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Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,127, reh’g denied, Order No. 

2001–A, 100 FERC ¶ 61,074, reh’g denied, Order 

No. 2001–B, 100 FERC ¶ 61,342, order directing 

filing, Order No. 2001–C, 101 FERC ¶ 61,314 (2002), 

order directing filing, Order No. 2001–D, 102 FERC 

¶ 61,334, order refining filing requirements, Order 

No. 2001–E, 105 FERC ¶ 61,352 (2003), order on 

clarification, Order No. 2001–F, 106 FERC ¶ 61,060 

(2004), order revising filing requirements, Order No. 

2001–G, 72 FR 56735 (Oct. 4, 2007), 120 FERC 

¶ 61,270, order on reh’g and clarification, Order No. 

2001–H, 73 FR 1876 (Jan. 10, 2008), 121 FERC 

¶ 61,289 (2007), order revising filing requirements, 

Order No. 2001–I, 73 FR 65526 (Nov. 4, 2008), 125 

FERC ¶ 61,103 (2008). 

3 16 U.S.C. 824d(c). 

4See, e.g., Revised Public Utility Filing 

Requirements for Electric Quarterly Reports, 124 

FERC ¶ 61,244 (2008) (providing guidance on the 

filing of information on transmission capacity 

reassignments in EQRs). 

5Order No. 2001–G, 120 FERC ¶ 61,270 (2007). 

See the Data Dictionary at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

sites/default/files/2020-11/Data_Dictionary_V3_5_

Clean.pdf. 

6Order No. 768, 77 FR 61896 (Oct. 11, 2012), 

FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,336 (2012). 

7 18 CFR 35.10b(b) provides that the term ‘‘de 

minimis market presence’’ means ‘‘any non-public 

utility that makes 4,000,000 megawatt hours or less 

of annual wholesale sales, based on the average 

annual sales for resale over the preceding three 

years as published by the Energy Information 

Administration’s Form 861.’’ 

8The cost is based on FERC’s 2021 Commissionwide average salary cost (wages plus benefits) of 

$87.00/hour. The Commission staff believes the 

FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for 

wages plus benefits is representative of the 

corresponding cost for the industry respondents. 

9Burden 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, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3. 

10The current OMB-approved inventory for 

FERC–920 includes a separate Information 

Collection (IC) labelled ‘‘Adding time zone (Order 

issued 6/18/2020), implementation & ongoing 

burden averaged over Years 1–3.’’ It covers 34 

responses and 193 burden hours. The stand-alone 

IC and the related figures (averaged over three 

years) are being consolidated into the the overall 

estimates for the EQR. 

the EQR reporting requirements to help 

ensure the collection of information 

needed to perform its regulatory 

functions over transmission and sales, 

while making data more useful to the 

public and allowing public utilities to 

better fulfill their responsibility under 

Federal Power Act (FPA) section 

205(c) 3 to have rates on file in a 

convenient form and place. As noted in 

Order No. 2001, the EQR data is 

designed to ‘‘provide greater price 

transparency, promote competition, 

enhance confidence in the fairness of 

the markets, and provide a better means 

to detect and discourage discriminatory 

practices.’’ 

Since issuing Order No. 2001, the 

Commission has provided guidance and 

refined the reporting requirements, as 

necessary, to reflect changes in the 

Commission’s rules and regulations.4

The Commission also adopted an 

Electric Quarterly Report Data 

Dictionary, which provides the 

definitions of certain terms and values 

used in filing EQR data.5

To increase transparency broadly 

across all wholesale markets subject to 

the Commission’s jurisdiction, the 

Commission issued Order No. 768 in 

2012.6 Order No. 768 required market 

participants that are excluded from the 

Commission’s jurisdiction under FPA 

section 205 (non-public utilities) and 

have more than a de minimis market 

presence to file EQRs with the 

Commission.7 In addition, Order No. 

768 revised the EQR filing requirements 

to build upon the Commission’s prior 

improvements to the reporting 

requirements and further enhance the 

goals of providing greater price 

transparency, promoting competition, 

instilling confidence in the fairness of 

the markets, and providing a better 

means to detect and discourage anticompetitive, discriminatory, and 

manipulative practices. 

EQR information allows the public to 

assess supply and demand 

fundamentals and to price interstate 

wholesale market transactions. This, in 

turn, results in greater market 

confidence, lower transaction costs, and 

ultimately supports competitive 

markets. In addition, the data filed in 

the EQR strengthens the Commission’s 

ability to exercise its wholesale electric 

rate and electric power transmission 

oversight and enforcement 

responsibilities in accordance with the 

Federal Power Act. Without this 

information, the Commission would 

lack some of the data it needs to support 

its regulatory function over transmission 

and sales. 

Estimate of Annual Burden and 

Cost: 8 The Commission estimates the 

annual public reporting burden 9 and 

cost (rounded) for the information 

collection 10 as: 

FERC–920—ELECTRIC QUARTELY REPORT (EQR) 

Requirements Number of 

respondents 

Average 

annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

annual 

burden hrs. 

& cost per 

response 

Total average 

annual burden 

hours & total 

annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

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

Electric Quarterly Report ........................................................................................... 2,929 4 11,716 18.1 

$1,575 

212,060 

$18,452,700 

$6,300 

Total ................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ .............................. ........................ 212,060 

$18,452,700 

6,300 

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 

estimates 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: June 10, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13000 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 5944–024] 

Moretown Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice 

of Soliciting Scoping Comments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 


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a. Type of Application: New Minor 

License. 

b. Project No.: 5944–024. 

c. Date filed: November 30, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Moretown 

Hydroelectric, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Moretown No. 8 

Project. 

f. Location: On the Mad River, 

immediately downstream from the 

Town of Moretown, Washington 

County, Vermont. The project does not 

occupy federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Arion 

Thiboumery, Moretown Hydroelectric, 

LLC, 1273 Fowler Rd., Plainfield, VT 

05667; (415) 260–6890 or email at 

arion@ar-ion.net. 

i. FERC Contact: Maryam Zavareh at 

(202) 502–8474, or email at 

maryam.zavareh@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: July 11, 2022. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.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 the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. All filings must clearly identify 

the project name and docket number on 

the first page: Moretown Hydroelectric 

Project (P–5944–024). 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The project consists of the following 

existing facilities: (1) a 333-foot-long, 

31-foot-high concrete gravity dam with 

a 164-foot-long overflow spillway and a 

crest elevation of 524.7 feet; (2) a 36- 

acre impoundment with a normal 

maximum elevation of 524.7; (3) a 40- 

foot-long, 17-foot-wide, 28-foot-high 

concrete intake structure with a 

trashrack; (4) a 40-foot-long, 8.5-footdiameter buried steel penstock; (5) a 

39.4-foot-long, 19.7-foot-wide concrete 

powerhouse containing a single 1.25- 

megawatt Kaplan turbine-generator unit; 

(6) a tailrace; (7) a 106-foot-long, 12.5- 

kilovolt transmission line; and (8) 

appurtenant facilities. The Moretown 

Project is operated in a run-of-river 

mode with an average annual generation 

of 2,094 megawatt-hours. 

Moretown hydroelectric LLC proposes 

to continue to operate the project in a 

run-of-river mode. 

m. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents via the 

internet through the Commission’s 

Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

n. You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. Scoping Process: Commission staff 

will prepare either an environmental 

assessment (EA) or an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) that describes 

and evaluates the probable effects of the 

licensee’s proposed action and 

alternatives. The EA or EIS will 

consider both site-specific and 

cumulative environmental impacts and 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. The Commission’s scoping 

process will help determine the 

required level of analysis and satisfy the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) scoping requirements, 

irrespective of whether the Commission 

prepares an EA or an EIS. 

At this time, we do not anticipate 

holding on-site scoping meetings. 

Instead, we are soliciting written 

comments and suggestions on the 

preliminary list of issues and 

alternatives to be addressed in the 

NEPA document, as described in 

scoping document 1 (SD1), issued June 

10, 2022. 

Copies of the SD1 outlining the 

subject areas to be addressed in the 

NEPA document were distributed to the 

parties on the Commission’s mailing list 

and the applicant’s distribution list. 

Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the 

web at http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, call 1–866– 

208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: June 10, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12999 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG22–137–000. 

Applicants: Kossuth County Wind, 

LLC. 

Description: Kossuth County Wind, 

LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification 

of Exempt Wholesale Generator. 

Filed Date: 6/9/22. 

Accession Number: 20220609–5162. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/30/22. 

Docket Numbers: EG22–138–000. 

Applicants: IP Lumina, LLC. 

Description: IP Lumina, LLC submits 

Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 6/9/22. 

Accession Number: 20220609–5197. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/30/22. 

Docket Numbers: EG22–139–000. 

Applicants: IP Lumina II, LLC. 

Description: IP Lumina II, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 6/9/22. 

Accession Number: 20220609–5198. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/30/22. 

Docket Numbers: EG22–140–000. 

Applicants: Deerfield Wind Energy 2, 

LLC. 

Description: Deerfield Wind Energy 2, 

LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification 

of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 6/10/22. 

Accession Number: 20220610–5145. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 7/1/22. 

Docket Numbers: EG22–141–000. 

Applicants: IP Oberon, LLC. 

Description: IP Oberon, LLC submits 

Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 6/10/22. 

Accession Number: 20220610–5194. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 7/1/22. 

Docket Numbers: EG22–142–000. 

Applicants: IP Oberon II, LLC. 


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