861S Instructions_2022

Form EIA-861S

ANNUAL ELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRY REPORT (SHORT FORM)
INSTRUCTIONS

PURPOSE

OMB No. 1905-0129
Approval Expires: XX/XX/2026
Burden: 0.75 Hours

Form EIA-861S collects information on the status of selected electric power industry participants
involved in the sale, and distribution of electric energy in the United States. The data collected on
this form are used to monitor the current status and trends of the electric power industry and to
evaluate the future of the industry.
Form EIA-861S is a shorter version of Form EIA-861. Form EIA-861S is available for certain
utilities in seven out of every eight years. Utilities report on Form EIA-861S if they

REQUIRED
RESPONDENTS

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Report less than 200,000 megawatthours on the last previous Form EIA-861
Provide only bundled service (generation and distribution)
Are not needed to ensure acceptable quality of statistical estimates
Are not part of the aggregate TVA or WPPI
Do not report on Form EIA-861M.

Note that respondents can only complete one type of Annual Electric Power Industry Report,
either the Form EIA-861 or the Form EIA-861S, but not both.
Also note that responses are collected at the business (operating) level (not at the holding
company level).

RESPONSE DUE
DATE

METHODS OF
FILING
RESPONSE

Submit the completed Form EIA-861S to EIA by April 30th, following the end of the prior
calendar year.
Submit your data electronically using EIA’s secure internet data collection system (e-file). This
system uses security protocols to protect information against unauthorized access during
transmission.
If you have not registered with EIA’s Single Sign-On system, require technical assistance, or
have questions about data submission, please send an email to: [email protected].
If you have registered with Single Sign-On, log on at https://signon.eia.gov/ssoserver/login
Please retain a completed copy of this form for your files.

Internet System Questions: For questions related to e-file, see the help contact information
immediately above.

CONTACTS

Data Questions: For questions about the data requested on Form EIA-861S, contact the Survey
Manager.
Alex Gorski
[email protected]

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Form EIA-861S

ANNUAL ELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRY REPORT (SHORT FORM)
INSTRUCTIONS

OMB No. 1905-0129
Approval Expires: XX/XX/2026
Burden: 0.75 Hours

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. If your entity has retail sales that could be reported in Schedule 4 Part B or Part C or Part D of the Form
EIA-861, then you cannot use Form EIA-861S. You should email [email protected] or call one of the
contacts listed above.
2. Report energy values in megawatthours. One megawatthour equals 1,000 kilowatthours. To convert
kilowatthours to megawatthours, divide by 1,000. For example, sales of 5,245,790 kilowatthours should be
reported as 5,246 megawatthours.

SCHEDULE 1. IDENTIFICATION
Schedule 1 changes cannot be made online.
Please email [email protected] for updates and corrections.
1. Survey Contact: Verify contact name, title, email address, telephone number, fax number.
2. Supervisor of Contact Person for Survey: Verify the contact’s supervisor’s name, title, address,
telephone number, fax number and email address. Supervisor contact must be different than the
survey contact.
Entity and Preparer Information
3. Legal Name of Entity: Enter the legal name of the entity for which this form is being prepared.
4. Current Address of Entity’s Principal Business Office: Enter the complete address, excluding the legal
name, of the entity’s principal business office (i.e., headquarters, main office, etc.).
5. Preparer’s Legal Name: Enter the legal name of the company, which prepares this form, if different from
the Legal Name of Entity.
6. Current Address of Preparer’s Office: Enter the address to which this form should be mailed, if different
from the Current Address of Entity’s Principal Business Office.

SCHEDULE 4. PART A. SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS.
FULL SERVICE – ENERGY AND DELIVERY SERVICE (BUNDLED)
Enter the reporting year revenues in thousands of dollars, megawatt hours of retail sales of electricity to
ultimate customers, and number of customers in total by state and by balancing authority. Note if you had
energy only sales or delivery only sales then you cannot submit the short form and need email [email protected] for further help.

SCHEDULE 5. MERGERS AND/OR ACQUISITIONS
Select “YES” or “NO” to indicate whether your company engaged in these activities during the
reporting year.

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Form EIA-861S

ANNUAL ELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRY REPORT (SHORT FORM)
INSTRUCTIONS

OMB No. 1905-0129
Approval Expires: XX/XX/2026
Burden: 0.75 Hours

SCHEDULE 6. PARTS A&B. DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
Demand-side management (DSM) programs are designed to modify patterns of electricity usage, including the
timing and level of electricity demand.
Company-administered DSM programs DO NOT INCLUDE changes in energy and load attributable to:
1. Non-participants (e.g., customers known as free-riders, who would adopt program-recommended actions
even without the program);
2. Government-mandated energy-efficiency standards that legislate improvements in building and appliance
energy usage;
3. Natural operations of the marketplace (e.g., reductions in customer energy usage due to higher prices); and
4. Weather and business-cycle fluctuations.
Check “YES” in the space provided if your company administered Demand-Side Management
Programs as described above; otherwise select “NO.”
If your company administered a Demand Side Management Program for grid interactive water heaters (as
defined DOE’s EERE), enter the number of grid interactive water heaters that you added to your program this
year. A grid interactive water heater is an electric storage water heater that is capable of being controlled
remotely by a third party (usually an electricity service provider) that provides the third party the ability to control
the operation of the unit by storing thermal energy during off-peak times. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy is in the process of issuing a final rule for efficiency standards for residential water heaters.
Once those standards are finalized, EIA will, if necessary, adjust the definition above to be in accordance with
the minimum efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters.

SCHEDULE 6. PART C. TIME-BASED RATE PROGRAMS (DYNAMIC PRICING PROGRAMS)
Dynamic pricing programs (also known as time-based rate programs) are designed to modify patterns of
electricity usage, including the timing and level of electricity demand. Please indicate, by checking “YES” or
“NO”, whether your company currently operates any time-based rate programs, e.g., real-time pricing,
critical peak pricing, critical peak rebate, variable peak pricing and time-of-use rates administered
through a tariff If you check “yes”, for each state, balancing authority, and customer sector report the number
of customers enrolled in all types of dynamic pricing programs. Report those customers that are enrolled in the
program and are billed accordingly whether or not they are active participants.
1. Time of Use Prices (TOU) is a program in which customers pay different prices at different times of the
day. On-peak prices are higher and off-peak prices are lower than a “standard” rate. Price schedule is fixed
and predefined, based on season, day of week, and time of day.
2. Real Time Pricing (RT) is a program of rate and price structure in which the retail price for electricity
typically fluctuates hourly or more often, to reflect changes in the wholesale price of electricity on either a
day-ahead or hour-ahead basis.
3. Variable Peak Pricing (VPP) is a program in which a form of Time-Of-Day (TOD) pricing allows customers
to purchase their generation supply at prices set on a daily basis. Standard on-peak and off-peak time-ofday rates are in effect throughout the month. Under the VPP program, the on-peak price for each weekday
becomes available the previous day (typically late afternoon) and the customer gets billed for actual
consumption during the billing cycle at these prices.

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Form EIA-861S

ANNUAL ELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRY REPORT (SHORT FORM)
INSTRUCTIONS

OMB No. 1905-0129
Approval Expires: XX/XX/2026
Burden: 0.75 Hours

4. Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) is a program in which rate and/or price structure is designed to encourage
reduced consumption during periods of high wholesale market prices or system contingencies, by imposing
a pre-specified high rate or price for a limited number of days or hours. Very high “critical peak” prices are
assessed for certain hours on event days (often limited to 10-15 per year). Prices can be 3-10 times as
much during these few hours. Typically, CPP is combined with a TOU rate, but not always.
5. Critical Peak Rebate (CPR) is a program in which rate and/or price structure is designed to encourage
reduced consumption during periods of high wholesale market prices or system contingencies, by providing
a rebate to the customer on a limited number of days and for a limited number of hours, at the request of
the energy provider. Under this structure the energy provider can call event days (often limited to 10-15 per
year) and provide a rebate typically several times the average price for certain hours in the day. The rebate
is based on the actual customer usage compared to its baseline to determine the amount of the demand
reduction each hour.

SCHEDULE 6. PART D. ADVANCED METERING
1. Standard (Electric) Meters are electromechanical or solid state meters measuring aggregated kWh where
data are manually retrieved over monthly billing cycles for billing purposes only. Standard meters may also
include functions to measure time-of-use and/or demand with data manually retrieved over monthly billing
cycles.
2. Automated Meter Reading (AMR): Meters that collect data for billing purposes only and transmit this data
one way, usually from the customer to the distribution utility. Aggregated monthly kWh data captured on
these meters may be retrieved by a variety of methods including drive-by vans with short-distance remote
reading capabilities and communication over a fixed network such as a cellular network.
3. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI; often referred to as “smart meters”): Meters that have the
capability to measure and record usage data at hourly or shorter intervals, and provide usage data to
energy companies and may also provide the data to customers at least once daily. Data are used for billing
and other purposes. Advanced meters include basic hourly interval meters and extend to real-time meters
with built-in two-way communication capable of recording and transmitting instantaneous data.
4. Energy Served through AMI (MWh) should be entered in megawatt hours for customers served.
5. Select “YES” or “NO” to indicate whether you operated an AMR system during the reporting year. If
you select “YES,”
6. Enter the state and balancing authority and on line 1 enter the number of AMR meters, by state by
balancing authority and by customer class.
7. Select “YES” or “NO” to indicate whether you operated an AMI system during the reporting year. If
you select “YES,”
8. Enter the state and balancing authority and on line 2, report by state, balancing authority, and sector the
number of AMI meters.
9. On line 3, the energy served via AMI meters.

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Form EIA-861S

ANNUAL ELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRY REPORT (SHORT FORM)
INSTRUCTIONS

OMB No. 1905-0129
Approval Expires: XX/XX/2026
Burden: 0.75 Hours

SCHEDULE 7. PART A. NET METERING
Net Metering tariff arrangements permit a facility, generating electricity from a renewable resource, using a
meter that reads inflows and outflows of electricity to sell any excess power it generates over its load
requirement back to the electrical grid, typically at a rate equivalent to the retail price of electricity.
If your company had a net metering program during the reporting year, select “YES.”
If your company had no net metering program during the reporting year, select “NO.”

GLOSSARY

The glossary for this form is available online at the following URL:
http://www.eia.gov/glossary/index.html

SANCTIONS

The timely submission of Form EIA-861S by those required to report is mandatory under
Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA) (Public Law 93-275),
as amended. Failure to respond may result in a penalty of not more than $2,750 per day for
each civil violation, or a fine of not more than $5,000 per day for each criminal 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. Title 18 U.S.C. 1001 makes it a criminal offense for any
person knowingly and willingly to make to any Agency or Department of the United
States any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements as to any matter within its
jurisdiction.

REPORTING
BURDEN

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.75 hours
per response, including 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 the U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, EI-21
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20585-0670; and to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, D.C. 20503. A person is not required to respond to the collection of information
unless the form displays a valid OMB number.
The following information reported on this survey will be protected and not disclosed to the
extent that it satisfies the criteria for exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
5 U.S.C. §552, the Department of Energy (DOE) regulations, 10 C.F.R. §1004.11,
implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. §1905:

DISCLOSURE OF
INFORMATION

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All information associated with the “Survey Contact” and the “Supervisor of Contact
Person for Survey” on Schedule 1.

All other information reported on Form EIA-861S is public information and may be released in
identifiable form.

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