Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-915); Comment Request; Extension
| Published date | 20 February 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 5076 |
| Record Number | 2019-02713 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5076-5077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02713]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC19-7-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-915); Comment
Request; Extension
February 11, 2019.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the approved information
collection, FERC-915 (Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders--Records Retention Requirements)
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by April 22,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC19-7-
000) by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
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/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-915, Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders--Records Retention Requirements.
OMB Control No. 1902-0250.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-915 information
collection requirements with no changes to the current record retention
requirements.
Abstract: In accordance with the Federal Power Act, the Department
of Energy Organization Act (DOE Act), and the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(EPAct 2005), the Commission regulates the transmission and wholesale
sales of electricity in interstate commerce, monitors and investigates
energy markets, uses civil penalties and other means against energy
organizations and individuals who violate FERC rules in the energy
markets, administers accounting and financial reporting regulations,
and oversees conduct of regulated companies.
The Commission imposes the FERC-915 record retention requirements,
in 18 CFR 35.41(d), on applicable sellers to retain, for a period of
five years, all data and information upon which they bill the prices
charged for ``electric energy or electric energy products it sold
pursuant to Seller's market-based rate tariff, and the prices it
reported for use in price indices.''
The record retention period of five years is necessary due to the
importance of records related to any investigation of possible
wrongdoing and related to assuring compliance with the codes of conduct
and the integrity of the market. The requirement is necessary to ensure
consistency with the rule prohibiting market manipulation (adopted in
Order No. 670) and the generally applicable five-year statute of
limitations where the Commission seeks civil penalties for violations
of the anti-manipulation rules or other rules, regulations, or orders
to which the price data may be relevant.
Type of Respondent: Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization
Holders.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden and cost \2\ (rounded) for the information
collection as follows:
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\1\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
\2\ The estimated hourly cost (for wages plus benefits) provided
in this section are based on the figures posted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) for the Utilities section available (at
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits
information (for December 2017, issued March 20, 2018, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). The hourly estimates for
salary plus benefits are:
File Clerk (Occupation code: 43-4071), $33.39 an hour. We are
rounding the hourly cost to $33.00.
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FERC-915, Public Utility Market-Based Rate Authorization Holders--Records Retention Requirements
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Annual number of Total annual
FERC requirement Number of respondents responses per Total number of Average burden & burden hours & Annual cost per
respondent responses cost per response cost respondent ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) / (1)
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FERC-915........................................................... 2,510 1 2,510 1 hr.; $33.00 2,510 hrs.; $33.00
$82,830
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Total.......................................................... ............................ ................. 2,510 ................. 2,510 hrs.; .................
$82,830
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In addition, there are records storage costs. For all respondents,
we estimate a total of 65,000 cu. ft. of records in off-site storage.
Based on an approximate storage cost of $0.24 per cubic foot, we
estimate total storage cost to be $15,600.00 (or $6.22 annually per
respondent. The total annual cost for all respondents (burden cost plus
off-site storage) is $98,430.00 (or $82,830 + $15,600); the average
total annual cost per respondent is $39.22 ($6.22 + $33.00).
Dated: February 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02713 Filed 2-19-19; 8:45 am]
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