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden & cost 

per response 2

Total annual burden hours & 

total annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

Tariff Filings ......................................... 141 3 423 ........................ 211 hrs.; $22,999 ....... 89,253 hrs.; $9,728,577 ......... $68,997 

Rate Filings ......................................... 19 2 38 .......................... 354 hrs.; $38,586 ....... 13,452 hrs.; $1,466,268 ......... 77,172 

Informational Reports .......................... 80 2 160 ........................ 235 hrs.; $25,615 ....... 37,600 hrs.; $4,098,400 ......... 51,230 

Negotiated Rates & Non-Conforming 

Agreement Filings.

75 8 600 ........................ 233 hrs.; $25,397 ....... 139,800 hrs.; $15,238,200 ..... 203,176 

Market-Base Rates for Storage Filings 2 1 2 ............................ 230 hrs.; $25,070 ....... 460 hrs.; $50,140 ................... 25,070 

NAESB (version 3.2) one time over 3 

years carried over from RM96–1– 

042 3.

59.33 1 59.33 ..................... 10 hrs.; $1,090 ........... 593.30 hrs.; $64,669.70 ......... 1,090 


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2The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) 

provided in this section is based on the salary 

figures for May 2024 posted by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics for the Utilities sector (available at https:// 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm) and 

scaled to reflect benefits using the relative 

importance of employer costs for employee 

compensation from March 2024 available at https:// 

www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The 

hourly estimates for salary plus benefits are: 

Computer and Information Systems Manager 

(Occupation Code: 11–3021), $115.47; Computer 

and Information Analysts (Occupation Code: 15– 

1210), $80.10; Electrical Engineer (Occupation 

Code: 17–2071), $79.31; Legal (Occupation Code: 

23–0000), $162.66. The average hourly cost (salary 

plus benefits) weighting all of the above skill sets 

evenly, is $109.38. We round it to $109/hour. 

3At the time of this notice for extension request, 

Docket No. RM96–1–043 was issued by the 

Commission on November 22, 2024. The Order 

updated the requirement to reflect the Wholesale 

Gas Quadrant (WGQ) 4.0 standards. OMB has not 

yet approved this modification as it has not 

published in the Federal Register, which is 

required for Information Collection Requests (ICRs) 

to be submitted. However, to prevent a lapse in the 

approval of the existing collection’s expiration date, 

the Commission is publishing this Notice with the 

currently approved burden estimates that involve 

the NAESB standards (59.33 responses). The 

updated burden estimates for the NAESB revisions 

will increase the burden to 64.33 (rounded) 

responses, which is the average number of 

responses per annum. 

4Project-Area Wage Standards in the Labor Cost 

Component of Cost-of-Service Rates under Docket 

No. PL24–1–000 was issued on March 21, 2024, 

which allows jurisdictional entities to include 

wages consistent with project-area standards in 

cost-of-service rates filed with the Commission 

where the record supports that outcome. 

FERC–545: GAS PIPELINE RATES: RATE CHANGE (NON-FORMAL)—Continued 

[No change] 

Number of 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden & cost 

per response 2

Total annual burden hours & 

total annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

Labor-Wage Policy 4 ............................ 11 1 11 .......................... 15 hrs.; $1,635 ........... 165 hrs.; $17,985 ................... 1,635 

Total (Including Section 4 Rate 

Cases).

.................... ........................ 1,293 (rounded) .... ..................................... 281,323 hrs. (rounded); 

$30,664,240.

....................

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) whether the collection of 

information is 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 estimate 

of the burden and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: January 2, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00232 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 1933–116, 1934–065] 

Southern California Edison Company; 

San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water 

District; Notice of Application of 

Transfer of Licenses and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

On September 20, 2024, Southern 

California Edison Company (transferor) 

and San Bernardino Valley Municipal 

Water District (transferee) filed an 

application with the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) to transfer the licenses for 

the 6.3-megawatt Santa Ana River 1 & 3 

Hydroelectric Project No. 1933 (Santa 

Ana Project) and the 3.0-megawatt Mill 

Creek 2⁄3 Hydroelectric Project No. 1934 

(Mill Creek Project). The Santa Ana 

Project, located on the Santa Ana River, 

and the Mill Creek Project, located on 

Mill Creek and its tributary Mountain 

Home Creek, are both situated in San 

Bernardino County, California, and 

occupy federal land within the San 

Bernardino National Forest. 

Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 801, the 

applicants seek Commission approval to 

transfer the licenses for the Santa Ana 

Project and the Mill Creek Project from 

the transferor to the transferee. Upon 

approval, the transferee will be required 

by the Commission to comply with all 

the requirements of the licenses. 

Applicants Contacts 

For Transferor: Wayne Allen, 

Principal Manager, Southern California 

Edison, 2244 Walnut Grove Ave., 

Rosemead, CA 91770, wayne.allen@

sce.com and Jordan von Almen, 

Principal Manager, Southern California 

Edison, 2244 Walnut Grove Ave., 

Rosemead, CA 91770, 

jordan.vonalmen@sce.com. 

For Transferee: Heather P. Dyer, CEO/ 

General Manager, San Bernardino 

Valley Municipal Water District, 380 

East Vanderbilt Way, San Bernardino, 

CA 92408, heatherd@sbvmwd.com. 

FERC Contact: Woohee Choi, Phone: 

(202) 502–6336, Email: Woohee.Choi@

ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, and protests: 30 days from 

the date that the Commission issues this 

notice. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing. Please file 

comments, motions to intervene, and 

protests using the Commission’s eFiling 

system at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp. Commenters can 

submit brief comments up to 6,000 

characters, without prior registration, 

using the eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). 

In lieu of electronic filing, you may 

submit a paper copy. Submissions sent 

via U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to, Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to, Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket numbers P–1933–116 

and P–1934–065. Comments emailed to 

Commission staff are not considered 

part of the Commission record. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 


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