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OMB Control No: 1905-0129	ICR Reference No: 202211-1905-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202112-1905-001
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 without change	Conclusion Date: 07/13/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/21/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2023
Responses	84,838	0	75,206
Time Burden (Hours)	202,322	0	170,041
Cost Burden (Dollars)	16,869,489	0	0

Abstract: The electricity 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 data collected are the primary source of information on the nation’s electric power industry. EIA requests a three-year extension, with changes, to the forms of the Electric Power and Renewable Electricity Program surveys. EIA’s Electric Power and Renewable Electricity Program collects data using annual, monthly, and daily/hourly surveys. Each survey has a different set (or subset) of respondents in order to measure activity in specific sectors of the electric power industry. EIA-860, EIA-861, and EIA-923 have a monthly form while EIA-861 has a short form (EIA-861S).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 790(a) Name of Law: FEA Act
   PL: Pub.L. 93 - 275 13(b) Name of Law: Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
   US Code: 15 USC 772 Name of Law: FEA Act
   US Code: 15 USC 764 Name of Law: FEA 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 31224	05/23/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 70793	11/21/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	84,838	75,206	9,632
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	202,322	170,041	32,281
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	16,869,489	0	16,869,489

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: Most of the change in total time burden is driven by an increase in survey respondents for Form EIA-923M, A, and S due to the rapid expansion in the number of operating utility-scale power plants. Although industry capacity grew by a modest 4.8% between 2019 and June 2022, a number of large base-load, high-capacity electric power plants that use coal as their fuel source have ceased operations and have been replaced by a large number of smaller-capacity solar- and wind-powered plants. Specifically, this results in a net increase of 1,137 respondents eligible to complete the Annual Form EIA-923, 627 respondents eligible to complete the Annual Form EIA-923 Supplemental, and 665 respondents eligible to complete the Monthly Form EIA-923. Form EIA-930’s frame decreased by one respondent as two balancing authorities merged. The decrease in respondents for Form EIA-63B from 45 to 26 on the annual form is due to changes in the solar Photovoltaic manufacturing industry, with smaller companies either being acquired by larger companies or ceasing operations. Form EIA-930A is a proposed new annual form that would collect an inventory of electric generating units from all 63 Balancing Authorities (BAs) in the contiguous United States on an annual basis. This data collection will allow for better reconciliation of data collected by forms EIA-930 Balancing Authority Operations Report and EIA-923 Power Plant Operations Report. This improved reconciliation will in turn allow EIA to more accurately estimate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per MWh of generation for individual balancing authorities in the U.S. This new form is estimated to increase respondent burden by a total of 2,184 hours (an average of 35 burden hours per respondent). Form EIA-861 Annual has a burden of 13.39 hours and the short Form EIA-861S has a burden per response of 0.75. The frame files 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 a loss in the number of coal and natural gas-fired thermoelectric facilities. This resulted in 96 fewer respondents being eligible to report on Form EIA-860 with environmental questions, but 1,055 more respondents being eligible to report on Form EIA-860 without environmental questions. There will be an increase of 100 new respondents per year for respondent pretesting interviews. This will result in an annual burden of 150 hours. This increase is due to the program wanting to continually improve its data collection and survey initiatives. EIA will conduct up to 100 pretesting interviews each year. These pretesting interviews will test or evaluate new terminology, unclear questions in surveys, unclear instructions, or questions that may be added to the Electric Power & Renewable Electricity surveys. This will help improve ongoing surveys and reduce errors due to respondent confusion.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $6,268,508

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? No

Agency Contact: Gerson Morales 571 619-3090 gerson.morales@eia.gov

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