Notice2025-20786
Commission Information Collection Activities (Ferc-920, Electric Quarterly Report); Comment Request; Extension
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November 24, 2025
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
Abstract
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-920 (Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)), which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the information collection requirements. This renewal request does not include any changes to the reporting requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 224 (Monday, November 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52949-52951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20786]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[IC25-17-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (Ferc-920, Electric
Quarterly Report); Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission
or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-920 (Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)),
which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for a review of the information collection requirements. This renewal
request does not include any changes to the reporting requirements.
DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due January 23,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89cde8fde8cae5ece8fbe8e7eaecc9cfccdbcaa7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a7829782a08f868291828d8086a3a5a6b1a0cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
You must specify the Docket No. (IC25-17-000) and the FERC Information
Collection number (FERC-920) in your email. If you are unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed by USPS mail or by hand
(including courier) delivery:
<bullet> Mail via U.S. Postal Service only, addressed to: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
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Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
<bullet> Hand (including courier) delivery to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
Docket: To view comments and issuances in this docket, please visit
<a href="https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search">https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search</a>. Once there, you can also
sign-up for automatic notification of activity in this docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kayla Williams, (202) 502-6468.
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cb8faabfaa88a7aeaab9aaa5a8ae8b8d8e9988e5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a1e3b2e3b19363f3b283b34393f1a1c1f0819743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-920 Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR).
OMB Control No.: 1902-0255.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities, and non-public utilities with
more than a de minimis market presence.
Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-920 information
collection with no changes to the current reporting requirements.\1\
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\1\ This Notice is separate from, and does not address, the
activities in Docket No. RM23-9-000.
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Abstract: The Commission originally set forth the EQR filing
requirements in Order No. 2001 (Docket No. RM01-8-000) which 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 or all jurisdictional services.\2\ The Commission
established the EQR reporting requirements to help ensure the
collection of information needed to perform its regulatory functions
over transmission and sales of electric power, while making data
available to the public and allowing public utilities to better fulfill
their responsibility under Federal Power Act (FPA) section 205(c) \3\
to have rates on file in a convenient form and place. As noted in Order
No. 2001, the EQR data is designed to ``provide greater price
transparency, promote competition, enhance confidence in the fairness
of the markets, and provide a better means to detect and discourage
discriminatory practices.'' \4\
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\2\ Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements, Order No. 2001,
99 FERC ] 61,107 (2002), reh'g denied, Order No. 2001-A, 100 FERC ]
61,074, reh'g denied, Order No. 2001-B, 100 FERC ] 61,342, order
directing filing, Order No. 2001-C, 101 FERC ] 61,314 (2002), order
directing filing, Order No. 2001-D, 102 FERC ] 61,334, order
refining filing requirements, Order No. 2001-E, 105 FERC ] 61,352
(2003), order on clarification, Order No. 2001-F, 106 FERC ] 61,060
(2004), order revising filing requirements, Order No. 2001-G, 120
FERC ] 61,270, (2007), order on reh'g and clarification, Order No.
2001-H, 121 FERC ] 61,289 (2008), order revising filing
requirements, Order No. 2001-I, 125 FERC ] 61,103 (2008).
\3\ 16 U.S.C. 824d(c).
\4\ Order No. 2001, 99 FERC ] 61,107 (2002).
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Moreover, collecting data in the EQR is consistent with the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions upholding the Commission's market-
based rate program on the basis of the ``dual requirement of an ex ante
finding of the absence of market power and sufficient post-approval
reporting requirements.'' \5\ Specifically, the court upheld the
Commission's market-based rate program because it relies on a ``system
[that] consists of a finding that the applicant lacks market power (or
has taken steps to mitigate market power), coupled with strict
reporting to ensure that the rate is `just and reasonable' and that
markets are not subject to manipulation.'' \6\
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\5\ California ex rel. Lockyer v. FERC, 383 F.3d 1006, 1013 (9th
Cir. 2004) (Lockyer) (emphasis in original). See also Mont. Consumer
Counsel v. FERC, 659 F.3d 910, 920 (9th Cir. 2011).
\6\ Lockyer, 383 F.3d at 1013.
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Since issuing Order No. 2001, the Commission has provided guidance
and refined the reporting requirements, as necessary, to reflect
changes in the Commission's rules and regulations.\7\ The Commission
also adopted an EQR Data Dictionary, which provides in one document the
definitions of certain terms and values used in filing EQR data.\8\
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\7\ See, e.g., Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements for
Electric Quarterly Reports, 124 FERC ] 61,244 (2008) (providing
guidance on the filing of information on transmission capacity
reassignments in EQRs).
\8\ Order No. 2001-G, 120 FERC ] 61,270 (2007).
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To increase transparency broadly across all wholesale markets
subject to the Commission's jurisdiction, the Commission issued Order
No. 768 in 2012.\9\ Order No. 768 required market participants that are
excluded from the Commission's jurisdiction under FPA section 205 (non-
public utilities) and have more than a de minimis market presence to
file EQRs with the Commission. In addition, Order No. 768 revised the
EQR filing requirements to build upon the Commission's prior
improvements to the reporting requirements and further enhance the
goals of providing greater price transparency, promoting competition,
instilling confidence in the fairness of the markets, and providing a
better means to detect and discourage anti-competitive, discriminatory,
and manipulative practices.
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\9\ Order No. 768, 77 FR 61896 (Oct. 11, 2012), FERC Stats. &
Regs. ] 31,336 (2012).
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EQR information allows the public to assess market fundamentals and
to price interstate wholesale market transactions. This, in turn,
results in greater market confidence, lower transaction costs, and
ultimately supports competitive markets. In addition, the data filed in
the EQR strengthens the Commission's ability to exercise its wholesale
electric rate and electric power transmission oversight and enforcement
responsibilities in accordance with the FPA. Without this information,
the Commission would lack some of the data it needs to support its
regulatory function over transmission and sales of electric power.
Type of Respondent: Public utilities, and non-public utilities with
more than a de minimis market presence.
Estimate of Annual Burden and Cost: \10\ The Commission estimates
the annual public reporting burden \11\ for the information collection
as:
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\10\ The cost is based on FERC's 2025 Commission-wide average
salary cost (salary plus benefits) of $103/hour. The Commission
staff believes the FERC FTE (full-time equivalent) average cost for
wages plus benefits is representative of the corresponding cost for
the industry respondents.
\11\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
FERC-920--Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)
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Total average annual
Number of Annual number Total number Average annual burden burden hours & total Cost per
Requirements respondents of responses of responses hrs. & cost ($) per annual cost ($) respondent ($)
per respondent response (rounded) (rounded) (rounded)
1 2 (1) * (2) = 4....................... (3) * (4) = (5)........ (5) / (1)
(3)
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Electric Quarterly Report............ .............. .............. .............. 18.1 hrs.; $1,864....... 265,853 hrs.; $7,456
$27,382,859.
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Total............................ 3,672 4 14,688 ........................ 265,853 hrs.; 7,456
$27,382,859.
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: October 15, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-20786 Filed 11-21-25; 8:45 am]
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