Federal Register/Vol. 84, No. 80/Thursday, April 25, 2019/Notices
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17408 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 80 / Thursday, April 25, 2019 / Notices Title of Collection: Part D DATES: EIA must receive all comments year advance period, the characteristics, Discretionary Grant Application— on this proposed information collection and frequency of outages occurring on Individuals with Disabilities Education no later than June 24, 2019. If you the Bulk Electric System, and other Act (1890–0001). anticipate any difficulties in submitting information on the transmission system OMB Control Number: 1820–0028. your comments by the deadline, contact and supporting facilities. The data are Type of Review: An extension of an the person listed in the ADDRESSES collected from the regional reliability existing information collection. section of this notice as soon as entities by the North American Electric Respondents/Affected Public: State, possible. Reliability Corp., (NERC), which then Local, and Tribal Governments. organizes and edits the information and ADDRESSES: Send your comments to Total Estimated Number of Annual Sara Hoff, Office of Electricity, submits the data to EIA. Responses: 800. Form EIA–860, Annual Electric Renewables, and Uranium Statistics, Total Estimated Number of Annual Generator Report collects data on U.S. Energy Information Burden Hours: 21,200. existing and planned electric generation Administration, Forrestal Building, U.S. Abstract: Under the Individuals with plants, and associated equipment Disabilities Education Act discretionary Department of Energy, 1000 including generators, boilers, cooling grants are authorized to support Independence Ave. SW, EI–23, systems, and environmental control technology, State personnel Washington, DC 20585. Submission via systems. Data are collected from all development, personnel preparation, email to [email protected] is existing units and from planned units parent training and information, and recommended. scheduled for initial commercial technical assistance activities. This FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara operation within ten years of the grant application provides the forms Hoff, (202) 586–1242 email: specified reporting period (depending and information necessary for [email protected]. The forms and on the type of power plant). applicants to submit an application for instructions are available on EIA’s Form EIA–860M, Monthly Update to funding, and information for use by website at https://www.eia.gov/survey/. the Annual Electric Generator Report technical reviewers to determine the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This collects data on the status of proposed quality of the application. information collection request contains: new generators scheduled to begin Dated: April 22, 2019. (1) OMB No. 1905–0129. commercial operation within the future 12-month period; and existing Kate Mullan, (2) Information Collection Request Title: Electric Power & Renewable generators that have proposed PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Electricity Surveys; modifications that are scheduled for Clearance Program, Information Management completion within one month. The Branch, Office of the Chief Information (3) Type of Request: Renewal with Officer. changes; information is needed to ensure a complete and accurate inventory of the [FR Doc. 2019–08346 Filed 4–24–19; 8:45 am] (4) Purpose: EIA’s EPRES consists of the following nine surveys: nation’s generating fleet, for such BILLING CODE 4000–01–P Form EIA–63B, Photovoltaic Module purposes as reliability and Shipments Report; environmental analysis. Form EIA–411, Coordinated Bulk Power Form EIA–861, Annual Electric Power DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Supply Program Report; Industry Report collects annual information on the retail sale, Energy Information Administration Form EIA–860, Annual Electric Generator Report; distribution, transmission, and Agency Information Collection Form EIA–860M, Monthly Update to the generation of electric energy in the Extension Annual Electric Generator Report; United States and its territories. The Form EIA–861, Annual Electric Power data include related activities such as AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Industry Report; energy efficiency and demand response Administration (EIA), Department of Form EIA–861S, Annual Electric Power programs. In combination with Form Energy (DOE). Industry Report (Short Form); EIA–861S short form and the monthly ACTION: Notice and request for Form EIA–861M, Monthly Electric Form EIA–861M, this annual survey comments. Power Industry Report; provides coverage of sales to ultimate Form EIA–923, Power Plant Operations customers of electric power and related SUMMARY: EIA requests a three-year Report; activities. Form EIA–861S, Annual extension, with changes to the Electric Form EIA–930, Balancing Authority Electric Power Industry Report (Short Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys Operations Report. Form) collects a limited set of (EPRES) as required under The Form EIA–63B Photovoltaic Module information annually from small Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Shipments Report tracks photovoltaic companies involved in the retail sale of EPRES consists of nine surveys, module manufacturing, shipments, electricity. A complete set of annual including annual, monthly and a daily technology types, revenue, and related data are collected from large companies survey. These surveys collect data from information. The data collected on this on Form EIA–861. The small utilities entities involved in the production, form are used by DOE, Congress, other that currently report on Form EIA–861S transmission, delivery, and sale of government and non-government are required to complete Form EIA–861 electricity, and in maintaining the entities, and the public to monitor the once every eight years to provide reliable operation of the power system. current status and trends of the updated information for the statistical The data collected are the primary photovoltaic industry and to evaluate estimation of uncollected data. Form source of information on the nation’s the future of the industry. EIA–861M, Monthly Electric Power electric power system. The renewable Form EIA–411 Coordinated Bulk Industry Report collects monthly energy survey collects information on Power Supply Program Report collected information from a sample of electric the manufacture, shipment, import, and information relating to the reliability of utilities, energy service providers and export of photovoltaic cells and the electric power system in the lower distribution companies that sell or modules, and is the primary national 48 states, including regional electricity deliver electric power to end users. Data source of information on these topics. supply and demand projections for a 10- included on this form includes sales VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:25 Apr 24, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25APN1.SGM 25APN1 khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 80 / Thursday, April 25, 2019 / Notices 17409 and revenue for end-use sectors— $12,573,777 (169,870 burden hours information collected; ways to minimize residential, commercial, industrial, and times $74.02 per hour). EIA estimates the burden of the collection of transportation. This survey is the that there are no additional costs to information on the respondents, monthly complement to the annual data respondents associated with the surveys including the use of automated collection from the universe of other than the costs associated with the collection techniques or other forms of respondents that report on Form EIA– burden hours since the information is information technology; and ways to 861 and Form EIA–861S. maintained during normal course of further reduce the information Form EIA–923, Power Plant business. collection burden on small business Operations Report collects information Comments are invited on whether or concerns with fewer than 25 employees. from electric power plants in the United not: (a) The proposed collection of The FCC may not conduct or sponsor States on electric power generation, information is necessary for the proper a collection of information unless it energy source consumption, end of performance of agency functions, displays a currently valid Office of reporting period fossil fuel stocks, as including whether the information will Management and Budget (OMB) control well as the quality and cost of fossil fuel have a practical utility; (b) EIA’s number. No person shall be subject to receipts. estimate of the burden of the proposed any penalty for failing to comply with Form EIA–930, Balancing Authority collection of information, including the a collection of information subject to the Operations Report collects a validity of the methodology and PRA that does not display a valid OMB comprehensive set of the current day’s assumptions used, is accurate; (c) EIA control number. system demand data on an hourly basis can improve the quality, utility, and DATES: Written PRA comments should and the prior day’s basic hourly electric clarity of the information it will collect; be submitted on or before June 24, 2019. system operating data on a daily basis. and (d) EIA can minimize the burden of If you anticipate that you will be The data provide a basic measure of the the collection of information on submitting comments, but find it current status of electric systems in the respondents, such as automated difficult to do so within the period of United States and can be used to collection techniques or other forms of time allowed by this notice, you should compare actual