In accoradance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2019
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2019
11,275
0
11,275
230,032
0
246,830
0
0
0
Clarifying Order in Docket RM10-12, issued 6/1/6/2016. The e-Tag ID requirement (part of FERC-920) was initially imposed, then put on hold (and never imposed on industry). Because the fields associated with reporting e-Tag ID information in the EQR were formally removed in this clarifying order on 6/16/2016, we are now submitting a request to remove the burden (program decrease) associated with e-Tag ID (included in the FERC inventory since Order No. 768 in 2012). No other substantive changes are being made to the FERC-920; FERC is simply adjusting the burden inventory here to remove the burden associated with reporting e-Tag ID information in the EQR.
General. The Commission set forth the EQR filing requirements in Order No. 2001 (in RM01-8-000, issued April 25, 2002). Order No. 2001 required public utilities to electronically file EQRs summarizing transaction information for short-term and long-term cost-based sales and market-based rate sales and the contractual terms and conditions in their agreements for all jurisdictional services. The Commission established the EQR reporting requirements to help ensure the collection of information needed to perform its regulatory functions over transmission and sales, while making data more useful to the public and allowing public utilities to better fulfill their responsibility under FPA section 205(c) to have rates on file in a convenient form and place.
In RM12-3, FERC is amending its process and the system by which filings are made. FERC adopts a web-based approach to filing EQRs that will allow a public or non-public utility to file an EQR directly through FERC's website, either through a web interface or by submitting an Extensible Mark-Up Language-formatted file. By adopting a process with two options for filing EQRs, FERC seeks to provide the flexibility needed to accommodate a public or non-public utility's technical preference. The Commission also requires a public or non-public utility to identify itself with a company identification number rather than the existing software-based EQR identifier. The changes to the process for filing EQRs will apply to EQR filings beginning with the third quarter 2013 EQR, which will provide data for July through September 2013.
This clarification order removes from the OMB-approved inventory a burden related to e-Tag ID, a requirement on hold, never imposed, and carried in the FERC inventory for several years and now formally removed from the requirements.
Burden Estimate Changes from Final Rule in RM10-12. As a result of the determination in the order on rehearing issued on February 6, 2015, in Docket No. RM10-12-002, and the clarification order on June 16, 2016 to rescind the requirement for filers to report e-Tag ID information in their EQRs and remove associated fields from the EQR database, the estimated burden hours reflected in the Final Rule in Docket No. RM10-12 have been lowered by 10 percent, along with a commensurate reduction in costs.
The supporting statement (ICR 201211-1902-016, approved by OMB 2/8/2013) related to the Final Rule in RM10-12, issued 9/21/2012, said in part:
“When averaging the one-time implementation burden and cost over Years 1-3, the total additional annual burden and cost for all filers (due to the Final Rule in RM10-12) are 167,998.33 burden hours and $10,584,214.76.”
As detailed above and in #12 and #15, we are submitting a program decrease of 16,797.69 hrs. annually to reflect the removal of the e-Tag ID requirement.
$525,133
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Maria Vouras 202 502-8062 maria.vouras@ferc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
920_remove eTag_Supporting Statement_RM10-12 final rule_updated9-27-16.doc
USCODE-2011-title16-chap12-subchapII-sec824t.pdf
One-time, phased in over 3 years, due to Final Rule in RM15-2