[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4243-4244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2096]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC01-1-001 FERC Form No. 1]


Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for 
Comments

January 23, 2002.
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 
comments from six entities. Of the six, two represented either their 
subsidiaries or on behalf of a collective group of electric utilities. 
Information about the electric utilities and individual companies that 
participated is listed in Appendix D of the submission. The actual 
comments themselves are included in Attachment A. These entities 
commented in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of August 
7, 2001 (66 FR 41217). The Commission has responded to these comments 
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 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. The

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Desk Officer may also be reached at (202) 395-7318. A copy of the 
comments should also be sent to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, Attention: Mr. Michael Miller, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 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 Form 1 ``Annual Report for Major 
Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others''.
    2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0021. The Commission is now requesting 
that OMB approve a three-year extension of the current expiration date, 
with proposed changes to the existing collection. There is a decrease 
in the reporting burden due to the proposed elimination of eleven 
schedules and the abolishment of the paper copy filing requirement. 
There is also an adjustment due to an increase in the number of 
entities who are now subject to the Commission's jurisdiction and as a 
result must submit this annual report. This is a mandatory information 
collection requirement.
    4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the 
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
responsibilities in implementing the provisions of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA). Under the FPA the Commission may prescribe a system of 
accounts for jurisdictional companies, and after notice and hearing, 
may determine the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts 
will be entered, charged or credited. The FERC Form 1 is designed to 
collect financial information from privately owned electric utilities 
and licensees who have generation, transmission, distribution and sales 
of electric energy, however produced throughout the United States and 
its possessions, subject to the Commission's jurisdiction.
    Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently comprises 
on average, 216 companies subject to the Commission's jurisdiction.
    6. Estimated Burden: 226,800 total burden hours, 216 respondents, 1 
response annually, 1,050 hours per response (average).
    7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 226,800 hours  
2,080 hours per year  x  $117,041 per year = 
$12,713,112 average cost per respondent = $58,857.

    Statutory Authority: Sections 304 and 309 of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 825c-825h.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2096 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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