FERC-549D 30-day notice (2-6-2014)

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Derby, EERE, U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone:
(202) 586–6830. Email: michael.derby@
ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background
Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) is a
multi-year Department of Energy (DOE)
research initiative targeting significant
reductions in the cost of wind energy
through an improved understanding of
the complex physics of the wind
resource and interaction with wind
farms. Better insight into the flow
physics and resource forecasting has the
potential to increase wind farm energy
capture, reduce annual operational
costs, and improve project financing.
Achieving these objectives requires a
diverse set of expertise and significant
R&D resources. The Wind and Water
Power Technologies Office (WWPTO)
has selected subject matter experts from
its national laboratories at NREL, SNL,
and PNNL to assist in the integrated
program planning for the initiative
based on DOE investments in world
class computational and testing
facilities as well as core expertise in
topics critical to the success of the A2e
initiative available at these laboratories.
These national laboratories are engaging
the wider wind energy stakeholder
community (e.g., industry, other
national labs, other government
agencies, universities, international
partners) to develop a multi-year
strategic plan that addresses wind plant
performance under the A2e initiative.
Public Participation
The event is open to the public based
upon space availability. DOE will also
accept public comments as described
above for purposes of developing the
A2e portfolio, but will not respond
individually to comments received.
Participants should limit information
and comments to those based on
personal experience, individual advice,
information, or facts regarding this
topic. It is not the object of this session
to obtain any group position or
consensus from the meeting
participants. To most effectively use the
limited time, please refrain from passing
judgment on another participant’s
recommendations or advice, and
instead, concentrate on your individual
experiences.
Following the meeting a summary
will be compiled by DOE and posted for
public comment. For those interested in
providing additional public comment,
the summary will be posted at
wind.energy.gov.

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Information on Services for Individuals
With Disabilities
Individuals requiring special
accommodations at the meeting, please
contact Samantha Rooney no later than
the close of business on February 3,
2014.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30,
2014.
Jose Zayas,
Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies
Office, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2014–02309 Filed 2–5–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC14–3–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc-549d); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
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–549D (Quarterly
Transportation and Storage Report for
Intrastate Natural Gas and Hinshaw
Pipelines) 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 69843, 11/21/2013) requesting
public comments. FERC received no
comments on the FERC–549D and is
making this notation in its submittal to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by March 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0253, 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
SUMMARY:

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No. IC14–3–000, 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.
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: Quarterly Transportation and
Storage Report for Intrastate Natural Gas
and Hinshaw Pipelines.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0253.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–549D information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: The reporting requirements
under FERC–549D are required to carry
out the Commission’s policies in
accordance with the general authority in
Sections 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) 1 and Sections 311 of the Natural
Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA).2 This
collection promotes transparency by
collecting and making available
intrastate and Hinshaw pipeline
transactional information. The
Commission collects the data upon a
standardized form with all requirements
outlined in 18 CFR 284.126.
The FERC Form 549D collects the
following information:
• Full legal name and identification
number of the shipper receiving service;
• Type of service performed for each
transaction;
• The rate charged under each
transaction;
• The primary receipt and delivery
points for the transaction, specifying the
rate schedule/name of service and
docket were approved;
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• The quantity of natural gas the
shipper is entitled to transport, store,
and deliver for each transaction;
• The term of the transaction,
specifying the beginning and ending
month and year of current agreement;
• Total volumes transported, stored,
injected or withdrawn for the shipper;
and

• Annual revenues received for each
shipper, excluding revenues from
storage services.
Filers submit the Form–549D on a
quarterly basis.
Access to the FERC–549D Information
Collection Materials: A copy of the
current form and related materials can
be found at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/forms.asp#549d, but will not be

included in the Federal Register. The
Commission will not publish these
materials in the Federal Register.
Type of Respondents: Intrastate
natural gas and Hinshaw pipelines.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting. Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–549D—QUARTERLY TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE REPORT FOR INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS AND HINSHAW
PIPELINES
Format of pipelines’ filing

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
per response

Estimated total
annual burden

(A)

(B)

(A)×(B)=(C)

(D)

(C)×(D)

Implementation Burden
PDF filings ............................................................................
XML 4 filings .........................................................................

3
2

1
1

3
2

68
104

204
208

Ongoing Burden
PDF filings ............................................................................
XML filings ...........................................................................

76
33

4
4

304
132

12.5
10

3,800
1,320

Total ..............................................................................

5 109

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

109

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

5,532

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $436,254
[5,532 hours $78.86/hour 6 = $436,254].
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: January 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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3 Burden is defined 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

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL14–21–000]

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. v.
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc.; Notice of Complaint
Take notice that on January 28, 2014,
pursuant to sections 206 and 306 of the
Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and
825(e) and Rule 206 of the Rules of
Practice and Procedure of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission), 18 CFR 385.206,
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
(Complainant) filed a formal complaint
against Midcontinent Independent
System Operator, Inc. (Respondent)
alleging that, the Respondent is
violating (1) the Joint Operating
Agreement (JOA) between the
Complainant and Respondent and (2)
Complainant’s Open Access
Transmission Tariff (Tariff), requiring
the Respondent to compensate the
Complainant for use of the
Complainant’s transmission system in
accordance with the Complainant’s
tariff. Alternatively, Complainant
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
4 Extensible Markup Language (XML).
5 This figure does not include the five
respondents for the ‘‘Implementation Burden’’.

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requests that the Commission find that
the JOA is no longer just, reasonable,
and not unduly discriminatory to the
extent it does not provide a mechanism
by which the Complaint may assess
charges for Respondent’s use of the
Complainant transmission system.
The Complainant certifies that copies
of the complaint were served on the
contacts for the Respondent as listed on
the Commission’s list of Corporate
Officials.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
6 This cost represents the average cost of four
career fields: Legal ($128.02/hour), Accountants
($48.58/hour), Management Analyst ($56.27/hour),
and Computer and Information ($82.67/hour); this
cost also includes benefit costs within the hourly
estimates.

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