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totalenergy/data/monthly/), Annual
Energy Review (http://www.eia.gov/
totalenergy/data/annual/), Petroleum
Marketing Monthlyhttp://www.eia.gov/
oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/
petroleum_marketing_monthly/
pmm.html), Weekly Petroleum Status
Report http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/
petroleum/data_publications/
weekly_petroleum_status_report/
wpsr.html), and the International Energy
Outlook (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/
ieo/); (5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 11,953; (6) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses:
106,661; (7) Annual Estimated Number
of Burden Hours: 56,186; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: 0. EIA estimates that there
are no additional costs to respondents
associated with the surveys other than
the costs associated with the burden
hours.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b).
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 1,
2012.
Stephanie Brown,
Director, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy
Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–14–000; (FERC–914)]

Commission Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting the
information collection FERC–914
(Cogeneration and Small Power
Production—Tariff Filings) 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
issued a Notice in the Federal Register
(77 FR 31342, 5/25/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–914 and is

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making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by September 6,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0213, 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 Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, identified by the Docket
No. IC12–14–000, 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: Title:
FERC–914, Cogeneration and Small
Power Production—Tariff Filings.
OMB Control No.:1902–0213.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–914 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: Section 205(c) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) requires that every
public utility have all of its
jurisdictional rates and tariffs on file
with the Commission and make them
available for public inspection, within
such time and in such form as the
Commission may designate. Section
205(d) of the FPA requires that every
public utility must provide notice to the
Commission and the public of any
changes to its jurisdictional rates and
tariffs, file such changes with the
Commission, and make them available

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for public inspection, in such manner as
directed by the Commission. In
addition, FPA section 206 requires the
Commission, upon complaint or its own
motion, to modify existing rates or
services that are found to be unjust,
unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or
preferential. FPA section 207 requires
the Commission upon complaint by a
state commission and a finding of
insufficient interstate service, to order
the rendering of adequate interstate
service by public utilities, the rates for
which would be filed in accordance
with FPA sections 205 and 206.
In Orders Nos. 671 and 671–A,1 the
Commission revised its regulations that
govern qualifying small power
production and cogeneration facilities.
Among other things, the Commission
eliminated certain exemptions from rate
regulation that were previously
available to qualifying facilities (QFs).
New qualifying facilities may need to
make tariff filings if they do not meet
the new exemption requirements.
FERC implemented the Congressional
mandate of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (EPAct 2005) to establish criteria
for new qualifying cogeneration
facilities by: (1) Amending the
exemptions available to qualifying
facilities from the FPA and from
PUHCA [resulting in the burden
imposed by FERC–914, the subject of
this statement]; (2) ensuring that these
facilities are using their thermal output
in a productive and beneficial manner;
that the electrical, thermal, chemical
and mechanical output of new
qualifying cogeneration facilities is used
fundamentally for industrial,
commercial, residential or industrial
purposes; and there is continuing
progress in the development of efficient
electric energy generating technology;
(3) amending the FERC Form 556 2 to
reflect the criteria for new qualifying
cogeneration facilities; and (4)
eliminating ownership limitations for
qualifying cogeneration and small
power production facilities. The
Commission satisfied the statutory
mandate and its continuing obligation to
review its policies encouraging
cogeneration and small power
production, energy conservation,
efficient use of facilities and resources
1 Revised Regulations Governing Small Power
Production and Cogeneration Facilities, Order No.
671, 71 FR 7852 (2/15/2006), FERC Stats. & Regs.
¶ 31,203 (2006); and Revised Regulations Governing
Small Power Production and Cogeneration
Facilities, Order 671–A, 71 FR 30585 (5/30/2006),
in Docket No. RM05–36.
2 The FERC–556 is cleared separately as OMB
Control No. 1902–0075 and is not a subject of this
notice.

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by electric utilities and equitable rates
for energy customers.
Type of Respondents: New qualifying
facilities and small power producers

that do not meet Commission exemption
criteria.
Estimate of Annual Burden3: The
Commission estimates the total Public

Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–914 (IC12–14–000): COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION—TARIFF FILINGS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
per response

Estimated total
annual burden

(A)

(B)

(A) × (B) = (C)

(D)

(C) × (D)

FPA Section 205 filings .......................................................
Electric Quarterly Reports (initial) ........................................
Electric Quarterly Reports (later) .........................................
Change of Status .................................................................

100
100
100
100

1
1
3
1

100
100
300
100

183
230
6
3

18,300
23,000
1,800
300

TOTAL ..........................................................................

N/A

N/A

600

N/A

43,400

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $2,995,016
[43,400 hours ÷ 2,080 4 hours/year =
20.86538 * $143,540/year 5 =
$2,995,016].
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: August 1, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC12–13–000; (FERC–915)]

Commission Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
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Number of
respondents

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork

SUMMARY:

3 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
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Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting the
information collection FERC–915
(Public Utility Market-Based Rate
Authorization Holders—Records
Retention Requirement) 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
issued a Notice in the Federal Register
(77 FR 28863, 5/16/2012) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–915 and is
making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by September 6,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0223, 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 Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, identified by the Docket
No. IC12–13–000, 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:
Title: FERC–915, Public Utility
Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders—Records Retention
Requirement.
OMB Control No.:1902–0223.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–915 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission has the
regulatory responsibility under section
205 of the Federal Power Act to ensure
that wholesale sales of electricity are
just and reasonable and provided in a
non-discriminatory manner. Under
section 35.41(d), the Commission
requires all sellers with market-based
rates to retain all relevant sales
documents for five years. Relevant
documents include all information upon
which they bill their prices charged for
electric energy or electric energy
products sold pursuant to their market-

explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

4 2080 hours/year = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks/
year
5 Average annual salary per employee in 2012.

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