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22, 2023, which indicates that in the
United States there are 98 registered
balancing authorities, 8 registered

reserve sharing group (RSG) and 1
frequency response sharing group
(FRSG).7

Estimates for the average annual
burden and cost 8 follow.

FERC–725R
Function

Number &
type of
respondents

Number of
annual
responses
per
respondent

Total number
of annual
responses

Average
burden hours
& cost
($) per
response

Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) × (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) × (4) = (5)

BAL–001–2:
BA Reporting Requirements ..................................................
BA Recordkeeping Requirements .........................................
BAL–002–3:
BA & RSG Reporting Requirements .....................................
BA & RSG Recordkeeping Requirements .............................
BAL–003–2:
BA & FRSG Reporting Requirements ...................................
BA & FRSG Recordkeeping Requirements ..........................
BAL–005–1:
BA Reporting Requirements ..................................................
BA Recordkeeping Requirements .........................................

98
98

1
1

98
98

8 hrs.; $618.32 ...
4 hrs.; $224.56 ...

784 hrs.; $60,595.36.
392 hrs.; $22,006.88.

106
106

1
1

106
106

8 hrs.; $618.32 ...
4 hrs.; $224.56 ...

848 hrs.; $65,541.92.
424 hrs.; $23,803.36.

99
99

28
1

2,772
99

8 hrs.; $618.32 ...
2 hrs.; $112.28 ...

22,176 hrs.; $1,713,983.04.
198 hrs.; $11,115.72.

98
98

1
1

98
98

1 hr.; $77.29 .......
1 hr.; $56.14 .......

98 hrs.; $7,574.42.
98 hrs.; $5,501.72.

Sub-Total for Reporting Requirements ..........................
Sub-Total for Recordkeeping Requirements ..................

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

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

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

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

23,906 hrs.; $1,847,694.74.
1,112 hrs.; $62,427.68.

Total for FERC–725R ..............................................

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

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

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

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

25,018 hrs.; $1,910,122.42.

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 estimate
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 information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: January 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01038 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension

Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.

ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted an information
collection request to the OMB for
extension under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
information collection requests a 3-year
extension of Western Area Power
Administration’s (WAPA) Applicant
Profile Data (APD), OMB Control
Number 1910–5136. The proposed
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of WAPA’s functions.
WAPA markets a limited amount of
Federal hydropower. Due to the high
demand for WAPA’s power, WAPA
needs the ability to collect information
under the information collection request
in order to evaluate who may receive an
allocation of Federal power pursuant to
specific marketing plans. This APD
public process only determines the
information WAPA will collect in its
information collection request. The
actual allocation of Federal power will
be conducted through a separate
marketing plan process outside the
scope of this APD process.

SUMMARY:

Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
February 20, 2024. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments but

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DATES:

Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.

AGENCY:

7 NERC Compliance Registry (September 22,
2023), available at https://www.nerc.com/pa/comp/
Registration%20and%20Certification%20DL/
NERC_Compliance_Registry_Matrix_Excel.xlsx.

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8 The hourly cost estimates are based on wage
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May
2022 (at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_
22.htm) and benefits data for Dec. 2022 (issued
March 2023, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly costs (for wages and

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find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the OMB Desk Officer of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at (202) 395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact Mr. Christopher Magee,
Records and Information Management
Program Manager, Western Area Power
Administration, PO Box 281213,
Lakewood, CO 80228, telephone (720)
962–7139, or email [email protected].
The proposed APD form is available on
WAPA’s website at https://
www.wapa.gov/power-marketing/
applicant-profile-data/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5136; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Western Area Power Administration
(WAPA) Applicant Profile Data; (3)
Type of Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose:
WAPA is collecting—and will continue
benefits) for reporting are: Electrical Engineer
(Occupation code 17–2071), $77.29. The hourly
costs (for wages and benefits) for evidence retention
are: Information and Record Clerk (Occupation code
43–4199), $56.14.

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to collect—the data under its APD to
properly perform its function of
marketing a limited amount of Federal
hydropower. The information WAPA
collects is voluntary. Due to the high
demand for WAPA’s power and limited
amount of available power, WAPA will
use the information collected in the
APD—and has used the information
collected under the current OMBapproved control number—pursuant to
its marketing plans, to determine an
applicant’s eligibility for an allocation
of Federal power. As a result, the
information WAPA collects under its
APD is both necessary and useful.
WAPA notes the Paperwork
Reduction Act is the process whereby
WAPA obtains approval from OMB to
collect information from the public. It is
a legal requirement WAPA must comply
with before requesting an interested
party submit an application for power.
The Paperwork Reduction Act process is
not the process in which interested
parties apply for a new allocation of
Federal power. The allocation of power
from WAPA is outside the scope of this
process and is completed in a separate
marketing plan process by each WAPA
region, when required; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 33;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 33; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 248; and (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $36,944.
Statutory Authority: The Reclamation
Act of 1902 established the Federal
reclamation program. See Ch. 1093, 32
Stat. 388 (1902), as amended and
supplemented. The basic principle of
the Reclamation Act of 1902 was that
the United States, through the Secretary
of the Interior, would build and operate
irrigation works from the proceeds of
public land sales in sixteen arid
Western states (a seventeenth, Texas,
was added in 1906). The Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 expanded the
purposes of the reclamation program
and specified certain terms for contracts
that the Secretary of the Interior enters
into to furnish water and power. See Ch.
418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), as amended
and supplemented. Section 5 of the
Flood Control Act of 1944, as amended,
is read in pari materia with the
Reclamation Laws with respect to
WAPA. See Ch. 665, 58 Stat. 887, as
amended and supplemented. In 1977,
section 302 of the Department of Energy
Organization Act transferred the power
marketing functions of the Department
of the Interior to the Secretary of Energy,
acting by and through a separate
Administrator for WAPA. See 42 U.S.C.
7152 (a)(1)(D). Under this authority,
WAPA markets Federal hydropower.

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Signing Authority

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 16,
2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024–01013 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Central Arizona Project, Colorado
River Storage Project, Loveland Area
Projects, Pacific Northwest-Pacific
Southwest Intertie Project, and ParkerDavis Project—Rate Order No. WAPA–
215
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.

AGENCY:

Notice of proposed extension of
the formula rates for use under
WestConnect Regional Non-Firm
Transmission Service.

ACTION:

The Colorado River Storage
Project Management Center (CRSP MC),
Desert Southwest Region (DSW), and
Rocky Mountain Region (RM) of the
Western Area Power Administration
(WAPA) propose extending the existing
formula rates under Rate Schedule WC–
8, without any changes, for on-peak and
off-peak non-firm transmission service
provided under the WestConnect Pointto-Point Regional Transmission Service
Participation Agreement (WestConnect
PA) through September 30, 2026. The
existing formula rates expire on May 31,
2024.

SUMMARY:

A consultation and comment
period will begin January 19, 2024 and
end February 2, 2024. Written
comments will be accepted any time
during the consultation and comment
period.

DATES:

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Written comments and
requests to be informed of Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
actions concerning the proposed
extension to be submitted by WAPA to
FERC for approval should be sent to:
Barton V. Barnhart, Regional Manager,
Rocky Mountain Region, Western Area
Power Administration, 5555 East
Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO
80538–8986, or email: laptransadj@
wapa.gov. Information about the
proposed formula rate extension and
written comments will be posted to
WAPA’s website at: www.wapa.gov/
about-wapa/regions/dsw/powermarketing/westconnect.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tamala D. Gheller, CRSP Rates Manager,
(970) 702–8826 or email: gheller@
wapa.gov; Tina Ramsey, DSW Rates
Manager, (602) 605–2525 or email:
[email protected]; or Sheila D.
Cook, RM Rates Manager, (970) 685–
9562 or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
WestConnect consists of a group of
electric utilities which provide hourly,
non-firm transmission service in the
Western Interconnection to eliminate
pancaking of transmission charges,
which is the practice of charging a
transmission customer separately for the
use of each utility’s transmission
system. The WestConnect membership,
including WAPA and investor-owned
and consumer-owned utilities,
encompasses an interconnected
electrical grid stretching from western
Nebraska to southern California and
from Wyoming to the United StatesMexico border.
On December 15, 2014, FERC
confirmed and approved Rate Schedule
WC–8, under Rate Order No. WAPA–
163, effective June 1, 2014, through May
31, 2019.1 On June 20, 2019, FERC
confirmed and approved the extension
of Rate Schedule WC–8, under Rate
Order No. WAPA–187, effective June 1,
2019, through May 31, 2024.2
In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a),3
CRSP MC, DSW, and RM are proposing
to extend the existing formula rates
under Rate Schedule WC–8 for the
period of June 1, 2024, through
September 30, 2026. The existing
formula rates are viewable on WAPA’s
website at: www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/
regions/dsw/power-marketing/
westconnect. The existing formula rates
ADDRESSES:

This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on January 12, 2024,
by Tracey LeBeau Administrator,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document,
with the original signature and date, is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.

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1 Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule
on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF14–8–000, 149
FERC ¶ 62,196 (2014).
2 Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule
on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF14–8–001, 167
FERC ¶ 62,188 (2019).
3 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347
(Feb. 21, 2019).

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