Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20585

Form Approved
OMB No. XXXX-XXXX
Expiration Date: 12/31/XX

MONTHLY NATURAL GAS MARKETER SURVEY
FORM EIA-910
INSTRUCTIONS

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form EIA-910,
"Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey," is used to collect
information on natural gas sales from marketers in selected States
that have active customer choice programs. The EIA is requesting
information on the volume and revenue for natural gas commodity
sales, and any receipts for distribution charges and taxes associated
with the sale of natural gas.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

You can also access the materials by following these steps:
• Go to EIA's website at www.eia.doe.gov
• Click on the Natural Gas category (this takes you to EIA's
natural gas information page).
• Click on the Survey Forms link located in the reference box in
the lower right corner.
• Select the materials you want.
Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data cannot be
entered interactively on the web site.

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PURPOSE

QUESTIONS

WHEN TO SUBMIT

If you have any questions, please call (877) 800-5261. In
correspondence pertaining to this report, please refer to your EIA
Identification number.

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Form EIA-910 must be completed by all natural gas marketers
with residential and/or commercial customers in the States of
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the
District of Columbia. These States have been selected based on
the percentage of natural gas sold by marketers in the residential
and commercial end-use sectors.

HOW TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY FORM
Please provide up-to-date company information.

Form EIA-910 must be filed with the EIA no later than 30 days
after the end of the reporting period.

PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA

HOW TO REPORT

Report Period: Enter the month and year for which you are
reporting data (e.g., January 2008 should be 01 for January and
2008 for the year).

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Instructions on where to report via mail, fax, secure file transfer, or
email are printed on Form EIA-910.

SECURE FILE TRANSFER

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Forms may be submitted through the Secure File Transfer System.
The secure hypertext transfer protocol (HTTPS) is an industry
standard method to send information over the web using a secure,
encrypted process. All information is protected by 128-bit
encryption to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of
transmitted data. The Secure File Transfer System may be
accessed
through
the
following
web
address:
https://idc.eia.doe.gov/upload/noticeoog.jsp.

COPIES OF THE SURVEY FORM AND
INSTRUCTIONS
Copies in portable document format (PDF) and spreadsheet format
(XLS) are available on EIA's web site at:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/survey_forms/nat_sur
vey_forms.html

EIA ID Number: Enter the seven last digits of the 10-digit EIA
ID number. In the event an identification number has not been
assigned, leave the space blank and contact the EIA at (877) 8005261, a number will then be assigned by the EIA.
Resubmissions: Enter an “X” in the resubmission box if you are
correcting information previously reported. Enter only those data
cells that are affected by the changes. You are not required to file
a complete form when you resubmit. Revised reports are not
required unless actual or corrected data vary more than plus (+) or
minus (-) four percent from the data previously reported.
Company Name and Address: Enter the name and address of the
company filing the report. If there has been a change since the last
report, enter an “X” in the block.
Contact Information: Enter the name, telephone number, fax
number, and e-mail address of the person to contact concerning the
information on this report. The person listed should be the person
most knowledgeable of the specific data reported. If there has been
a change since the last report, enter an “X” in the block.

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PART 2: SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Provides information for the four options available for submitting
your completed Form EIA-910: (1) mail; (2) fax; (3) email; and (4)
Secure File Transfer.

PROVISIONS REGARDING
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

Item 1. State: A separate form should be completed for each
State in which your company has sales to residential and/or
commercial end-use customers.

The information you provide on Form EIA-910 will be used for
statistical purposes only. In accordance with the Confidential
Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A of Public
Law 107-347 and other applicable Federal laws, your responses
will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed in identifiable
form to anyone other than employees or agents without your
consent. By law, every EIA employee, as well as every agent, is
subject to a jail term, a fine of up to $250,000, or both if he or she
discloses ANY identifiable information about you.

Items 2-5. Information should be provided for your residential
and commercial customers as defined below in the definitions.
Include sales under both firm and non-firm service contracts.

Disclosure limitation procedures are applied to the statistical data
published from EIA-910 survey information to ensure that the risk
of disclosure of identifiable information is very small.

When reporting volumes in either Mcf or therms, please report
flow data (i.e., the actual volumes that flowed to end-use
customers in the reporting period). If flow data are not available at
the survey due date, please provide your best estimate and any
additional comments to assist us in evaluating your data
submission.

SANCTIONS

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

DEFINITIONS

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Residential: An energy-consuming sector that consists of living
quarters for private households. Common uses of energy
associated with this sector include space heating, water heating, air
conditioning, lighting, refrigeration and cooking. The residential
sector includes mobile homes and apartment buildings (whether
privately owned or publicly subsidized) and excludes institutional
living quarters.

The timely submission of Form EIA-910 by those required to
report is mandatory under Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA) (Public Law 93-275), as
amended. Failure to respond may result in a civil penalty of not
more than $2,750 per day for each violation, or a fine of not more
than $5,000 per day for each criminal violation. The government
may bring a civil action to prohibit reporting violations which may
result in a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or
permanent injunction without bond. In such civil action, the court
may also issue mandatory injunctions commanding any person to
comply with these reporting requirements.

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PART 3. NATURAL GAS SALES

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Commercial: An energy-consuming sector that consists of
service-providing facilities and equipment of: businesses; Federal,
State, and local governments; and other private and public
organizations, such as religious, social, or fraternal groups. The
commercial sector includes institutional living quarters. It also
includes sewage treatment facilities. Common uses of energy
associated with this sector include space heating, water heating, air
conditioning, lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and running a wide
variety of other equipment. Note: This sector includes generators
that produce electricity and/or useful thermal output primarily to
support the activities of the above-mentioned commercial
establishments. Vehicle fuel is not to be included in the
commercial sector.
Mcf: 1,000 cubic feet.

FILING FORMS WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND ESTIMATED
REPORTING BURDEN
Respondents are not required to file or reply to any Federal
collection of information unless it has a valid OMB approved
number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2 hours per response. This includes the
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information including suggestions for reducing this burden to:
Energy Information Administration, Statistics and Methods Group,
EI-70, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20585;
and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Therm: 100,000 British thermal units (Btu).

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