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292.309–292.313 are the implementing
regulations, and provide procedures for:
• An electric utility to file an
application for the termination of its
obligation to purchase energy and
capacity from, or sell to, a QF; 2 and

• An affected entity or person to
subsequently apply to the Commission
for an order reinstating the electric
utility’s obligation to purchase energy
and capacity from, or sell to, a QF.3

Type of Respondents: Electric
utilities, principally.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–912—COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION, PURPA SECTION 210(m) REGULATIONS FOR
TERMINATION OR REINSTATEMENT OF OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE OR SELL
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 5

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent ($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

Termination of obligation to purchase .....

5

1

5

Reinstatement of obligations to purchase

0

0

0

Termination of obligation to sell ...............

0

0

0

Reinstatement of obligation to sell ..........

0

0

0

Total ..................................................

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

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

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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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 29, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–28092 Filed 11–3–15; 8:45 am]

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2 Contained

within 18 CFR 292.310 and 292.312.
within 18 CFR 292.311 and 292.313.
4 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.
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Commission
[Docket No. IC16–2–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–538, FERC–740,
FERC–729, FERC–715, FERC–592,
FERC–60, FERC–61, and FERC–555A);
Consolidated Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the requirements and burden 1 of the
information collections described
below.
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due January 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC16–2–000)
by either of the following methods:
SUMMARY:

5 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) average salary
plus benefits ($149,489/year). The Commission
believes the FERC FTE average salary plus benefits
to be representative of wages for industry
respondents.

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$4,320
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$0
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$0
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60
$4,320

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• 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.
Please reference the specific
collection number and/or title in your
comments.
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, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 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.

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Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FERC–538, Gas Pipelines Certificates:
Sections 7(a) Mandatory Initial Service
OMB Control No.: 1902–0061.
Abstract: Under sections 7(a), 10(a)
and 16 of Natural Gas Act (NGA),2 upon
application by a person or municipality
authorized to engage in the local
distribution of natural gas, the
Commission may order a natural gas
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transportation facilities, and sell natural
gas to the municipality or person and,
for such purpose, to extend its
transportation facilities to communities
immediately adjacent to such facilities
or to territories served by the natural gas
pipeline company. The Commission
uses the application data in order to be
fully informed concerning the applicant,
and the service the applicant is
requesting.
Type of Respondent: Persons or
municipalities authorized to engage in
the local distribution of natural gas.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–538—GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: SECTION 7(a) MANDATORY INITIAL SERVICE
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 3

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

Gas Pipeline Certificates .........................

1

FERC–740, Availability of e-Tag
Information to Commission Staff

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OMB Control No.: 1902–0254.
Abstract: In Order 771,4 the FERC–
740 information collection (providing
Commission staff access to e-Tag data)
was implemented to provide the
Commission, Market Monitoring Units
(MMUs), Regional Transmission
Organizations (RTOs), and Independent
System Operators (ISOs) with
information that allows them to perform
market surveillance and analysis more
effectively. The e-Tag information is
necessary to understand the use of the
interconnected electricity grid,
particularly transactions occurring at
interchanges. Due to the nature of the
electricity grid, an individual
transaction’s impact on an interchange
cannot be assessed adequately in all
cases without information from all
connected systems, which is included
in the e-Tags. The details of the physical
path of a transaction included in the eTags helps the Commission to monitor,
in particular, interchange transactions
effectively, detect and prevent price
2 15

U.S.C. 717f–w.
estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary of $149,489/year.
4 Order 771 was issued in Docket No. RM11–12
(77 FR 76367, 12/28/2012).
5 A Purchasing-Selling Entity is the entity that
purchases or sells, and takes title to, energy,
3 The

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$17,280

240
$17,280

$17,280

manipulation over interchanges, and
ensure the efficient and orderly use of
the transmission grid. For example, the
e-Tag data allows the Commission to
identify transmission reservations as
they go from one market to another and
link the market participants involved in
that transaction.
Order No. 771 provided the
Commission access to e-Tags by
requiring that Purchasing-Selling
Entities 5 (PSEs) and Balancing
Authorities (BAs), list the Commission
on the ‘‘CC’’ list of e-Tags so that the
Commission can receive a copy of the eTags. The Commission accesses the eTags by contracting with a commercial
vendor, OATI. In early 2014, the North
American Energy Standards Board
(NAESB) incorporated the requirement
that the Commission be added to the
‘‘CC’’ list on e-Tags as part of the tagging
process.6 Even before NAESB added the
FERC requirement to the tagging
standards, the rules behind the ‘‘CC’’ list
requirement had already been
programmed into the industry standard
tagging software so as to make the

inclusion of FERC in the ‘‘CC’’ list
automatic. The Commission expects that
PSEs and BAs will continue to use
existing, automated procedures to create
and validate the e-Tags in a way that
provides the Commission with access to
them. In the rare event that a new BA
would need to alert e-Tag administrators
that certain tags it generates qualify for
exemption under the Commission’s
regulations (e.g., transmissions from a
new Canadian BA into another
Canadian BA), this administrative
function would be expected to require
less than an hour of effort total from
both the BA and an e-Tag administrator
to include the BA on the exemption list.
New exempt BAs occur less frequently
than every year, but for the purpose of
estimation we will conservatively
assume one appears each year creating
an additional burden associated with
the Commission’s FERC–740
requirement of $60.59.7
Type of Respondent: PurchasingSelling Entities and Balancing
Authorities.

capacity, and Interconnected Operations Services.
Purchasing-Selling Entities may be affiliated or
unaffiliated merchants and may or may not own
generating facilities. Purchasing-Selling Entities are
typically E-Tag Authors.
6 NAESB Electronic Tagging Functional
Specifications, Version 1.8.2.
7 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
provided in this section is based on the figures for
May 2014 posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

for the Utilities sector (available at http://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm#13-0000)
assuming:
• 15 minutes legal (code 23–0000), $129.87
hourly
• 45 minutes information and record clerk (code
43–4199), $37.50 hourly.

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Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public

reporting burden (rounded) for the
information collection as:

FERC–740—AVAILABILITY OF e-TAG INFORMATION TO COMMISSION STAFF
FERC–740

Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
& cost per
response

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

Purchasing-Selling Entities (e-Tag Authors) ....................................................
Balancing Authorities ...............................
New Balancing Authority [as noted
above] ...................................................
Total ..................................................

FERC–729, Electric Transmission
Facilities
OMB Control No.: 1902–0238.
Abstract: This information collection
implements the Commission’s mandates
under EPAct 2005 section 1221 which
authorizes the Commission to issue
permits under FPA section 216(b) for
electric transmission facilities and the
Commission’s delegated responsibility
to coordinate all other federal
authorizations under FPA section
216(h). The related FERC regulations
seek to develop a timely review process
for siting of proposed electric
transmission facilities. The regulations
provide for (among other things) an
extensive pre-application process that
will facilitate maximum participation
from all interested entities and
individuals to provide them with a
reasonable opportunity to present their

369
101

4,404
16,092

1,625,326
1,625,326

0
0

0
0

$0
0

1

1

1

1 hr.; $60.59

1 hr.; $60.59

60.59

470

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

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

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

1 hr.; $60.59

60.59

views and recommendations, with
respect to the need for and impact of the
facilities, early in the planning stages of
the proposed facilities as required under
FPA section 216(d).
Additionally, FERC has the authority
to issue a permit to construct electric
transmission facilities if a state has
withheld approval for more than a year
or has conditioned its approval in such
a manner that it will not significantly
reduce transmission congestion or is not
economically feasible.8 FERC envisions
that, under certain circumstances, the
Commission’s review of the proposed
facilities may take place after one year
of the state’s review. Under section
50.6(e)(3) the Commission will not
accept applications until one year after
the state’s review and then from
applicants who can demonstrate that a
state may withhold or condition
approval of proposed facilities to such

an extent that the facilities will not be
constructed.9 In cases where FERC’s
jurisdiction rests on FPA section
216(b)(1)(C),10 the pre-filing process
should not commence until one year
after the relevant State applications
have been filed. This will give states one
full year to process an application
without any intervening Federal
proceedings, including both the prefiling and application processes. Once
that year is complete, an applicant may
seek to commence FERC’s pre-filing
process. Thereafter, once the pre-filing
process is complete, the applicant may
submit its application for a construction
permit.
Type of Respondent: Electric
transmission facilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–729—ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per
response 11

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

Electric Transmission Facilities ................

1

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FERC–715, Annual Transmission
Planning and Evaluation Report
OMB Control No.: 1902–0171
Abstract: Acting under FPA section
213,12 FERC requires each transmitting
8 FPA

section 216(b)(1)(C).
the Commission will not issue a
permit authorizing construction of the proposed
facilities until, among other things, it finds that the
state has, in fact, withheld approval for more than
a year or had so conditioned its approval.
9 However,

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$691,200

9,600
$691,200

$691,200

utility that operates integrated
transmission system facilities rated
above 100 kilovolts (kV) to submit
annually:
• Contact information for the FERC–
715;

• Base case power flow data (if it does
not participate in the development and
use of regional power flow data);
• Transmission system maps and
diagrams used by the respondent for
transmission planning;

10 In all other instances (i.e. where the state does
not have jurisdiction to act or otherwise to consider
interstate benefits, or the applicant does not qualify
to apply for a permit with the State because it does
not serve end use customers in the State), the prefiling process may be commenced at any time.

11 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary of $149,489/year.
12 16 U.S.C. 824l.

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• A detailed description of the
transmission planning reliability criteria
used to evaluate system performance for
time frames and planning horizons used
in regional and corporate planning;
• A detailed description of the
respondent’s transmission planning
assessment practices (including, but not
limited to, how reliability criteria are
applied and the steps taken in
performing transmission planning
studies); and
• A detailed evaluation of the
respondent’s anticipated system
performance as measured against its
stated reliability criteria using its stated
assessment practices.
The FERC–715 enables the
Commission to use the information as

part of their regulatory oversight
functions which includes:
• The review of rates and charges;
• The disposition of jurisdictional
facilities;
• The consolidation and mergers;
• The adequacy of supply and;
• Reliability of nation’s transmission
grid
The FERC–715 enables the
Commission to facilitate and resolve
transmission disputes. Additionally, the
Office of Electric Reliability (OER) uses
the FERC–715 data to help protect and
improve the reliability and security of
the nation’s bulk power system. OER
oversees the development and review of
mandatory reliability and security
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the approved standards by the users,
owners, and operators of the bulk power
system. OER also monitors and
addresses issues concerning the nation’s
bulk power system including
assessments of resource adequacy and
reliability.
Without the FERC–715 data, the
Commission would be unable to
evaluate planned projects or requests
related to transmission.
Type of Respondent: Integrated
transmission system facilities rated at or
above 100 kilovolts (kV).
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–715—ANNUAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND EVALUATION REPORT
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per
response 13

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=3

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

Annual Transmission Planning and Evaluation Report ........................................

115

1

115

160
$11,520

18,400
$ 1,324,800

$11,520

Total ..................................................

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

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

115

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

18,400
$ 1,324,800

$11,520

FERC–592: Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Provider and Marketing
Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines

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OMB Control No.: 1902–0157
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–592 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information maintained and posted by
the respondents to monitor the
pipeline’s transportation, sales, and
storage activities for its marketing
affiliate to deter undue discrimination
by pipeline companies in favor of their
marketing affiliates. Non-affiliated
shippers and other entities (e.g. state
commissions) also use information to
determine whether they have been
harmed by affiliate preference and to

13 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary of $149,489. Subject matter

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18 CFR 250.16, and the FERC–592 log/
format
This form (log/format) provides the
electronic formats for maintaining
information on discounted
transportation transactions and capacity

allocation to support monitoring of
activities of interstate pipeline
marketing affiliates. Commission staff
considers discounts given to shippers in
litigated rate cases.
Without this information collection:
• The Commission would be unable
to effectively monitor whether pipelines
are giving discriminatory preference to
their marketing affiliates; and
• non-affiliated shippers and state
commissions and others would be
unable to determine if they have been
harmed by affiliate preference or
prepare evidence for proceedings
following the filing of a complaint.
Type of Respondents: Natural gas
pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 14 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

experts found that industry employment costs
closely resemble FERC’s regarding the FERC–715
information collection.
14 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.

prepare evidence for proceedings
following the filing of a complaint.
18 CFR Part 358 (Standards of Conduct)
Respondents maintain and provide
the information required by part 358 on
their internet Web sites. When the
Commission requires a pipeline to post
information on its Web site following a
disclosure of non-public information to
its marketing affiliate, non-affiliated
shippers obtain comparable access to
the non-public transportation
information, which allows them to
compete with marketing affiliates on a
more equal basis.

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FERC–592—STANDARDS FOR CONDUCT FOR TRANSMISSION PROVIDERS MARKETING AFFILIATES OF INTERSTATE
PIPELINES
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per
response 15

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

FERC 592 16 ............................................

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FERC–60 (Annual Report of Centralized
Service Companies), FERC–61
(Narrative Description of Service
Company Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records Companies
and Service Companies Subject to
PUHCA)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0215.
Abstract: On August 8, 2005, the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, was signed
into law, repealing the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA
1935) and enacting the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA
2005). Section 1264 17 and section
1275 18 of PUHCA 2005 supplemented
FERC’s existing ratemaking authority
under the Federal Power Act (FPA) to
protect customers against improper
cross-subsidization or encumbrances of
public utility assets, and similarly,
FERC’s ratemaking authority under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA). These
provisions of PUHCA 2005
supplemented the FERC’s broad
authority under FPA section 301 and
NGA section 8 to obtain the books and
records of regulated companies and any
person that controls or is under the
influence of such companies if relevant
to jurisdictional activities.
FERC Form 60
Form No. 60 is an annual reporting
requirement under 18 CFR 366.23 for
centralized service companies. The

1

85

report’s function is to collect financial
information (including balance sheet,
assets, liabilities, billing and charges for
associated and non-associated
companies) from centralized service
companies subject to the jurisdiction of
the FERC. Unless Commission rule
exempts or grants a waiver pursuant to
18 CFR 366.3 and 366.4 to the holding
company system, every centralized
service company in a holding company
system must prepare and file
electronically with the FERC the Form
No. 60, pursuant to the General
Instructions in the form.
FERC–61
FERC–61 is a filing requirement for
service companies in holding company
systems (including special purpose
companies) that are currently exempt or
granted a waiver of FERC’s regulations
and would not have to file FERC Form
60. Instead, those service companies are
required to file, on an annual basis, a
narrative description of the service
company’s functions during the prior
calendar year (FERC–61). In complying,
a holding company may make a single
filing on behalf of all of its service
company subsidiaries.
FERC–555A
FERC prescribed a mandated
preservation of records requirements for
holding companies and service
companies (unless otherwise exempted
by FERC). This requires them to

116.62
$8,396

9,913
$713,736

$8,396

maintain and make available to FERC,
their books and records. The
preservation of records requirement
provides for uniform records retention
by holding companies and centralized
service companies subject to PUHCA
2005.
Data from the FERC Form 60, FERC–
61, and FERC–555A provide a level of
transparency that: (1) Helps protect
ratepayers from pass-through of
improper service company costs, (2)
enables FERC to review and determine
cost allocations (among holding
company members) for certain nonpower goods and services, (3) aids FERC
in meeting its oversight and market
monitoring obligations, and (4) benefits
the public, both as ratepayers and
investors. In addition, the FERC’s audit
staff used these records during
compliance reviews and special
analyses.
If data from the FERC Form 60, FERC–
61, and FERC–555A were not available,
FERC would not be able to meet its
statutory responsibilities, under EPAct
1992, EPAct of 2005, and PUHCA 2005,
and FERC would not have all of the
regulatory mechanisms necessary to
ensure customer protection.
Type of Respondent: Electric
transmission facilities
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

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FERC–60 (ANNUAL REPORT OF CENTRALIZED SERVICE COMPANIES), FERC–61 (NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
COMPANY FUNCTIONS), & FERC–555A (PRESERVATION OF RECORDS COMPANIES AND SERVICE COMPANIES SUBJECT TO PUHCA)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per response

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

FERC–60 19 ..............................................

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15 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the FERC average salary of $149,489/year (or
$72.00/hour). Commission staff finds that the work
done for this information collection is typically
done by wage categories similar to those at FERC.

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16 The requirements for this collection are
contained in 18 CFR part 358 and 18 CFR part
250.16.
17 Federal Books and Records Access Provision.

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68317

FERC–60 (ANNUAL REPORT OF CENTRALIZED SERVICE COMPANIES), FERC–61 (NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
COMPANY FUNCTIONS), & FERC–555A (PRESERVATION OF RECORDS COMPANIES AND SERVICE COMPANIES SUBJECT TO PUHCA)—Continued
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per response

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

FERC–61 20 ..............................................

100

1

100

FERC–555A 21 .........................................

100

1

100

Total ..................................................

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

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

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

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $3,516,262
[$166,725 (FERC Form 60) + $1,537.00
(FERC–61) + $3,348,000 (FERC–555A) =
$3,516,600].
FERC Form 60: 2,925 hours * $57.07/
hour = $166,929.00.
FERC–61: 50 hours * $37.50/hour =
$1,875.
FERC–555A: 22
• Labor costs for paper storage: 108,000
hours * $31.00/hours = $3,348,000
• Record Retention/storage cost for
paper storage (using an estimate of
6,000 ft3): $38,763.75
• Electronic record retention/storage
cost: $2,335,500 [108,000 hours ÷ 2 =
54,000 * $28.00/hour 23 = $1,512,000;
electronic record storage cost: 54,000
hours * $15.25/year 24 = $823,500;
total electronic record storage:
$2,335,500].
Dated: October 28, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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19 For the FERC–60 the $57.00 (rounded from
$57.07) hourly cost figure comes from the average
cost of an management analyst (Occupation Code
13–1111) and an accountant (Occupation Code 13–
2011) as posted on the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) Web site (http://www/bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm).
20 For the FERC–61 the $37.50 hourly cost figure
comes from the cost of a records clerk (Occupation
Code 43–4199) as posted on the BLS Web site
(http://www/bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm).
21 For the FERC–555 the $31.00 hourly cost figure
(rounded from $30.71) comes from the cost of a file
clerk (Occupation Code 43–4071) as posted on the
BLS Web site (http://www/bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm).
22 Internal

analysis assumes 50% electronic and
50% paper storage.
23 The Commission bases the $28/hour figure on
a FERC staff study that included estimating public
utility recordkeeping costs.
24 Per entity; the Commission bases this figure on
the estimated cost to service and to store 1 GB of
data (based on the aggregated cost of an IBM
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM15–14–000]

Revised Critical Infrastructure
Protection; Reliability Standards;
Notice of Techinical Conference
Take notice that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
will hold a Commission staff-led
technical conference on Critical
Infrastructure Protection Supply Chain
Risk Management issues identified in
the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NOPR) in the above-captioned docket
on January 28, 2016. The conference
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at
approximately 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
The conference will be held at the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The technical conference shall
facilitate a structured dialogue on
supply chain risk management issues
identified by the Commission in the
Revised Critical Infrastructure
Protection (CIP) Standards NOPR.
Technical Conference panelists may be
asked to address: (1) The NOPR
proposal to direct that NERC develop a
Reliability Standard to address supply
chain risk management; (2) the
anticipated features of, and
requirements that should be included
in, such a standard; and (3) a reasonable
timeframe for development of a
standard. The technical conference will
be led by Commission staff, with
prepared remarks to be presented by
invited panelists, which must be
submitted to the Commission in
advance of the conference. A
subsequent notice providing an agenda
and details on the topics for discussion
will be issued in advance of the

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108,000
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conference. Commissioners may attend
and participate.
There is no fee for attendance.
However, members of the public are
encouraged to preregister online at:
https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/
registration/01-28-16-form.asp.
Those wishing to participate in panel
discussions should submit nominations
no later than close of business on
November 20, 2015 online at: https://
www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/
01-28-16-speaker-form.asp.
There will be no webcast of this
event. However, it will be transcribed.
Transcripts of the conference will be
immediately available for a fee from
Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. (202–347–
3700).
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
accessibility accommodations please
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov
or call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice)
or (202) 502–8659 (TTY), or send a fax
to (202) 208–2106 with the requested
accommodations.
For more information about the
technical conference, please contact:
Sarah McKinley, Office of External
Affairs, 202–502–8368, sarah.mckinley@
ferc.gov.
Dated: October 28, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–28091 Filed 11–3–15; 8:45 am]
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