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OMB Control No: 1902-0096	ICR Reference No: 202107-1902-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202104-1902-001
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-516
Title: FERC-516, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings
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: 06/17/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/12/2021
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved. OMB notes a discrepancy between the net change in responses between section 15 of the supporting statement and the data recorded in ROCIS. For future renewals of and revisions to this collection, OMB considers the data recorded in ROCIS to be binding and expects any future submission to reconcile these differences.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2022
Responses	6,768	0	6,850
Time Burden (Hours)	542,919	0	526,198
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve the information collection requirements in FERC-516, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings, for a three-year period. FERC-516 is an existing Commission information collection. Prior to this request for renewal, FERC-516 was routinely renewed through rulemakings in accordance with the Federal Power Act (FPA). FERC-516 now includes 17 information collection activities that are authorized by section 205(c) of the FPA, which requires that every public utility have all its jurisdictional rates and tariffs on file with the Commission, and make them available for public inspection, within such time and in such form as the Commission may designate.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 1241 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
US Code: 16 USC 205(c) (d), 206, 219(a) (b) Name of Law: Federal Power Act

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:
	86 FR 22402	04/28/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 35786	07/07/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	6,768	6,850	-82
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	542,919	526,198	16,721
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The changes due to adjustment in agency estimates include: (1) In response to comments from OMB, we have revised several burdens that previously were approved as numbers with decimals. Instead, we are using whole numbers for all burden estimates. (2) We have replaced a previously approved activity that was applicable to both RTOs and ISOs for Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings, RM17-8. We have determined that it is more accurate to separate the activity that applies to non-RTO/ISO respondents from the activity that applies to RTO/ISO respondents. In addition, the ongoing activity is an example of activities for which some of the burden estimates were listed with numerous decimal places in the previously approved version of FERC-516. (3) We have replaced activities, each of which previously combined in one activity both the Year One and ongoing required filings. In this request, we are removing these combined activities because the previously existing transmission organizations have completed the Year One Filings, and the combined estimates are no longer accurate. We are replacing each combined activity with a “Year One Filing” activity and an “Ongoing” activity. (4) In addition to the separation of combined first-year and ongoing filing requirements, all three of the first-year filings in RM19-5 are added to this information collection, so that we can account for them as Year One Filings. (A fourth first-year filing was proposed but was not adopted in the final rule in RM19-5.)

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,453,055

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

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? No

Agency Contact: Casey Nutsch 202 502-8426

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