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Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA
22350–3100.
Manuel Quinones,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations
System System.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0161]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Written
Application for the Independent Living
Services for Older Individuals Who Are
Blind Formula Grant
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0161
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions related to collection activities
or burden, please call Tomakie
Washington, 202–401–1097 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@
ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here. We will ONLY accept comments
in this mailbox when the
regulations.gov site is not available to
the public for any reason.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of

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information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Written
Application for the Independent Living
Services for Older Individuals Who are
Blind Formula Grant
OMB Control Number: 1820–0660
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 56
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 9
Abstract: This document is used by
States to request funds to administer the
Independent Living Services for Older
Individuals Who are Blind (IL–OIB)
program. The IL–OIB is provided for
under Title VII, Chapter 2 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(Act) to assist individuals who are age
55 or older whose significant visual
impairment makes competitive
employment extremely difficult to attain
but for whom independent living goals
are feasible.
Dated: December 31, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. Ic14–2–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc-919); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting the information
collection FERC–919 (Market Based
Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric
Energy) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review of the
information collection requirements.
Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
issued a Notice in the Federal Register
(78 FR 62006, 10/11/2013) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–919 and is
making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by February 6,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0234, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: [email protected].
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via
telephone at 202–395–4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, identified by the Docket
No. IC14–2–000, 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/submissionguide.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.
SUMMARY:

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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/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Market Based Rates for
Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy
OMB Control No.: 1902–0234
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–919 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The FERC–919 is necessary
to ensure that market-based rates
charged by public utilities are just and
reasonable as mandated by Federal
Power Act (FPA) sections 205 and 206.
Section 205 of the FPA requires just and
reasonable rates and charges. Section
206 allows the Commission to revoke a
seller’s market-based rate authorization
if it determines that the seller may have
gained market power since it was
originally granted market-based rate
authorization by the Commission.
In 18 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Part 35 Subpart H 1, the
Commission codifies standards for use
in the Commission’s determination of
whether a wholesale seller of electric
energy, capacity, or ancillary services
qualifies for obtaining and retaining
market-based rate authority. Subpart H
mandates that sellers submit market
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Horizontal Market Power Analysis
Market power analyses must address
both horizontal and vertical market
power. To demonstrate lack of
horizontal market power, the
Commission requires two indicative
market power screens: the uncommitted
pivotal supplier screen (which is based
on the annual peak demand of the
relevant market) and the uncommitted
market share screen applied on a
seasonal basis. The Commission
presumes sellers that fail either screen
to have market power and such sellers
may submit a delivered price test
analysis to rebut the presumption of
horizontal market power. If a seller fails
to rebut the presumption of horizontal
market power, the Commission sets the
just and reasonable rate at the default
1 Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of
Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by
Public Utilities, Order No. 697, 72 FR 39,904 (Jul.
20, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,252 (2007) (Final
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cost-based rate unless it approves
different mitigation based on casespecific circumstances. When
submitting horizontal market power
analyses, a seller must use the form
provided in Appendix A of Subpart H
and include all materials referenced.
Vertical Market Power Analysis
To demonstrate a lack of vertical
market power to the extent that a public
utility with market-based rates, or any of
its affiliates, owns, operates or controls
transmission facilities, it must:
• Have on file a Commissionapproved Open Access Transmission
Tariff 2
• Demonstrate that neither it nor its
affiliates can erect other barriers to entry
• Submit a description of its
ownership or control of, or affiliation
with an entity that owns or controls:
Æ Intrastate natural gas
transportation, intrastate natural gas
storage or distribution facilities
Æ Sites for generation capacity
development; and physical coal supply
sources and ownership or control over
who may access transportation of coal
supplies
• Make an affirmative statement that
it has not erected and will not erect
barriers to entry into the relevant market
Asset Appendix
In addition to the market power
analyses, a seller must submit an asset
appendix with its initial application for
market-based rate authorization or
updated market power analysis, and all
relevant change in status filings. The
asset appendix must:
• List, among other things, all
affiliates that have market-based rate
authority and identify any generation
assets owned or controlled by the seller
and any such affiliate
• List all generation assets owned
(clearly identifying which affiliate owns
which asset) or controlled (clearly
identifying which affiliate controls
which asset) by the corporate family by
balancing authority area, and by
geographic region, and provide the inservice date and nameplate and/or
seasonal ratings by unit
• Must reflect all electric
transmission and natural gas intrastate
pipelines and/or gas storage facilities
owned or controlled by the corporate
family and the location of such
facilities.3
2 Burden reported separately in information
collections FERC–516 (OMB Control Number:
1902–0096) & FERC–917 (OMB Control Number:
1902–0233).
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Triennial Market Power Analysis
Update
Sellers that own or control more than
500 megawatts of generation and/or that
own, operate or control transmission
facilities, are affiliated with any entity
that owns, operates or controls
transmission facilities in the same
region as the seller’s generation assets,
or with a franchised public utility in the
same region as the seller’s generation
assets, are required to file updated
market power analyses every three
years. The updated market power
analyses must demonstrate that a seller
does not possess horizontal market
power.
Change in Status Filings
The Commission requires authorized
market-based rate sellers to file any
change in status that would reflect a
departure from the characteristics the
Commission relied upon in granting
market-rate authority.4 Notices of
change in status must be filed no later
than 30 days after the change in status
occurs. The Commission requires that
each seller include an appendix
identifying specified assets with each
pertinent change in status filing. Change
in status filings include, but are not
limited to:
• (1) A net increase of 100 MW or
more in ownership or control of
generation capacity;
• (2) affiliation with an entity not
disclosed in the application for marketbased rate authority that owns or
controls generation, transmission, or has
a franchised service area; or
• (3) the acquisition of control of any
site(s) for new generation capacity
(described in the Quarterly Land
Acquisition section below).
Exemptions From Submitting Updated
Market Power Analyses
Wholesale power marketers and
wholesale power producers that are not
affiliated with franchised public utilities
or transmission owners, that do not own
transmission, and that do not, together
with all of their affiliates, own or
control more than 500 MW of generation
in the relevant region are not required
to submit updated market power
analyses. The Commission determines
which sellers are in this category
through information filed by the utility
either when the seller files its initial
application for market-based rate
authorization or through a separate
filing made to request such a
determination.
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Quarterly Land Acquisition Reports
FERC also requires that all entities
with market-based rate authorization
report on a quarterly basis,5 the
acquisition of control of any site(s) for
new generation capacity development
for which site control has been
demonstrated in the interconnection

process and for which the potential
number of megawatts that are
reasonably commercially feasible on the
site(s) for which new generation
capacity development is equal to 100
megawatts or more.
The market power analyses help to
inform the Commission as to whether
entities have market power and whether

sellers with market-based rate authority
are only able to charge rates that are just
and reasonable.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities,
wholesale electricity sellers.
Estimate of Annual Burden 6: The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–919—MARKET BASED RATES FOR WHOLESALE SALES OF ELECTRIC ENERGY
Requirements

Number of respondents
(A)

Number of responses per
respondent
(B)

Total number
of responses
(A) × (B) = (C)

Average burden hours per
response
(D)

Estimated total
annual burden
(C) × (D)

213

1

213

250

53,250

83
373
237

1
2.15
1

83
802
237

250
4
34.75

20,750
3,208
8,236

........................

........................

........................

........................

85,444

Market Power Analysis in New Applications for Marketbased Rates [18 CFR 35.37(a)] .......................................
Triennial market power analysis in seller updates [18 CFR
35.37(a)] ...........................................................................
Quarterly land acquisition reports [18 CFR 35.42(d)] .........
Change in status reports [18 CFR 35.42] ...........................
TOTAL ..........................................................................

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $7,268,721
[85,444 hours * $85.07 7) = $7,268,721]
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: December 30, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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5 All other change in status reports must be filed
no later than 30 days after the change in status
occurs. (18 CFR 35.42).
6 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
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Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–1851–003;
ER10–1976–004; ER10–1966–004;
ER10–1985–004; ER11–4462–006;
ER10–1971–013; ER10–1930–003;
ER10–1931–004; ER12–2225–003;
ER12–2226–003.
Applicants: ESI Vansycle Partners,
L.P., FPL Energy Stateline II, Inc., FPL
Energy Vansycle, L.L.C., Limon Wind,
LLC, Limon Wind II, LLC, Logan Wind
Energy LLC, Northern Colorado Wind
Energy, LLC, Peetz Table Wind Energy,
LLC, NextEra Energy Power Marketing,
LLC, NEPM II, LLC.
Description: Triennial Market Power
Update for Northwest Region of the
NextEra Companies.
Filed Date: 12/23/13.
Accession Number: 20131223–5276.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/21/14.
Docket Numbers: ER10–1910–004;
ER10–1908–004; ER10–1909–004;
ER10–1911–004.
Applicants: Duquesne Conemaugh
LLC, Duquesne Keystone LLC,
Duquesne Light Company, Duquesne
Power, LLC.

Description: Notice of Non-Material
Change in Status of the Duquesne
Utilities.
Filed Date: 12/27/13.
Accession Number: 20131227–5155.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/17/14.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2132–005.
Applicants: Willow Creek Energy
LLC.
Description: Triennial Report for
Northwest Region Willow Creek Energy
LLC.
Filed Date: 12/30/13.
Accession Number: 20131230–5035.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/28/14.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2763–009;
ER10–2759–003; ER10–2732–009;
ER10–2736–009; ER10–2737–009;
ER10–2741–009; ER10–2749–009;
ER10–2752–009; ER12–2492–005;
ER12–2493–005; ER12–2494–005;
ER12–2495–005; ER12–2496–005;
ER10–2733–009; ER10–2734–009;
ER10–2631–003; ER13–815–001.
Applicants: Bangor Hydro Electric
Company, Bridgeport Energy LLC,
Emera Energy Services Inc., Emera
Energy Services Subsidiary No. 1 LLC,
Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 2
LLC, Emera Energy Services Subsidiary
No. 3 LLC, Emera Energy Services
Subsidiary No. 4 LLC, Emera Energy
Services Subsidiary No. 5 LLC, Emera
Energy Services Subsidiary No. 6 LLC,
Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 7
LLC, Emera Energy Services Subsidiary

explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
7 The Commission staff calculated this figure
using an average of salaries (including benefits:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm)

between three occupational categories (http://
bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm):
• Economist: $67.57/hour
• Electrical Engineer: $59.62/hour
• Lawyer: $128.02/hour
($67.57+$59.62+$128.02) ÷ 3 = $85.07/hour

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
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