Nonresponse Letter EIA-886 2015

U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585

June 20, 2016
Avista Utilities
Chris Schlothauer
PO Box 3727
Spokane, WA 99220
Dear Chris Schlothauer,
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department of Energy, has the responsibility for
collecting information on the utilization of alternative transportation fuels in the United States. An important
element of that responsibility is the collection of information from companies such as yours concerning the
production and/or use of alternative fueled vehicles. Your company’s mandatory participation will continue
into the future unless your company closes and/or ceases to operate in this capacity. The information collected
on this form by the EIA will be used to provide Congress with a measure of the extent to which the objectives
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 are being achieved.
The purpose of this letter is to reiterate your obligation to file the Form EIA-886, "Annual Survey of Alternative
Fueled Vehicles," which your company is required to complete. The completed form was due by April 20,
2016. As of the date of this letter, we have attempted to reach the point of contact on records, Debbie Tolliver,
but have not received your company's completed survey form. The timely submission of Form EIA-886 by
those required to report is mandatory under Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
(FEAA) (P.L. 93-275), as amended. Failure to respond may result in a penalty of not more than $2,750 per day.
I urge you to respond today.
Regarding confidentiality of information, disclosure limitation procedures are applied to the statistical data
published from the EIA-886 supplier data regarding vehicles “planned to be made available in the following
calendar year.” This ensures that the risk of disclosure of identifiable information is very small. For all other
data published from this form, disclosure limitation procedures are not applied.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average four hours per response.
Please have your form completed and submitted using our web-enabled reporting system available at
https://eiaweb.inl.gov. A blank copy of the form and its instructions are posted on our website at
http://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-886. If for some reason you are unable to use the internet system, you can file
a paper copy and submit it to us by fax at 208-526-0560. Cynthia Amezcua of my staff, who can be reached by
e-mail at cynthia.amezcua@eia.gov or by phone at (202) 586-1658, is available to assist you with these options.
We greatly appreciate your cooperation in submitting this form. If you have any general questions concerning
this request, please contact me at (202) 586-1134.

Sincerely,

Robert K. Adler
Team Leader, Manufacturing & Transportation Team
Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics
U.S. Energy Information Administration