Notice2026-08723
New Agency Information Collection
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Published
May 5, 2026
Issuing agencies
Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
EIA invites public comments on the proposed collection of information, the Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, Form EIA-847, as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This report will be part of EIA's comprehensive energy data program. The Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey collects information on energy consumption and expenditures from establishments in the manufacturing sector.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24215-24216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08723]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
New Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EIA invites public comments on the proposed collection of
information, the Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, Form
EIA-847, as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
report will be part of EIA's comprehensive energy data program. The
Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey collects information on
energy consumption and expenditures from establishments in the
manufacturing sector.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received no later than June 4, 2026. 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: If you need additional information,
contact Debra Coaxum, EIA Clearance Officer, at (202) 586-7876 or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dd98949cf09b8f93beb2b0b0b8b3a9ae9db8b4bcf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdb8b4bcd0bbafb39e9290909893898ebd98949cd39a928b">[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:
(1) OMB No.: New;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Annual Manufacturing
Energy Consumption Survey;
(3) Type of Request: New;
(4) Purpose: EIA has administered Form EIA-846, Manufacturing
Energy Consumption Survey, as a quadrennial product since 1988. Given
the rapidly evolving energy-intensive economic landscape, EIA is
proposing to initiate a narrower but more frequent data collection, the
Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, Form EIA-847. This new
form would supplement the quadrennial collection with a subset of data
covering the intervening years. EIA could initiate collection under
Form EIA-847 as early as 2026 for the 2025 reference year. EIA is not
currently proposing any changes to Form EIA-846, which would continue
to be administered in support of EIA's National Energy Modeling System
(NEMS) industrial models. The purpose of Form EIA-847 would be to
collect the minimal data required to update NEMS each year.
Form EIA-847 will be a self-administered sample survey of a subset
of the manufacturing sector. Specifically, EIA proposes to limit this
subset to sector codes 31-33 of the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). The information from this survey will be
used to produce aggregate statistics on the energy consumption of the
manufacturing sector, including energy purchases, expenditures,
transfers in and shipments out, onsite generation and both fuel and
nonfuel use of five widely used energy sources. To maintain an updated
NEMS each year, Form EIA-847 will also be used to update the historical
industrial energy consumption benchmark.
Form EIA-847, consisting of approximately 60 questions, will have a
significantly reduced response burden compared to Form EIA-846, which
consists of more than 250 questions. To keep the response burden as low
as possible, EIA proposes a reduced sample size and only collecting
data through Centurion, an electronic-collection platform. This method
will allow respondents to choose which questions are pertinent to a
specific establishment and will improve data editing and processing
times overall.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,500;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 4,500;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 8,484;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The
cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $805,895 (8,484 annual
burden hours multiplied by $94.99 per burden hour). EIA estimates that
there are no additional costs to respondents
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associated with the survey other than the costs associated with the
burden hours. A slight amount of burden hours may be necessary to
conduct data follow-up questioning. The number of respondents affected
by the follow-up questioning will be minimal and the associated burden
hours are negligible.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2026.
Debra Coaxum,
Acting Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S.
Energy Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-08723 Filed 5-4-26; 8:45 am]
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