Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package

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

Form Approved
OMB No. 1905-XXXX
Expiration Date: 12/31/20XX

MONTHLY NATURAL GAS MARKETER SURVEY
FORM EIA-910
INSTRUCTIONS
PURPOSE
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.

Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data cannot be
entered interactively on the web site.

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

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Form EIA-910 must be completed by all natural gas marketers with
residential and/or commercial customers in the States of Georgia,
New York, and Ohio. These States have been selected based on the
percentage of natural gas sold by marketers in the residential and
commercial end-use sectors.

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

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

SECURE FILE TRANSFER
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://signon.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.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/survey_forms/nat_survey_f
orms.html
You can also access the materials by following these steps:
• Go to EIA's website at www.eia.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.

HOW TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY FORM
Please provide up-to-date company information.
PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA
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).
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.
State: A separate form should be completed for each State in which
your company has sales to residential and/or commercial end-use
customers.
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.

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PART 3. NATURAL GAS SALES
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
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.
Item 2. Customer counts should reflect customers in each end-use
category at the end of the report month. Report, as the number of
customers, the number of consumers you are actively selling gas
during each month. Each dwelling, building, plant, establishment,
or location is to be counted as a separate consumer, for the purpose
of this report, whether or not centrally billed and whether or not
provided with more than one type of service (e.g., firm and
interruptible).
Item 3. 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.
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.
Item 4. Revenue: Revenues reported should be gross receipts for
the natural gas commodity sold, plus customer service charges,
taxes, and other charges excluding amount owed to local
distribution company for delivery services provided to your
customers.
Item 5. For companies operating in Georgia, identify the gross
receipts for the natural gas commodity sold plus customer service
charges, taxes and other taxes, including any amount owed to the local
distribution company for delivery services provided to your customers.
A note about revenue: Revenues reported should be gross
revenues, including any and all system charges or minimum bill
amounts, commodity charges, taxes, surcharges, adjustments or
other charges billed for the gas delivered. Delivery charges are to
be included only for companies operating in Georgia. Amounts
refunded in the form of reduced bills should be reflected. Refunds
to consumers in the form of check refunds should be excluded but
the total refunded should be reported in the area provided for
comments. For customers on level payment, deferred payment, or
similar plans, amounts ultimately to be paid for the volumes
delivered during the report month should be reported. In the event
your regularly maintained records do not include all charges for
which customers are billed, for example local sales taxes, provide a
comment on your initial submission explaining the type of charges
excluded in the area provided for comments. Net gains or losses
associated with financial hedges are to be included for the report
month in which the gas associated with the hedge is delivered. All
revenue values are to be rounded to the nearest whole number in
dollars.

DEFINITIONS
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.
Commercial: An energy-consuming sector that consists of serviceproviding 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.
Natural Gas Marketer: A company that arranges purchases and
sales of natural gas. The company generally does not own physical
assets used in the supply of natural gas, so it operates without
taking possession of the gas it owns. A marketer may be an affiliate
of another company, such as a local distribution company, natural
gas pipeline, or producer, but it operates independently of other
segments of the company. Marketers serve as alternative suppliers
to end-users of natural gas, which is delivered by a local
distribution company.
Therm: 100,000 British thermal units (Btu).

PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY OF
INFORMATION
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.
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.

SANCTIONS
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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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, Office of
Survey Development and Statistical Integration, EI-21, 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.

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