# 2025-20775: Energy Agency Extends Coal Market Surveys for Three Years

2025-20775, Agency Information Collection Extension, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Energy Information Administration published 2025-11-24, effective Three-year extension without change to the Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS) (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20775
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20775
- Title: Agency Information Collection Extension
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Energy Information Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 52927
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: Three-year extension without change to the Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS)
- Comments close: 2026-01-23
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Energy Agency Extends Coal Market Surveys for Three Years

## Summary

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) wants to keep collecting coal data for three more years without changing the forms. This affects coal producers, power plants, and anyone involved in coal markets by continuing surveys on coal production, stocks, and prices. You can send your thoughts by January 23, 2026, and there’s no new cost or paperwork added—just a smooth extension!

## Abstract

EIA invites public comment on the proposed three-year extension, without changes, to the Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS), as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The CMRS consists of five surveys including, Form EIA-3 Quarterly Survey of Non- Electric Sector Coal Data, Form EIA-7A Annual Survey of Coal Production and Preparation, Form EIA-8A Annual Survey of Coal Stocks and Coal Exports, Form EIA-6 Emergency Coal Supply Survey (Standby), and Form EIA-20 Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring Survey for Coal Burning Power Producers (Standby.) The CMRS collects data on U.S. coal production, quality, consumption, receipts, stocks, and prices. EIA requests the extension to Forms EIA-3, EIA-6, EIA-7A, EIA-8A, and EIA-20 without change.

## Effects PRIA read

- Three-Year Extension of Coal Surveys: cost, medium. EIA proposes a three-year extension to the Coal Markets Reporting System, continuing required reporting on Forms EIA-3, EIA-7A, EIA-8A, EIA-6, and EIA-20 without changes. That means coal producers, coal-burning power plants, and other coal market participants must keep submitting the same surveys f…
- Quantified Annual Reporting Burden: cost, medium. EIA estimates the CMRS involves 833 respondents, 1,874 total annual responses, 3,149 annual burden hours, and an annual reporting cost burden of $299,123 (3,149 hours × $94.99/hour). EIA states there are no additional respondent costs beyond these burden hours.
- Standby Weekly Reporting During Disruptions: cost, low. Forms EIA-6 and EIA-20 are standby surveys that will activate during coal supply or transportation disruptions and operate weekly over a ten-week period. When activated, EIA will collect weekly production and stocks from about 10 coal mining respondents (EIA-6) and available capacity, generation, c…

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## Sources
- [2025-20775 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20775/agency-information-collection-extension)
- [2025-20775 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20775.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20775 (as of 2026-06-08).