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link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the website that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: February 2, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD18–8–000; Docket No. EL18–
26–000]

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Reform of Affected System
Coordination in the Generator
Interconnection Process; EDF
Renewable Energy, Inc. v.
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Southwest Power Pool,
Inc., and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.;
Notice of Technical Conference
Take notice that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
will convene a staff-led technical
conference in the above-referenced
proceeding on Tuesday and Wednesday,
April 3–4, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. (EDT). The conference will be held
in the Commission Meeting Room at
Commission headquarters, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Commissioners may attend and
participate.
The purpose of this conference is to
discuss issues related to the
coordination of Affected Systems raised
in (1) the complaint filed by EDF
Renewable Energy, Inc. against
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Southwest Power Pool,
Inc., and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. in
Docket No. EL18–26–000 and (2) the

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Commission’s Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking on the generator
interconnection process in Docket No.
RM17–8–000.
Discussions at the conference may
involve issues raised in proceedings that
are currently pending before the
Commission. These proceedings
include, but are not limited to:
Internal MISO Generators v.
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Docket No. EL15–99–
000;
EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. v.
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Docket No. EL18–55–
000; Southwest Power Pool, Inc.,
Docket No. ER18–421–000;
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER18–636–
000;
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER16–
1346–003;
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER16–
1817–004;
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Docket No. EL18–17–
000;
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER17–156–
002; and
TranSource, LLC v. PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C., Docket No.
EL15–79–001.
Additional information regarding the
conference program and speakers will
be provided in subsequent
supplemental notices of technical
conference.
Those wishing to participate in this
conference should submit a nomination
form online by 5:00 p.m. on March 2,
2018 at: http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/
registration/04-03-18-speaker-form.asp.
There is no fee for attendance. In-person
attendees should allow time to pass
through building security procedures
before the 9:30 a.m. start time of the
technical conference. Pre-registration is
encouraged, though not required.
Attendees may register in advance at the
following web page: http://
www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/
04-03-18-form.asp
The conference will be transcribed
and webcast. Transcripts will be
available immediately for a fee from Ace
Reporting (202–347–3700). A link to the
webcast of this event will be available
in the Commission Calendar of Events at
www.ferc.gov. The Capitol Connection
provides technical support for the
webcasts and offers the option of
listening to the conferences via phonebridge for a fee. For additional
information, visit

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www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703)
993–3100.
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 1–866–208–3372 (voice)
or 202–208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to
202–208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about this
technical conference, please contact
Lina Naik at Lina.Naik@ferc.gov or (202)
502–8882, Myra Sinnott at
Myra.Sinnott@ferc.gov or (202) 502–
6033, or Kathleen Ratcliff at
Kathleen.Ratcliff@ferc.gov or (202) 502–
8018. For information related to
logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley
at Sarah.Mckinley@ferc.gov or (202)
502–8368.
Dated: February 2, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–02530 Filed 2–7–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC18–4–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities; (FERC–582); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
582 (Electric Fees, Annual Charges,
Waivers, and Exemptions) which will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a review of the
information collection requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due April 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. 18–4–000) by
either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
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.
SUMMARY:

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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:
Title: Electric Fees, Annual Charges,
Waivers, and Exemptions.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0132
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–582 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information required by
FERC–582 is contained within 18 Code

of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 381 1
and Part 382.2
The Commission uses the FERC–582
to implement the statutory provisions of
the Independent Offices Appropriation
Act of 1952 (IOAA) 3 which authorizes
the Commission to establish fees for its
services. In addition, the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986
(OBRA) 4 authorizes the Commission to
assess and collect fees and annual
charges in any fiscal year in amounts
equal to all the costs incurred by the
Commission in that fiscal year.
To comply with the FERC–582
respondents submit to the Commission
the sum of the megawatt-hours (MWh)
of all unbundled transmission
(including MWh delivered in wheeling
transactions and MWh delivered in
exchange transactions) and the
megawatt-hours of all bundled
wholesale power sales (to the extent the
bundled wholesale power sales were not
separately reported as unbundled
transmission). The data collected within
the FERC–582 is drawn directly from
the FERC Form 1 5 transmission data.
The Commission sums the costs of its
electric regulatory program and

subtracts all electric regulatory program
filing fee collections to determine the
total collectible electric regulatory
program costs. Then, the Commission
uses the data submitted under FERC–
582 to determine the total megawatthours of transmission of electric energy
in interstate commerce.
Respondents (e.g. public utilities,
power marketers) subject to these
annual charges must submit FERC–582
data to the Commission by April 30 of
each year.6 The Commission issues bills
for annual charges to respondents.
Then, respondents must pay the charges
within 45 days of the Commission’s
issuance of the bill.
Respondents file requests for waivers
and exemptions of fees and charges 7
based on need. The Commission’s staff
uses the filer’s financial information to
evaluate the request for a waiver or
exemption of the obligation to pay a fee
or an annual charge.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 8 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–82—ELECTRIC FEES; ANNUAL CHARGES; WAIVERS; AND EXEMPTIONS
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 per
respondent

(1)

(2)

(1) × (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) / (1) = (5)

1 hour; $76.50 ...........

67 hours; $5,125.50 ..

FERC–582 9 .................

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The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $5,125.50 [67
hours * $76.50/hour 10 = $5,125.50]
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
1 Title 18 CFR, Sections 381.105, 381.106,
381.108, 381.302, and 381.305.
2 Title 18 CFR, Sections 382.102, 382.103,
382.105, 382.106, and 382.201.
3 31 U.S.C. 9701.
4 42 U.S.C. 7178.
5 Annual Report of Major Electric Utility (OMB
Control No. 1902–0021).
6 18 CFR 382.201.

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who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: February 2, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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CFR 381 and 382.
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 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
9 Includes requirements of 18 CFR Part 381.105
(methods of payment), Part 381.106 (waiver), Part
8 Burden

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1

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$76.50

Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC18–51–000.
Applicants: MDU Resources Group,
Inc.
Description: Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of MDU Resources
Group, Inc.
Filed Date: 1/31/18.
381.108 (exemption), Part 381.302 (declaratory
order), Part 381.303 (review of DOE remedial order),
Part 381.304 (DOE denial of adjustment, and Part
381.305 (OGC interpretation).
10 The Commission staff thinks that the average
respondent for this collection is similarly situated
to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
Based upon FERC’s 2017 annual average of
$158,754 (for salary plus benefits), the average
hourly cost is $76.50/hour.

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