[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51882-51883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13457]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Proposed New Survey

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 
of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: EIA invites public comment on the proposed collection of 
information in the Residential Utility Disconnections Survey, as 
required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form EIA-112 is an 
annual survey that collects information on the number of monthly 
natural gas and electric service final notices, disconnections, and 
reconnections for bill nonpayment across residential customers.

DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information 
collection no later than August 19, 2024. If you anticipate any 
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
notice as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marc Harnish by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information, 
contact Marc Harnish at (202) 586-5309 or by email at [email protected]. 
The form and instructions are available on EIA's website at 
www.eia.gov/survey/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:

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    (1) OMB No.: New;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Residential Utility 
Disconnections Survey;
    (3) Type of Request: New;
    (4) Purpose: Form EIA-112 is an annual form that will collect 12 
months of data from electric and natural gas providers about final 
termination notices sent to residential customers due to bill 
nonpayment, service disconnections of residential customers due to bill 
nonpayment, and service reconnections of residential customers who were 
disconnected due to bill nonpayment.
    No national data is currently collected on this information. Some 
states collect some of the data described above, but the data are 
inconsistent, and publication is not uniform. Form EIA-112 aims to 
better inform state and federal policymakers on utility disconnections 
by providing reliable data that can help inform appropriate levels of 
budgetary support for various assistance programs across the United 
States. The results of the survey will be published on the EIA website 
at the aggregated national and state level, as well as at the utility 
level for respondents.
    EIA will conduct periodic censuses of all natural gas and electric 
utilities above a certain size threshold. These censuses will cover 
respondents that complete Form EIA-176 and Form EIA-861, excluding the 
small electric utilities receiving Form EIA-861S. To reduce the 
respondent burden of this proposed data collection, while also 
considering data quality, for the years in between censuses, EIA will 
use cut-off samples from Form EIA-857 and Form EIA-861M, based on 
utility size and state coverage. This strategy will allow EIA to reduce 
respondent burden on smaller utilities, while also producing population 
estimates at the state level by modeling data for the utilities on the 
frames that were subjected to sampling but not selected.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,130;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,130;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,260;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 
estimates no capital and start-up costs associated with this data 
collection. The information is maintained during the normal course of 
business. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $206,021.60 
(2,260 burden hours times $91.16 per hour). Other than the cost of 
burden hours, EIA estimates no additional costs for generating, 
maintaining, and providing this information.
    Comments are invited on whether or not: (a) The proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of agency 
functions, including whether the information will have a practical 
utility; (b) EIA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used, is accurate; (c) EIA can improve the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) EIA can minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-13457 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
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