Respondent Letter: Email Announcing 30D FRN Publication

The U. S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is proposing changes to its electricity and renewable data collection in 2017. These changes involve the following surveys:

• Form EIA-63B, Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report

• Form EIA-411, Coordinated Bulk Power Supply Program Report

• Form EIA-826, Monthly Electric Utility Sales and Revenue Report with State Distributions (discontinued form to be replaced by Form EIA-861M)

• Form EIA-860, Annual Electric Generator Report

• Form EIA-860M, Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report

• Form EIA-861, Annual Electric Power Industry Report

• Form EIA-861S, Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Short Form)

• Form EIA-861M, Monthly Electric Power Industry Report (replaces Form EIA-826)

• Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report

• Form EIA-930, Balancing Authority Operations Report

The proposals were announced to the public via a Federal Register Notice published May 19, 2016 (81 Federal Register 31623). Interested parties were given 60 days to submit comments. EIA received comments from 38 organizations and individuals. EIA reviewed all comments and made certain changes to the original proposals in response to the comments. EIA's responses to comments are in the Public Comment File and available for review on EIA’s Electricity and Solar (Photovoltaic) Survey Form Changes Proposed for 2017 webpage. There you can access all of the documents connected with this clearance as well as a copy of each form and its instructions.

A second Federal Register Notice (insert hyperlink) was published on (insert day and date and FR citation) to inform the public that EIA submitted its proposed information collection request for these survey forms to OMB for approval. The publication of this notice provides a thirty (30) day comment period for the public to submit comments concerning this proposed collection. Written comments are due by (insert day and date), they should include the commenter’s email address, and they should be sent to:

DOE Desk Officer
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
New Executive Office Building
Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20503
Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov

With a copy to:

Rebecca A. Peterson
U. S. Energy Information Administration
Mail Stop EI-23, Forrestal Building
1000 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20585
Electricity2017@eia.gov