[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14814]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC99-516-001, FERC-516]
Information Collection Submitted for Review and Request for
Comments
June 7, 1999.
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
no comments in response to an earlier Federal Register notice of
January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4402) and has made this notification 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 the 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. A copy of the comments should also be sent to Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Information Officer, CI-1,
Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 208-1415, by fax at (202) 208-2425, and by e-mail at
mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The energy information collection submitted to OMB for review
contains:
1. Collection of Information: FERC-516 ``Electric Rate Schedule
Filings''
2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902-0173.
The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve a three-year
extension of the current expiration date, with no changes to the
existing collection. There are decreases to the reporting burden as a
result of the implementation of Order No. 888 and an increase in the
number of tariff service agreements which have reduce the preparation
time for filings. This a mandatory information collection requirements
and the Commission does not consider the information to be
confidential.
a. Necessity of Collection of Information: Submission of the
information is necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of Part 1,
Sections 15, 19, 20, 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16
U.S.C. 808, 812, 813, 824d-f). A public utility must obtain Commission
authorization for all rates and charges made, related contracts and
service conditions, and for wholesale sales and transmission of energy
in interstate commerce. The Commission is authorize to investigate the
rates charges by public utilities subject to its jurisdiction. If after
investigation the Commission determines that the rates, terms or
conditions are ``unjust and unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or
unduly preferential,'' it is authorized to determine and prescribe the
just and reasonable rates, terms or conditions. Either full or
abbreviated cost data is required to support the proposed rate levels
as part of the justification for the complete electric rate schedules.
Submission of the information is necessary because of the complexity of
the electric industry and the controversial nature of many of the
elements of a utility's cost to provide service. Sufficient detail must
be obtained for the Commission to make informed and equitable decisions
concerning the appropriate level of rates, and to aid customers and
other parties who wish to challenge the rate proposed by the utility.
Failure to issue these requirements would mean the Commission is not
meeting its statutory obligations. The Commission implements these
filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18
CFR Parts 35 and 292.
5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently
comprises on average 858 companies subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
6. Estimated Burden: 536,800 total burden hours, 858 respondents,
3.42 responses annually, 183 hours per response (average).
7. Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents: $28,359,815 (536,800 hours
x $109,889 (salary + benefits) 2080 work hours per year)).
Authority: Sections 15, 19, 20, 205 and 206 of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), (16 U.S.C. 808, 812, 813, 824d-f).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14814 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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