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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 23, 2018 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–1–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FRC–732); 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, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
732, (Electric Rate Schedules and
Tariffs: Long-Term Firm Transmission
Rights in Organized Electricity Markets).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due December 24, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC19–1–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s website:
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.
SUMMARY:

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:
Title: FERC–732, Electric Rate
Schedules and Tariffs: Long-Term Firm
Transmission Rights in Organized
Electricity Markets.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0245.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–732 information collection
requirement with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: 18 CFR part 42 provides the
reporting requirements of FERC–732 as
they pertain to long-term transmission
rights. To implement section 1233 1 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005), 2 the Commission requires each
transmission organization that is a
public utility with one or more

organized electricity markets to make
available long-term firm transmission
rights that satisfy each of the
Commission’s guidelines.3
The FERC–732 regulations require
that transmission organizations (that are
public utilities with one or more
organized electricity markets) choose
one of two ways to file:
• File tariff sheets making long-term
firm transmission rights available that
are consistent with each of the
guidelines established by FERC.
• File an explanation describing how
their existing tariffs already provide
long-term firm transmission rights that
are consistent with the guidelines.
Additionally, the Commission requires
each transmission organization to make
its transmission planning and expansion
procedures and plans available to the
public.
FERC–732 enables the Commission to
exercise its wholesale electric rate and
electric power transmission oversight
and enforcement responsibilities in
accordance with the FPA, the
Department of Energy Organization Act
(DOE Act), and EPAct 2005.
Type of Respondents: Public utility
with one or more organized electricity
markets.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the total burden
and cost 5 for this information collection
as follows.

FERC–732, ELECTRIC RATE SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS—LONG-TERM FIRM TRANSMISSION RIGHTS IN ORGANIZED
ELECTRICITY MARKETS
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(3) * (4) * (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

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Public utility with one or more organized
electricity markets.

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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
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U.S.C. 824.
U.S.C. 824Q.
3 18 CFR 42.1(d).
4 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
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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.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Dated: October 17, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

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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 CFR 1320.3.

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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. OR19–2–000]

Take notice that on October 10, 2018,
pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
5 FERC staff estimates that industry costs for
salary plus benefits are similar to Commission
costs. The cost figure is the FY2018 FERC average
annual salary plus benefits ($164,820/year or $79/
hour).

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