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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/17.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2607–004;
ER10–2626–003.
Applicants: Old Dominion Electric
Cooperative, Inc., TEC Trading, Inc.
Description: Updated Market Power
Analyses in Northeast Region of the
ODEC Entities.
Filed Date: 12/23/16.
Accession Number: 20161223–5355.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/21/17.
Docket Numbers: ER11–47–007;
ER10–2981–007; ER11–41–007; ER11–
46–010; ER12–1540–005; ER12–1541–
005; ER12–1542–005; ER12–1544–005;
ER12–2343–005; ER13–1896–011;
ER14–2475–004; ER14–2476–004;
ER14–2477–004; ER14–594–009; ER16–
323–003.
Applicants: Appalachian Power
Company, Indiana Michigan Power
Company, Kentucky Power Company,
Kingsport Power Company, Wheeling
Power Company, AEP Texas Central
Company, AEP Texas North Company,
Public Service Company of Oklahoma,
Southwestern Electric Power Company,
Ohio Power Company, AEP Energy
Partners, Inc., AEP Retail Energy
Partners LLC, AEP Energy, Inc., AEP
Generation Resources Inc., Ohio Valley
Electric Corporation.
Description: Updated Market Power
Analysis in the PJM balancing area
authority of the AEP MBR Companies.
Filed Date: 12/27/16.
Accession Number: 20161227–5162.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–685–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Queue #Y1–077, First Revised Service
Agreement No. 3645 to be effective
11/28/2016.
Filed Date: 12/28/16.
Accession Number: 20161228–5081.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–686–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2016–12–28_MISO Transmission
Owners Agreement and Bylaw
Revisions to be effective 2/27/2017.
Filed Date: 12/28/16.
Accession Number: 20161228–5083.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–687–000.
Applicants: NRG Wholesale
Generation LP.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Notice of Termination for Rate Schedule
FERC No. 5 to be effective 7/12/2016.
Filed Date: 12/28/16.
Accession Number: 20161228–5091.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–688–000.

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Applicants: NRG Wholesale
Generation LP.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Notice of Termination for FERC Electric
Tariff, Original Volume No. 7 to be
effective 3/1/2016.
Filed Date: 12/28/16.
Accession Number: 20161228–5092.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–689–000.
Applicants: NRG Wholesale
Generation LP.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Notice of Termination for Rate Schedule
FERC No. 8 to be effective 2/2/2016.
Filed Date: 12/28/16.
Accession Number: 20161228–5093.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–690–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2016–12–28_SA 2983 Entergy
Louisiana-Entergy Louisiana GIA (J396)
to be effective 12/29/2016.
Filed Date: 12/28/16.
Accession Number: 20161228–5102.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/17.
Docket Numbers: ER17–691–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc., ITC
Midwest LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2016–12–28_SA 2883 ITC MidwestMidAmerican 1st Rev FSA (H009) to be
effective 1/1/2017.
Filed Date: 12/28/16.
Accession Number: 20161228–5104.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/17.
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: December 28, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC17–1–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request for
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Commission
Service Delivery
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (the
Commission or FERC) is coordinating
the development of the following
proposed Generic Information
Collection Request (ICR): FERC–153,
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Commission
Service Delivery’’ for approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).1
This notice announces that FERC
intends to submit this collection to
OMB for approval and solicits
comments on specific aspects for the
proposed information collection.
Previously, the Commission previously
published a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register on October 12, 2016 and
received no comments.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by February 3,
2017.
SUMMARY:

Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the Docket No. IC17–1–
000, 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. IC17–1–000, 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

ADDRESSES:

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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: This
notice announces that FERC intends to
submit this collection to OMB for
approval and solicits comments on
specific aspects for the proposed
information collection. Previously, the
Commission previously published a 60day notice in the Federal Register (81
FR 70402, 10/12/2016) and received no
comments.
Title: FERC–153, Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Commission Service
Delivery.
OMB Control No.: To be determined.
Type of Request: New generic
information collection.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection provides a means to garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving service
delivery. By qualitative feedback, we
mean data that provides useful insights
on perceptions and opinions, but are not
statistical surveys that yield quantitative
results that can be generalized to the
population of study. This feedback will
provide insights into customer or
stakeholder perceptions, experiences,
and expectations, provide an early
warning of issues with service, or focus
attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. This collection
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between
FERC and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
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appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Commission’s
services will be unavailable.
The Commission will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• The collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
Commission (if released, the
Commission must indicate the
qualitative nature of the information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
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actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: The target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study.
As a general matter, this information
collection will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. The Commission generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information which does
not display a valid OMB Control
Number. See 5 CFR 1320. OMB
authorization for an information
collection cannot be for more than three
years without renewal.
Type of Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and households; Businesses
or other for-profit and not-for-profit
organizations; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost for the
information collection as:
2 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
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN FOR GENERIC CLEARANCE
Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden
minutes per
response

Total burden
hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

15,000

1

15,000

6

3 1,500

Generic Clearance ...............................................................

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: December 23, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southwestern Power Administration
Integrated System Rate Schedule
Southwestern Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Rate Order.
AGENCY:

The Deputy Secretary has
approved and placed into effect on an
interim basis Rate Order No. SWPA–71,
which provides the following Integrated
System Non-Federal Transmission
Service (NFTS) Rate Schedule: Rate
Schedule NFTS–13A, Wholesale Rates
for Non-Federal Transmission Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of
Corporate Operations, Southwestern
Power Administration, U.S. Department
of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595–6646,
[email protected], or facsimile
transmission (918) 595–6646.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Delegation Order Nos. 00–037.00A,
effective October 25, 2013, and 00–
001.00F, effective November 17, 2014,
Rate Order No. SWPA–71, is approved

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and placed into effect on an interim
basis for the period January 1, 2017,
through September 30, 2017, pursuant
to the following rate schedule: Rate
Schedule NFTS–13A, Wholesale Rates
for Non-Federal Transmission Service,
which supersedes the existing Rate
Schedule NFTS–13, Wholesale Rates for
Non-Federal Transmission Service.
Southwestern Power Administration’s
(Southwestern) Administrator has
determined that an additional section
within Southwestern’s Integrated
System NFTS Rate Schedule is
necessary to better align Southwestern’s
rate schedule with standard practices
utilized by the Southwest Power Pool,
Inc. (SPP) Regional Transmission
Organization. The new section 2.3.6
establishes a procedure for determining
an Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR)
for customers that choose to contract for
Network Integration Transmission
Service (NITS) on Southwestern’s
transmission system pursuant to the
SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff
(OATT).
The NFTS–13 Rate Schedule included
a stated rate for NITS that is calculated
by dividing Southwestern’s monthly
revenue requirement, derived from
Southwestern’s NFTS ARR identified
within the Southwestern 2013
Integrated System Power Repayment
Studies (PRS), by the net transmission
capacity available for NITS. Modifying
Southwestern’s rate schedule to include
an ARR for SPP NITS, rather than
applying a stated rate better aligns with
standard practices utilized by SPP.
Therefore, in place of applying the NITS
stated rate for SPP NITS on
Southwestern’s transmission system, the
proposed Section 2.3.6 includes a
procedure for determining and updating
an SPP NITS ARR, as a portion of
Southwestern’s NFTS ARR, based on
the amount of revenue assumed to be
recovered on an annual basis from NITS
customers in each approved PRS. If
additional customers choose to contract
for SPP NITS on Southwestern’s
transmission system, the new Section
2.3.6 methodology updates the SPP
NITS ARR. The title of the NFTS–13
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13A to reflect the addition of Section
2.3.6.
The Southwestern 2013 PRS indicated
that rates (total Southwestern NFTS
ARR) prescribed by NFTS–13,
Wholesale Rates for Non-Federal
Transmission Service, as approved in
Docket No. EF14–1–000, for the period
October 1, 2013, through September 30,
2017, are sufficient to meet repayment
criteria and will have no impact on the
amortization or status of repayment
forecasted in the Southwestern 2013
PRS and will not require rate changes.
Revenues based on current rates remain
sufficient to meet repayment criteria.
The Southwestern Administrator has
followed Title 10, Part 903, Subpart A
of the Code of Federal Regulations,
‘‘Procedures for Public Participation in
Power and Transmission Rate
Adjustments and Extensions,’’ in
connection with the rate schedule
revisions. The public was advised by
notice published in the Federal Register
(81 FR 75814), November 1, 2016, of the
proposed rate schedule change and of
the opportunity to provide written
comments for a period of 30 days
ending December 1, 2016. One customer
provided comments during the period of
public participation related to the
proposed rate schedule change, which
consisted of some clarifying questions
that Southwestern answered and one
comment on phrasing that Southwestern
acknowledged.
Information regarding this rate
proposal, including studies and other
supporting material, and comments
received is available for public review
in the offices of Southwestern Power
Administration, Williams Tower I, One
West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma
74103. Following review of
Southwestern’s proposal within the
Department of Energy, I approve Rate
Order No. SWPA–71.

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