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VII. Agency Contacts

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bora
Mpinja, for CFDA number 84.031N,
Robyn Wood, for CFDA number
84.031W, and Don Crews, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street
NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006–
8513. You may contact these
individuals at the following email
addresses or telephone numbers:
[email protected]; (202) 502–7629;
[email protected]; (202) 502–7437;
[email protected]; (202) 502–7574.
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the
FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.

Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

VIII. Other Information

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INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
this notice.
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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Jamienne S. Studley, Deputy Under
Secretary, to perform the functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education.
Dated: April 7, 2015.
Jamienne S. Studley,
Deputy Under Secretary.
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Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–65, FERC–65A,
FERC–65B, FERC–585, and FERC–
921); 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 its information
collections [FERC–65 (Notice of Holding
Company Status), FERC–65A
(Exemption Notification of Holding
Company Status), FERC–65B (Waiver
Notification of Holding Company
Status), FERC–585 (Reporting of Electric
Shortages and Contingency Plans Under
PURPA 206), and the FERC–921
(Ongoing Electronic Delivery of Data
from Regional Transmission
Organization and Independent System
Operators)] 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
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (80 FR 2405, 1/16/
2015) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–65/65A/65B, FERC–585, or
FERC–921 and is making this notation
in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by May 11, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0218 (FERC–65/65A/65B), 1902–
0138 (FERC–585), or 1902–0257 (FERC–
921) 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 Commission, in Docket
No. IC15–2–000, 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,
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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:
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for all collections
described below with no changes to the
current reporting requirements. Please
note that each collection is distinct from
the next.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FERC–65 (Notice of Holding Company
Status), FERC–65A (Exemption
Notification of Holding Company
Status), and FERC–65B (Waiver
Notification of Holding Company
Status)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0218.
Abstract: Pursuant to section 366.4 of
the Commission’s rules and regulations,
persons who meet the definition of a
holding company shall provide the
Commission notification of holding
company status.
The FERC–65 is a one-time
informational filing outlined in the
Commission’s regulations at 18 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 366.4. The
FERC–65 must be submitted within 30

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days of becoming a holding company.1
While the Commission does not require
the information to be reported in a
specific format, the filing needs to
consist of the name of the holding
company, the name of public utilities,
the name of natural gas companies in
the holding company system, and the
names of service companies. In
addition, the Commission requires the
filing to include the names of specialpurpose subsidiaries (which provide
non-power goods and services) and the
names of all affiliates and subsidiaries
(and their corporate interrelationship) to
each other. Filings may be submitted in
hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission’s eFiling system.
FERC–65A (Exemption Notification of
Holding Company Status)
While noting the previously outlined
requirements of the FERC–65, the
Commission has allowed for an
exemption from the requirement of

providing the Commission with a
FERC–65 if the books, accounts,
memoranda, and other records of any
person are not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company; or if any class of
transactions is not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or
natural gas company. Persons seeking
this exemption file the FERC–65A,
which must include a form of notice
suitable for publication in the Federal
Register. Those who file a FERC–65A in
good faith will have a temporary
exemption upon filing, after 60 days if
the Commission has taken no action, the
exemption will be deemed granted.
Commission regulations within 18 CFR
366.3 describe the criteria in more
specificity.
FERC–65B (Waiver Notification of
Holding Company Status)
If an entity meets the requirements in
18 CFR 366.3(c), they may file a FERC–

65B waiver notification pursuant to the
procedures outlined in 18 CFR 366.4.
Specifically, the Commission waives the
requirement of providing it with a
FERC–65 for any holding company with
respect to one or more of the following:
(1) Single-state holding company
systems; (2) holding companies that
own generating facilities that total 100
MW or less in size and are used
fundamentally for their own load or for
sales to affiliated end-users; or (3)
investors in independent transmissiononly companies. Filings may be made in
§§§ hardcopy or electronically through
the Commission’s Web site.
Type of Respondent: Public utility
companies, natural gas companies,
electric wholesale generators, foreign
utility holding companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–65 (NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS), FERC–65A (EXEMPTION NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING
COMPANY STATUS), AND FERC–65B (WAIVER NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 2

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
$

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

FERC–65 .................................................

8

1

8

FERC–65A ...............................................

1

1

1

FERC–65B ...............................................

0

1

0

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

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

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

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FERC–585 (Reporting of Electric
Shortages and Contingency Plans
Under PURPA 206)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0138.
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–585,
‘‘Reporting of Electric Energy Shortages
and Contingency Plans under PURPA’’,
is used by the Commission to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 206 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1979
(PURPA) Public Law 95–617, 92 Stat.
3117. section 206 of PURPA amended
the Federal Power Act (FPA) by adding
a new subsection (g) to section 202,
under which the Commission by rule,
1 Persons that meet the definition of a holding
company as provided by § 366.1 as of February 8,
2006 shall notify the Commission of their status as
a holding company no later than June 15, 2006.
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was to require each public utility to (1)
report to the Commission and
appropriate state regulatory authorities
of any anticipated shortages of electric
energy or capacity which would affect
the utility’s capability to serve its
wholesale customers; and (2) report to
the Commission and any appropriate
state regulatory authority contingency
plan that would outline what
circumstances might give rise to such
occurrences.
In Order No. 575,3 the Commission
modified the reporting requirements in
18 CFR 294.101(b) to provide that, if a
public utility includes in its rates
schedule, provisions that: (a) During
electric energy and capacity shortages it

will treat firm power wholesale
customers without undue
discrimination or preference; and (b) it
will report any modifications to its
contingency plan for accommodating
shortages within 15 days to the
appropriate state regulatory agency and
to the affected wholesale customers,
then the utility need not file with the
Commission an additional statement of
contingency plan for accommodating
such shortages. This revision merely
changed the reporting mechanism; the
public utility’s contingency plan would
be located in its filed rate rather than in
a separate document.
In Order No. 659,4 the Commission
modified the reporting requirements in

holding company, no later than the latter of June
15, 2006 or 30 days after they become holding
companies.
2 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours

per Response * 70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The Cost per hour figure is the 2015
FERC average salary plus benefits.
3 60 FR 4859 (25 Jan 1995).
4 70 FR 35028 (16 Jun 2005).

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18 CFR 294.101(e) to provide that the
means by which public utilities must
comply with the requirements to report
shortages and anticipated shortages is to
submit this information electronically
using the Office of Electric Reliability’s
pager system at [email protected] in
lieu of submitting an original and two
copies with the Secretary of the
Commission.

The Commission uses the information
to evaluate and formulate an
appropriate option for action in the
event an unanticipated shortage is
reported and/or materializes. Without
this information, the Commission and
State agencies would be unable to: (1)
Examine and approve or modify utility
actions, (2) prepare a response to
anticipated disruptions in electric
energy, and (3) ensure equitable

treatment of all public utility customers
under the shortage situations. The
Commission implements these filing
requirements in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR part
294.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–585 (REPORTING OF ELECTRIC SHORTAGES AND CONTINGENCY PLANS UNDER PURPA 206)
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 2

Total annual
burden hours
& total annual
cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Contingency Plan .....................................

1

1

1

Capacity Shortage ...................................

1

1

1

TOTAL ..............................................

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

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

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

FERC–921 (Ongoing Electronic Delivery
of Data From Regional Transmission
Organization and Independent System
Operators)
OMB Control No.: 1902–0257.
Abstract: The collection of data in the
FERC–921 is an effort by the
Commission to detect potential anticompetitive or manipulative behavior or
ineffective market rules by requiring
Regional Transmission Organizations
(RTO) and Independent System
Operators (ISO) 5 to electronically

submit, on a continuous basis, data
relating to physical and virtual offers
and bids, market awards, resource
outputs, marginal cost estimates, shift
factors, financial transmission rights,
internal bilateral contracts, uplift, and
interchange pricing. Individual datasets
that the Commission is requesting may
be produced or retained by the market
monitoring units (MMUs). The
Commission directed each RTO and ISO
either to: (1) Request such data from its
MMU, so that the RTO or ISO can

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deliver such data to the Commission; or
(2) request its MMU to deliver such data
directly to the Commission. Any burden
associated with the delivery of such
data is counted as burden on the RTO
or ISO.
Type of Respondent: Regional
transmission organizations and
independent system operators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

FERC–921 (ONGOING ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DATA FROM REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATORS)

Number of respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total
number of
responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 6

Total annual
recurring
operating
burden hours
& cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

6 ...........................................................................................

1

6

98
$9,830

588
$58,980

$9,830

Dated: April 3, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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5 Per Final Rule RM–11–17–000 regionally
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6 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response. * $100.30 per Hour = Average Cost
per Response.

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