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OMB Control No: 1905-0129	ICR Reference No: 202001-1905-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201603-1905-004
Agency/Subagency: DOE/EIA	Agency Tracking No: Electric Power Surveys
Title: Electric Power and Renewable Electricity Surveys
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 05/06/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/03/2020
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2020
Responses	75,206	0	65,716
Time Burden (Hours)	170,041	0	152,120
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The electric power 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 EIA-63B survey collects data from companies involved in the photovoltaic industry; e.g. manufacturing, shipping, importing, and exporting. This survey is the primary source of information on this energy industry segment. The data collected are the primary source of information on the nation’s electric power industry.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 790(a) Name of Law: FEA Act
   US Code: 15 USC 772 Name of Law: FEA Act
   PL: Pub.L. 93 - 275 13(b) Name of Law: Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 17408	04/25/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 86	01/02/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	75,206	65,716	3,892	5,598
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	170,041	152,120	2,568	15,353
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Most of the change in total burden is caused by an increase in the reporting frequency for Form EIA-930 from 365 to 9,125. The annual reporting frequency for this survey was incorrectly submitted previously. There has been no change in the reporting requirements for this survey since the last clearance. Respondents are required to submit their wholesale price data every hour, as well as a daily file that contains the hourly data from the previous day. Therefore, each day, each respondent has 25 submissions. In the last clearance. This was incorrectly reported as 1. Other changes across the other surveys contribute to the change in burden. There was an increase in survey respondents for Form EIA-923M, A, and S due to rapid expansion in the number of operating utility-scale power plants. Although industry capacity has grown only slightly between 2016 and July 2019 (≈2%), large base-load, high-capacity coal plants have retired and been replaced by a large number of smaller capacity solar and wind plants. EIA is discontinuing Form EIA-411 which results in a reduction of 1,098 burden hours. EIA also made several changes regarding Forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S which are difficult to display in Table 6. EIA changed the eligibility for the sample reporting on the Form EIA-861 which reduced the sample by approximately 620 respondents beginning in the year after current Form EIA-861S respondents complete Form EIA-861. Respondents on Form EIA-861S must file a long Form EIA861 every eight years. Data year 2019 is the eighth year of the current cycle, therefore 2019 data to be collected in 2020 will require Form EIA-861S respondents to complete the long Form EIA-861 which increases the burden compared to the previous cycle. The frames for Forms EIA-860 and EIA-860M are determined by the generating capacity values of existing and planned facilities. Changes in these frames are the direct result of a shifting industry generation portfolio. Due to several economic and environmental factors, there is growth in the number of solar, wind, battery storage, natural gas-fired combined cycle, and natural gas-fired combustion turbine facilities and there is loss in the number of coal and natural gas-fired thermoelectric facilities. This resulted in less respondents being eligible to report on Form EIA-860 with environmental questions, but more respondents being eligible to report on Form EIA-860 without environmental questions.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,879,578

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Daniel Bier 202 586-0379 daniel.bier@eia.gov

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