FERC Form 1-F, Annual Report of NonMajor Public Utilities and Licensees

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form FERC Form 1-F Annual Report of NonMajor Public Utilities, Licensees, and Others Form and Instruction	Modified
IC16-11_1_1F_3Q_supp state_10-3-2016.doc Supporting Statement A	2016-10-03
IC16-11 30day_1_1F-3Q_FR2016-23681.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-10-03
18CFR for FERC1_1F_3Q.docx Supplementary Document	2016-09-26
IC16-11_1_1F_3Q_20160926-3001.docx Supplementary Document	2016-09-26
IC16-11_30day_6_580_20160901-3018.doc Supplementary Document	2016-09-26
60day notice20160607-3044.doc Supplementary Document	2016-09-26
IC16-11_6_1_1F_3Q_580_FR6-13-16_2016-13922.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-09-26
USCODE-title16-sec825h.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-10-26
USCODE-title16-sec825c.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-10-26

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
22951	Annual Report of NonMajor Public Utilities, Licensees, and Others Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1902-0029	ICR Reference No: 201609-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201307-1902-008
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC Form 1-F
Title: FERC Form 1-F, Annual Report of NonMajor Public Utilities and Licensees
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/16/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/03/2016
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. OMB encourages FERC to reach out to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (and any other commenters) to discuss the data needs BEA identified during the review of this information collection request renewal and to determine whether possible efficiencies (to the federal government and industry) may be made by including additional data or information requirements in this form in the future.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2016
Responses	5	0	5
Time Burden (Hours)	610	0	615
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: A consolidated supporting statement is being submitted with for Forms 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric and gas). In accordance with sections 304 and 309 of the Federal Power Act, FERC is authorized to collect and record data to the extent it considers necessary, and to prescribe rules and regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda. The Commission may prescribe a system of accounts for jurisdictional companies and after notice and an opportunity for hearing may determine the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or credited. The Form 1-F is designed to collect financial and operational information from nonmajor public utilities and licensees. Public utilities and licensees that are not classified as major and had total sales in each of the last three consecutive years of 10,000 megawatt-hours or more are classified as nonmajor. The Commission collects Form No. 1-F information as prescribed in 18 CFR 141.2. Under the existing regulations FERC jurisdictional entities subject to its Uniform System of Accounts must annually file with the Commission a complete set of financial statements, along with other selected financial and non financial data through the submission of FERC Annual Report Form 1-F. The FERC Annual Report Forms provide the Commission, as well as others, with an informative picture of the jurisdictional entities financial condition along with other relevant data that is used by the Commission, as well as others, in making economic judgments about the entity or its industry. (Note that ~4 out of the 5 filers choose to submit electronically using the Form 1 software rather than submitting the paper only Form 1-F.)

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 825(c) and 825(h) Name of Law: Federal Power Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 38169	06/13/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 67343	09/30/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Report of NonMajor Public Utilities, Licensees, and Others	FERC Form 1-F	Annual Report Of Nonmajor Public Utilities And Licensees

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	5	5	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	610	615	0	-5	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The one-time implementation burden (of 3 hours per respondent for the Forms 1 and 1-F) for the Final Rule in Docket No. RM11-24 (issued 7/18/2013) was administratively averaged over Years 1-3 giving an additional 1 hour annually. Because the implementation period and that 3-year period of averaging have been completed, the additional 1 hour of burden is removed here and shows as a program decrease. This change was inadvertently omitted from the 60-day Notice. Non-substantive updates [e.g., to estimated average number of burden hours and addresses for FERC and OMB] are being made to the instructions as noted in Attachment A of the supporting statement.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government:

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 10/03/2016

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