Document ID: FERC-2015-1418-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2015-10-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63755-63756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26725]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC15-10-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-732); Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Comment request.

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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 
collection [FERC-732, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term 
Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity Markets] 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 (80 FR 45214, 7/29/2015) requesting 
public comments. The Commission received no comments on the FERC-732 
and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by November 
20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No. 
1902-0245, 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.

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    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in 
Docket No. IC15-10-000, 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/submission-guide.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/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at 
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FERC-732, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term 
Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity Markets.
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0245.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-732 information 
collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements.
    Abstract: 18 CFR part 42 provides the reporting requirements of 
FERC-732 as they pertain to long-term transmission rights. To implement 
section 1233 \1\ of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005),\2\ the 
Commission requires each transmission organization that is a public 
utility with one or more organized electricity markets to make 
available long-term firm transmission rights that satisfy each of the 
Commission's guidelines.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824 et al.
    \2\ Added new section 217 (16 U.S.C. 824Q) to the Federal Power 
Act (FPA).
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    The FERC-732 regulations require that transmission organizations 
(that are public utilities with one or more organized electricity 
markets) choose one of two ways to file:
     File tariff sheets making long-term firm transmission 
rights available that are consistent with each of the guidelines 
established by FERC
     File an explanation describing how their existing tariffs 
already provide long-term firm transmission rights that are consistent 
with the guidelines.
    Additionally, the Commission requires each transmission 
organization to make its transmission planning and expansion procedures 
and plans available to the public.
    FERC-732 enables the Commission to exercise its wholesale electric 
rate and electric power transmission oversight and enforcement 
responsibilities in accordance with the FPA, the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (DOE Act), and EPAct 2005.
    Type of Respondents: Public utility with one or more organized 
electricity markets.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the annual 
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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    \3\ The Commission defines burden 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, reference 5 Code of Federal 
Regulations 1320.3.
    \4\ The cost figure is the 2015 FERC average salary plus 
benefits ($149,489/year or $72/hour). FERC staff estimates that 
industry costs for salary plus benefits are similar to Commission 
costs.

                   FERC-732, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity Markets
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                                                                                                              Average      Total annual
                                                             Number of    Annual  number   Total number    burden & cost  burden hours &     Cost per
                                                            respondents    of  responses   of responses    per response    total annual   respondent ($)
                                                                          per respondent                        \4\            cost
                                                                     (1)             (2)     (1)*(2)=(3)             (4)     (3)*(4)=(5)         (5)/(1)
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Public Utility with One or More Organized Electricity                  1               1               1           1,180           1,180         $84,960
 Markets................................................                                                         $84,960         $84,960
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    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: October 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26725 Filed 10-20-15; 8:45 am]
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