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OMB Control No: 1902-0254	ICR Reference No: 202207-1902-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201903-1902-009
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-740
Title: FERC-740, Availability of E-Tag Information to Commission Staff
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: 05/23/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/12/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved. As terms of clearance, FERC should revisit the total number of anticipated responses to include the number of Balancing Authorities and Purchasing-Selling Entities who provide E-Tags under Order 771. While the total burden may be minimal, using a placeholder understates the total number of actual respondents for 1902-0254.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2023
Responses	1	0	1
Time Burden (Hours)	1	0	1
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: There are no changes to the reporting or recordkeeping requirements. This collection of information is authorized by 18 CFR 366.2(d), which requires Commission access, on a non-public and view-only basis, to information that is located on “electronic tags,” also known as “e-Tags.” Each e-Tag consists of an electronic record of a transaction to transfer energy from a generation source to a Balancing Authority (BA). Each BA operates a portion of the grid, balancing supply and demand and assuring compliance with federal reliability standards. E-Tag “authors” are typically Purchasing-Selling Entities (PSEs). A PSE purchases or sells energy, capacity, and Interconnected Operations Services. Transmission system operators, which are among the addressees of e-Tags, use e-Tags to ascertain the transactions affecting their local systems, and to prevent damage to the power grid. Commission access to e-Tags helps the Commission detect and prevent market manipulation and anti-competitive behavior, and monitor the efficiency of markets. Both transmission system operators and the Commission need the e-Tag information to understand the use of the interconnected electricity grid, particularly transactions occurring at interchanges. Due to the nature of the electric grid, an individual transaction’s impact on an interchange cannot be assessed adequately in all cases without information from all connected systems, which is included in the e-Tags. The inclusion of the Commission among the addresses of e-Tags is completely automatic and is part of the normal business requirement. Thus, the time, effort, and financial resources necessary to comply with this collection of information are “usual and customary” within the meaning of the OMB regulation at 5 CFR 1320.3 (b)(2) (excluding such activities from the definition of “burden”). In view of these circumstances, FERC is including only a “placeholder” burden of one hour to account for the rare event where a new BA qualifies for exemption under the Commission’s regulations (e.g., transmissions from a new non-U.S. BA into another non-U.S. BA using a path that does not go through a U.S. BA). In that case, this administrative function would be expected to require at most an hour of effort total from both the BA and e-Tag administrator to include the BA on the exemption list. New exempt BAs are not common—years may pass between them—but for the purpose of estimation, we will conservatively assume one appears each year creating a burden and cost associated with the Commission’s FERC-740 of one hour and $36.90.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824v Name of Law: Federal Power Act
US Code: 16 USC 825f 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:
	87 FR 42168	07/14/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 58786	09/28/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
New Balancing Authority (plus auto. filing by Purchasing-Selling Entities [e-Tag Authors] & Balancing Authorities)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	1	1
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1	1
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $351,182

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: Jean Sonneman 202 785-6577 jean_sonneman@blm.gov

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