[Federal Register: January 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 19)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC01-1-001 FERC Form No. 1]
Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for
Comments
January 23, 2002.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission for review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has
submitted the energy information collection listed in this notice to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions
of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-
13). Any interested person may file comments on the collection of
information directly with OMB and should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission received
comments from six entities. Of the six, two represented either their
subsidiaries or on behalf of a collective group of electric utilities.
Information about the electric utilities and individual companies that
participated is listed in Appendix D of the submission. The actual
comments themselves are included in Attachment A. These entities
commented in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of August
7, 2001 (66 FR 41217). The Commission has responded to these comments
in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments regarding this collection of information are best
assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification.
ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office of Management and Budget, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Desk Officer, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503. The
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Desk Officer may also be reached at (202) 395-7318. A copy of the
comments should also be sent to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Office of the Chief Information Officer, Attention: Mr. Michael Miller,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Miller may be reached by telephone
at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425, and by e-mail at
mike.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review
contains:
1. Collection of Information: FERC Form 1 ``Annual Report for Major
Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others''.
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0021. The Commission is now requesting
that OMB approve a three-year extension of the current expiration date,
with proposed changes to the existing collection. There is a decrease
in the reporting burden due to the proposed elimination of eleven
schedules and the abolishment of the paper copy filing requirement.
There is also an adjustment due to an increase in the number of
entities who are now subject to the Commission's jurisdiction and as a
result must submit this annual report. This is a mandatory information
collection requirement.
4. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the provisions of the Federal Power
Act (FPA). Under the FPA the Commission may prescribe a system of
accounts for jurisdictional companies, and after notice and hearing,
may determine the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts
will be entered, charged or credited. The FERC Form 1 is designed to
collect financial information from privately owned electric utilities
and licensees who have generation, transmission, distribution and sales
of electric energy, however produced throughout the United States and
its possessions, subject to the Commission's jurisdiction.
Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently comprises
on average, 216 companies subject to the Commission's jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 226,800 total burden hours, 216 respondents, 1
response annually, 1,050 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: 226,800 hours
2,080 hours per year x $117,041 per year =
$12,713,112 average cost per respondent = $58,857.
Statutory Authority: Sections 304 and 309 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 825c-825h.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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