80_FR_53456 80 FR 53285 - Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting

80 FR 53285 - Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 171 (September 3, 2015)

Page Range53285-53286
FR Document2015-21901

This notice announces a meeting of the Electricity Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 171 (Thursday, September 3, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21901]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Electricity Advisory 
Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, 86 
Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced 
in the Federal Register.

DATES: The meeting dates are:

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 (12:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.


ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Rural Electric 
Cooperative Association, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 8G-017, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 586-1060 or Email: 
matthew.rosenbaum@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Committee: The Electricity 
Advisory Committee (EAC) was re-established in July 2010, in accordance 
with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 
amended, 5 U.S.C., App.2, to provide advice to the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) in implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, executing 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and modernizing the 
nation's electricity delivery infrastructure. The EAC is composed of 
individuals of diverse background selected for their technical 
expertise and experience, established records of distinguished 
professional service, and their knowledge of issues that pertain to 
electricity.
    Tentative Agenda: The meeting of the EAC is expected to include an 
update on the programs and initiatives of the DOE's Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and the DOE grid 
modernization efforts. The meeting is also expected to include panel 
discussions on high penetration of energy storage, Clean Power Plan 
system impacts and interactions, and Clean Power Plan compliance 
options, as well as a discussion of the plans of the Clean Power Plan 
Working Group. Additionally, the meeting is expected to include a 
discussion of the plans and activities of the Energy Storage 
Subcommittee, the Power Delivery Subcommittee, and the Smart Grid 
Subcommittee.

Tentative Agenda: September 29, 2015

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EAC Leadership Committee Meeting
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 p.m.-1:10 p.m. EAC Ethics Briefing
1:10 p.m.-1:20 p.m. Welcome, Introductions, Developments since the June 
2015 Meeting
1:20 p.m.-1:35 p.m. Update on the DOE Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability's Programs and Initiatives
1:35 p.m.-1:55 p.m. Update on the DOE Grid Modernization Initiative
1:55 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EAC Member Discussion of the Grid Modernization 
Initiative Working Group Plans
2:05 p.m.-3:35 p.m. High Penetration of Energy Storage Panel
3:35 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EAC Energy Storage Subcommittee Activities and 
Plans
4:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m. EAC Power Delivery Subcommittee Activities and 
Plans
4:50 p.m.-5:50 p.m. EAC Smart Grid Subcommittee Activities and Plans
5:50 p.m.-5:55 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjourn Day One of September 2015 
Meeting of the EAC

Tentative Agenda: September 30, 2015

8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Clean Power Plan System Impacts and Interactions 
Panel
9:20 a.m.-9:40 a.m. EAC Member Discussion of Clean Power Plan System 
Interactions Panel
9:40 a.m.-9:50 a.m. Break
9:50 a.m. -11:10 a.m. Clean Power Plan Compliance Options Panel
11:10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. EAC Member Discussion of Clean Power Plan 
Compliance Options Panel
11:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. EAC Member Discussion of Clean Power Plan Working 
Group Plans
11:50 a.m.-11:55 a.m. Public Comments
11:55 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjourn September 2015 Meeting of the 
EAC

    The meeting agenda may change to accommodate EAC business. For EAC 
agenda updates, see the EAC Web site at: http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
    Public Participation: The EAC welcomes the attendance of the public 
at its meetings. Individuals who wish to offer public comments at the 
EAC meeting may do so on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, but must 
register at the registration table in advance. Approximately 5 minutes 
will be reserved for public comments. Time allotted per speaker will 
depend on the number who wish to speak but is not expected to exceed 
three minutes. Anyone who is not able to attend the meeting, or for 
whom the allotted public comments time is insufficient to address 
pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited to send a written statement 
to Mr. Matthew Rosenbaum.
    You may submit comments, identified by ``Electricity Advisory 
Committee Open Meeting,'' by any of the following methods:
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 8G- 017, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585.
     Email: matthew.rosenbaum@hq.doe.gov. Include ``Electricity

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Advisory Committee Open Meeting'' in the subject line of the message.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Instructions: All 
submissions received must include the agency name and identifier. All 
comments received will be posted without change to http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac, including any personal 
information provided.
     Docket: For access to the docket, to read background 
documents or comments received, go to http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
    The following electronic file formats are acceptable: Microsoft 
Word (.doc), Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text 
Format (.rtf), plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), and Microsoft 
PowerPoint (.ppt). If you submit information that you believe to be 
exempt by law from public disclosure, you must submit one complete 
copy, as well as one copy from which the information claimed to be 
exempt by law from public disclosure has been deleted. You must also 
explain the reasons why you believe the deleted information is exempt 
from disclosure. DOE is responsible for the final determination 
concerning disclosure or nondisclosure of the information and for 
treating it in accordance with the DOE's Freedom of Information 
regulations (10 CFR 1004.11).

    Note: Delivery of the U.S. Postal Service mail to DOE may be 
delayed by several weeks due to security screening. DOE, therefore, 
encourages those wishing to comment to submit comments 
electronically by email. If comments are submitted by regular mail, 
the Department requests that they be accompanied by a CD or diskette 
containing electronic files of the submission.

    Minutes: The minutes of the EAC meeting will be posted on the EAC 
Web page at http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac. They can also be obtained by contacting Mr. Matthew 
Rosenbaum at the address above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2015.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-21901 Filed 9-2-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 171 / Thursday, September 3, 2015 / Notices 53285 • Reports on and Discussions of Topics Electricity Delivery and Energy 3:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m. EAC Energy of General Interest in High Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Storage Subcommittee Activities Physics Forrestal Building, Room 8G–017, 1000 and Plans • Public Comment (10-minute rule) Independence Avenue SW., 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. EAC Power Public Participation: The meeting is Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: Delivery Subcommittee Activities open to the public. A webcast of this (202) 586–1060 or Email: and Plans meeting will be available. Please check matthew.rosenbaum@hq.doe.gov. 4:50 p.m.–5:50 p.m. EAC Smart Grid the Web site below for updates and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of Subcommittee Activities and Plans information on how to view the the Committee: The Electricity Advisory 5:50 p.m.–5:55 p.m. Wrap-up and meeting. If you would like to file a Committee (EAC) was re-established in Adjourn Day One of September written statement with the Committee, July 2010, in accordance with the 2015 Meeting of the EAC you may do so either before or after the provisions of the Federal Advisory Tentative Agenda: September 30, 2015 meeting. If you would like to make oral Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 statements regarding any of these items 8:00 a.m.–9:20 a.m. Clean Power Plan U.S.C., App.2, to provide advice to the System Impacts and Interactions on the agenda, you should contact John U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Kogut at (301) 903–1298 or by email at: Panel implementing the Energy Policy Act of 9:20 a.m.–9:40 a.m. EAC Member John.Kogut@science.doe.gov. You must 2005, executing the Energy Discussion of Clean Power Plan make your request for an oral statement Independence and Security Act of 2007, System Interactions Panel at least 5 business days before the and modernizing the nation’s electricity 9:40 a.m.–9:50 a.m. Break meeting. Reasonable provision will be delivery infrastructure. The EAC is 9:50 a.m. –11:10 a.m. Clean Power made to include the scheduled oral composed of individuals of diverse Plan Compliance Options Panel statements on the agenda. The background selected for their technical 11:10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. EAC Member Chairperson of the Panel will conduct expertise and experience, established Discussion of Clean Power Plan the meeting to facilitate the orderly records of distinguished professional Compliance Options Panel conduct of business. Public comment service, and their knowledge of issues 11:30 a.m.–11:50 a.m. EAC Member will follow the 10-minute rule. that pertain to electricity. Discussion of Clean Power Plan Minutes: The minutes of the meeting Tentative Agenda: The meeting of the Working Group Plans will be available on the U.S. Department EAC is expected to include an update 11:50 a.m.–11:55 a.m. Public of Energy’s Office of High Energy on the programs and initiatives of the Comments Physics Advisory Panel Web site, at: DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and 11:55 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Wrap-up and (http://science.energy.gov/hep/hepap/ Energy Reliability and the DOE grid Adjourn September 2015 Meeting of meetings/). modernization efforts. The meeting is the EAC Issued at Washington, DC, on August 28, also expected to include panel The meeting agenda may change to 2015. discussions on high penetration of accommodate EAC business. For EAC LaTanya R. Butler, energy storage, Clean Power Plan system agenda updates, see the EAC Web site Deputy Committee Management Officer. impacts and interactions, and Clean at: http://energy.gov/oe/services/ [FR Doc. 2015–21902 Filed 9–2–15; 8:45 am] Power Plan compliance options, as well electricity-advisory-committee-eac. BILLING CODE 6450–01–P as a discussion of the plans of the Clean Public Participation: The EAC Power Plan Working Group. welcomes the attendance of the public Additionally, the meeting is expected to at its meetings. Individuals who wish to DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY include a discussion of the plans and offer public comments at the EAC activities of the Energy Storage meeting may do so on Wednesday, Electricity Advisory Committee Subcommittee, the Power Delivery September 30, 2015, but must register at Meeting Subcommittee, and the Smart Grid the registration table in advance. Subcommittee. Approximately 5 minutes will be AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Department of Tentative Agenda: September 29, 2015 reserved for public comments. Time Energy. allotted per speaker will depend on the 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. EAC Leadership number who wish to speak but is not ACTION: Notice of open meeting. Committee Meeting expected to exceed three minutes. SUMMARY: This notice announces a 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Registration Anyone who is not able to attend the meeting of the Electricity Advisory 1:00 p.m.–1:10 p.m. EAC Ethics meeting, or for whom the allotted public Committee. The Federal Advisory Briefing comments time is insufficient to address Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, 86 Stat. 1:10 p.m.–1:20 p.m. Welcome, pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited 770) requires that public notice of these Introductions, Developments since to send a written statement to Mr. meetings be announced in the Federal the June 2015 Meeting Matthew Rosenbaum. Register. 1:20 p.m.–1:35 p.m. Update on the You may submit comments, identified DOE Office of Electricity Delivery by ‘‘Electricity Advisory Committee DATES: The meeting dates are: and Energy Reliability’s Programs Open Meeting,’’ by any of the following Tuesday, September 29, 2015 (12:00 and Initiatives methods: p.m.–5:55 p.m. 1:35 p.m.–1:55 p.m. Update on the • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (8:00 DOE Grid Modernization Initiative Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of a.m.–12:00 p.m. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 1:55 p.m.–2:05 p.m. EAC Member Electricity Delivery and Energy ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Discussion of the Grid Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Modernization Initiative Working Forrestal Building, Room 8G– 017, 1000 Association, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Group Plans Independence Avenue SW., Arlington, VA 22203. 2:05 p.m.–3:35 p.m. High Penetration Washington, DC 20585. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of Energy Storage Panel • Email: matthew.rosenbaum@ Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 3:35 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Break hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Electricity VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:42 Sep 02, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1

53286 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 171 / Thursday, September 3, 2015 / Notices Advisory Committee Open Meeting’’ in DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the subject line of the message. Questions may be directed to— Office of Energy Efficiency and Technical information: Katie • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Renewable Energy Randolph at 240–562–1759 or by email www.regulations.gov. Follow the at HPrize@ee.doe.gov. instructions for submitting comments. H2 Refuel H-Prize Final Guidelines Prize contest: Emanuel Wagner, Instructions: All submissions received Update Contest Manager, Hydrogen Education must include the agency name and Foundation, at 202–457–0868 x360 or identifier. All comments received will AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of by email at EWAGNER@ttcorp.com. be posted without change to http:// SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: energy.gov/oe/services/electricity- Energy (DOE). advisory-committee-eac, including any ACTION: Notice of Updates to the H2 I. Introduction personal information provided. Refuel H-Prize Competition Guidelines. Fuel cells powered by hydrogen from • Docket: For access to the docket, to SUMMARY: On October 28, 2014, the renewable or low-carbon resources can read background documents or Department of Energy (DOE) announced lead to substantial energy savings and in the Federal Register the $1 million reductions in imported petroleum and comments received, go to http:// H2 Refuel H-Prize competition, allowing carbon emissions. Fuel Cell Electric energy.gov/oe/services/electricity- teams from across the United States to Vehicles (FCEVs) are much more advisory-committee-eac. efficient than today’s gasoline vehicles, compete to develop systems that The following electronic file formats and when fueled with hydrogen, generate and dispense hydrogen from are acceptable: Microsoft Word (.doc), resources commonly available to produce only water vapor at the Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe residences (electricity or natural gas) for tailpipe. The hydrogen fuel can be Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), use in homes, community centers, generated from a range of domestic plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), businesses or similar locations, to sources. While the commercial sale of and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt). If you supplement the current infrastructure FCEVs is rapidly approaching, submit information that you believe to roll-out and reduce barriers to using infrastructure remains a major be exempt by law from public hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. The challenge, with only approximately 50 disclosure, you must submit one Federal Register notice announcing the fueling stations in the United States, complete copy, as well as one copy from competition included the H2 Refuel H- only 10 of which are operating as public which the information claimed to be stations. Prize Competition Guidelines. The The H-Prize was authorized under exempt by law from public disclosure purpose of today’s notice is to update section 654 of the Energy Independence has been deleted. You must also explain the H2 Refuel H-Prize Competition and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110– the reasons why you believe the deleted Guidelines. Substantive changes in this 140). As efforts to build a hydrogen information is exempt from disclosure. update provide additional information fueling station infrastructure are getting DOE is responsible for the final on communication expectations for underway, the H2 Refuel H-Prize is determination concerning disclosure or finalists, expand the process used to intended to incentivize the development nondisclosure of the information and for resolve ties, correct a typographical of small-scale systems for non- treating it in accordance with the DOE’s error in the dispensing time criteria commercial fueling to supplement the Freedom of Information regulations (10 table, define how availability will be larger-scale infrastructure development. CFR 1004.11). calculated, and provide a method to The H2 Refuel H-Prize anticipates determine a winner in the event that no award of a $1 million prize to the top Note: Delivery of the U.S. Postal Service entry receives at least a minimum score mail to DOE may be delayed by several refueler system entry that can produce of one for each of the scoring criteria hydrogen using electricity and/or weeks due to security screening. DOE, (not including bonus criteria). In therefore, encourages those wishing to natural gas, energy sources commonly addition, language is added for available to residential locations, and comment to submit comments electronically clarification where necessary. The by email. If comments are submitted by dispense the hydrogen to a vehicle, section on the draft guideline public providing at least 1 kg per refueling. regular mail, the Department requests that comments and responses is deleted. Systems considered would be at the they be accompanied by a CD or diskette Finally, minor errors are corrected and home scale and able to generate and containing electronic files of the submission. contact information is updated. dispense 1–5 kg H2/day for use at Minutes: The minutes of the EAC DATES: residences, or the medium scale, meeting will be posted on the EAC Web —Competition opened—October 29, generating and dispensing 5–50 kg H2/ page at http://energy.gov/oe/services/ 2014. day. Medium scale systems would serve electricity-advisory-committee-eac. —Competition ends—October 31, 2016: a larger community with multiple users Data will be analyzed to determine daily, such as a large apartment They can also be obtained by contacting winner Award of $1 million prize, if complex or retail centers to fuel small Mr. Matthew Rosenbaum at the address the Panel of Judges determines that fleets of vehicles (e.g., light duty above. there is a winning entry. automobiles, forklifts or tractors). Issued in Washington, DC, on August 28, For more information regarding the Interested parties can register and find 2015. dates relating to this competition, see, more information, updates and pages LaTanya R. Butler, section III. Competition requirements where teams can discuss the prize at the tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Deputy Committee Management Officer. and process, Key Dates, in the H-Prize Web site: http:// [FR Doc. 2015–21901 Filed 9–2–15; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of hydrogenprize.org. The Hydrogen BILLING CODE 6450–01–P this notice. Education Foundation (HEF) is ADDRESSES: The H-Prize Web site is currently administering the prize for the http://hydrogenprize.org, where updates U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and and announcements will be posted DOE will coordinate prize activities throughout the competition. with HEF. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:42 Sep 02, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meeting.
DatesThe meeting dates are:
ContactMatthew Rosenbaum, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 8G-017, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 586-1060 or Email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 53285 
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