FERC-920 (Final Rule in RM10-12), Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Tech Conf 20121109-3018.doc Supplementary Document	2012-12-03
Supporting Statement_2_4_2013.doc Supporting Statement A	2013-02-04
USCODE-2011-title16-chap12-subchapII-sec824t.pdf Supplementary Document	2012-11-08
CFR-2011-title18-vol1-sec35-10b.pdf Supplementary Document	2012-11-29

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
204970	ONE-TIME implementation burden (averaged over first 3 years) due to RM10-12 final rule	New
197630	Electric Quarterly Report Other-Data Dictionary	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1902-0255	ICR Reference No: 201211-1902-016
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201211-1902-011
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-920
Title: FERC-920 (Final Rule in RM10-12), Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 02/08/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/03/2012
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years with the following terms of clearance: prior to the next renewal of this collection, FERC will update the burden in the FERC-516 Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings ICR (OMB Control Number 1902-0096) to account for the transfer of some of the FERC-516 burden to the FERC 920 collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2016	36 Months From Approved
Responses	9,180	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	234,425	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Commission set forth the EQR filing requirements in Order No. 2001 (Docket No. RM01-8-000, issued April 25, 2002, at http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/intermediate.asp?link_file=yes&doclist=2270047). Order No. 2001 required public utilities to electronically file EQRs summarizing transaction information for short-term and long-term cost-based sales and market-based rate sales and the contractual terms and conditions in their agreements for all jurisdictional services. The Commission established the EQR reporting requirements to help ensure the collection of information needed to perform its regulatory functions over transmission and sales, while making data more useful to the public and allowing public utilities to better fulfill their responsibility under FPA section 205(c) to have rates on file in a convenient form and place.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 119 Stat. 594 (2005) Name of Law: EPAct 2005 (Energy Policy Act of 2005)
   US Code: 16 USC 824t Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AD96	Final or interim final rulemaking	77 FR 61896	10/11/2012

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Electric Quarterly Report
ONE-TIME implementation burden (averaged over first 3 years) due to RM10-12 final rule

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	9,180	0	0	9,180	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	234,425	0	0	234,425	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: As discussed earlier, this Final Rule in RM10-12 would allow FERC and the public to gain a more complete picture of wholesale power and transmission markets in interstate commerce by providing additional information concerning price formation and market concentration in these markets. Public access to additional sales and transmission-related information in the EQR would improve market participants' ability to assess supply and demand fundamentals and to price interstate wholesale market transactions. It also would strengthen the FERC's ability to identify potential exercises of market power or manipulation and to better evaluate the competitiveness of the interstate wholesale markets. As noted earlier, FERC is transferring the burden hours for the existing EQR filings and data and filers from the FERC-516, to this new collection, FERC-920. In ROCIS, it appears that FERC is implementing a program change of 234,425 hours and 9,180 responses. In reality, 66,427 hours and 7,132 responses are currently approved under the FERC-516 control number for the existing EQR requirements and filers. (See Appendix A to the supporting statement for more details.) The remaining burden and responses (167,998 hours, and 2,048 responses) represent the actual program increase (additional data and filers) associated with the final rule in RM10-12. [After OMB decisions are issued, the FERC staff will submit a request to OMB to remove the double counted hours in FERC-516.]

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $811,506

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 12/03/2012

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