Notice2022-25287
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
November 21, 2022
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Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
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 the Electric Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys (EPRES), OMB Control Number; 1905-0129. EPRES consists of nine surveys, including annual, monthly and one daily survey. These surveys collect data from entities involved in the production, transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity, and in maintaining the reliable operation of the power system. The data collected are the primary source of information on the nation's electric power system. The renewable energy survey collects information on the manufacture, shipment, import, and export of photovoltaic cells and modules, and is the primary national source of information on these topics.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70793-70795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25287]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 the Electric
Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys (EPRES), OMB Control Number;
1905-0129. EPRES consists of nine surveys, including annual, monthly
and one daily survey. These surveys collect data from entities involved
in the production, transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity, and
in maintaining the reliable operation of the power system. The data
collected are the primary source of information on the nation's
electric power system. The renewable energy survey collects information
on the manufacture, shipment, import, and export of photovoltaic cells
and modules, and is the primary national source of information on these
topics.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than December 21, 2022. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Paul McArdle, (202) 586-4445 email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b6e474e485f594248425f52191b19186b4e424a054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9edbf2fbfdeaecf7fdf7eae7acaeacaddefbf7ffb0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>. The forms and instructions are available on
EIA's website at <a href="https://www.eia.gov/survey/">https://www.eia.gov/survey/</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1905-0129;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Electric Power &
Renewable Electricity Surveys;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: EIA's EPRES consists of the following nine surveys:
Form EIA-63B Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report tracks
photovoltaic module manufacturing, shipments, technology types,
revenue, and related information.
Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report collects data on
existing and planned electric generation plants, and associated
equipment including generators, boilers, cooling systems, and
environmental control systems. Data are collected from all existing
units and from planned units scheduled for initial commercial operation
within ten years of the specified reporting period (depending on the
type of power plant).
Form EIA-860M Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator
Report collects data on the status of proposed new generators scheduled
to begin commercial operation within the future 12-month period; and
existing generators that have proposed modifications that are scheduled
for completion within one month. The information is needed to ensure a
complete and accurate inventory of the nation's generating fleet, for
such purposes as reliability and environmental analysis.
Form EIA-861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report collects annual
information on the retail sale, distribution, transmission, and
generation of electric energy in the United States and its territories.
The data include related activities such as energy efficiency and
demand response programs. In combination with Form EIA-861S short form
and the monthly Form EIA-861M, this annual survey provides coverage of
sales to ultimate customers of electric power and related activities.
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Form EIA-861S Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Short Form)
collects a limited set of information annually from small companies
involved in the retail sale of electricity. A complete set of annual
data are collected from large companies on Form EIA-861. The small
utilities that currently report on Form EIA-861S are required to
complete Form EIA-861 once every eight years to provide updated
information for the statistical estimation of uncollected data.
Form EIA-861M Monthly Electric Power Industry Report collects
monthly information from a sample of electric utilities, energy service
providers, and distribution companies that sell or deliver electric
power to end users. Data included on this form includes sales and
revenue for end-use sectors--residential, commercial, industrial, and
transportation. Additionally, capacity data on net metering and non
net-metered distributed generators is collected by technology type and
used for the monthly small scale solar generation estimate. This survey
is the monthly complement to the annual data collection from the
universe of respondents that report on Form EIA-861 and Form EIA-861S.
Form EIA-923 Power Plant Operations Report collects information
from electric power plants in the United States on electric power
generation, energy source consumption, end of reporting period fossil
fuel stocks, as well as the quality and cost of fossil fuel receipts.
Form EIA-930 Balancing Authority Operations Report collects a
comprehensive set of the current day's system demand data on an hourly
basis and the prior day's basic hourly electric system operating data
on a daily basis. The data provide a basic measure of the current
status of electric systems in the United States and can be used to
compare actual system demand with the day-ahead forecast thereby
providing a measure of the accuracy of the forecasting used to commit
resources. In addition, the data can be used to address smart grid
related issues such as integrating wind and solar generation, improving
the coordination of natural gas and electric short-term operations and
expanding the use of demand response, storage, and electric vehicles in
electric systems operations.
Form EIA-930A Balancing Authority Generator Inventory Report is a
new survey proposed under this clearance to collect an inventory of
electric generating units from the 63 Balancing Authorities (BAs) in
the contiguous United States on an annual basis.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection:
Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report
EIA proposes to add battery storage questions for proposed
applications, including planned design attributes, energy storage
capacity, and use case. For energy storage applications that are
operationally connected to renewable technologies, EIA proposes to add
a question that identifies the related plants and generators.
EIA also proposes to add `bifacial' as a solar photovoltaic
technology option.
Form EIA-861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report
EIA proposes to expand questions about battery storage on the net
metering and non net-metered distributed generators schedules. EIA is
dropping two questions on net metering `storage' and adding six
questions pertaining to batteries.
For non net-metered EIA is dropping one `storage' question and
adding two questions about batteries. EIA is proposing to add one
question about Photovoltaic generators.
Form EIA-861M Monthly Electric Power Industry Report
EIA proposes to expand questions about battery storage on the net
metering and non net-metered distributed generators schedules. EIA is
dropping two questions on net metering `storage' and adding six
questions pertaining to batteries.
For non net-metered EIA is dropping one `storage' question and
adding two questions about batteries. EIA is proposing to add one
question about Photovoltaic generators.
Form EIA-923 Power Plant Operations Report
EIA proposes to collect 12 months of operational data for annual
respondents of renewable and energy storage power plants when
respondents report their annual EIA-923 survey form. EIA also proposes
to collect the cost, quality, and storage statistics for plants that
utilize hydrogen as a fuel source for electricity generation.
Form EIA-930 Balancing Authority Operations Report
EIA proposes several improvements to the EIA-930 designed to
enhance the submission process and EIA-930 data quality. First, EIA
proposes that respondents provide a description of their submission
method on an annual basis in order to ensure compliance with the
Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). Second,
EIA proposes that BAs report all data as hourly integrated integer
values in order to standardize data format across all respondents.
Third, EIA proposes that respondents report hourly net generation
separately for pumped hydro, geothermal, battery storage, integrated
solar and battery units, integrated wind and battery units, and other
energy storage technologies to obtain a better understanding of the
charging/discharging patterns of these rapidly evolving generation
sources. Fourth, EIA proposes that if a respondent cannot report
accurate data within the required timeline, then they should submit
their best estimate to meet the required timeline and correct the data
with a scheduled resubmission as soon as accurate data are available.
And, finally, EIA proposes in cases where respondents have been unable
to remove the adjustments from dynamic transfer arrangements (either
pseudo-ties or dynamic schedules), per the revised instructions, it is
the responsibility of the impacted balancing authorities to reach an
agreement with their counterparts on a consistent reporting of
generation, demand, and interchange.
Form EIA-930A Annual Balancing Authority Generator Inventory Report
EIA proposes to improve the ability to reconcile Form EIA-930 data
with data reported on Form EIA-860 and Form EIA-923 by collecting the
plants and generators used by each balancing authority.
Pretesting Interviews
EIA would like to conduct up to 100 pretesting interviews each year
for testing purposes. These methodologies will test or evaluate new
terminology, unclear questions in surveys, unclear instructions, or
questions that may be added to the Electric Power & Renewable
Electricity Surveys. This will help improve ongoing surveys and reduce
errors due to respondent confusion.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,737:
Form EIA-63B has 36 respondents;
Form EIA-860 has 5,716 respondents;
Form EIA-860M has 478 respondents;
Form EIA-861 has 1,735 respondents;
Form EIA-861S has 1,692 respondents;
Form EIA-861M has 650 respondents;
Form EIA-923 has 13,204 respondents;
Form EIA-930 has 63 respondents;
Form EIA-930A has 63 respondents;
Pretesting has 100 respondents;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 84,838;
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(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 202,320 hours;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$16,892,482 (202,320 burden hours times $83.38 per hour). EIA estimates
that there are no additional costs to respondents associated with the
surveys other than the costs associated with the burden hours since the
information is maintained during normal course of business.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Samson Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods & Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-25287 Filed 11-18-22; 8:45 am]
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