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the NPCII Project. Of this estimated
$700 million, if awarded, MTDOC
would disburse an estimated $605
million to the Project Proponent to
support planning, procurement,
permitting, construction, and
commissioning of the Proposed Project.
Proposed Action: In addition to its
role as a Co-Lead Agency for the EIS,
DOE is now proposing to finalize the
components of the NPCII GRIP award
relevant to NPC’s Proposed Project. If
finalized, DOE would provide
approximately $605 million in Federal
funding to MTDOC, who would then
disburse those funds to the Project
Proponent for the Proposed Project
pursuant to the GRIP Program. The
funding would be disbursed in a phased
approach subject to certain conditions
met in the preceding phase. Those
funding phases would support
planning, procurement, construction,
and commissioning of the Proposed
Project. In addition to clarifying DOE’s
role as a decisionmaker, this ANOI also
provides information on the proposed
upgrades at the Colstrip Substation and
how those changes relate to the
Proposed Project and updates the No
Action Alternative to account for DOE’s
funding decision.
The scope of the EIS analysis
described in the original NOI is not
altered by DOE’s pending decision
regarding GRIP funding of the Proposed
Project, nor does it alter, in any way, the
scope of decisions put before ARS,
BLM, or USFS. Therefore, DOE is not
reopening the scoping period for this
EIS.
Project Details: The Proposed Project
details remain substantially the same as
presented in the original NOI, with
additional details to further describe the
necessary upgrades to the Colstrip
Substation. In addition to the
modifications described in the original
NOI, the EIS will analyze the potential
installation of two new 500 kV bays
within and adjacent to the existing
Colstrip Substation, and the potential
upgrade of the Colstrip Switchyard 500
kV bus to a 5,000-Amp rating. The
existing footprint of the Colstrip
Substation would be expanded by
approximately 4 acres to the northwest
and approximately 9 acres to the south
and east to accommodate the
interconnection.
Purpose and Need: DOE amends its
purpose and need to include its
obligation to administer the GRIP
Program in a manner consistent with the
Congressional intent of supporting
projects that use innovative approaches
to transmission, storage, and
distribution infrastructure to enhance
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interregional transmission projects,
investments that accelerate
interconnection of energy generation,
and utilization of distribution grid
assets to provide backup power and
reduce transmission requirements.
Alternatives: This ANOI modifies the
No Action Alternative to consider DOE’s
funding decision. The Project Proponent
may decide to proceed with developing
the Proposed Project even without DOE
funding, however, under the No Action
Alternative, the analysis assumes DOE
would not grant funds, the necessary
permits and authorizations would not
be granted by other relevant permitting
entities, and the Proposed Project would
not be constructed.
Responsible Official and Nature of
Decision to Be Made: The original NOI
identified each Federal agency’s
deciding Official and the scope of the
relevant Federal decisions to be made.
In this ANOI, DOE is adding its
responsibility to decide whether to
finalize the NPCII GRIP award
components necessary to support the
Proposed Project, or whether to
terminate those components of the
conditional GRIP award. The GDO
Director is the Official responsible for
making the decision.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on October 24, 2025,
by Tina Francone, Director of the Grid
Deployment Office. 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.
Signed in Washington, DC, on November
17, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025–20267 Filed 11–18–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

EIA submitted an information
collection request for extension as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The information collection
requests a three-year extension with
changes to its Oil and Gas Reserves
System, OMB Control Number 1905–
0057. The surveys included in the Oil
and Gas Reserves System are the Form
EIA–64A, Annual Report of the Origin
of Natural Gas Liquids Production,
Form EIA–23L, Annual Report of
Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, and
Form EIA–23S, Annual Survey of
Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves,
(Summary Version) (suspended). The
surveys included in the Oil and Gas
Reserves System collect information on
U.S. proved crude oil, natural gas, and
natural gas liquids reserves and will be
used to prepare electronic annual
reports of U.S. proved reserves data that
fulfill EIA’s congressional mandate to
provide accurate annual estimates of
U.S. proved crude oil and natural gas
reserves. The U.S. Government also uses
the resulting information in EIA’s
reports to develop national and regional
estimates of proved reserves of domestic
crude oil and natural gas to facilitate
national energy policy decisions.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection must be received no later
than December 19, 2025. 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 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Pick, EIA Clearance Officer, at
(202) 558–5562. The forms and
instructions are available on EIA’s
website at www.eia.gov/survey/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains
(1) OMB No.: 1905–0057;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Oil and Gas Reserves System;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The surveys included in
the Oil and Gas Reserves System collect
SUMMARY:

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information on U.S. proved crude oil,
natural gas, and natural gas liquids
reserves. In response to Public Law 95–
91 Section 657, estimates of U.S. oil and
gas reserves are to be reported annually.
Many U.S. government agencies have an
interest in the definitions of proved oil
and gas reserves and the quality,
reliability, and usefulness of estimates
of reserves. Among these are the U.S.
Energy Information Administration
(EIA), Department of Energy; Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM),
Department of Interior; Internal Revenue
Service (IRS), Department of the
Treasury; and the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). Each of
these organizations has specific
purposes for collecting, using, or
estimating proved reserves. The EIA has
a congressional mandate to provide
accurate annual estimates of U.S.
proved crude oil, natural gas, and
natural gas liquids reserves, and EIA
presents annual reserves data in EIA
Web reports to meet this requirement.
The BOEM maintains estimates of
proved reserves to carry out their
responsibilities in leasing, collecting
royalty payments, and regulating the
activities of oil and gas companies on
Federal waters. Accurate reserve
estimates are important, as the BOEM is
second only to the IRS in generating
Federal revenue. For the IRS, proved
reserves and occasionally probable
reserves are an essential component of
calculating taxes for companies owning
or producing oil and gas. The SEC
requires publicly traded petroleum
companies to annually file a reserves
statement as part of their 10–K filing.
The basic purpose of the 10–K filing is
to give the investing public a clear and
reliable financial basis to assess the
relative value, as a financial asset, of a
company’s reserves, especially in
comparison to other similar oil and gas
companies.
The Government also uses the
resulting information to develop
national and regional estimates of
proved reserves of domestic crude oil,
natural gas, and natural gas liquids to
facilitate national energy policy
decisions. These estimates are essential
to the development, implementation,
and evaluation of energy policy and
legislation. Data are used directly in EIA
Web reports concerning U.S. crude oil,
natural gas, and natural gas liquids
reserves, and are incorporated into a
number of other Web reports and
analyses;
(4a) Changes to Information
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Form EIA–23L, Annual Report of
Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves (Change
to Instructions)
EIA proposes a minor modification to
Form EIA–23L instructions to align the
disclosure language with other EIA
surveys, without substantially changing
the intention of the disclosure language.
Form EIA–64A, Annual Report of the
Origin of Natural Gas Liquids
Production (Change to Instructions)
EIA proposes six minor modifications
to Form EIA–64A instructions to clarify
the data requested:
1. Page 1 of the instructions
describing who must file the form
indicates that ‘‘facilities’’ refers to
natural gas processing plants. EIA
proposes adding ‘‘including gas
sweetening plants’’ to clarify the
respondent frame.
2. Page 4 of the instructions includes
a diagram to assist respondents when
filling out Section 2 of the form. EIA
proposes defining residue gas as ‘‘dry
natural gas after liquids extraction’’ in
the text describing the diagram. This is
the first place EIA uses the term residue
natural gas other than in the Section
title.
3. Page 4 of the instructions for
Section 2.1 requests the total outlet of
residue natural gas. EIA proposes
clarifying the current definition of
residue natural gas from ‘‘dry gas’’ to
‘‘dry natural gas after liquids
extraction’’.
4. Page 4 of the instructions for
Section 2.2 requests the total natural gas
used on site as plant fuel. EIA proposes
modifying the current instruction to
clarify that this data should include
natural gas that is used to generate
electricity consumed by the plant.
5. EIA proposes changing all instances
of ‘‘residue gas’’ to ‘‘residue natural gas’’
for consistency within the instructions.
6. Pages 6 and 7 of the instructions
include a form glossary. EIA proposes
adding a definition to this glossary for
gas sweetening plants: ‘‘A type of
natural gas processing plant designed
for removal of impurities such as
hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide,
sulfur, etc. from sour gas to make it
suitable for transport and use.’’;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 878;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 878;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 15,768;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,497,802
(15,768 estimated burden hours times
$94.99). EIA estimates that respondents
will have no additional costs associated

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with the surveys other than the burden
hours and the maintenance of the
information during the normal course of
business.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b),
42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on November
17, 2025.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and
Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025–20305 Filed 11–18–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG26–45–000.
Applicants: Niyol Energy Storage,
LLC.
Description: Niyol Energy Storage,
LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification
of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.
Filed Date: 11/13/25.
Accession Number: 20251113–5225.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/4/25.
Docket Numbers: EG26–46–000.
Applicants: Cartwright Solar I LLC.
Description: Cartwright Solar I LLC
submits Notice of Self-Certification of
Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.
Filed Date: 11/14/25.
Accession Number: 20251114–5039.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/5/25.
Docket Numbers: EG26–47–000.
Applicants: San Jacinto Cogeneration
LLC.
Description: San Jacinto Cogeneration
LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification
of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.
Filed Date: 11/14/25.
Accession Number: 20251114–5128.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/5/25.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following Complaints and
Compliance filings in EL Dockets:
Docket Numbers: EL26–25–000.
Applicants: Stay Ready Solar 1 Inc., et
al v. Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
Description: Complaint of Stay Ready
Solar 1 Inc., et al. v. Entergy New
Orleans, Inc.
Filed Date: 11/13/25.
Accession Number: 20251113–5216.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/25.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER22–1697–004.

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