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OMB Control No: 1910-5200	ICR Reference No: 202410-1910-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202402-1910-003
Agency/Subagency: DOE/DOEOA	Agency Tracking No: Aisha Miranda Rivera
Title: Puerto Rico Energy Resiliency Fund
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 11/08/2024
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/03/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/28/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this information collection is approved.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2025	6 Months From Approved	05/31/2027
Responses	80,000	0	80,000
Time Burden (Hours)	56,800	0	56,800
Cost Burden (Dollars)	845,520	0	845,520

Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to authorize the ‘Solar Ambassador Household Intake Form’ as the means to collect homeowner information necessary to qualify households as eligible to participate in the deployment phase of the PR-ERF. Eligibility is limited to very low-income single-family households residing in Puerto Rico that (1) include an individual with an energy-dependent disability or (2) are located in a Last Mile Community.

Emergency Justfication: DOE requires emergency approval for this collection of information to comply with its legal obligations under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Public Law 117- 328. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Public Law 117-328,1 directs the Department of Energy to improve the resilience of the Puerto Rican electric grid, including grants for low-and-moderate-income households and households that include individuals with disabilities for the purchase and installation of renewable energy, energy storage, and other grid technologies. Specifically, DOE requires emergency approval for this collection to address the urgent need to accelerate the provision of solar PV and 2 battery storage systems to ensure reliable electric service is available to vulnerable residents of Puerto Rico. Collection of this information is essential to the mission of DOE. DOE plans to continue installations of solar PV and battery storage systems to address the harm and risk represented by the fragility of the island’s power system. However, DOE has received significant public input from program awardees and potential beneficiaries2 to expand the types of information that may be submitted to verify eligibility under the program. Many awardees and potential beneficiaries of this program have requested DOE expand the definition “very low-income single-family household” to consider additional income qualifying programs and allow potential beneficiaries to submit this information as verification of eligibility to the program. As a result, it is necessary for DOE to modify the program information collection practices in response to this public feedback. Failure to collect the information necessary to verify eligibility in a timely manner will cause unacceptable delays in providing assistance necessary to reestablish the reliability of electric service to these vulnerable residents. As such, public harm is reasonably likely to result in the absence of emergency approval of this request.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 117 - 328 3 Name of Law: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 117 - 328 3 Name of Law: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 7354	11/01/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Homeowner	GDO-038.1, GDO-038.1	,
Solar Ambassador	GDO-038.1, GDO-038.1	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	80,000	80,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	56,800	56,800
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	845,520	845,520

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: $420,450

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. Yes

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. Yes

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: Yohanna Freeman 301 903-1151 yohanna.freeman@hq.doe.gov

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