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Purpose

types of information required in
financial reporting- thereby reducing
their administrative effort and costs.
The requirement for grantees to report
on performance is OMB grants policy.
Specific citations are contained in Code
of Federal Regulations title 2, part 200—
Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards.

The EAC Office of Grants
Management (EAC/OGM) is responsible
for distributing, monitoring, and
providing technical assistance to States
and grantees on the use of Federal
funds. EAC/OGM also reports on how
the funds are spent, negotiates indirect
cost rates with grantees, and resolves
audit findings on the use of HAVA
funds.
The EAC–FFR is employed for all
financial reports for grants issued under
HAVA authority. This format contains
no changes to the report or instructions
since the most recent non-substantive
change in July 2024. The FFR directly
benefits award recipients by making it
easier for them to administer Federal
grant and cooperative agreement
programs through standardization of the

Public Comments
After obtaining and considering
public comment, the EAC will prepare
the format for final clearance.
Comments are invited on:
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected
from respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology; and

• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Description: The EAC proposes to
collect financial activity data for HAVA.
EAC will use this data to ensure
grantees are proceeding in a satisfactory
manner in meeting the approved goals
and purpose of the project.
Respondents: All EAC grantees and
State governments.
Annual Reporting Burden

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
EAC grant
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The estimated cost of the annualized
cost of this burden is: $4,646.27, which
is calculated by taking the annualized
burden (181 hours) and multiplying by
an hourly rate of $25.67 (GS–8/Step 5
hourly basic rate).
Camden Kelliher,
General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.

Agency Information Collection
Activities: EAC Budget Expenditures
Worksheet
Election Assistance
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission (EAC) gives
notice that it is requesting from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for the extension of the
information collection EAC Budget
Expenditures Worksheet (EAC–BEW)

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and Instructions. The EAC proposes to
identify and collect budget and expense
activity data for HAVA. EAC will use
this data to ensure grantees are
proceeding in a satisfactory manner in
meeting the approved goals and purpose
of the project.

Comments on the proposed
form should be submitted electronically
via https://www.regulations.gov (docket
ID: EAC–2025–0006).
Written comments on the proposed
information collection can also be sent
to the U.S. Election Assistance
Commission, 633 3rd Street NW, Suite
200, Washington, DC 20001, Attn: Office
of Grants Management OCFO.
All requests and submissions should
be identified by the title of the
information collection.

Tina
Bateman, Grants Specialist, Office of
Grants Management. Phone: (202) 734–
0639, email: [email protected]. All
requests and submissions should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title and OMB Number: EAC Budget
Expenditures Worksheet (EAC–BEW);
OMB Number: 3265–0023.
Purpose
The EAC Office of Grants
Management (EAC/OGM) is responsible
for awarding, distributing, monitoring,
and providing technical assistance to
States and grantees on the use of Federal
funds. EAC/OGM also reports on how
the funds are spent, negotiates indirect
cost rates with grantees, and resolves
audit findings on the use of HAVA
funds.
The EAC–BEW is to be employed for
all formula grants issued under HAVA
authority. The EAC–BEW will directly
benefit award recipients by making it
easier for them to monitor budgets and
expenses on their Federal grant and
cooperative agreement programs
through standardization of the types of
information found in the worksheet—
thereby reducing their administrative
effort and costs.
The requirement for grantees to report
on performance is OMB grants policy.
Specific citations are contained in Code
of Federal Regulations title 2, part 200—
Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards.

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Public Comments
After obtaining and considering
public comment, the EAC will prepare
the format for final clearance.
The EAC is soliciting public
comments on:
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected
from respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public

record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Respondents: All EAC formula
grantees and State governments.
Annual Reporting Burden

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
EAC grant
TBD ..........................................................................
Total ..................................................................

The estimated cost of the annualized
cost of this burden is: $718.76, which is
calculated by taking the annualized
burden (28 hours) and multiplying by
an hourly rate of $25.67 (GS–8/Step 5
hourly basic rate).
Camden Kelliher,
General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southwestern Power Administration
Robert D. Willis Power Rate
Southwestern Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.
AGENCY:

Southwestern Power
Administration (Southwestern)
proposes to revise the existing Robert
Douglas Willis Hydropower Project
(Robert D. Willis) Rate Schedule to
increase annual revenues by 28.6% from
$1,282,836 to $1,650,648 effective
August 1, 2025, through September 30,
2027. Interested persons may review the
proposed rate and supporting studies on
Southwestern’s website and submit
comments. Southwestern will evaluate
all comments received in this process.
DATES: A consultation and comment
period will begin May 16, 2025 and end
June 16, 2025. Written comments are
due on or before June 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Fritha Ohlson, Senior
Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,
Office of Corporate Operations,
Southwestern Power Administration,
U.S. Department of Energy, 6655 S
Lewis Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 or

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emailed to [email protected].
Commenters should identify themselves
and the entity which they represent and
clearly state which proposed rate they
are providing comments on.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashley Corker, Director, Division of
Resources and Rates, Southwestern
Power Administration, U.S. Department
of Energy, 6655 S Lewis Ave., Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74136, (918) 595–6682,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 17, 2015, in Rate Order No.
SWPA–70, the Deputy Secretary of
Energy placed into effect the current
Robert D. Willis rate schedule (RDW–
15) on an interim basis for the period
January 1, 2016, to September 30, 2019.
FERC confirmed and approved RDW–15
on a final basis on June 15, 2016, for a
period ending September 30, 2019. On
September 22, 2019, in Rate Order No.
SWPA–76, the Assistant Secretary for
Electricity extended RDW–15 for two
years, for the period of October 1, 2019,
through September 30, 2021. On August
30, 2021, in Rate Order No. SWPA–79,
the Administrator, Southwestern,
extended RDW–15 for two years, for the
period of October 1, 2021, through
September 30, 2023. On September 25,
2023, the Administrator, Southwestern,
extended RDW–15 on a temporary basis
through September 30, 2024. On
September 13, 2024, the Administrator,
Southwestern, extended RDW–15 on a
temporary basis through September 30,
2025, unless superseded.
Guidelines for preparation of power
repayment studies are included in DOE
Order No. RA 6120.2 entitled Power
Marketing Administration Financial
Reporting. Following these guidelines,
Southwestern prepared a 2023 Current
Power Repayment Study using the
existing Robert D. Willis Rate Schedule.

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This study indicates that
Southwestern’s legal requirement to
repay the investment in the power
generating facility for power and energy
marketed by Southwestern will not be
met without an increase in revenues.
The need for increased revenues is
primarily due to increased operations
and maintenance costs and increased
costs associated with existing
investments and replacements in the
Corps hydroelectric generating facility.
Southwestern prepared a 2023
Revised Power Repayment Study to
address the revenue shortfall and inform
development of the proposed rate
schedule. The 2023 Revised Power
Repayment Study indicates that the
proposed Rate Schedule will increase
annual revenues approximately 28.6%
from $1,282,836 to $1,650,648 and be
effective from August 1, 2025, through
September 30, 2027.
Southwestern will continue to
perform its Power Repayment Studies
annually, and if the results of any future
Power Repayment Studies indicate the
need for a change in revenues,
Southwestern will proceed with
appropriate action at that time.
Public Participation
Procedures for public participation in
power and transmission rate
adjustments of the Power Marketing
Administrations are found at title 10,
part 903, subpart A of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 903).
The proposed action is a minor rate
adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR
903.2(e). In accordance with 10 CFR
903.14, the public consultation and
comment period is 30 days.
Southwestern will review and consider
all timely public comments at the
conclusion of the consultation and
comment period and adjust the proposal
as appropriate. The Robert D. Willis

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