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OMB Control No: 1902-0021	ICR Reference No: 201609-1902-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201307-1902-007
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC Form 1
Title: Form 1, Annual Report of Major Public Utilities, Licensees and Others
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/16/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/03/2016
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. OMB encourages FERC to reach out to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (and any other commenters) to discuss the data needs BEA identified during the review of this information collection request renewal and to determine whether possible efficiencies (to the federal government and industry) may be made by including additional data or information requirements in this form in the future.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2016
Responses	210	0	210
Time Burden (Hours)	245,280	0	245,490
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: A consolidated supporting statement is being submitted with ICRs for Forms 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric and gas). In accordance with sections 304 and 309 of the Federal Power Act, FERC is authorized to collect and record data to the extent it considers necessary, and to prescribe rules and regulations concerning accounts, records and memoranda. The Commission may prescribe a system of accounts for jurisdictional companies and after notice and an opportunity for hearing may determine the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts will be entered, charged or credited. The Form No. 1 (Annual Report of Major Public Utilities, Licensees and Others) is a comprehensive financial and operating report submitted for electric Rate regulation and financial audits. "Major" is defined as having (1) one million Megawatt hours or more; (2) 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt hours of annual power exchange delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others (deliveries plus losses). The Commission collects Form No. 1 information as prescribed in 18 CFR 141.1. Under the existing regulations, FERC jurisdictional entities subject to its Uniform System of Accounts must annually file with the Commission a complete set of financial statements, along with other selected financial and non-financial data through the submission of FERC Annual Report Form 1. The Form 1 provides the Commission, as well as others, with an informative picture of the jurisdictional entities financial condition along with other relevant data that is used by the Commission, as well as others, in making economic judgments about the entity or its industry.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 825c, 825h 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:
	81 FR 38169	06/13/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 67343	09/30/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Report of Major Public Utilities, Licensees and Others	FERC Form No. 1	Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Others

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	210	210	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	245,280	245,490	-210
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The one-time implementation burden (of 3 hours per respondent for the Forms 1 and 1-F) for the Final Rule in Docket No. RM11-24 (issued 7/18/2013) was administratively averaged over Years 1-3 giving an additional 1 hour annually. Because the implementation period and that 3-year period of averaging have been completed, the additional 1 hour of burden is removed here and shows as a program decrease. This change was inadvertently omitted from the 60-day Notice. In addition, non-substantive changes to the instructions (e.g., updating the estimated average no. of burden hrs. and address information for FERC and OMB) will be made as noted in Attachment A of the supporting statement.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $635,031

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]? 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: Astrid Rapp 202 502-6264

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