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for which are substantially the same), as
well as the support of the motors
industry as expressed by NEMA.
The Department hereby announces its
interim determination pursuant to 10
CFR 431.448(d) that CSA is classified as
a nationally recognized certification
program for small electric motors, and
will accept comments on this interim
determination until April 3, 2014. Any
person submitting written comments to
DOE with respect to this interim
determination must also, at the same
time, send a copy of such comments to
CSA. As provided under § 431.448(c),
CSA may submit to the Department a
written response to any such comments.
After receiving any such comments and
responses, the Department will issue a
final determination on the CSA Petition,
in accordance with § 431.448(e) of 10
CFR part 431.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26,
2014.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC14–9–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–520, FERC–561,
FERC–566); Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collections FERC–520 (Application for
Authority to Hold Interlocking
Directorate Positions), FERC–561
(Annual Report of Interlocking
Positions), and FERC–566 (Annual
Report of a Utility’s 20 Largest
Purchasers).

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SUMMARY:

Comments on the collection of
information are due May 5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC14–9–000)
by either of the following methods:
DATES:

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• 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], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles: FERC–520 (Application for
Authority to Hold Interlocking
Directorate Positions), FERC Form 561
(Annual Report of Interlocking
Positions), and FERC–566 (Annual
Report of a Utility’s 20 Largest
Purchasers).
OMB Control Nos.: FERC–521 (1902–
0083); FERC–561 (1902–0099); FERC–
566 (1902–0114).
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–521, FERC Form 561, and
FERC–566 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Federal Power Act
(FPA), as amended by the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
(PURPA), mandates federal oversight
and approval of certain electric
corporate activities to ensure that
neither public nor private interests are
adversely affected. Accordingly, the
FPA proscribes related information
filing requirements to achieve this goal.
Such filing requirements are found in
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
specifically in 18 CFR Parts 45, 46, and
Section 131.31 and serve the basis for
FERC–520, Form 561, and FERC–566.
Overview of the Three Data
Collections. FERC–520, Form 561 and
FERC–566 provide views into complex
electric corporate activities and serve to
safeguard public and private interests,
as the FPA requires. The Commission
can use its enforcement authority when
violations and omissions of FPA
requirements occur.
FERC–520: FERC–520 is divided into
two types of applications: Full and

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informational. The full application, as
specified in 18 CFR 45.8, implements
the FPA requirement under Section
305(b) that it is unlawful for any person
to concurrently hold the positions of
officer or director of more than one
public utility; or a public utility and a
bank or financial institution that
underwrites or markets public utility
securities; or a public utility and an
electrical equipment supplier to that
public utility unless authorized by order
of the Commission. In order to obtain
authorization, an applicant must
demonstrate that neither public nor
private interests will be adversely
affected by the holding of the position.
The full application provides
Commission staff with a list of certain
information about any interlocking
position for which he/she seeks
authorization including, but not limited
to, a description of duties, estimated
time devoted to the position, and any
indebtedness to the public utility. The
informational application, as specified
in 18 CFR 45.9, allows an applicant to
receive automatic authorization for an
interlocked position upon receipt of
filing with the FERC. The informational
application applies only to those
individuals who seek authorization as
(1) an officer or director of two or more
public utilities where the same holding
company owns, directly or indirectly,
that percentage of each utility’s stock (of
whatever class or classes) which is
required by each utility’s by-laws to
elect directors; (2) an officer or director
of two public utilities, if one utility is
owned, wholly or in part, by the other
and, as its primary business, owns and
operates transmission or generation
facilities to provide transmission service
or electric power for sale to its owners;
or (3) an officer or director of more than
one public utility, if such person is
already authorized under Part 45 to hold
different positions as officer or director
of those utilities where the interlock
involves affiliated public utilities.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 45.5, in the event
that an applicant resigns or withdraws
from all Commission-authorized
interlocked positions within a corporate
structure or is not re-elected or reappointed to any interlocked position
within that corporate structure, FERC
requires that the applicant submit a
notice of change within 30 days from
the date of the change.
FERC Form 561: The Commission
uses FERC Form 561 to implement the
FPA requirement that those who are
authorized to hold interlocked
directorates annually disclose all the
interlocked positions they held the prior
year. The positions that must be
disclosed in the Form 561 are those

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public utility officers and directors that
hold positions with financial
institutions, insurance companies,
utility equipment and fuel providers,
and with any of an electric utility’s
twenty largest purchasers of electric
energy. The FPA specifically defines
most of the information elements in the
Form 561, including the information
that must be filed, the required filers,
the directive to make the information
available to the public, and the filing
deadline. The Commission determined
administrative aspects of the Form 561
such as the filing format and
instructions for filling out the form.
FERC–566: FERC–566 implements
FPA requirements that each public
utility annually publish a list of the
purchasers of the 20 largest annual
amounts of electric energy sold by such
public utility during any one of 3
previous calendar years pursuant to
rules prescribed by the Commission.
The public disclosure of this

information provides officers and
directors with the information necessary
to determine whether any of the entities
with whom they are related are any of
the largest 20 purchasers of the public
utility with which they are affiliated.
Similar to the statutory detail in the
FPA for Form 561, the FPA identifies
who must file the FERC–566 report and
sets the filing deadline. Additionally,
the FPA specifies that those entities
required to report who have a holding
company system can calculate their
total volumes of energy sold by
including the amounts sold by utilities
within their holding company system.
The FERC details in its regulations
special rules about the information to be
provided in the FERC–566 report. For
example, FERC allows required filers to
file estimates of volumes based on
actual information available to them if
actual volumes are not available by the
statutory due date. However, the FERC
also requires revisions of those filed

estimates with final numbers by March
1st.
Type of Respondents: Individuals
who plan to concurrently become board
members of regulated electric utilities
and of related or similar businesses
must request authorization by
submitting a FERC–520. Those who are
authorized to hold interlocked
directorates must annually disclose all
the interlocked positions that they held
in the prior calendar year by submitting
a Form 561. Lastly, each public utility
must annually publish the FERC–566 to
list the purchasers of the 20 largest
annual amounts of electric energy sold
by such public utility during any one of
3 previous calendar years pursuant to
rules prescribed by the Commission.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

FERC–521 (APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO HOLD INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATE POSITIONS)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden/cost
per response2

Total annual
burden hours
(total annual
cost)

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

Full ...........................................................

10

1

10

Informational ............................................

454

1

454

Notice of Change .....................................

254

1

254

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

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

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

718

51.8
$3,651.9
16
$1,128
0.25
$17.63

518
$36,519
7,264
$512,112
63.5
$4,477

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

7,845.5
$553,108

$3,652
1,128
$17.63
4,797.63

FERC FORM 561 (ANNUAL REPORT OF INTERLOCKING POSITIONS)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number
of responses
per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden/cost
per response 4

Total annual
burden hours
(total annual
cost) 5

Cost
per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

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1 The Commission defines burden 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
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information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
2 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Total Annual Cost
(Column 5) ÷ Total Number of Responses (Column
3) = Average Cost per Response

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0.25
$17.63

3 Total

668.75
$47,147

$17.63

Annual Burden Hours * $70.50.
estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Total Annual Cost
(Column 5) ÷ Total Number of Responses (Column
3) = Average Cost per Response.
5 Total Annual Burden Hours * $70.50.
4 The

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FERC–566 (ANNUAL REPORT OF A UTILITY’S 20 LARGEST PURCHASERS)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden/cost
per response 6

Total annual
burden hours
(total annual
cost) 7

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

FERC–566 ...............................................

1,082

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: February 26, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER11–2815–007.
Applicants: American Transmission
Systems, Incorporated, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: ATSI submits ministerial
revisions to OATT Att H–21B re
formatting in ER11–2815 to be effective
6/1/2011.
Filed Date: 2/21/14.
Accession Number: 20140221–5165.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/14.
Docket Numbers: ER12–1179–017.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Errata Filing and Request
for Shortened Comment Period to FCA
Compliance to be effective 3/1/2014.
6 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Total Annual Cost
(Column 5) ÷ Total Number of Responses (Column
3) = Average Cost per Response.
7 Total Annual Burden Hours * $70.50.

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Filed Date: 2/21/14.
Accession Number: 20140221–5181.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/14.
Docket Numbers: ER13–684–000.
Applicants: NV Energy, Inc.
Description: OATT Revisions
Schedule 4—Refund Report (Schedules
4, 9 & 10) to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 2/24/14.
Accession Number: 20140224–5084.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/17/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–81–002.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: Updated Effective Date
for Balancing Account Revisions 2014 to
be effective 5/1/2014.
Filed Date: 2/21/14.
Accession Number: 20140221–5166.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–424–001.
Applicants: Pennsylvania Electric
Company, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: PJM, Penelec & West
Penn submit Compliance per 12/4/2013
Order in ER14–424 to be effective
2/12/2014.
Filed Date: 2/21/14.
Accession Number: 20140221–5180.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–455–001.
Applicants: Green Valley Hydro, LLC,
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: PJM & Green Valley
Hydro submit Compliance per
12/6/2013 Order in ER14–455 to be
effective 2/12/2014.
Filed Date: 2/21/14.
Accession Number: 20140221–5178.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–1353–000.
Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
Description: Order No 792
Compliance Filing to be effective
2/21/2014.
Filed Date: 2/21/14.
Accession Number: 20140221–5167.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–1354–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: Original Service
Agreement No. 3739 and Cancellation of
SA No. 3332 to be effective 1/13/2014.
Filed Date: 2/24/14.
Accession Number: 20140224–5100.

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$423

6,492
$457,686

$423

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/17/14.
Docket Numbers: ER14–1355–000.
Applicants: Lakeswind Power
Partners, LLC.
Description: Change in Category
Status to be effective 2/25/2014.
Filed Date: 2/24/14.
Accession Number: 20140224–5112.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/17/14.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: February 24, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER14–1317–000]

Sunshine Gas Producers, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Sunshine Gas Producers, LLC’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application

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