[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52955-52957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24777]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection;
Comment request.
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SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed revisions and
three-year extension to the Forms:
EIA-411, ``Coordinated Bulk Power Supply Program Report,''
EIA-826, ``Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue with State Distributions
Report,''
EIA-860, ``Annual Electric Generator Report,''
EIA-860M, ``Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report,''
EIA-861, ``Annual Electric Power Industry Report,'' and
EIA-923, ``Power Plant Operations Report.''
DATES: Comments must be filed by December 14, 2009. If you anticipate
difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the
person listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. Elizabeth Panarelli. To ensure receipt
of the comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202-287-1938) or an
e-mail to Ms. Panarelli at [email protected] is recommended.
The mailing address is Energy Information Administration, Electric
Power Division, EI-53, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy,
Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, Ms. Panarelli may be contacted by
telephone at 202-586-2234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to Ms.
Elizabeth Panarelli at the address listed above. To review the proposed
forms and instructions, please visit: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/fednotice/elect_2011.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, specifically 15
U.S.C. 790a, and the DOE Organization Act, specifically 42 U.S.C. 7135,
require the EIA to carry out a centralized, comprehensive, and unified
energy information program. This program collects, evaluates,
assembles, analyzes, and disseminates information on energy resource
reserves, production, demand, technology, and related economic and
statistical information. This information is used to assess the
adequacy of energy resources to meet near and longer term domestic
demands.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides the general
public and other Federal agencies with opportunities to comment on
collections of energy information conducted by or in conjunction with
the EIA. Also, the EIA will later seek approval for this collection by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The EIA collects information about the electric power industry for
use by government and private sector analysts. The survey information
is disseminated in a variety of electronic products and files. For
details on the EIA electric power information program, please visit the
electricity page of the EIA Internet site at http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html.
The EIA has completed an extensive review and update of the
electric power survey collection instruments. The result of the update
reflects input from the electric power industry, other industry users
of the data, government agencies, consumer groups, and private sector
analysts. The form changes are explained below.
Please refer to the proposed forms and instructions for more
information about the purpose, who must report, when to report, where
to submit, the elements to be reported, detailed instructions,
provisions for confidentiality, and uses (including possible non-
statistical uses) of the information. For instructions on obtaining
materials, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
II. Current Actions
Specifically, the EIA is soliciting comments on the following
revisions to and extension of existing forms, including:
Form EIA-411, ``Coordinated Bulk Power Supply Program Report''
Change form name to ``Coordinated Bulk Power Supply & Demand
Program Report;'' return to collecting projected reliability data on a
10-year basis as opposed to 5 years; change ``Council'' to ``Regional
Entity;'' and add submission of Sub-regional level breakout of data.
Adopt the current NERC 2009 Schedule 3 for summer and winter
aggregated demand and supply information. Changes are as follows:
Demand category additions include ``Demand Response,'' ``Critical Peak-
Pricing with Control,'' and ``Load as a Capacity Resource;'' supply
category additions include ``Existing-Certain,'' ``Existing-Other,''
``Existing-Inoperable,'' ``Future-Planned,'' ``Future-Other,'' and
``Conceptual'' categories; break out
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capacity categories of Wind, Solar, Hydro, and Biomass to cover both
expected on-peak and derated values; and expand coverage of types of
reserve margin calculations. Delete Schedule 4--Regional Imports and
Export detail. (Transaction summaries are added to Schedule 3). For
Schedule 5, permit the submission of Computer-Aided Design and/or
Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CAD/CADD) file types. Schedule 6
changes include: Part A will now collect the following Existing
Transmission Circuit Miles values: AC (kV)--115, 138, 161, 230, 345,
500, 765; DC (kV) 100-299, 300, 400, 450, 500; Part B will now collect
Projected Transmission Additions starting at 100kV and information on
the reasons why Projected Transmission Additions are being added; and
change reporting of selected transmission outage data to a mandatory
basis on Schedule 7.
Form EIA-826, ``Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State
Distributions Report''
Schedule 2 Part B. Sales to Ultimate Customers--Energy-Only
Service: Collect the names of the companies that deliver electricity on
behalf of power marketers and retail service providers. Schedule 3 Part
A. Green Pricing: Collect, by State and sector, the number of green
pricing customers, green pricing sales and revenue as well as green
pricing sales and revenue from Renewable Energy Certificates (REC).
Schedule 3 Part B. Net Metering: Collect, by State and sector, the
number of net metering customers, net metering capacity and technology
type, as well as energy displaced by net metered generating facilities.
Schedule 3 Part C. Advanced Metering: Collect, by State and sector, the
number of Advanced Meter Reading (AMR) and Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) meters installed, as well as the energy served
through AMI meters.
Form EIA-860, ``Annual Electric Generator Report''
Change the collection of planning horizon from 5 years to 10 years.
Schedule 3 Generator Information: Make revisions (prime movers and
energy sources) to distinguish the reporting of energy storage
technologies; make revisions (prime movers and energy sources) to
distinguish the reporting of hydrokinetic technologies and related
information; add geothermal to the technologies for which tested heat
rate data are required; add the data element, ``Annual Average
Operating Efficiency,'' for solar photovoltaic, wind, and hydroelectric
generators to the data collection; and replace the questions on
reactive power output (MVAR) with new questions related to reactive
power output. Schedule 6 Part F. Cooling System Information: Add new
codes to capture additional cooling system types, source of cooling
water and type of cooling water; add a question to collect the
percentage of cooling load served by dry cooling components (for hybrid
cooling systems); and expand the survey frame for cooling system data
collection to include all thermoelectric plants greater than or equal
to 100 MW in size.
Form EIA-860M, ``Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator
Report''
Schedule 2 (Updates To Proposed New Generators) and Schedule 3
(Updates To Proposed Changes To Existing Generators): Make revisions
(prime movers and energy sources) to distinguish the reporting of
energy storage technologies; and make revisions (prime movers and
energy sources) to distinguish the reporting of hydrokinetic
technologies and related information.
Form EIA-861, ``Annual Electric Power Industry Report''
Schedule 2 Part C. Green Pricing: Add, by State and sector, the
green pricing sales and revenue from Renewable Energy Certificates
(REC). Schedule 2 Part D. Net Metering: By State and sector, add the
capacity and technology type for net metering generating facilities.
Schedule 6 Demand-Side Management Information: Collect Demand-Side
Management (DSM) information from all respondents, regardless of size;
and expand collection of DSM data to include State- and sector-level
breakdown of costs, energy efficiency, and load management effects.
Schedule 7 Distributed and Dispersed Generation: Collect the capacity
for distributed and dispersed generating technologies by State
(replaces the percentage for each technology); and add ``Photovoltaic
(PV)'' and ``Storage'' as choices for reporting distributed and
dispersed generation types.
Form EIA-923, ``Power Plant Operations Report''
Schedule 2. Cost and Quality of Fuel Receipts, Plant-Level: Collect
receipts of uranium ownership transfers and enrichment services.
Schedule 7. Total Plant Efficiency for Combined Heat and Power Plants
(CHP): Add the annual average total CHP efficiency (i.e., the energy
output's percentage of the energy input) from CHP plants only. Schedule
8D. Cooling System Information, Annual Operations: Add a column to
collect amount of water diverted; and expand directions to include
definitions of diversion, withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Expand respondent pool to include any thermoelectric power plant
greater than or equal to 100 MW.
III. Request for Comments
Prospective respondents and other interested parties should comment
on the actions discussed in Item II. The following guidelines are
provided to assist in the preparation of comments. Please indicate to
which form(s) your comments apply.
As a Potential Respondent to the Request for Information
A. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency and does the
information have practical utility?
B. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information
collected?
C. Are the instructions and definitions clear and sufficient? If
not, which instructions need clarification?
D. Can the information be submitted by the due dates?
E. Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to
average: Form EIA-411, ``Bulk Power Supply Program Report,'' 15.9 hours
per response (Annual); Form EIA-826, ``Monthly Electric Sales and
Revenue with State Distributions Report,'' 1.6 hours per response; Form
EIA-860, ``Annual Electric Generator Report,'' 6.75 hours per response
for respondents without environmental information and 12.5 hours per
response for respondents with environmental information; Form EIA-860M,
``Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report,'' 0.3 hours
per response; Form EIA-861, ``Annual Electric Power Industry Report,''
9.0 hours per response; Form EIA-923, ``Power Plant Operations
Report,'' 3.2 hours per response (Monthly for a sample, Annually for
plants not in the sample). The estimated burden includes the total time
necessary to provide the requested information. In your opinion, how
accurate are these estimates?
F. The agency estimates that the only cost to a respondent is for
the time it will take to complete the collection. Will a respondent
incur any start-up costs for reporting, or any recurring annual costs
for operation, maintenance, and purchase of services associated with
the information collection?
G. What additional actions could be taken to minimize the burden of
this collection of information? Such actions may involve the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
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technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
H. Does any other Federal, State, or local agency collect similar
information? If so, specify the agency, the data element(s), and the
methods of collection.
As a Potential User of the Information To Be Collected
A. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Agency and does the
information have practical utility?
B. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the
quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information
disseminated?
C. Is the information useful at the levels of detail to be
collected?
D. For what purpose(s) would the information be used? Be specific.
E. Are there alternate sources for the information and are they
useful? If so, what are their weaknesses and/or strengths?
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the form. They also
will become a matter of public record.
Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974, P.L. 93-275, codified at 15 U.S.C.
772(b).
Issued in Washington, DC on October 8, 2009.
Renee Miller,
Director, Forms Clearance and Information, Quality Division, Statistics
and Methods Group, Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-24777 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]
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