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(DOE) in implementing the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, executing certain
sections of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007, and
modernizing the nation’s electricity
delivery infrastructure. The EAC is
composed of individuals of diverse
backgrounds selected for their technical
expertise and experience, established
records of distinguished professional
service, and their knowledge of issues
that pertain to the electric sector.
Tentative Agenda
May 28, 2020
11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. WebEx
Attendee Sign-On
12:00 p.m.–12:20 p.m. Welcome,
Introductions, Developments since
the June 2019 Meeting
1:20 p.m.–1:40 p.m. Update on Office
of Electricity Programs and
Initiatives
1:40 p.m.–2:20 p.m. Electric Industry
Experience with Long Term Energy
Storage and Power-to-Gas Storage
2:10 p.m.–2:50 p.m. Department of
Energy R&D Strategy Related to
Power-to-Gas Research and
Development
2:50 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Moderated
Roundtable Discussion Between
DOE and EAC Regarding Power-toGas Research and Development
4:30 p.m.–4:50 p.m. Energy Storage
Subcommittee Report and Vote on
2020 Biennial Storage Assessment
Work Product
4:50 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Wrap-up and
Adjourn Day 1

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May 29, 2020
11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. WebEx
Attendee Sign-On
12:00 p.m.—12:10 p.m. Welcome
12:10 p.m.–12:40 p.m. Update on the
North American Energy Resilience
Model (NAERM)
12:40 p.m.–2:00 p.m. DOE Activities
Related to Grid Modernization and
Planning
2:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Moderated
Roundtable Discussion Between
DOE and EAC Regarding Grid
Modernization and Planning
Activities
4:00 p.m.–4:20 p.m. Smart Grid
Subcommittee Report
4:20 p.m.–4:35 p.m. Public Comments
4:35 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Wrap-up and
Adjourn
The meeting agenda may change to
accommodate EAC business. For EAC
agenda updates, see the EAC website at:
http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricityadvisory-committee-eac.

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Public Participation: The EAC
welcomes the attendance of the public
at its meetings, no advanced registration
is required. Individuals who wish to
offer public comments at the EAC
meeting may do so on Friday, May 29,
but must register in advance by
contacting Mr. Christopher Lawrence
using the contact information above.
Approximately 15 minutes will be
reserved for public comments. Time
allotted per speaker will depend on the
number who wish to speak but is not
expected to exceed three minutes.
Anyone who is not able to attend the
meeting, or for whom the allotted public
comments time is insufficient to address
pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited
to send a written statement via email
identified by ‘‘Electricity Advisory
Committee May 2020 Meeting,’’ to Mr.
Christopher Lawrence.
Minutes: The minutes of the EAC
meeting will be posted on the EAC web
page at http://energy.gov/oe/services/
electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
They can also be obtained by contacting
Mr. Christopher Lawrence at the address
above.
Signed in Washington, DC on April 22,
2020.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020–08965 Filed 4–27–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Proposed Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).

AGENCY:

Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

EIA invites public comment
on the proposed three year extension,
with changes, of the Natural Gas Data
Collection Program, as required under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The surveys covered by this request
include:
Form EIA–176—Annual Report of
Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply
and Disposition;
Form EIA–191—Monthly
Underground Natural Gas Storage
Report;
Form EIA–191L—Monthly Liquefied
Natural Gas Storage Report;
Form EIA–757—Natural Gas
Processing Plant Survey;

SUMMARY:

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Form EIA–857—Monthly Report of
Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries to
Consumers;
Form EIA–910—Monthly Natural Gas
Marketer Survey; and
Form EIA–912—Weekly Natural Gas
Storage Report.
The Natural Gas Data Collection
Program provides information on
natural gas production, underground
storage, supply, processing,
transmission, distribution, and
consumption by sector within the
United States.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments
on this proposed information collection
no later than June 29, 2020. If you
anticipate any difficulties in submitting
your comments by the deadline, contact
the person listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice as soon as
possible.
Submit comments
electronically to michael.kopalek@
eia.gov or mail comments to Michael
Kopalek, U.S. Energy Information
Administration, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, EI–25, Washington, DC
20585.

ADDRESSES:

If
you need additional information,
contact Michael Kopalek, U.S. Energy
Information Administration, telephone
(202) 586–4001, or by email at
[email protected]. The forms
and instructions are available on EIA’s
website at www.eia.gov/survey/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1902–0175;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Natural Gas Data Collection
Program;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The surveys included in
the Natural Gas Data Collection
Program collect information on natural
gas underground storage, supply,
processing, transmission, distribution,
consumption by sector, and consumer
prices. The data collected supports
public policy analyses and produce
estimates of the natural gas industry.
The statistics generated from these
surveys are published on EIA’s website
(http://www.eia.gov) and are used in
various EIA information products,
including the Weekly Natural Gas
Storage Report (WNGSR), Natural Gas
Monthly (NGM), Natural Gas Annual
(NGA), Monthly Energy Review (MER),
Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO),
Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), and
Annual Energy Review (AER).
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information
Collection:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Form EIA–176—Annual Report of
Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply
and Disposition
Form EIA–176 collects data on
natural, synthetic, and other
supplemental gas supplies, their
disposition, and certain revenues by
state. EIA proposes to modify the survey
instructions to explicitly include
‘‘producers of renewable natural gas or
biogas, including landfill collection
facilities, agricultural digesters, and
wastewater treatment facilities.’’ EIA
seeks to add producers of renewable
natural gas and biogas as respondents to
Form EIA–176 because these facilities
produce and consume gas in electric
power generation, vehicle fuel, and
other applications and are in scope for
the reporting frame.
Form EIA–191—Monthly Underground
Natural Gas Storage Report
Form EIA–191 collects data on the
operations of all active underground
storage facilities. The name of the
survey will change from Monthly
Underground Gas Storage Report to
Monthly Underground Natural Gas
Storage Report.
Form EIA–191L—Monthly Liquefied
Natural Gas Storage Report
EIA proposes to add a new survey,
Form EIA–191L, Monthly Liquefied
Natural Gas Storage Report to collect
natural gas inventory storage data from
approximately 90 operators of liquefied
natural gas (LNG) facilities. Form EIA–
191L is a shorter version of Form EIA–
191 and will collect the same natural
gas data as Form EIA–191 except it will
not collect information on base gas,
working gas, field type, and facility
type.

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Form EIA–757—Natural Gas Processing
Plant Survey
Form EIA–757 collects information on
the capacity, status, and operations of
natural gas processing plants, and
monitors their constraints to natural gas
supplies during catastrophic events,
such as hurricanes. Schedule A of Form
EIA–757 collects baseline operating and
capacity information from all
respondents on a triennial basis.
Schedule B is used on an emergency
standby basis and is activated during
natural disasters or other energy
disruptive events. Schedule B collects
data from a sample of respondents in
the affected areas. There are no
proposed changes to Form EIA–757.

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Form EIA–857—Monthly Report of
Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries
to Consumers
Form EIA–857 collects data on the
quantity and cost of natural gas
delivered to distribution systems and
the quantity and revenue of natural gas
delivered to consumers by end-use
sector, on a monthly basis by state.
There are no proposed changes to this
survey.
Form EIA–910—Monthly Natural Gas
Marketer
Form EIA–910 collects information on
natural gas sales from marketers in
selected states that have active
consumer choice programs. EIA
proposes to increase the number of
respondents to this survey due to the
increased number of natural gas market
participants.
Form EIA–912—Weekly Natural Gas
Storage Report
Form EIA–912 collects information on
weekly inventories of natural gas in
underground storage facilities. LNG
storage capacity increased 28% from
2008 to 2018, driven by growth of LNG
activity at marine terminals. EIA
proposes to collect aboveground storage
stocks from approximately five marine
terminals that import or export LNG.
The name of the survey will change
from Weekly Underground Natural Gas
Storage Report to Weekly Natural Gas
Storage Report.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Survey Respondents: 3,645;
Form EIA–176 consists of 2,200
respondents;
Form EIA–191 consists of 145
respondents;
Form EIA–191L consists of 90
respondents;
Form EIA–757 Schedule A consists of
600 respondents
Form EIA–757 Schedule B consists of
20 respondents;
Form EIA–857 consists of 330
respondents;
Form EIA–910 consists of 160
respondents;
Form EIA–912 consists of 100
respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 16,487.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 57,012.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $4,568,942
(57,012 burden hours times $80.14 per
hour). EIA estimates that respondents
will have no additional costs associated
with the surveys other than the burden
hours and the maintenance of the
information during the normal course of
business.

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Comments are invited on whether or
not: (a) The proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of agency functions,
including whether the information will
have a practical utility; (b) EIA’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used, is accurate; (c) EIA
can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect;
and (d) EIA can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, such as automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and
42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on April 20th,
2020.
Thomas Leckey,
Assistant Administrator for Energy Statistics,
U.S. Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020–08895 Filed 4–27–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD20–14–000]

Carbon Pricing in FERC-Jurisdictional
Organized Regional Wholesale Electric
Energy Markets; Notice of Request for
Technical Conference or Workshop
Take notice that on April 13, 2020,
Advanced Energy Economy, the
American Council on Renewable
Energy, the American Wind Energy
Association, Brookfield Renewable,
Calpine Corporation, Competitive Power
Ventures, Inc., the Electric Power
Supply Association, the Independent
Power Producers of New York, Inc., LS
Power Associates, L.P., the Natural Gas
Supply Association, NextEra Energy,
Inc., PJM Power Providers Group, R
Street Institute, and Vistra Energy Corp.
(together, the Interested Parties),
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(Commission) Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2019), filed
a petition requesting that the
Commission hold a technical conference
or workshop to discuss integrating state,
regional, and national carbon pricing in
FERC-jurisdictional organized regional
wholesale electric energy markets.
Any person that wishes to comment
in this proceeding must file comments
in accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 (2019).

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