Notice2024-13457
Agency Information Collection Proposed New Survey
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Published
June 20, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
EIA invites public comment on the proposed collection of information in the Residential Utility Disconnections Survey, as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form EIA-112 is an annual survey that collects information on the number of monthly natural gas and electric service final notices, disconnections, and reconnections for bill nonpayment across residential customers.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51882-51883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13457]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Proposed New Survey
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: EIA invites public comment on the proposed collection of
information in the Residential Utility Disconnections Survey, as
required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form EIA-112 is an
annual survey that collects information on the number of monthly
natural gas and electric service final notices, disconnections, and
reconnections for bill nonpayment across residential customers.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information
collection no later than August 19, 2024. If you anticipate any
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marc Harnish by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6a3afa7d7d7d4a6838f87c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95d0dcd4a4a4a7d5f0fcf4bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information,
contact Marc Harnish at (202) 586-5309 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9ece0e898989be9ccc0c887cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7828e86f6f6f587a2aea6e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>.
The form and instructions are available on EIA's website at
<a href="http://www.eia.gov/survey/">www.eia.gov/survey/</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
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(1) OMB No.: New;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Residential Utility
Disconnections Survey;
(3) Type of Request: New;
(4) Purpose: Form EIA-112 is an annual form that will collect 12
months of data from electric and natural gas providers about final
termination notices sent to residential customers due to bill
nonpayment, service disconnections of residential customers due to bill
nonpayment, and service reconnections of residential customers who were
disconnected due to bill nonpayment.
No national data is currently collected on this information. Some
states collect some of the data described above, but the data are
inconsistent, and publication is not uniform. Form EIA-112 aims to
better inform state and federal policymakers on utility disconnections
by providing reliable data that can help inform appropriate levels of
budgetary support for various assistance programs across the United
States. The results of the survey will be published on the EIA website
at the aggregated national and state level, as well as at the utility
level for respondents.
EIA will conduct periodic censuses of all natural gas and electric
utilities above a certain size threshold. These censuses will cover
respondents that complete Form EIA-176 and Form EIA-861, excluding the
small electric utilities receiving Form EIA-861S. To reduce the
respondent burden of this proposed data collection, while also
considering data quality, for the years in between censuses, EIA will
use cut-off samples from Form EIA-857 and Form EIA-861M, based on
utility size and state coverage. This strategy will allow EIA to reduce
respondent burden on smaller utilities, while also producing population
estimates at the state level by modeling data for the utilities on the
frames that were subjected to sampling but not selected.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,130;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,130;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,260;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates no capital and start-up costs associated with this data
collection. The information is maintained during the normal course of
business. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $206,021.60
(2,260 burden hours times $91.16 per hour). Other than the cost of
burden hours, EIA estimates no additional costs for generating,
maintaining, and providing this information.
Comments are invited on whether or not: (a) The proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of agency
functions, including whether the information will have a practical
utility; (b) EIA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used, is accurate; (c) EIA can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) EIA can minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-13457 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
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