In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2023
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2020
75,206
0
65,716
170,041
0
152,120
0
0
0
The electric power surveys collect data from entities involved in the production, transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity, and in maintaining the reliable operation of the power system. The EIA-63B survey collects data from companies involved in the photovoltaic industry; e.g. manufacturing, shipping, importing, and exporting. This survey is the primary source of information on this energy industry segment. The data collected are the primary source of information on the nationâs electric power industry.
Most of the change in total burden is caused by an increase in the reporting frequency for Form EIA-930 from 365 to 9,125. The annual reporting frequency for this survey was incorrectly submitted previously. There has been no change in the reporting requirements for this survey since the last clearance. Respondents are required to submit their wholesale price data every hour, as well as a daily file that contains the hourly data from the previous day. Therefore, each day, each respondent has 25 submissions. In the last clearance. This was incorrectly reported as 1.
Other changes across the other surveys contribute to the change in burden. There was an increase in survey respondents for Form EIA-923M, A, and S due to rapid expansion in the number of operating utility-scale power plants. Although industry capacity has grown only slightly between 2016 and July 2019 (â2%), large base-load, high-capacity coal plants have retired and been replaced by a large number of smaller capacity solar and wind plants.
EIA is discontinuing Form EIA-411 which results in a reduction of 1,098 burden hours. EIA also made several changes regarding Forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S which are difficult to display in Table 6. EIA changed the eligibility for the sample reporting on the Form EIA-861 which reduced the sample by approximately 620 respondents beginning in the year after current Form EIA-861S respondents complete Form EIA-861. Respondents on Form EIA-861S must file a long Form EIA861 every eight years. Data year 2019 is the eighth year of the current cycle, therefore 2019 data to be collected in 2020 will require Form EIA-861S respondents to complete the long Form EIA-861 which increases the burden compared to the previous cycle.
The frames for Forms EIA-860 and EIA-860M are determined by the generating capacity values of existing and planned facilities. Changes in these frames are the direct result of a shifting industry generation portfolio. Due to several economic and environmental factors, there is growth in the number of solar, wind, battery storage, natural gas-fired combined cycle, and natural gas-fired combustion turbine facilities and there is loss in the number of coal and natural gas-fired thermoelectric facilities. This resulted in less respondents being eligible to report on Form EIA-860 with environmental questions, but more respondents being eligible to report on Form EIA-860 without environmental questions.
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:
(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;
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.
Coordinated Bulk Power Supply and Demand Program Report