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intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications using the
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–15275–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of Commission’s website at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–15275) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: June 10, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–12997 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EC22–61–000]

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LSP-Whitewater Limited Partnership,
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation,
Wisconsin Electric Power Company;
Notice of Extension of Time Request
On June 9, 2022, LSP-Whitewater
Limited Partnership; Wisconsin Public
Service Corporation; and Wisconsin
Electric Power Company (Applicants)
filed a request for an extension of time
to respond to the deficiency letter
issued in this docket issued on May 19,
2022.1 Applicants request an extension
so that they may develop a horizontal
market power analysis that may include
a Delivered Price Test.
1 LSP-Whitewater Limited Partnership, Docket No.
EC22–61–000 (May 19, 2022) (deficiency letter).

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Upon consideration, notice is hereby
given that Applicant’s request is
granted, extending the deadline to
respond an additional 30 days until July
18, 2022.
Dated: June 10, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–12990 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–38–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–920, Electric
Quarterly Report); Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
920 (Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)),
which will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
review of the information collection
requirements. The Commission
published a 60-day notice on September
24, 2021 (86 FR 53048) and received no
comments.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due July 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–920 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB control number
(1902–0255) in the subject line. Your
comments should be sent within 30
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Please submit copies of your
comments (identified by Docket No.
IC21–38–000) to the Commission as
noted below. Electronic filing through
https://www.ferc.gov is preferred.
• Electronic filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery.
SUMMARY:

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Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service only
addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) delivery
to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions

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OMB submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Using the search function
under the ‘‘Currently Under Review’’
field, select Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, click ‘‘submit’’ and select
‘‘comment’’ to the right of the subject
collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected] and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–920, Electric Quarterly
Reports (EQR).
OMB Control No.: 1902–0255.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities,
and non-public utilities with more than
a de minimis market presence.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–920 information collection
with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.1
Abstract: The Commission originally
set forth the EQR filing requirements in
Order No. 2001 (Docket No. RM01–8–
000) which required public utilities to
electronically file EQRs summarizing
transaction information for short-term
and long-term cost-based sales and
market-based rate sales and the
contractual terms and conditions in
their agreements for all jurisdictional
services.2 The Commission established
1 The activities in the instant Docket No. IC21–
38–000 are separate from, and do not address, the
activities in Technical Conference on Reassessment
of the Electric Quarterly Report Requirements,
Docket No. AD21–8–000 (technical conferences
designed to provide a forum for Commission staff,
filers, and data users to discuss potential changes
to the current EQR data fields).
2 Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements,
Order No. 2001, 67 FR 31043 (May 8, 2002), FERC

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the EQR reporting requirements to help
ensure the collection of information
needed to perform its regulatory
functions over transmission and sales,
while making data more useful to the
public and allowing public utilities to
better fulfill their responsibility under
Federal Power Act (FPA) section
205(c) 3 to have rates on file in a
convenient form and place. As noted in
Order No. 2001, the EQR data is
designed to ‘‘provide greater price
transparency, promote competition,
enhance confidence in the fairness of
the markets, and provide a better means
to detect and discourage discriminatory
practices.’’
Since issuing Order No. 2001, the
Commission has provided guidance and
refined the reporting requirements, as
necessary, to reflect changes in the
Commission’s rules and regulations.4
The Commission also adopted an
Electric Quarterly Report Data
Dictionary, which provides the

definitions of certain terms and values
used in filing EQR data.5
To increase transparency broadly
across all wholesale markets subject to
the Commission’s jurisdiction, the
Commission issued Order No. 768 in
2012.6 Order No. 768 required market
participants that are excluded from the
Commission’s jurisdiction under FPA
section 205 (non-public utilities) and
have more than a de minimis market
presence to file EQRs with the
Commission.7 In addition, Order No.
768 revised the EQR filing requirements
to build upon the Commission’s prior
improvements to the reporting
requirements and further enhance the
goals of providing greater price
transparency, promoting competition,
instilling confidence in the fairness of
the markets, and providing a better
means to detect and discourage anticompetitive, discriminatory, and
manipulative practices.

EQR information allows the public to
assess supply and demand
fundamentals and to price interstate
wholesale market transactions. This, in
turn, results in greater market
confidence, lower transaction costs, and
ultimately supports competitive
markets. In addition, the data filed in
the EQR strengthens the Commission’s
ability to exercise its wholesale electric
rate and electric power transmission
oversight and enforcement
responsibilities in accordance with the
Federal Power Act. Without this
information, the Commission would
lack some of the data it needs to support
its regulatory function over transmission
and sales.
Estimate of Annual Burden and
Cost: 8 The Commission estimates the
annual public reporting burden 9 and
cost (rounded) for the information
collection 10 as:

FERC–920—ELECTRIC QUARTELY REPORT (EQR)
Requirements

Average
annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
annual
burden hrs.
& cost per
response

Total average
annual burden
hours & total
annual cost

Cost per
respondent
($)

1

2

(1) * (2) = (3)

4

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

Electric Quarterly Report ...........................................................................................

2,929

4

11,716

18.1
$1,575

212,060
$18,452,700

$6,300

Total ...................................................................................................................

........................

........................

..............................

........................

212,060
$18,452,700

6,300

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
estimates 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 and clarity of the
information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of

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Number of
respondents

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,127, reh’g denied, Order No.
2001–A, 100 FERC ¶ 61,074, reh’g denied, Order
No. 2001–B, 100 FERC ¶ 61,342, order directing
filing, Order No. 2001–C, 101 FERC ¶ 61,314 (2002),
order directing filing, Order No. 2001–D, 102 FERC
¶ 61,334, order refining filing requirements, Order
No. 2001–E, 105 FERC ¶ 61,352 (2003), order on
clarification, Order No. 2001–F, 106 FERC ¶ 61,060
(2004), order revising filing requirements, Order No.
2001–G, 72 FR 56735 (Oct. 4, 2007), 120 FERC
¶ 61,270, order on reh’g and clarification, Order No.
2001–H, 73 FR 1876 (Jan. 10, 2008), 121 FERC
¶ 61,289 (2007), order revising filing requirements,
Order No. 2001–I, 73 FR 65526 (Nov. 4, 2008), 125
FERC ¶ 61,103 (2008).
3 16 U.S.C. 824d(c).
4 See, e.g., Revised Public Utility Filing
Requirements for Electric Quarterly Reports, 124
FERC ¶ 61,244 (2008) (providing guidance on the

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information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Dated: June 10, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 5944–024]

[FR Doc. 2022–13000 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am]

Moretown Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice
of Soliciting Scoping Comments

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Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
filing of information on transmission capacity
reassignments in EQRs).
5 Order No. 2001–G, 120 FERC ¶ 61,270 (2007).
See the Data Dictionary at https://www.ferc.gov/
sites/default/files/2020-11/Data_Dictionary_V3_5_
Clean.pdf.
6 Order No. 768, 77 FR 61896 (Oct. 11, 2012),
FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,336 (2012).
7 18 CFR 35.10b(b) provides that the term ‘‘de
minimis market presence’’ means ‘‘any non-public
utility that makes 4,000,000 megawatt hours or less
of annual wholesale sales, based on the average
annual sales for resale over the preceding three
years as published by the Energy Information
Administration’s Form 861.’’
8 The cost is based on FERC’s 2021 Commissionwide average salary cost (wages plus benefits) of
$87.00/hour. The Commission staff believes the

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FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
wages plus benefits is representative of the
corresponding cost for the industry respondents.
9 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
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.
10 The current OMB-approved inventory for
FERC–920 includes a separate Information
Collection (IC) labelled ‘‘Adding time zone (Order
issued 6/18/2020), implementation & ongoing
burden averaged over Years 1–3.’’ It covers 34
responses and 193 burden hours. The stand-alone
IC and the related figures (averaged over three
years) are being consolidated into the the overall
estimates for the EQR.

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