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OMB Control No:
1902-0096
ICR Reference No:
200803-1902-001
Status:
Historical Inactive
Previous ICR Reference No:
200612-1902-008
Agency/Subagency:
FERC
Agency Tracking No:
FERC-516
Title:
Electric Rates 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:
Comment filed on proposed rule and continue
Conclusion Date:
05/15/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
03/11/2008
Terms of Clearance:
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must submit to OMB a summary of all comments related to the information collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response. The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the information collection as a result of these comments.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
05/31/2010
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2010
Responses
4,464
0
4,464
Time Burden (Hours)
438,921
0
438,921
Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
Abstract:
FERC is proposing reforms to improve the operation of organized wholesale electric power markets. Ensuring the competitiveness of organized wholesale markets is integral to the Commission fulfilling its statutory mandate to ensure adequate and reliable non-discriminatory service at just and reasonable rates. Effective competition protects consumers by providing greater supply options, encouraging new entry and innovation, and encouraging demand response and energy efficiency. In RM07-19-000 NOPR, the Commission is making several proposals in this NOPR designed to ensure just and reasonable rates and to remedy undue discrimination and preference and to improve wholesale competition in regions with organized markets. These proposals reflect the record compiled by the Commission in its technical conferences and in comments to its ANOPR issued June 22, 2007.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
16 USC 824(d)
Name of Law: Federal Power Act
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
1902-AD39
Proposed rulemaking
73 FR 12576
03/07/2008
Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
Yes
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
2
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff Filings
Electric Rates Schedules and Tariff Filings RM06-4-000 Promoting Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
Yes
Burden Increase Due to:
Changing Regulations
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
The Commission is issuing this NOPR to strengthen competition in the organized wholesale regional power markets, by issuing a proposed rule to improve demand response, encourage long term contracting, enhance the responsiveness of regional transmission organizations, and clarify the role of market monitors. The Commission is acting because it recognizes that: competition is national policy in wholesale power markets, as reflected in three federal laws enacted has progressed over the past 25 years. it has a duty to improve the competitiveness of wholesale power markets, to use the regulatory tools Congress has given it to make competition more effective. The reforms the Commission proposes are only the latest in a series of reforms FERC has taken to promote competition in wholesale power markets. In the past year alone it reformed its open access transmission tariff to improve grid access by competitors, and reformed its market based rate program to prevent the exercise of market power. The Commission seeks steady reform to strengthen wholesale competition, encourage generation entry, improve market access and grid access, establish good market rules, prevent market power exercise and market manipulation, assure effective enforcement, improve market transparency, provide contract certainty, reinforce the power grid, and improve demand response.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$379,152
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
David Kathan 2025026404 david.kathan@ferc.gov
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
03/11/2008
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