EIA-910 instructions 2021

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20585

OMB No 1905-0175
Expiration Date: 1/31/2024
Burden: 2 Hours

MONTHLY NATURAL GAS MARKETER SURVEY
FORM EIA-910
INSTRUCTIONS
PURPOSE
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form EIA-910
Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey collects information on
natural gas sales from marketers in selected states that have active
customer choice programs. EIA is requesting information on the
volume and revenue for natural gas commodity sales, and any
receipts for distribution charges and taxes associated with the sale
of natural gas.

WHO MUST SUBMIT
Form EIA-910 is mandatory under 15 U.S.C. §772(b) and must be
completed by all natural gas marketers with residential and/or
commercial customers in Georgia, New York, and Ohio. EIA
selected these states based on the percentage of natural gas that
marketers in the residential and commercial end-use sectors sold.

WHEN TO SUBMIT
You must file Form EIA-910 no later than 30 days after the end of
the reporting month.

HOW TO SUBMIT
Instructions on how to file by secure file transfer are below and on
Form EIA-910. If you want to use an alternative form of
submission, contact EIA at (877) 800-5261.
Secure File Transfer:
You can file through the Secure File Transfer System. The secure
hypertext transfer protocol (HTTPS) is a secure, encrypted method
to send information electronically. All information is protected by
128-bit encryption to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of
transmitted data. You can access the Secure File Transfer System
at: https://signon.eia.doe.gov/upload/noticeoog.jsp.

COPIES OF THE SURVEY FORM AND
INSTRUCTIONS
Copies in spreadsheet format (XLS) are available on EIA's web site
at:
http://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-910
Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data cannot be
entered interactively on the web site.

QUESTIONS
If you have questions, call (877) 800-5261. If you contact to us
about this report, be sure to include your EIA identification number.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA
Report period: Enter the month and year for which you are
reporting data (e.g., January 2008 should be 01 for January and
2008 for the year).
EIA ID number: Enter the last seven digits of the 10-digit EIA
Identification (ID) number. If an ID number has not been assigned
to you, leave the space blank and contact us at (877) 800-5261.
Resubmissions: Check the resubmission box if you are correcting
information you have previously reported. Only enter data that have
changed. You do not have to complete the entire form when you
resubmit. Revised reports are not required unless actual or corrected
data vary more than plus (+) or minus (-) 4% from the data you
previously reported.
Company name and address: Enter the name and address of the
company filing the report. If the information has changed since the
last report, enter an “X” in the box.
Contact information: Enter the name, telephone number, fax
number, and email address of the person to contact about the
information on this report. The person listed should be the person
most knowledgeable on the data in this report. If the contact person
has changed since the last report, enter an “X” in the box.
State: You must complete a separate form for each state in which
your company has sales to residential and/or commercial end-use
customers.
PART 3. NATURAL GAS SALES
Item 1. State: You must complete a separate form for each state in
which your company has sales to residential and/or commercial
end-use customers.
Item 2. Customer counts should reflect customers in each end-use
category at the end of the report month. Report the number of
customers as the number of consumers you are actively selling gas
to during each month. Each dwelling, building, plant,
establishment, or location is considered a separate consumer for the
purpose of this report, whether or not they are centrally billed and
whether or not they are provided with more than one type of service
(e.g., firm and interruptible).
Item 3. Provide information for your residential and commercial
customers based on the definitions below. Include sales under both
firm and non-firm service contracts.
When reporting volumes in either Mcf or therms, report flow data
(i.e., the actual volumes that flowed to end-use customers in the
reporting period). If flow data are not available at the survey due

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date, provide your best estimate and any additional comments to
help us evaluate your data submission.
Item 4. Revenue: Reported revenues should be gross receipts for
the natural gas commodity sold plus customer service charges,
taxes, and other charges, excluding the amount owed to the local
distribution company for delivery services provided to your
customers.
Item 5. For companies operating in Georgia, identify the gross receipts
for the natural gas commodity sold plus customer service charges and
taxes, including any amount owed to the local distribution company for
delivery services provided to your customers.
A note about revenue: Reported revenues should be gross
revenues, including any and all system charges or minimum bill
amounts, commodity charges, taxes, surcharges, adjustments or
other charges billed for the gas delivered. Include delivery charges
only for companies operating in Georgia. Also include amounts
that you refunded in the form of reduced bills. Do not include
refunds to consumers in the form of check refunds, but instead
report the total refunded in the comment area. For customers on
level payment, deferred payment, or similar plans, report the
amounts ultimately to be paid for the volumes delivered during the
report month. If your regularly maintained records do not include
all charges for which you billed your customers, for example local
sales taxes, include this information in the comment area of your
initial submission explaining the type of charges excluded. Include
net gains or losses associated with financial hedges for the report
month in which the gas associated with the hedge is delivered.
Round all revenue values to the nearest whole number in dollars.

DEFINITIONS
Residential: An energy-consuming sector that consists of living
quarters for private households. Common uses of energy associated
with this sector include space heating, water heating, air
conditioning, lighting, refrigeration, and cooking. The residential
sector includes mobile homes and apartment buildings (whether
privately owned or publicly subsidized) and excludes institutional
living quarters.
Commercial: An energy-consuming sector that consists of serviceproviding facilities and equipment of: businesses; federal, state, and
local governments; and other private and public organizations, such
as religious, social, or fraternal groups. The commercial sector
includes institutional living quarters. It also includes sewage
treatment facilities. Common uses of energy associated with this
sector include space heating, water heating, air conditioning,
lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and running a wide variety of other
equipment. This sector also includes generators that produce
electricity and/or useful thermal output primarily to support the
activities of the above-mentioned commercial establishments. Do
not include vehicle fuel in the commercial sector.
Mcf: 1,000 cubic feet.
Natural Gas Marketer: A company that arranges purchases and
sales of natural gas. The company generally does not own physical
assets to supply natural gas, so it operates without taking possession

of the gas it owns. A marketer may be an affiliate of another
company such as a local distribution company, natural gas pipeline,
or producer, but it operates independently of other segments of the
company. Marketers serve as alternative suppliers to end-users of
natural gas, which is delivered by a local distribution company.
Therm: 100,000 British thermal units (Btu).

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
The information you provide on Form EIA-910 will be used for
statistical purposes only and is confidential by law. In accordance
with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act of 2002 and other applicable Federal laws, your
responses will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your
consent. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015,
Federal information systems are protected from malicious activities
through cybersecurity screening of transmitted data. Every EIA
employee, as well as every agent, is subject to a jail term, a fine, or
both if he or she makes public ANY identifiable information you
reported.
Disclosure limitation procedures are applied to the statistical data
published from EIA-910 survey information to ensure that the risk
of disclosing identifiable information is very small.

SANCTIONS
Form EIA-910 is mandatory under 15 U.S.C. §772(b). Failure to
respond may result in a civil penalty of not more than $10,821 each
day for each violation. The government may bring a civil action to
prohibit reporting violations which may result in a temporary
restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction without
bond. In such civil action, the court may also issue mandatory
injunctions commanding any person to comply with these reporting
requirements.

FILING FORMS WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND ESTIMATED
REPORTING BURDEN
Respondents are not required to file or reply to any federal
collection of information unless it has a valid OMB-approved
number. Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2 hours per response. This
estimate includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or
any other aspect of this collection of information including
suggestions for reducing this burden to: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Office of Survey Development and
Statistical Integration, EI-21, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, DC 20585; and to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.

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