[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14814]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC99-516-001, FERC-516]


Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

June 7, 1999.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has 
submitted the energy information collection listed in this notice to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions 
of Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-
13). Any interested person may file comments on the collection of 
information directly with OMB and should address a copy of those 
comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission received 
no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of 
January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4402) and has made this notification in its 
submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection of information are best 
assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this 
notification.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the Office of Management and Budget, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Desk Officer, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20503. A copy of the comments should also be sent to Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer, CI-1, 
Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by 
telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425, and by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description

    The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review 
contains:
    1. Collection of Information: FERC-516 ``Electric Rate Schedule 
Filings''
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0173.
    The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year 
extension of the current expiration date, with no changes to the 
existing collection. There are decreases to the reporting burden as a 
result of the implementation of Order No. 888 and an increase in the 
number of tariff service agreements which have reduce the preparation 
time for filings. This a mandatory information collection requirements 
and the Commission does not consider the information to be 
confidential.
    a. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the 
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of Part 1, 
Sections 15, 19, 20, 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 
U.S.C. 808, 812, 813, 824d-f). A public utility must obtain Commission 
authorization for all rates and charges made, related contracts and 
service conditions, and for wholesale sales and transmission of energy 
in interstate commerce. The Commission is authorize to investigate the 
rates charges by public utilities subject to its jurisdiction. If after 
investigation the Commission determines that the rates, terms or 
conditions are ``unjust and unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or 
unduly preferential,'' it is authorized to determine and prescribe the 
just and reasonable rates, terms or conditions. Either full or 
abbreviated cost data is required to support the proposed rate levels 
as part of the justification for the complete electric rate schedules. 
Submission of the information is necessary because of the complexity of 
the electric industry and the controversial nature of many of the 
elements of a utility's cost to provide service. Sufficient detail must 
be obtained for the Commission to make informed and equitable decisions 
concerning the appropriate level of rates, and to aid customers and 
other parties who wish to challenge the rate proposed by the utility. 
Failure to issue these requirements would mean the Commission is not 
meeting its statutory obligations. The Commission implements these 
filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 
CFR Parts 35 and 292.
    5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently 
comprises on average 858 companies subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 536,800 total burden hours, 858 respondents, 
3.42 responses annually, 183 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: $28,359,815 (536,800 hours 
 x  $109,889 (salary + benefits)  2080 work hours per year)).

    Authority: Sections 15, 19, 20, 205 and 206 of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), (16 U.S.C. 808, 812, 813, 824d-f).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14814 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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