[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64680-64682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31255]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the 
energy information collection(s) listed at the end of this notice to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). The listing 
does not include collections of information contained in new or revised 
regulations which are to be submitted under section 3507(d)(1)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act, nor management and procurement assistance 
requirements collected by the Department of Energy (DOE).
    Each entry contains the following information: (1) Collection 
number and title; (2) summary of the collection of information 
(includes sponsor (the DOE component)), current OMB document number (if 
applicable), type of request (new, revision, extension, or 
reinstatement); response obligation (mandatory, voluntary, or required 
to obtain or retain benefits); (3) a description of the need and 
proposed use of the information; (4) description of the likely 
respondents; and (5) estimate of total annual reporting burden (average 
hours per response x proposed frequency of response per year x 
estimated number of likely respondents).

DATES: Comments must be filed within 30 days of publication of this 
notice. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find 
it difficult to do so within the time allowed by this notice, you 
should advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed below of your intention 
to do so as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 
(202) 395-3084. (Also, please notify the EIA contact listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Department of Energy Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW, Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments should 
also be addressed to the Statistics and Methods Group at the address 
below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Herbert Miller, Statistics and Methods Group, 
(EI-70), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, 
D.C. 20585. Mr. Miller may be telephoned at (202) 426-1103, FAX (202) 
426-1081, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The energy information collection submitted 
to OMB for review was:

1. EIA-411, 412, 417R, 759, 826, 860A, 861, 860B (formerly 867), and 
900, ``Electric Power Surveys''
2. Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric 
and Alternate Fuels, OMB No. 1905-0129, Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection; Mandatory

    A Federal Register notice, 63 FR 35582 dated June 30, 1998, 
described proposed modifications to specific forms required by the 
rapidly changing electric power industry. Based on comments received 
and EIA's further analysis of the information that should be collected 
on electric power, EIA has made some further modifications that are 
included in the materials sent to OMB for approval. The modifications 
are summarized below.

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                                          Table 1.--Changes to Surveys
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                                         Proposed change(s) in Federal
              Form No.                 Register notice (63 FR 35582 dated      Proposed changes to surveys in
                                                 June 30, 1998)                   package submitted to OMB
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Form EIA-411, ``Coordinated Bulk     Propose changing planning projections  Change projected period (Items 1, 2,
 Power Supply Program''.              period (Items 1, 2, and 4) from 10     3.4, 4, 5 and 6) from 10 years to 5
                                      years to 5 years. The form and         years. See subsequent table
                                      instructions will be modified to       regarding changes to
                                      show these changes.                    confidentiality provisions.
Form EIA-412, ``Annual Report of     Propose changing the reporting         Same changes as in 6/30 FR notice.
 Public Electric Utilities''.         threshold from 120,000 Mwh to          See subsequent table regarding
                                      150,000 Mwh.                           changes to confidentiality
                                                                             provisions.
Form EIA-417R ``Electric Power       None.................................  No changes are being proposed at
 System Emergency Report''.                                                  this time.
Form EIA-759, ``Monthly Power Plant  None.................................  (1) Change the monthly reporting
 Report''.                                                                   threshold from operating utilities
                                                                             with at least one plant with a
                                                                             nameplate capacity of 25 megawatts
                                                                             or more to 50 megawatts or more.
                                                                             (This will eliminate nearly 50
                                                                             utilities from reporting monthly
                                                                             data and make it consistent with
                                                                             the reporting requirements on the
                                                                             Form EIA-900.) (b) Change the
                                                                             threshold for utilities reporting
                                                                             on the annual survey to utilities
                                                                             operating plants with less than 50
                                                                             megawatts nameplate capacity
                                                                             instead of 25 megawatts. (c) See
                                                                             subsequent table below regarding
                                                                             changes to confidentiality
                                                                             provisions.
Form EIA-826, ``Monthly Electric     Propose adding two new data tables:    No additional changes are being
 Utility Sales and Revenue Report,    (1) the distribution company will be   proposed. See subsequent table
 with State Distributions''.          asked to provide data about the        regarding changes to
                                      monthly bill if they are billing the   confidentiality provisions.
                                      consumer for another energy service
                                      provider; and (2) the energy service
                                      provider will report data if billing
                                      is done by them or a third party
                                      other than the distribution company.
Form EIA-860, ``Annual Electric      Two changes are proposed: (1) The      No additional changes are proposed.
 Generator Report''.                  survey form designation and name       See subsequent table regarding
                                      will be altered to Form EIA-860A,      changes to confidentiality
                                      ``Annual Electric Generator Report--   provisions.
                                      Utility,'' and (2) the planning
                                      projection period (Schedule II and
                                      Schedule III) will be changed from
                                      10 years to 5 years.
Form EIA-861, ``Annual Electric      Three changes are proposed: (1) Item   Changes included in package
 Utility Report''.                    5 on schedule II indicating new        submitted to OMB--Items (1) and (3)
                                      plant intention(s) will be deleted;    from the 6/30 FR notice are
                                      (2) Schedule IV will require energy    included; Item 2 was not included.
                                      service providers to report the        Also, Schedule V, Part C, Demand
                                      total dollars paid by the              Side Management, activities
                                      consumer(s) whether or not the         eliminated the projected annual
                                      energy service provider issues the     cost.
                                      bill; and (3) the Demand Side
                                      Management (Schedule V) threshold
                                      will be raised from 120,000 Mwh to
                                      150,000 Mwh.
Form EIA-867, ``Annual Nonutility    (1) The form name and number will be   No additional changes are proposed.
 Power Producer Report''.             changed to, Form EIA-860-B, ``Annual   See subsequent table regarding
                                      Electric Generator Report--            changes to confidentiality
                                      Nonutility.''; (2) Item 3(a)           provisions.
                                      estimated useful thermal output and
                                      3(b) thermal output used will be
                                      added to Schedule IVB. The form and
                                      instructions will be modified to
                                      show these changes.
Form EIA-900, ``Monthly Nonutility   Six changes are proposed: (1) The      The six changes proposed in the 6/30
 Sales for Resale Report''.           survey name will be changed to         FR notice are included. In
                                      ``Monthly Nonutility Power Report;''   addition, (1) end-of-month stocks
                                      three new data elements on (2) fuel    of coal and petroleum for each
                                      type, (3) gross generation (kWh),      facility will be added, and (2) the
                                      and (4) fossil fuel consumption will   respondent will have a choice of
                                      be added; and (5) sales for resale     reporting gross generation or net
                                      and (6) sales to other end users       generation and will specify which
                                      will be deleted.                       is reported. See subsequent table
                                                                             regarding changes to
                                                                             confidentiality provisions.
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    Another Federal Register notice (63 FR 38620 dated July 17, 1998) 
was issued regarding EIA procedures of confidentiality treatment given 
to electric power data collected and disseminated by the EIA through 
the above-mentioned data surveys. Form EIA-767 is included in this 
table because it is used by EIA to collect electric power data. Form 
EIA-767 is jointly sponsored by EIA and the Environmental Protection 
Agency and will be submitted to OMB separately.

                                      Table 2.--Confidential Data Elements
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                                        Forms affected--FR Notice (63 FR
           Data elements                  38620  dated July 17, 1998)        Clearance package submitted to OMB
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Future--generating capacity:
    1--retirement dates............  EIA-411 generator(s) planning data     Same proposed confidential elements
                                      for: (a) existing (changes to); (b)    as the 7/17/ FR notice except added
                                      retirement date(s); (c) new            projected fuel consumption for Form
                                      generators (all information).          EIA-767.

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    2--changes to existing units...  EIA-767 planning data for: (a) new
                                      plants/equip.; (b) equipment
                                      updates; (c) retirement date(s); (d)
                                      projected fuel consumption.
    3--planned generating unit data  EIA-860 planning data for: (a)
                                      generator updates; (b) retirement
                                      date(s); (c) new generator(s).
    4--projected fuel consumption..  EIA-867 planning data for equipment..
Heat rates.........................  EIA-411 (a) heat rate data...........  Same changes as in FR notice
                                     EIA-767 (a) boiler efficiency........
                                     EIA-860 (a) heat rate data...........
1--Sales for resale/Contracts with   EIA-412 name(s), quantities, demand    The elements listed in the 7/17 FR
 purchasers.                          charges, energy/other charges,         notice will not be treated as
                                      revenue/settlements.                   confidential.
                                     EIA-867 names, maximum contract
                                      amount, amount delivered.
Wholesale purchases/contracts with   EIA-412 name(s), quantities, demand    The elements listed in the 7/17 FR
 sellers.                             charges, purchased/exchanged, energy/  notice will not be treated as
                                      other charges, total costs.            confidential.
Fuel inventory--stocks.............  EIA-759..............................  An element on fuel inventory--stocks
                                     EIA-900..............................   has been added to Form EIA-900 and
                                                                             that element will be confidential.
Financial data--environmental        EIA-767..............................  These data elements will not be
 equipment.                                                                  treated as confidential by EIA.
Sales to other end user(s) name(s)   EIA-867 name(s), maximum contract,     Same as in 7/17 FR notice.
 and amount.                          amount delivered.
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    3. The Electric Power Surveys collect information on electric power 
capacity, generation, fuel consumption, fuel receipts, fuel stocks, 
prices, electric rates, construction costs, and operating income and 
revenue. Form EIA-417R collects data on electric power disturbances. 
Respondents include electric utilities, nonutility electric power 
producers, electric reliability council members, and independent 
electric power system operators. Electric power data collected are used 
by the Department of Energy for analysis and forecasting. Data are 
published in various EIA reports.
    4. Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; State, Local 
or Tribal Government
    5. 81,505 hours (8,573 respondents x 2.21 responses per year x 4.3 
hours).

    Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1998.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and Methods Group, Energy 
Information Administration.
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