80 FR 27704 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 93 (May 14, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 27704]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11610]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 7, 2015, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc. 
(``MSGIP 2.0'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, JKN Consulting, Scotts Valley, CA; FREEDM Systems Center, 
Raleigh, SC; CMG Consulting LLC, Austin, TX; Energy Central, Aurora, 
CO; Ernst & Young, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Nikos Hatziargyriou 
Technical Office Consultants, Athens, GREECE; Geza Joos (individual 
member), Outremont, Quebec City, CANADA; Real-Time Innovations, Inc., 
Sunnyvale, CA; Energy Alternative Solutions, LLC, Bel Air, MD; and CPS 
Energy, San Antonio, TX, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Drummond Group, Inc., Austin, TX; Taiwan Smart Grid Industry 
Association (TSGIA), Taipei City, TAIWAN; Power Systems Engineering 
Research Center (PSERC), Tempe, AZ; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; 
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO; Ambient Corporation, Newton, MA; 
Verizon Communications, Basking Ridge, NJ; MISO, Carmel, IN; Florida 
Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL; Homegrid Forum, Portland, OR; 
QualityLogic, Inc., Moorpark, CA; Schneider Electric, Norcross, GA; 
LonMark International, San Jose, CA; Kyocera Telecommunications 
Research Center (KTRC), Freemont, CA; Sharon Albrecht (individual 
member), Austin, TX; Korea Testing Laboratory, Guro-gu, Seoul, REPUBLIC 
OF KOREA; PosiGen, Metairie, LA; College of Engineering, Computer 
Science, and Construction Management CSU--Chico, Chico, CA; XBRL US, 
Inc., Washington, DC; and JLM Energy Inc., Rocklin, CA, have withdrawn 
as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and MSGIP 2.0 intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 5, 2013, MSGIP 2.0 filed its original notification 
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of 
the Act on March 7, 2013 (78 FR 14836).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 14, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 27, 2015 (80 FR 10715).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-11610 Filed 5-13-15; 8:45 am]
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