[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28264-28265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11919]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC15-7-000]


Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-915); 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, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the 
requirements and burden \1\ of the information collection FERC-915 
(Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization Holders--Records 
Retention Requirements).
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    \1\ 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 Code of Federal 
Regulations 1320.3.

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DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due July 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC15-7-
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:
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the information collection 
requirements for the collection described below with no changes to the 
current reporting requirements.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of 
information are 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 estimates 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

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collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Title: FERC-915, Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization 
Holders--Records Retention Requirements.
    OMB Control No.: 1902-0250.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-915 information 
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting 
requirements.
    Abstract: The Commission has the regulatory responsibility under 
section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) to ensure that wholesale 
sales of electricity are just and reasonable and provided in a non-
discriminatory manner. The Commission uses the information maintained 
by the respondents under FERC-915 to monitor the entities' sales, 
ensure that the prices are just and reasonable, maintain the integrity 
of the wholesale jurisdictional sales markets, and ensure that the 
entities comply with the requirements of the FPA and any orders 
authorizing market-based rate sales. FERC-915 information collection 
requirements are contained in 18 Code of Federal Regulations Part 
35.41(d).
    Type of Respondents: Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization 
Holders.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: The Commission estimates the total 
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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    \2\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the 
following formula: Average Burden Hours per Response * $30.66 per 
Hour = Average Cost per Response. The hourly cost figure comes from 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm). The occupation title is ``file clerk'' and 
the occupation code is 43-4071. 69.4 percent of this cost is hourly 
wages. The rest of the cost is benefits (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm).

                             FERC-915--Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization Holders--Record Retention Requirements
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                                                       Annual  number                                              Total annual burden
                                        Number of      of  responses   Total number of    Average  burden and        hours and total         Cost per
                                       respondents    per  respondent     responses      cost per  response \2\       annual cost         respondent ($)
                                                (1)              (2)      (1)*(2)=(3)   (4)....................  (3)*(4)=(5)...........         (5)/(1)
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Electric Utilities with Market-               1,955                1            1,955   1 hr.; $30.66..........  1,955 hrs.; $59,940...          $30.66
 Based Rate Authority.
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    The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is: $416,293.

 Labor costs: 1,955 hours * $30.66/hour = $59,940
 Record retention/storage cost for paper records (using an 
estimate of 48,891 cubic feet): $315,792 \3\
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    \3\ The Commission bases this figure on industry archival 
storage costs.
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 Electronic record retention/storage cost: $40,561
    [cir] staff-time cost: 1,955 hours / 2 \4\ = 977.50 hours * $28/
hour \5\ = $27,370;
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    \4\ Only 50% of records are retained in electronic formats.
    \5\ The Commission bases the $28/hour figure on a FERC staff 
study that included estimating public utility recordkeeping costs.
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    [cir] electronic record storage cost: 865 * $15.25/year \6\ = 
$13,191
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    \6\ The Commission bases the estimated $15.25/year for each 
entity on the estimated cost to service and to store 1 GB of data 
(based on the aggregated cost of an IBM advanced data protection 
server).

    Dated: May 12, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-11919 Filed 5-15-15; 8:45 am]
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