OMB Approves FERC’s CEII Data Request ICR Revision

Yesterday, the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved a revision request for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) information collection request (ICR) on “Critical Energy/Electric Infrastructure [CEII] Information Data Request”. The ICR burden was revised downward based upon the recent history of such requests.

The abstract for the announcement notes that:

“In accordance with section 215A(d) of the Federal Power Act and 18 CFR 388.113, this collection of information provides that persons may seek Critical Energy/Electric Infrastructure Information (CEII). To receive CEII, they must show they have a legitimate need for such information, and they must submit a non-disclosure agreement that decreases the likelihood that such information could be used to plan or execute terrorist attacks.”

FERC is one of those agencies that actually periodically updates their ICR requests to reflect recent historical data (which in my opinion all agencies should do for all ICRs). This ICR has been in place since 2002, and the table below is a quick look at the changes in their burden estimates over that time.

	# of Responses	Burden (hrs)
2002	200	50
2005	182	46
2008	200	60
2020	100	30
2023	50	15