[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58116-58117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23022]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. Ic12-19-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-732); Comment 
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or 
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved 
information collection, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term 
Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity Markets.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due November 19, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC12-19-
000) by either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Web site: 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.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in 
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support 
by email at [email protected], 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/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at 
[email protected], telephone at (202) 502-8663, and fax at (202) 
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FERC-732 and Electric Rate Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term 
Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity Markets.
    OMB Control No.:1902-0245.
    Type of Request: 18 CFR part 42 provides the reporting requirements 
of FERC-732 as they pertain to long-term transmission rights. To 
implement section 1233 \1\ of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 
2005),\2\ the Commission requires each transmission organization that 
is a public utility with one or more organized electricity markets to 
make available long-term firm transmission rights that satisfy each of 
the Commission's guidelines.
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    \1\ 16 USC 824 et al.
    \2\ Added new section 217 (16 USC 824Q) to the Federal Power Act 
(FPA).
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    The FERC-732 regulations require that transmission organizations 
(that are public utilities with one or more organized electricity 
markets) choose one of two ways to file:
     File tariff sheets making long-term firm transmission 
rights available that are consistent with each of the guidelines 
established by FERC.
     File an explanation describing how their existing tariffs 
already provide long-term firm transmission rights that are consistent 
with the guidelines.

Additionally, the Commission requires each transmission organization to 
make its transmission planning and expansion procedures and plans 
available to the public.

    FERC-732 enables the Commission to exercise its wholesale electric 
rate and electric power transmission oversight and enforcement 
responsibilities in accordance with the FPA, the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (DOE Act), and EPAct 2005.
    The Commission intends to include the FERC-732 and all of its 
applicable requirements within FERC-516 (OMB Control No. 1902-0096). 
The Commission will ensure complete renewal (to include publishing all 
public notifications and receiving Office of Management and Budget 
approval) of FERC-732 information collection. After the collection is 
renewed, the Commission will seek to administratively incorporate FERC-
732 information collection requirements into FERC-516. Finally, the 
Commission will discontinue the vacant FERC-732 information collection.
    Type of Respondents: Public utility with one or more organized 
electricity markets.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \3\ The Commission estimates the total 
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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    \3\ The Commission defines burden 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, reference 5 CFR 1320.3.

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                                                                                         Number of                      Average  burden
                                                                        Number of      responses per   Total number of     hours  per    Estimated total
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses         response      annual burden
                                                                                (A)              (B)    (A) x (B) = (C)            (D)                (C) x (D)
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Public utility with +1 organized electricity markets...............               1                1                1            1,180            1,180
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    The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is $81,431.68 
[1,180 hours / 2080 hours per year = 0.56731 * 143,540/years = 
$81,431.68]
    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 who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

    Dated: September 12, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23022 Filed 9-18-12; 8:45 am]
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