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Update, combined with the observation
that many LNG-importing nations rely
heavily on fossil fuels for electric
generation, suggest that exports of U.S.
LNG may decrease global GHG
emissions, although there is substantial
uncertainty on this point, as indicated
above.152 Further, based on the
evidence, we see no reason to conclude
that U.S. LNG exports will increase
global GHG emissions in a material or
predictable way. Neither Sierra Club nor
the other commenters opposing the LCA
GHG Update have provided sufficient
evidence to rebut or otherwise
undermine these findings.
In sum, DOE finds that the LCA GHG
Update is both fundamentally sound
and supports the proposition that
exports of LNG from the lower-48 states
will not be inconsistent with the public
interest. As stated, DOE will consider
each pending and future non-FTA
application as required under the NGA
and NEPA, based on the administrative
record compiled in each individual
proceeding.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
19, 2019.
Steven Winberg,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 2019–28306 Filed 12–31–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

EIA submitted an information
collection request for extension as
required by The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The information collection
requests a three-year extension with
changes to the Electric Power &
Renewable Electricity Surveys (EPRES),
OMB Control Number 1905–0129. The
collection consists of eight surveys and
collects data from entities involved in
the production, transmission, delivery,
and sale of electricity, and the
manufacture, shipment, import, and
export of photovoltaic cells and
modules in maintaining the reliable
operation of the power system. The data
collected are the primary source of
information on the nation’s electric
power system.

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SUMMARY:

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Comments on this information
collection must be received no later
than February 3, 2020. If you anticipate
any difficulties in submitting your
comments by the deadline, contact the
OMB Desk Officer by email or mail.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to OMB Desk Officer: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503. [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you need additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument, send your request to Daniel
Bier by email at [email protected],
or by phone at (202) 586–0379. The
forms and instructions are available on
EIA’s website at https://www.eia.gov/
survey/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0129;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Electric Power & Renewable
Electricity Surveys;
The surveys included in this
information collection request are:
• Form EIA–63B Photovoltaic Module
Shipments Report;
• Form EIA–860 Annual Electric
Generator Report;
• Form EIA–860M Monthly Update to
the Annual Electric Generator Report;
• Form EIA–861 Annual Electric
Power Industry Report;
• Form EIA–861S Annual Electric
Power Industry Report (Short Form;
• Form EIA–861M Monthly Electric
Power Industry Report;
• Form EIA–923 Power Plant
Operations Report; and
• Form EIA–930 Balancing Authority
Operations Report.
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The EPRES survey
program collects data from business
entities involved in the production,
transmission, delivery, and sale of
electricity, and in maintaining the
reliable operation of the power system.
The data collected are the primary
source of information on the nation’s
electric power industry.
The individual surveys and their uses
are described below:
• Form EIA–63B Photovoltaic Module
Shipments Report collects information
on photovoltaic module manufacturing,
shipments, technology types, revenue,
and related information. The data
collected on this form are used by DOE,
Congress, other government and nongovernment entities, and the public to
monitor the current status and trends of
the photovoltaic industry.
DATES:

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• Form EIA–860 Annual Electric
Generator Report collects data on
existing and planned electric generation
plants, and associated equipment
including generators, boilers, cooling
systems, and environmental control
systems to provide information on the
generating capacity of the U.S. electric
grid.
• Form EIA–860M Monthly Update to
the Annual Electric Generator Report
collects data on the status of proposed
new generators scheduled to begin
commercial operation within the future
12-month period; and existing
generators that have proposed
modifications that are scheduled for
completion within one month as well as
existing generators scheduled to shut
down within the subsequent 12 months.
• Form EIA–861 Annual Electric
Power Industry Report collects annual
information on the retail sale,
distribution, transmission, and
generation of electric energy in the
United States and its territories. The
data include related activities such as
energy efficiency and demand response
programs. In combination with Form
EIA–861S short form and the monthly
Form EIA–861M, this annual survey
provides coverage of sales to ultimate
customers of electric power and related
activities. Form EIA–861S, Annual
Electric Power Industry Report (Short
Form) collects a limited set of
information annually from small
companies involved in the retail sale of
electricity. A complete set of annual
data are collected from large companies
on Form EIA–861. The small utilities
that currently report on Form EIA–861S
are required to complete Form EIA–861
once every eight years to provide
updated information for the statistical
estimation of uncollected data. Form
EIA–861M, Monthly Electric Power
Industry Report collects monthly
information from a sample of electric
utilities, energy service providers and
distribution companies that sell or
deliver or deliver electric power to end
users. Data included on this form
includes sales and revenue for end-use
sectors—residential, commercial,
industrial, and transportation. This
survey is the monthly complement to
the annual data collection from the
universe of respondents that report on
Form EIA–861 and Form EIA–861S.
• Form EIA–923 Power Plant
Operations Report collects information
from electric power plants in the United
States on electric power generation,
energy source consumption, end of
reporting period fossil fuel stocks, as
well as the quality and cost of fossil fuel
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• Form EIA–930 Balancing Authority
Operations Report collects a
comprehensive set of the current day’s
system demand data on an hourly basis
and the prior day’s basic hourly electric
system operating data on a daily basis.
The data provide a basic measure of the
current status of electric systems in the
United States and can be used to
compare actual system demand with the
day-ahead forecast, thereby providing a
measure of the accuracy of the
forecasting used to commit resources. In
addition, the data can be used to
address smart grid related issues such as
integrating wind and solar generation,
improving the coordination of natural
gas and electric short-term operations
and expanding the use of demand
response, storage, and electric vehicles
in electric systems operations.
(4a) Changes to Information
Collection:
Form EIA–411
EIA is discontinuing Form EIA–411.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 19,789:
Form EIA–63B has 55 respondents;
Form EIA–860 has 4,757 respondents;
Form EIA–860M has 312 respondents;
Form EIA–861 has 1,675 respondents;
Form EIA–861S has 1,730
respondents;
Form EIA–861M has 620 respondents;
Form EIA–923 has 10,575
respondents;
Form EIA–930 has 65 respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 75,206.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 170,041 hours.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$13,351,619 (170,041 burden hours
times $78.52 per hour). EIA estimates
that there are no additional costs to
respondents associated with the surveys
other than the costs associated with the
burden hours.

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Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and
42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
17, 2019.
Nanda Srinivasan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and
Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019–28322 Filed 12–31–19; 8:45 am]
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other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER19–456–003.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: Compliance filing: MorGran-Sou Electric Cooperative Formula
Rate Compliance Filing to be effective 2/
1/2019.
Filed Date: 12/26/19.
Accession Number: 20191226–5028.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/16/20.
Docket Numbers: ER20–683–000.
Applicants: Tri-State Generation and
Transmission Association, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: TriState Wholesale Electric Service
Contracts to be effective 3/20/2020.
Filed Date: 12/26/19.
Accession Number: 20191226–5000.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/16/20.
Docket Numbers: ER20–684–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2019–12–26_SA 3176 NSP–NSP 1st Rev
GIA (J460) to be effective 12/10/2019.
Filed Date: 12/26/19.
Accession Number: 20191226–5033.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/16/20.
Docket Numbers: ER20–685–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2019–12–26_SA 1634 ITC MidwestJeffers Wind 20 2nd Rev GIA (G442) to
be effective 12/11/2019.
Filed Date: 12/26/19.
Accession Number: 20191226–5112.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/16/20.
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

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Dated: December 26, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–28297 Filed 12–31–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Records Governing Off-the-Record
Communications; Public Notice
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
the prohibited communication and any
responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication, and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable
proceeding in accordance with Rule
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record
communications are included in the
decisional record of the proceeding,
unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40
CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently

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