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OMB Control No: 1905-0129	ICR Reference No: 202603-1905-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202211-1905-001
Agency/Subagency: DOE/EIA	Agency Tracking No: Electric Power Surveys
Title: Electric Power Surveys
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/24/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2026
Responses	101,777	84,838
Time Burden (Hours)	251,176	202,322
Cost Burden (Dollars)	23,846,650	16,869,489

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	101,777	84,838	-146	17,085
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	251,176	202,322	-362	49,216
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	23,846,650	16,869,489	-30,205	7,007,366

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: Changing Forms

Short Statement: EIA will discontinue Form EIA-63B, Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report (Annual and Monthly). EIA determined that the value of the data collected by the survey no longer exceeds the burden of collecting and publishing it. This change is projected to reduce the reporting burden on the industry. Specifically, discontinuing the monthly survey will relieve approximately 120 annual respondents and save an estimated 314 annual burden hours, while discontinuing the annual survey will impact 26 fewer respondents and reduce burden hours by 48 annually.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,137,589

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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