81_FR_17751 81 FR 17690 - Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meeting

81 FR 17690 - Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 61 (March 30, 2016)

Page Range17690-17692
FR Document2016-07170

At the direction of the President, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department), as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force (QER Task Force), will convene public meetings for the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review, an integrated study of the U.S. electricity system from generation through end use. A mixture of panel discussions and a public comment period will frame multi-stakeholder discourse around deliberative analytical questions relating to the intersection of electricity and its role in promoting economic competitiveness, energy security, and environmental responsibility. This document announces that the Atlanta meeting which was originally scheduled for March 31 will now be held on May 24.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, Secretariat, 
Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and updated meeting locations.

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SUMMARY: At the direction of the President, the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE or Department), as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial 
Energy Review Task Force (QER Task Force), will convene public meetings 
for the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review, an 
integrated study of the U.S. electricity system from generation through 
end use. A mixture of panel discussions and a public comment period 
will frame multi-stakeholder discourse around deliberative analytical 
questions relating to the intersection of electricity and its role in 
promoting economic competitiveness, energy security, and environmental 
responsibility. This document announces that the Atlanta meeting which 
was originally scheduled for March 31 will now be held on May 24.

DATES: The public meetings will be held on April 15, 2016 in Boston, 
Massachusetts at 9:30 a.m.; April 25, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah at 
8:30 a.m.; May 6, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa; May 9, 2016 in Austin, 
Texas; May 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, California; and May 24, 2016 in 
Atlanta, Georgia. Written comments are welcome, especially following 
the public meetings, and should be submitted within 60 days of the 
meetings, but no later than July 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The April 15, 2016, QER meeting in Boston will take place at 
the Marriott Long Wharf, Salons DEFL, 296 State Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts. The April 25 QER meeting in Salt Lake City will take 
place at Western Electricity Coordinating Council, 155 North 400 West, 
Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah. Additional QER meeting locations and 
addresses will be announced when they are available, in Federal 
Register notices and at http://energy.gov/qer">energy.gov/qer.
    Between February 4, 2016 and July 1, 2016, you may submit written 
comments online at http://energy.gov/qer or by U.S. mail to the Office 
of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, EPSA-60, QER Meeting Comments, 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Richards, EPSA-60, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 
202-586-0507 Email: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 9, 2014, President Obama issued a 
Presidential Memorandum--Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review. To 
accomplish this review, the Presidential Memorandum establishes a 
Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force to be co-chaired by the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Director of the 
Domestic Policy Council. Under the Presidential Memorandum, the 
Secretary of Energy shall provide support to the Task Force, including 
support for coordination activities related to the preparation of the 
Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)

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Report, policy analysis and modeling, and stakeholder engagement.
    The Quadrennial Energy Review process itself involves robust 
engagement of federal agencies and outside stakeholders, and further 
enables the federal government to translate policy goals into a set of 
analytically based, integrated actions for proposed investments over a 
four year planning horizon. Unlike traditional federal Quadrennial 
Review processes, the QER is conducted in a multi-year installment 
series to allow for more focused analysis on particular sub-sectors of 
the energy system. The initial focus for the Quadrennial Energy Review 
was our Nation's transmission, storage and distribution infrastructures 
that link energy supplies to intermediate and end users, because these 
capital-intensive infrastructures tend to set supply and end use 
patterns, investments and practices in place for decades. On April 21, 
2015, the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force released its first 
Quadrennial Energy Review installment report entitled, ``Energy 
Transmission, Storage, and Distribution Infrastructure''. Among the 
issues highlighted by the analysis in the first installment of the QER 
were the growing dependencies of all critical infrastructures and 
economic sectors on electricity, as well as, the increasing 
interdependence of the various energy subsectors. In response to these 
findings, and to provide an appropriate consideration of an energy 
sector undergoing significant technological and regulatory change, the 
second installment of the QER will conduct a comprehensive review of 
the nation's electricity system, from generation to end use, including 
a more comprehensive look at electricity transmission, storage, and 
distribution infrastructure covered in installment one. The electricity 
system encompasses not just physical structures, but also a range of 
actors and institutions. Under this broad framing, the second 
installment intends to consider the roles and activities of all 
relevant actors, industries, and institutions integral to continuing to 
supply reliable and affordable electricity at a time of dramatic change 
in technology development. Issues to be considered in QER analyses 
include fuel choices, distributed and centralized generation, physical 
and cyber vulnerabilities, federal, state, and local policy direction, 
expectations of residential and commercial consumers, and a review of 
existing and evolving business models for a range of entities 
throughout the system.
    Significant changes will be required to meet the transformational 
opportunities and challenges posed by our evolving electricity system. 
The Administration is seeking public input on key questions relating to 
possible federal actions that would address the challenges and take 
full advantage of the opportunities of this changing system to meet the 
Nation's objectives of reliable, affordable and clean electricity. Over 
the course of 2016, the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review 
Task Force will hold a series of public meetings to discuss and receive 
comments on the issues outlined above, and well as, others, as they 
relate to the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review.
    The Department of Energy has a broad role in energy policy 
development and the largest role in implementing the Federal 
Government's energy research and development portfolio. Many other 
executive departments and agencies also play key roles in developing 
and implementing policies governing energy resources and consumption, 
as well as, associated environmental impacts. In addition, non-Federal 
actors are crucial contributors to energy policies. Because most energy 
and related infrastructure is owned by private entities, investment by 
and engagement of, input from the private sector is necessary to 
develop and implement effective policies. State and local policies, the 
views of non-governmental, environmental, faith-based, labor, and other 
social organizations, and contributions from the academic and non-
profit sectors are also critical to the development and implementation 
of effective Federal energy policies.
    The interagency Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, which 
includes members from all relevant executive departments and agencies, 
will develop an integrated review of energy policy that integrates all 
of these perspectives. It will build on the foundation provided in the 
Administration's Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future of March 30, 
2011, and Climate Action Plan released on June 25, 2013. The Task Force 
will offer recommendations on what additional actions it believes would 
be appropriate. These may include recommendations on additional 
executive or legislative actions to address the energy challenges and 
opportunities facing the Nation.

Quadrennial Energy Review Public Meetings

    This document announces that the Atlanta meeting which was 
originally scheduled (81 FR 12885, March 11, 2016) for March 31 will 
now be held on May 24. The DOE will hold public meetings on electricity 
from generation through end use, in the following cities:

Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 2016
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 25, 2016
Des Moines, Iowa, May 6, 2016
Austin, Texas, May 9, 2016
Los Angeles, California, May 10, 2016
Atlanta, Georgia, May 24 2016

    Each meeting will feature facilitated panel discussions, followed 
by an open microphone session. People who would like to speak during 
the open microphone session at the public meeting should come prepared 
to speak for no more than five minutes and will be accommodated on a 
first-come, first-served basis, according to the order in which they 
register to speak on a sign-in sheet available at the meeting location, 
on the morning of the meeting. In advance of the meetings, DOE 
anticipates making publicly available a briefing memorandum providing 
useful background information regarding the topics under discussion at 
the meeting. DOE will post this memorandum on its Web site: http://
http://energy.gov/qer">energy.gov/qer.
    Submitting comments online. DOE will accept public comments on the 
QER from February 4, 2016, to July 1, 2016, at http://energy.gov/qer">energy.gov/qer. 
Submitting comments online to the DOE Web site will require you to 
provide your name and contact information. Your contact information 
will be viewable to DOE staff only. Your contact information will not 
be publicly viewable except for your first and last names, organization 
name (if any), and submitter representative name (if any). Your contact 
information will be publicly viewable if you include it in the comment 
itself or in any documents attached to your comment. Any information 
that you do not want to be publicly viewable should not be included in 
your comment, nor in any document attached to your comment. Otherwise, 
persons viewing comments will see only first and last names, 
organization names, correspondence containing comments, and any 
documents submitted with the comments.
    Do not submit information for which disclosure is restricted by 
statute, such as trade secrets and commercial or financial information 
(hereinafter referred to as Confidential Business Information (CBI)). 
Comments submitted through the DOE Web site cannot be claimed as CBI. 
Comments received through the Web site will waive any CBI claims for 
the information submitted. For information on submitting CBI, see the 
Confidential Business Information section, below.
    If you do not want your personal contact information to be publicly

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viewable, do not include it in your comment or any accompanying 
documents. Instead, provide your contact information in a cover letter. 
Include your first and last names, email address, telephone number, and 
optional mailing address. The cover letter will not be publicly 
viewable as long as it does not include any comments.
    Include contact information each time you submit comments, data, 
documents, and other information to DOE. If you submit via mail or hand 
delivery/courier, please provide all items on a CD, if feasible, in 
which case it is not necessary to submit printed copies. No 
telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
    Comments, data, and other information submitted to DOE 
electronically should be provided in PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 
Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file format. Provide documents that 
are not secured, written in English, and are free of any defects or 
viruses. Documents should not contain special characters or any form of 
encryption and, if possible, they should carry the electronic signature 
of the author.
    Confidential Business Information. Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 
person submitting information that he or she believes to be 
confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via 
email, postal mail, or hand delivery/courier two well-marked copies: 
One copy of the document marked ``confidential'' including all the 
information believed to be confidential, and one copy of the document 
marked ``non-confidential'' with the information believed to be 
confidential deleted. Submit these documents via email or on a CD, if 
feasible. DOE will make its own determination about the confidential 
status of the information and treat it according to its determination. 
Confidential information should be submitted to the Confidential QER 
email address: [email protected].
    Factors of interest to DOE when evaluating requests to treat 
submitted information as confidential include: (1) A description of the 
items; (2) whether and why such items are customarily treated as 
confidential within the industry; (3) whether the information is 
generally known by or available from other sources; (4) whether the 
information has previously been made available to others without 
obligation concerning its confidentiality; (5) an explanation of the 
competitive injury to the submitting person which would result from 
public disclosure; (6) when such information might lose its 
confidential character due to the passage of time; and (7) why 
disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest. 
It is DOE's policy that all comments may be included in the public 
docket, without change and as received, including any personal 
information provided in the comments (except information deemed to be 
exempt from public disclosure).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2016.
April Salas,
QER Secretariat Director, Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, U.S. 
Department of Energy.
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                                                    to review the agenda for the meeting,                   DATES: The meeting will take place on                 comment period will frame multi-
                                                    please go to energy.gov/                                Thursday, June 2, 2016 from 5:00 p.m.                 stakeholder discourse around
                                                    consentbasedsiting.                                     to 9:30 p.m. EDT. Informal poster                     deliberative analytical questions relating
                                                                                                            sessions will be held from 4:00 p.m.                  to the intersection of electricity and its
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                            until 5:00 p.m. EDT and again after 9:30              role in promoting economic
                                                    Requests for further information should
                                                                                                            p.m. EDT. Department officials will be                competitiveness, energy security, and
                                                    be sent to consentbasedsiting@
                                                                                                            available to discuss consent-based siting             environmental responsibility. This
                                                    hq.doe.gov or to Michael Reim at 202–
                                                                                                            during the poster sessions.                           document announces that the Atlanta
                                                    586–2981. Updated information on this
                                                                                                            ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                meeting which was originally scheduled
                                                    and other planned public meetings on
                                                                                                            Hyatt Regency Boston, One Avenue De                   for March 31 will now be held on May
                                                    consent based siting will be posted at
                                                                                                            Lafayette, Boston, MA 02111. To register              24.
                                                    energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
                                                      If you are unable to attend a public                  for this meeting and to review the                    DATES: The public meetings will be held
                                                    meeting or would like to further discuss                agenda for the meeting, please go to                  on April 15, 2016 in Boston,
                                                                                                            energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.                        Massachusetts at 9:30 a.m.; April 25,
                                                    ideas for consent-based siting, please
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah at 8:30
                                                    request an opportunity for us to speak
                                                                                                            Requests for further information should               a.m.; May 6, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa;
                                                    with you. The Department will do its
                                                                                                            be sent to consentbasedsiting@                        May 9, 2016 in Austin, Texas; May 10,
                                                    best to accommodate such requests and
                                                                                                            hq.doe.gov or to Michael Reim at 202–                 2016 in Los Angeles, California; and
                                                    help arrange additional opportunities to
                                                                                                            586–2981. Updated information on this                 May 24, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.
                                                    engage. To learn more about nuclear
                                                                                                            and other planned public meetings on                  Written comments are welcome,
                                                    energy, nuclear waste, and ongoing
                                                                                                            consent based siting will be posted at                especially following the public
                                                    technical work please go to energy.gov/
                                                                                                            energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.                        meetings, and should be submitted
                                                    consentbasedsiting.
                                                                                                              If you are unable to attend a public                within 60 days of the meetings, but no
                                                      Privacy Act: Data collected via the                                                                         later than July 1, 2016.
                                                                                                            meeting or would like to further discuss
                                                    mechanisms listed above will not be
                                                                                                            ideas for consent-based siting, please                ADDRESSES: The April 15, 2016, QER
                                                    protected from the public view in any
                                                                                                            request an opportunity for us to speak                meeting in Boston will take place at the
                                                    way.
                                                                                                            with you. The Department will do its                  Marriott Long Wharf, Salons DEFL, 296
                                                       Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24,               best to accommodate such requests and                 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The
                                                    2016.                                                   help arrange additional opportunities to              April 25 QER meeting in Salt Lake City
                                                    Andrew Griffith,                                        engage. To learn more about nuclear                   will take place at Western Electricity
                                                    Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office            energy, nuclear waste, and ongoing                    Coordinating Council, 155 North 400
                                                    of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.                technical work please go to energy.gov/               West, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah.
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–07153 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am]             consentbasedsiting.                                   Additional QER meeting locations and
                                                    BILLING CODE 6450–01–P                                    Privacy Act: Data collected via the                 addresses will be announced when they
                                                                                                            mechanisms listed above will not be                   are available, in Federal Register
                                                                                                            protected from the public view in any                 notices and at energy.gov/qer.
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    way.                                                     Between February 4, 2016 and July 1,
                                                                                                               Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24,             2016, you may submit written
                                                    Notice of Public Meeting To Inform the                                                                        comments online at http://energy.gov/
                                                                                                            2016.
                                                    Design of a Consent-Based Siting                                                                              qer or by U.S. mail to the Office of
                                                                                                            Andrew Griffith,
                                                    Process for Nuclear Waste Storage                                                                             Energy Policy and Systems Analysis,
                                                    and Disposal Facilities                                 Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office
                                                                                                            of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.              EPSA–60, QER Meeting Comments, U.S.
                                                    AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office                 [FR Doc. 2016–07154 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am]           Department of Energy, 1000
                                                    of Nuclear Energy, Department of                        BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                  Independence Avenue SW.,
                                                    Energy.                                                                                                       Washington, DC 20585–0121.
                                                    ACTION: Notice of public meeting.                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  Richards, EPSA–60, U.S. Department of
                                                    SUMMARY:   The U.S. Department of                                                                             Energy, Office of Energy Policy and
                                                    Energy (DOE) is implementing a                          Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of                  Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence
                                                    consent-based siting process to establish               Public Meeting                                        Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–
                                                    an integrated waste management system                   AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and                   0121. Telephone: 202–586–0507 Email:
                                                    to transport, store, and dispose of spent               Systems Analysis, Secretariat,                        John.Richards@Hq.Doe.Gov
                                                    nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive                 Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force,                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
                                                    waste. In a consent-based siting                        Department of Energy.                                 January 9, 2014, President Obama
                                                    approach, DOE will work with                            ACTION: Notice of public meetings and                 issued a Presidential Memorandum—
                                                    communities, tribal governments and                     updated meeting locations.                            Establishing a Quadrennial Energy
                                                    states across the country that express                                                                        Review. To accomplish this review, the
                                                    interest in hosting any of the facilities               SUMMARY: At the direction of the                      Presidential Memorandum establishes a
                                                    identified as part of an integrated waste               President, the U.S. Department of                     Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force
                                                    management system. As part of this                      Energy (DOE or Department), as the                    to be co-chaired by the Director of the
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                                                    process, the Department is hosting a                    Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy                Office of Science and Technology
                                                    series of public meetings to engage                     Review Task Force (QER Task Force),                   Policy, and the Director of the Domestic
                                                    communities and individuals and                         will convene public meetings for the                  Policy Council. Under the Presidential
                                                    discuss the development of a consent-                   second installment of the Quadrennial                 Memorandum, the Secretary of Energy
                                                    based approach to managing our                          Energy Review, an integrated study of                 shall provide support to the Task Force,
                                                    nation’s nuclear waste. A public                        the U.S. electricity system from                      including support for coordination
                                                    meeting will be held in Boston, MA on                   generation through end use. A mixture                 activities related to the preparation of
                                                    June 2, 2016.                                           of panel discussions and a public                     the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)


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                                                    Report, policy analysis and modeling,                      Significant changes will be required               meetings on electricity from generation
                                                    and stakeholder engagement.                             to meet the transformational                          through end use, in the following cities:
                                                       The Quadrennial Energy Review                        opportunities and challenges posed by                 Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 2016
                                                    process itself involves robust                          our evolving electricity system. The                  Salt Lake City, Utah, April 25, 2016
                                                    engagement of federal agencies and                      Administration is seeking public input                Des Moines, Iowa, May 6, 2016
                                                    outside stakeholders, and further                       on key questions relating to possible                 Austin, Texas, May 9, 2016
                                                    enables the federal government to                       federal actions that would address the                Los Angeles, California, May 10, 2016
                                                    translate policy goals into a set of                    challenges and take full advantage of the             Atlanta, Georgia, May 24 2016
                                                    analytically based, integrated actions for              opportunities of this changing system to                 Each meeting will feature facilitated
                                                    proposed investments over a four year                   meet the Nation’s objectives of reliable,             panel discussions, followed by an open
                                                    planning horizon. Unlike traditional                    affordable and clean electricity. Over                microphone session. People who would
                                                    federal Quadrennial Review processes,                   the course of 2016, the Secretariat for               like to speak during the open
                                                    the QER is conducted in a multi-year                    the Quadrennial Energy Review Task                    microphone session at the public
                                                    installment series to allow for more                    Force will hold a series of public                    meeting should come prepared to speak
                                                    focused analysis on particular sub-                     meetings to discuss and receive                       for no more than five minutes and will
                                                    sectors of the energy system. The initial               comments on the issues outlined above,                be accommodated on a first-come, first-
                                                    focus for the Quadrennial Energy                        and well as, others, as they relate to the            served basis, according to the order in
                                                    Review was our Nation’s transmission,                   second installment of the Quadrennial                 which they register to speak on a sign-
                                                    storage and distribution infrastructures                Energy Review.                                        in sheet available at the meeting
                                                                                                               The Department of Energy has a broad
                                                    that link energy supplies to intermediate                                                                     location, on the morning of the meeting.
                                                                                                            role in energy policy development and
                                                    and end users, because these capital-                                                                         In advance of the meetings, DOE
                                                                                                            the largest role in implementing the
                                                    intensive infrastructures tend to set                                                                         anticipates making publicly available a
                                                                                                            Federal Government’s energy research
                                                    supply and end use patterns,                                                                                  briefing memorandum providing useful
                                                                                                            and development portfolio. Many other
                                                    investments and practices in place for                                                                        background information regarding the
                                                                                                            executive departments and agencies also
                                                    decades. On April 21, 2015, the                                                                               topics under discussion at the meeting.
                                                                                                            play key roles in developing and
                                                    Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force                                                                          DOE will post this memorandum on its
                                                                                                            implementing policies governing energy
                                                    released its first Quadrennial Energy                                                                         Web site: http://energy.gov/qer.
                                                                                                            resources and consumption, as well as,
                                                    Review installment report entitled,                     associated environmental impacts. In                     Submitting comments online. DOE
                                                    ‘‘Energy Transmission, Storage, and                     addition, non-Federal actors are crucial              will accept public comments on the
                                                    Distribution Infrastructure’’. Among the                contributors to energy policies. Because              QER from February 4, 2016, to July 1,
                                                    issues highlighted by the analysis in the               most energy and related infrastructure is             2016, at energy.gov/qer. Submitting
                                                    first installment of the QER were the                   owned by private entities, investment                 comments online to the DOE Web site
                                                    growing dependencies of all critical                    by and engagement of, input from the                  will require you to provide your name
                                                    infrastructures and economic sectors on                 private sector is necessary to develop                and contact information. Your contact
                                                    electricity, as well as, the increasing                 and implement effective policies. State               information will be viewable to DOE
                                                    interdependence of the various energy                   and local policies, the views of non-                 staff only. Your contact information will
                                                    subsectors. In response to these                        governmental, environmental, faith-                   not be publicly viewable except for your
                                                    findings, and to provide an appropriate                 based, labor, and other social                        first and last names, organization name
                                                    consideration of an energy sector                       organizations, and contributions from                 (if any), and submitter representative
                                                    undergoing significant technological                    the academic and non-profit sectors are               name (if any). Your contact information
                                                    and regulatory change, the second                       also critical to the development and                  will be publicly viewable if you include
                                                    installment of the QER will conduct a                   implementation of effective Federal                   it in the comment itself or in any
                                                    comprehensive review of the nation’s                    energy policies.                                      documents attached to your comment.
                                                    electricity system, from generation to                     The interagency Quadrennial Energy                 Any information that you do not want
                                                    end use, including a more                               Review Task Force, which includes                     to be publicly viewable should not be
                                                    comprehensive look at electricity                       members from all relevant executive                   included in your comment, nor in any
                                                    transmission, storage, and distribution                 departments and agencies, will develop                document attached to your comment.
                                                    infrastructure covered in installment                   an integrated review of energy policy                 Otherwise, persons viewing comments
                                                    one. The electricity system encompasses                 that integrates all of these perspectives.            will see only first and last names,
                                                    not just physical structures, but also a                It will build on the foundation provided              organization names, correspondence
                                                    range of actors and institutions. Under                 in the Administration’s Blueprint for a               containing comments, and any
                                                    this broad framing, the second                          Secure Energy Future of March 30, 2011,               documents submitted with the
                                                    installment intends to consider the roles               and Climate Action Plan released on                   comments.
                                                    and activities of all relevant actors,                  June 25, 2013. The Task Force will offer                 Do not submit information for which
                                                    industries, and institutions integral to                recommendations on what additional                    disclosure is restricted by statute, such
                                                    continuing to supply reliable and                       actions it believes would be appropriate.             as trade secrets and commercial or
                                                    affordable electricity at a time of                     These may include recommendations on                  financial information (hereinafter
                                                    dramatic change in technology                           additional executive or legislative                   referred to as Confidential Business
                                                    development. Issues to be considered in                 actions to address the energy challenges              Information (CBI)). Comments
                                                    QER analyses include fuel choices,                                                                            submitted through the DOE Web site
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                                                                                                            and opportunities facing the Nation.
                                                    distributed and centralized generation,                                                                       cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments
                                                    physical and cyber vulnerabilities,                     Quadrennial Energy Review Public                      received through the Web site will
                                                    federal, state, and local policy direction,             Meetings                                              waive any CBI claims for the
                                                    expectations of residential and                           This document announces that the                    information submitted. For information
                                                    commercial consumers, and a review of                   Atlanta meeting which was originally                  on submitting CBI, see the Confidential
                                                    existing and evolving business models                   scheduled (81 FR 12885, March 11,                     Business Information section, below.
                                                    for a range of entities throughout the                  2016) for March 31 will now be held on                   If you do not want your personal
                                                    system.                                                 May 24. The DOE will hold public                      contact information to be publicly


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                                                    viewable, do not include it in your                     of the information would be contrary to               expires on June 1, 2016. On March 16,
                                                    comment or any accompanying                             the public interest. It is DOE’s policy               2016, the Applicant filed an application
                                                    documents. Instead, provide your                        that all comments may be included in                  with DOE for renewal of the export
                                                    contact information in a cover letter.                  the public docket, without change and                 authority contained in Order No. EA–
                                                    Include your first and last names, email                as received, including any personal                   378 for an additional five-year term.
                                                    address, telephone number, and                          information provided in the comments                     In its application, CPM states that it
                                                    optional mailing address. The cover                     (except information deemed to be
                                                                                                                                                                  does not own or operate any electric
                                                    letter will not be publicly viewable as                 exempt from public disclosure).
                                                    long as it does not include any                                                                               generation or transmission facilities,
                                                                                                              Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25,              and it does not have a franchised service
                                                    comments.                                               2016.
                                                       Include contact information each time                                                                      area. The electric energy that CPM
                                                                                                            April Salas,                                          proposes to export to Mexico would be
                                                    you submit comments, data, documents,
                                                                                                            QER Secretariat Director, Quadrennial Energy          surplus energy purchased from third
                                                    and other information to DOE. If you
                                                                                                            Review Task Force, U.S. Department of                 parties such as electric utilities and
                                                    submit via mail or hand delivery/                       Energy.
                                                    courier, please provide all items on a                                                                        Federal power marketing agencies
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2016–07170 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    CD, if feasible, in which case it is not                                                                      pursuant to voluntary agreements. The
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
                                                    necessary to submit printed copies. No                                                                        existing international transmission
                                                    telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.                                                                      facilities to be utilized by CPM have
                                                       Comments, data, and other                                                                                  previously been authorized by
                                                    information submitted to DOE                            DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                                                                                  Presidential permits issued pursuant to
                                                    electronically should be provided in                    [OE Docket No. EA–378–A]                              Executive Order 10485, as amended,
                                                    PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or                                                                            and are appropriate for open access
                                                    Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file                Application To Export Electric Energy;                transmission by third parties.
                                                    format. Provide documents that are not                  Cargill Power Markets, LLC
                                                    secured, written in English, and are free                                                                        Procedural Matters: Any person
                                                                                                            AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery                desiring to be heard in this proceeding
                                                    of any defects or viruses. Documents                    and Energy Reliability, DOE.
                                                    should not contain special characters or                                                                      should file a comment or protest to the
                                                                                                            ACTION: Notice of application.                        application at the address provided
                                                    any form of encryption and, if possible,
                                                    they should carry the electronic                                                                              above. Protests should be filed in
                                                                                                            SUMMARY: Cargill Power Markets, LLC
                                                    signature of the author.                                (Applicant or CPM) has applied to                     accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal
                                                       Confidential Business Information.                   renew its authority to transmit electric              Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)
                                                    Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person                  energy from the United States to Mexico               Rules of Practice and Procedures (18
                                                    submitting information that he or she                   pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal             CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to
                                                    believes to be confidential and exempt                  Power Act.                                            become a party to these proceedings
                                                    by law from public disclosure should                                                                          should file a motion to intervene at the
                                                                                                            DATES: Comments, protests, or motions
                                                    submit via email, postal mail, or hand                                                                        above address in accordance with FERC
                                                                                                            to intervene must be submitted on or
                                                    delivery/courier two well-marked                                                                              Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five copies
                                                                                                            before April 29, 2016.
                                                    copies: One copy of the document                                                                              of such comments, protests, or motions
                                                    marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the               ADDRESSES: Comments, protests,
                                                                                                            motions to intervene, or requests for                 to intervene should be sent to the
                                                    information believed to be confidential,                                                                      address provided above on or before the
                                                    and one copy of the document marked                     more information should be addressed
                                                                                                            to: Office of Electricity Delivery and                date listed above.
                                                    ‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information
                                                    believed to be confidential deleted.                    Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20,                    Comments and other filings
                                                    Submit these documents via email or on                  U.S. Department of Energy, 1000                       concerning CPM’s application to export
                                                    a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own                Independence Avenue SW.,                              electric energy to Mexico should be
                                                    determination about the confidential                    Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because                    clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA–
                                                    status of the information and treat it                  of delays in handling conventional mail,              378–A. An additional copy is to be
                                                    according to its determination.                         it is recommended that documents be                   provided directly to Stephen Dvorske,
                                                    Confidential information should be                      transmitted by overnight mail, by                     Cargill Power Markets, LLC, 9350
                                                    submitted to the Confidential QER email                 electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@               Excelsior Blvd. MS 150, Hopkins, MN
                                                    address: QERConfidential@hq.doe.gov.                    hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586–               55343.
                                                       Factors of interest to DOE when                      8008.
                                                                                                                                                                     A final decision will be made on this
                                                    evaluating requests to treat submitted                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of                 application after the environmental
                                                    information as confidential include: (1)                electricity from the United States to a               impacts have been evaluated pursuant
                                                    A description of the items; (2) whether                 foreign country are regulated by the                  to DOE’s National Environmental Policy
                                                    and why such items are customarily                      Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to                Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR
                                                    treated as confidential within the                      sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the                     part 1021) and after a determination is
                                                    industry; (3) whether the information is                Department of Energy Organization Act                 made by DOE that the proposed action
                                                    generally known by or available from                    (42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require
                                                                                                                                                                  will not have an adverse impact on the
                                                    other sources; (4) whether the                          authorization under section 202(e) of
                                                                                                                                                                  sufficiency of supply or reliability of the
                                                    information has previously been made                    the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
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                                                    available to others without obligation                                                                        U.S. electric power supply system.
                                                                                                            824a(e)).
                                                    concerning its confidentiality; (5) an                     On June 1, 2011, DOE issued Order                     Copies of this application will be
                                                    explanation of the competitive injury to                No. EA–378 to CPM, which authorized                   made available, upon request, for public
                                                    the submitting person which would                       the Applicant to transmit electric energy             inspection and copying at the address
                                                    result from public disclosure; (6) when                 from the United States to Mexico as a                 provided above, by accessing the
                                                    such information might lose its                         power marketer for a five-year term                   program Web site at http://energy.gov/
                                                    confidential character due to the                       using existing international                          node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy
                                                    passage of time; and (7) why disclosure                 transmission facilities. That authority               at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meetings and updated meeting locations.
DatesThe public meetings will be held on April 15, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts at 9:30 a.m.; April 25, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah at 8:30 a.m.; May 6, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa; May 9, 2016 in Austin, Texas; May 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, California; and May 24, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. Written comments are welcome, especially following the public meetings, and should be submitted within 60 days of the meetings, but no later than July 1, 2016.
ContactJohn Richards, EPSA-60, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 202-586-0507 Email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 17690 

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