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Dated: November 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC22–5–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC Form Nos. 60, 60A,
FERC–61, and FERC–555A);
Consolidated Comment Request;
Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.

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AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting

SUMMARY:

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public comment on the currently
approved information collections, FERC
Form Nos. 60 and 60A (Annual Report
of Centralized Service Companies),
FERC–61 (Narrative Description of
Service Company Functions), and
FERC–555A (Preservation of Records
Companies and Service Companies
Subject to PUHCA).
DATES: Comments on the collections of
information are due January 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC22–5–000
and the form) by either of the following
methods:
• 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:
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.
Please reference the specific
collection number and/or title in your
comments.
Instructions: All 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 [email protected], 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:1
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the information collection
requirements for FERC Form Nos. 60
and 60A, FERC–61, and FERC–555A
1 Due to expiration dates in 2019 for many of the
Commission’s financial forms, the renewal work for
several of the forms was in process or pending at
OMB during the 2019 Forms Refresh rulemaking
effort in Docket No. RM19–12–000. The
simultaneous OMB processes required the
assignment of alternate temporary information
collection numbers (e.g., 60A) at the NOPR and/or
final rule stages. Accordingly, FERC Form No. 60A
represents the additional burden associated with
the final rule in RM19–12–000. Revisions to the
Filing Process for Comm’n Forms, Order No. 859,
167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).

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with no changes to the current reporting
requirements. Please note the three
collections (60 including 60A, 61, and
555A) are distinct.2
FERC Form No. 60 (Annual Report of
Centralized Service Companies), FERC–
61 (Narrative Description of Service
Company Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records Companies
and Service Companies Subject to
PUHCA)
OMB Control Nos. and Titles: 1902–
0215 ((FERC Form Nos. 60 (Annual
Report of Centralized Service
Companies), FERC–61 (Narrative
Description of Service Company
Functions), and FERC–555A
(Preservation of Records Companies and
Service Companies Subject to PUHCA)),
and 1902–0308 (FERC Form No. 60A,
Annual Report of Centralized Service
Companies—Modifications to FERC
Form No. 60 due to Final Rule in Docket
No. RM19–12–000).
Abstract: In accordance with the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005),
the Commission implemented the repeal
of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 (PUHCA 1935) and
implemented the provisions of a newly
enacted Public Utility Holding
Company Act 2005 (PUHCA 2005).
Pursuant to PUHCA 2005, the
Commission requires centralized service
companies to file FERC Form No. 60,
unless the company is exempted or
granted a waiver pursuant to the
Commission’s regulations. The
information collected in FERC Form No.
60 enables better monitoring for crosssubsidization, and aids the Commission
in carrying out its statutory
responsibilities. In addition, centralized
service companies are required to follow
the Commission’s preservation of
records requirements for centralized
service companies.
FERC Form No. 60
FERC Form No. 60 is an annual
reporting requirement for centralized
service companies set forth in 18 CFR
366.23. The report’s function is to
collect financial information (including
balance sheet, assets, liabilities, billing
and charges for associated and nonassociated companies) from centralized
service companies subject to the
Commission’s jurisdiction. Unless the
Commission exempts or grants a waiver
2 For purposes of this notice, unless otherwise
stated, FERC Form Nos. 60 and 60A are collectively
referred to as ‘‘FERC Form No. 60.’’ Because this
renewal will incorporate the requirements and
burden represented by FERC Form No. 60A into
FERC Form No. 60, it is anticipated that the
Commission will eventually seek to retire the 60A
as duplicative.

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pursuant to 18 CFR 366.3 and 366.4 to
the holding company system, every
centralized service company in a
holding company system must prepare
and file electronically with the
Commission the FERC Form No. 60,
pursuant to the General Instructions in
the form.
FERC–61
FERC–61 is a filing requirement for
service companies in holding company
systems (including special purpose
companies) that are currently exempt or
granted a waiver of FERC’s regulations
and would not have to file FERC Form
No. 60. Instead, those service companies
are required to file, on an annual basis,
a narrative description of the service
company’s functions during the prior
calendar year (FERC–61). In complying,
a holding company may make a single
filing on behalf of all of its service
company subsidiaries.
FERC–555A
The Commission’s regulations
prescribe a mandated preservation of
records requirements for holding
companies and service companies
(unless otherwise exempted by FERC).

This requires them to maintain and
make available to FERC, their books and
records. The preservation of records
requirement provides for uniform
records retention by holding companies
and centralized service companies
subject to PUHCA 2005.
Data from FERC Form No. 60, FERC–
61, and FERC–555A provide a level of
transparency that: (1) Helps protect
ratepayers from pass-through of
improper service company costs, (2)
enables the Commission to review and
determine cost allocations (among
holding company members) for certain
non-power goods and services, (3) aids
the Commission in meeting its oversight
and market monitoring obligations, and
(4) benefits the public, both as
ratepayers and investors. In addition,
the Commission’s audit staff uses these
records during compliance reviews and
special analyses.
If data from FERC Form No. 60,
FERC–61, and FERC–555A were not
available, it would be difficult for the
Commission to meet its statutory
responsibilities under EPAct 1992,
EPAct of 2005, and PUHCA 2005, and
the Commission would have fewer of
the regulatory mechanisms necessary to

ensure transparency and protect
ratepayers.
XBRL, Order No. 859, and FERC Form
No. 60
Previously, FERC Form No. 60 filers
would transmit the information in the
form to the Commission using a
software application called Visual
FoxPro (VFP). This application is no
longer supported by its developer,
Microsoft Corporation. As a result, in
April 2015, the Commission issued an
order announcing its intention to
replace the VFP filing format for certain
Commission forms (including FERC
Form No. 60) with an eXtensible
Markup Language (XML)-based filing
format. On June 20, 2019, the
Commission issued Order No. 859,
which adopted eXtensible Business
Reporting Language (XBRL) as the
standard for filing FERC Form No. 60
and certain other Commission forms.3
Type of Respondent: Centralized
service companies.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost 5 (rounded in
the tables) for the information collection
as:

Form60

42

42

75
$6,525

3,150
$274,050

$6,525

Form60A

42

42

3
$261

126
$10,962

$261

3,276
$285,012

Total

3 Revisions to the Filing Process for Comm’n
Forms, Order No. 859, 167 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2019).
4 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
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collection burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3. The burden hours and costs are
rounded for ease of presentation.
5 The cost for the Form 60 and FERC–61 is based
on FERC’s 2021 Commission-wide average salary
cost (salary plus benefits) of $87.00/hour. The
Commission staff believes the FERC FTE (full-time

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equivalent) average cost for wages plus benefits is
representative of the corresponding cost for the
industry respondents. For the FERC–555A, the
$35.83 hourly cost figure comes from the average
cost (wages plus benefits) of a file clerk (Occupation
Code 43–4071) as posted on the BLS website
(http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm).

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FERC-61

$3,520

Total

40
$3,520

$44

$44

FERC-555A

$4,720,912

Total

131,760
$4,720,912

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$47,287

$15.25

$1,861

$402.85

$49,148

FERC–61: 80 respondents × $44 per
respondent = $3,520.
FERC–555A: 122 respondents ×
$38,696 per respondent = $4,720,912.
Storage Cost: 6 In addition to the labor
(burden cost provided above), there are
additional costs that represent record
retention and storage costs:
• Paper storage costs (using an
estimate of 60 cubic feet × $6.46 per
6 Internal analysis assumes 50% paper storage
and 50% electronic storage.

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cubic foot): $387.60 per respondent
annually. Total annual paper storage
cost to industry ($387.60 × 122
respondents): $47,287. This estimate
assumes that a respondent stores the
same volume of paper as it did in the
past and that the cost of such storage
has not changed. We expect that this
estimate should trend downward over
time as more companies move away
from paper storage and rely more
heavily on electronic storage.

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Total Annual Cost: $5,009,444
(Paperwork Burden) + $49,148 (Record
Retention storage cost) = $5,058,592.
A more granular breakdown of the
FERC–60/61/555A cost categories
follows:
Labor Cost: The total estimated
annual cost for labor burden to
respondents is $5,009,444 [$285,012
(FERC Form No. 60) + $3,520 (FERC–61)
+ $4,720,912 (FERC–555A)].
FERC Form No. 60: 42 respondents ×
$6,786 per respondent = $285,012.

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• Electronic storage costs: $15.25 per
respondent annually. Total annual
electronic storage cost to industry
($15.25 × 122 respondents): $1,861. This
calculation retains the previous estimate
that storage of 1GB per year is $15.25.
We expect that this estimate should
trend downward over time as the cost of
electronic storage technology, including
cloud storage, continues to decrease. For
example, external hard drives of
approximately 500GB are available for
approximately $50. In addition, cloud
storage plans from multiple providers
for 1TB of storage (with a reasonable
amount of requests and data transfers)
are available for less than $35 per
month.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collections of
information are 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
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collections; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collections
of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.

readiness of generating units, including
best practices, lessons learned and
increased use of the NERC Guidelines,
as recommended in the Joint February
2021 Cold Weather Outages Report.1
The conference will be open for the
public to attend, and there is no fee for
attendance. Supplemental notices will
be issued prior to the conference with
further details regarding the agenda,
how to register to participate, and the
format (including whether the technical
conference will be held in-person or
electronically). Information on this
technical conference will also be posted
on the Calendar of Events on the
Commission’s website, www.ferc.gov,
prior to the event.
The conference will also be
transcribed. Transcripts will be
available for a fee from Ace Reporting,
(202) 347–3700.
Commission conferences are
accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to [email protected],
call toll-free (866) 208–3372 (voice) or
(202) 208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to
(202) 208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about this
technical conference, please contact
Lodie White at [email protected] or
(202) 502–8453. For information related
to logistics, please contact Sarah
McKinley at [email protected] or
(202) 502–8368.
Dated: November 18, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.

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Improving Winter-readiness of
Generating Units; Notice of Technical
Conference
Take notice that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
will convene a Joint Technical
Conference with NERC and the Regional
Entities in the above-referenced
proceeding on Thursday, April 28, 2022
from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Eastern time. The conference will
be held either in-person—at the
Commission’s headquarters at 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 in the
Commission Meeting Room (with a
WebEx option available)—or
electronically.
The purpose of this conference is to
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP21–45–000]

Florida Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice
of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Big Bend Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
1 See The February 2021 Cold Weather Outages in
Texas and the South Central United States—FERC,
NERC and Regional Entity Staff Report at pp 18,
192 (November 16, 2021). file:///C:/Users/ldwer41/
Documents/Technical%20Conference%20on%
20Improving%20Generating%20Units%20WinterReadiness/The%20February%
202021%20Cold%20Weather%20Outages%
20Final%20Report.pdf.

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for the Big Bend (Project), proposed by
Florida Gas Transmission Company,
LLC (FGT) in the above-referenced
docket. The Project would increase
FGT’s certificated capacity by 29,000
million British thermal units per day
(MMBtu/d) and is designed to serve the
expanding need for additional firm
transportation service in Hillsborough
County, Florida for current and future
electricity generation.
FGT also requests approval to
construct/modify certain mainline
pipeline and appurtenant facilities
including installation of new pipeline
loops located on FGT’s existing pipeline
system in Calhoun and Jefferson
Counties, Florida, and compression
facilities located in Gadsden, Gilchrist,
Santa Rosa, and Taylor Counties,
Florida.
The draft EIS assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). As
described in the draft EIS, the FERC
staff concludes that approval of the
Project would result in some adverse
environmental impacts; however, with
the exception of climate change
impacts, these impacts would be
reduced to less-than-significant levels
because of the impact avoidance,
minimization, and mitigation measures
proposed by FGT and those
recommended by staff in the EIS. FERC
staff is unable to determine significance
with regards to climate change impacts.
The Project would consist of the
following facilities in Florida:
• West Loop—installing
approximately 1.7 miles of 36-inchdiameter pipe looping 1 in Calhoun
County;
• East Loop—installing
approximately 1.5 miles of 36-inchdiameter pipe looping in Jefferson
County;
• Calhoun Receiver Station
Relocation—remove the existing 36inch-diameter mainline pig 2 receiver
located at the beginning of the West
Loop and relocate to a proposed pig
receiver site to be installed at the
terminus of the proposed West Loop in
Calhoun County;
• Jefferson Receiver Station
Relocation—remove the existing 36inch-diameter mainline loop pig
receiver located at the beginning of the
East Loop and relocate to a proposed pig
1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed
parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
2 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company
inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for
cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal
inspections, or other purposes.

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