81_FR_28143 81 FR 28054 - Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meetings

81 FR 28054 - Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 89 (May 9, 2016)

Page Range28054-28056
FR Document2016-10874

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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 89 (Monday, May 9, 2016)
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and updating meeting start time.

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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.

DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates and 
locations.

ADDRESSES: 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) 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

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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

    The public meetings will be held on:
     May 9, 8:30 a.m., at the University of Texas, Peter O' 
Donnell, Jr. Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences Building, 
Avaya Auditorium (POB 2.302), 201 E. 24th Street, Austin Texas.
     May 10, 9:30 a.m., at City Hall, Tom Bradley Tower Room, 
200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, California.
     May 24, 10:00 a.m., at Georgia Tech GTRI Conference 
Center, 250 14th Street NW., Atlanta, Georgia.
    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 
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,

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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 May 4, 2016.
April Salas,
QER Secretariat Director, Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, U.S. 
Department of Energy.
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                                                  2017 and/or 2018 agendas? This is                       scheduled meeting. The meeting will be                written comments online at http://
                                                  intended to facilitate the identification               open to the public.                                   energy.gov/qer or by U.S. mail to the
                                                  of rules that warrant repeal or                         DATES: The meeting will be held on                    Office of Energy Policy and Systems
                                                  modification, including rules that                      Tuesday, May 31, 2016, from 1:00 p.m.                 Analysis, EPSA–60, QER Meeting
                                                  would benefit from strengthening,                       to 5:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, June 1,                Comments, U.S. Department of Energy,
                                                  complementing, or modernizing.                          2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.                     1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
                                                  Consistent with Executive Orders                        Members of the public should submit                   Washington, DC 20585–0121.
                                                  (‘‘E.O.’’) 13579, 13563, and 13610 and                  their comments in advance of the                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
                                                  the Regulatory Flexibility Act (‘‘RFA’’),               meeting to the meeting Point of Contact.              Richards, EPSA–60, U.S. Department of
                                                  the CPSC systematically reviews its                     ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                Energy, Office of Energy Policy and
                                                  regulations to ensure consistency among                 4100 Fairfax Drive, Suite 800, Arlington,             Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence
                                                  all regulations in accomplishing                        VA, 22203.                                            Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–
                                                  program goals. The CPSC’s latest                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR                  0121. Telephone: 202–586–0507 Email:
                                                  Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which                     Joel W. Feldmeier, Office of Naval                    John.Richards@Hq.Doe.Gov.
                                                  was issued in December 2015, can be                     Research, 875 North Randolph Street,                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
                                                  found at: www.federalregister.gov/                      Suite 1425, Arlington, VA 22203–1995,                 January 9, 2014, President Obama
                                                  articles/2015/12/15/2015-30672/                         telephone 706–696–5121.                               issued a Presidential Memorandum
                                                  semiannual-regulatory-agenda.                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This                       —Establishing a Quadrennial Energy
                                                  II. Requests To Make Presentations or                   notice of open meeting is provided in                 Review. To accomplish this review, the
                                                  Submit Written Comments                                 accordance with the Federal Advisory                  Presidential Memorandum establishes a
                                                                                                          Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The                  Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force
                                                     Persons who desire to make oral
                                                                                                          meeting will include discussions on                   to be co-chaired by the Director of the
                                                  presentations at the hearing on June 15,
                                                                                                          ocean research, resource management,                  Office of Science and Technology
                                                  2016 should submit their request,
                                                                                                          and other current issues in the ocean                 Policy, and the Director of the Domestic
                                                  including the text of their oral
                                                                                                          science and management communities.                   Policy Council. Under the Presidential
                                                  presentation, by email to: cpsc-os@
                                                                                                            Dated: May 3, 2016.                                 Memorandum, the Secretary of Energy
                                                  cpsc.gov, or by mail or delivery to the
                                                                                                          N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
                                                                                                                                                                shall provide support to the Task Force,
                                                  Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer
                                                                                                                                                                including support for coordination
                                                  Product Safety Commission, 4330 East                    Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
                                                                                                          U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
                                                                                                                                                                activities related to the preparation of
                                                  West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
                                                                                                                                                                the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)
                                                  telephone: (301) 504–7923; facsimile                    [FR Doc. 2016–10857 Filed 5–6–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                Report, policy analysis and modeling,
                                                  (301) 504–0127. Requests to make oral                   BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P
                                                                                                                                                                and stakeholder engagement.
                                                  presentations and texts of the                                                                                   The Quadrennial Energy Review
                                                  presentation must be received no later                                                                        process itself involves robust
                                                  than 5 p.m. EDT on June 1, 2016.                        DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  engagement of federal agencies and
                                                  Presentations should be limited to                                                                            outside stakeholders, and further
                                                  approximately 10 minutes. The                           Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of
                                                                                                                                                                enables the federal government to
                                                  Commission reserves the right to impose                 Public Meetings
                                                                                                                                                                translate policy goals into a set of
                                                  further time limitations on all                         AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and                   analytically based, integrated actions for
                                                  presentations and further restrictions to               Systems Analysis, Secretariat,                        proposed investments over a four year
                                                  avoid duplication of presentations.                     Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force,                 planning horizon. Unlike traditional
                                                     If you do not want to make an oral
                                                                                                          Department of Energy.                                 federal Quadrennial Review processes,
                                                  presentation, but would like to provide
                                                                                                          ACTION: Notice of public meetings and                 the QER is conducted in a multi-year
                                                  written comments, you may do so.
                                                                                                          updating meeting start time.                          installment series to allow for more
                                                  Please submit written comments in the
                                                                                                                                                                focused analysis on particular sub-
                                                  manner described in the previous                        SUMMARY:   At the direction of the                    sectors of the energy system. The initial
                                                  paragraph. Written comments must be                     President, the U.S. Department of                     focus for the Quadrennial Energy
                                                  received no later than 5 p.m. EDT on                    Energy (DOE or Department), as the                    Review was our Nation’s transmission,
                                                  June 1, 2016.                                           Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy                storage and distribution infrastructures
                                                    Dated: May 4, 2016.                                   Review Task Force (QER Task Force),                   that link energy supplies to intermediate
                                                  Todd A. Stevenson,                                      will convene public meetings for the                  and end users, because these capital-
                                                  Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety                 second installment of the Quadrennial                 intensive infrastructures tend to set
                                                  Commission.                                             Energy Review, an integrated study of                 supply and end use patterns,
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–10804 Filed 5–6–16; 8:45 am]              the U.S. electricity system from                      investments and practices in place for
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                                                                                                          generation through end use. A mixture                 decades. On April 21, 2015, the
                                                                                                          of panel discussions and a public                     Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force
                                                                                                          comment period will frame multi-                      released its first Quadrennial Energy
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                   stakeholder discourse around                          Review installment report entitled,
                                                                                                          deliberative analytical questions relating            ‘‘Energy Transmission, Storage, and
                                                  Department of the Navy                                  to the intersection of electricity and its            Distribution Infrastructure’’. Among the
                                                                                                          role in promoting economic                            issues highlighted by the analysis in the
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                                                  Meeting of the Ocean Research                           competitiveness, energy security, and                 first installment of the QER were the
                                                  Advisory Panel                                          environmental responsibility.                         growing dependencies of all critical
                                                  AGENCY:   Department of the Navy, DoD.                  DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY                          infrastructures and economic sectors on
                                                                                                          INFORMATION section for meeting dates                 electricity, as well as, the increasing
                                                  ACTION:   Notice of open meeting.
                                                                                                          and locations.                                        interdependence of the various energy
                                                  SUMMARY: The Ocean Research Advisory                    ADDRESSES: Between February 4, 2016                   subsectors. In response to these
                                                  Panel (ORAP) will hold a regularly                      and July 1, 2016, you may submit                      findings, and to provide an appropriate


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                                                  consideration of an energy sector                       organizations, and contributions from                 name (if any). Your contact information
                                                  undergoing significant technological                    the academic and non-profit sectors are               will be publicly viewable if you include
                                                  and regulatory change, the second                       also critical to the development and                  it in the comment itself or in any
                                                  installment of the QER will conduct a                   implementation of effective Federal                   documents attached to your comment.
                                                  comprehensive review of the nation’s                    energy policies.                                      Any information that you do not want
                                                  electricity system, from generation to                     The interagency Quadrennial Energy                 to be publicly viewable should not be
                                                  end use, including a more                               Review Task Force, which includes                     included in your comment, nor in any
                                                  comprehensive look at electricity                       members from all relevant executive                   document attached to your comment.
                                                  transmission, storage, and distribution                 departments and agencies, will develop                Otherwise, persons viewing comments
                                                  infrastructure covered in installment                   an integrated review of energy policy                 will see only first and last names,
                                                  one. The electricity system encompasses                 that integrates all of these perspectives.            organization names, correspondence
                                                  not just physical structures, but also a                It will build on the foundation provided              containing comments, and any
                                                  range of actors and institutions. Under                 in the Administration’s Blueprint for a               documents submitted with the
                                                  this broad framing, the second                          Secure Energy Future of March 30, 2011,               comments.
                                                  installment intends to consider the roles               and Climate Action Plan released on                      Do not submit information for which
                                                  and activities of all relevant actors,                  June 25, 2013. The Task Force will offer              disclosure is restricted by statute, such
                                                  industries, and institutions integral to                recommendations on what additional                    as trade secrets and commercial or
                                                  continuing to supply reliable and                       actions it believes would be appropriate.             financial information (hereinafter
                                                  affordable electricity at a time of                     These may include recommendations on                  referred to as Confidential Business
                                                  dramatic change in technology                           additional executive or legislative                   Information (CBI)). Comments
                                                  development. Issues to be considered in                 actions to address the energy challenges              submitted through the DOE Web site
                                                  QER analyses include fuel choices,                      and opportunities facing the Nation.                  cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments
                                                  distributed and centralized generation,                                                                       received through the Web site will
                                                                                                          Quadrennial Energy Review Public                      waive any CBI claims for the
                                                  physical and cyber vulnerabilities,
                                                                                                          Meetings                                              information submitted. For information
                                                  federal, state, and local policy direction,
                                                  expectations of residential and                            The public meetings will be held on:               on submitting CBI, see the Confidential
                                                  commercial consumers, and a review of                      • May 9, 8:30 a.m., at the University              Business Information section, below.
                                                  existing and evolving business models                   of Texas, Peter O’ Donnell, Jr. Applied                  If you do not want your personal
                                                  for a range of entities throughout the                  Computational Engineering and                         contact information to be publicly
                                                  system.                                                 Sciences Building, Avaya Auditorium                   viewable, do not include it in your
                                                     Significant changes will be required                 (POB 2.302), 201 E. 24th Street, Austin               comment or any accompanying
                                                  to meet the transformational                            Texas.                                                documents. Instead, provide your
                                                  opportunities and challenges posed by                      • May 10, 9:30 a.m., at City Hall, Tom             contact information in a cover letter.
                                                  our evolving electricity system. The                    Bradley Tower Room, 200 N. Spring St.,                Include your first and last names, email
                                                  Administration is seeking public input                  Los Angeles, California.                              address, telephone number, and
                                                  on key questions relating to possible                      • May 24, 10:00 a.m., at Georgia Tech              optional mailing address. The cover
                                                  federal actions that would address the                  GTRI Conference Center, 250 14th Street               letter will not be publicly viewable as
                                                  challenges and take full advantage of the               NW., Atlanta, Georgia.                                long as it does not include any
                                                  opportunities of this changing system to                   Each meeting will feature facilitated              comments.
                                                  meet the Nation’s objectives of reliable,               panel discussions, followed by an open                   Include contact information each time
                                                  affordable and clean electricity. Over                  microphone session. People who would                  you submit comments, data, documents,
                                                  the course of 2016, the Secretariat for                 like to speak during the open                         and other information to DOE. If you
                                                  the Quadrennial Energy Review Task                      microphone session at the public                      submit via mail or hand delivery/
                                                  Force will hold a series of public                      meeting should come prepared to speak                 courier, please provide all items on a
                                                  meetings to discuss and receive                         for no more than five minutes and will                CD, if feasible, in which case it is not
                                                  comments on the issues outlined above,                  be accommodated on a first-come, first-               necessary to submit printed copies. No
                                                  and well as, others, as they relate to the              served basis, according to the order in               telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
                                                  second installment of the Quadrennial                   which they register to speak on a sign-                  Comments, data, and other
                                                  Energy Review.                                          in sheet available at the meeting                     information submitted to DOE
                                                     The Department of Energy has a broad                 location, on the morning of the meeting.              electronically should be provided in
                                                  role in energy policy development and                   In advance of the meetings, DOE                       PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or
                                                  the largest role in implementing the                    anticipates making publicly available a               Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file
                                                  Federal Government’s energy research                    briefing memorandum providing useful                  format. Provide documents that are not
                                                  and development portfolio. Many other                   background information regarding the                  secured, written in English, and are free
                                                  executive departments and agencies also                 topics under discussion at the meeting.               of any defects or viruses. Documents
                                                  play key roles in developing and                        DOE will post this memorandum on its                  should not contain special characters or
                                                  implementing policies governing energy                  Web site: http://energy.gov/qer.                      any form of encryption and, if possible,
                                                  resources and consumption, as well as,                     Submitting comments online. DOE                    they should carry the electronic
                                                  associated environmental impacts. In                    will accept public comments on the                    signature of the author.
                                                  addition, non-Federal actors are crucial                QER from February 4, 2016, to July 1,                    Confidential Business Information.
                                                  contributors to energy policies. Because                2016, at energy.gov/qer. Submitting                   Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person
                                                  most energy and related infrastructure is               comments online to the DOE Web site                   submitting information that he or she
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                                                  owned by private entities, investment                   will require you to provide your name                 believes to be confidential and exempt
                                                  by and engagement of, input from the                    and contact information. Your contact                 by law from public disclosure should
                                                  private sector is necessary to develop                  information will be viewable to DOE                   submit via email, postal mail, or hand
                                                  and implement effective policies. State                 staff only. Your contact information will             delivery/courier two well-marked
                                                  and local policies, the views of non-                   not be publicly viewable except for your              copies: One copy of the document
                                                  governmental, environmental, faith-                     first and last names, organization name               marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the
                                                  based, labor, and other social                          (if any), and submitter representative                information believed to be confidential,


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                                                  and one copy of the document marked                     inventory has been developed in                       Gas and Electric Light Company; and
                                                  ‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information               accordance with guidance issued on                    Vermont Transco, LLC
                                                  believed to be confidential deleted.                    November 5, 2010, by the Office of                       Take notice that on April 26, 2016,
                                                  Submit these documents via email or on                  Management and Budget’s Office of                     pursuant to sections 206 and 306 of the
                                                  a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own                Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP).                    Federal Power Act 1 and Rule 206 of the
                                                  determination about the confidential                    OFPP’s guidance is available at http://               Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                  status of the information and treat it                  www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/               Commission’s (Commission) Rules of
                                                  according to its determination.                         omb/procurement/memo/service-                         Practice and Procedure,2 Belmont
                                                  Confidential information should be                      contract-inventories-guidance-                        Municipal Light Department; Braintree
                                                  submitted to the Confidential QER email                 11052010.pdf. On December 19, 2011,                   Electric Light Department; Concord
                                                  address: QERConfidential@hq.doe.gov.                    OFPP issued additional guidance                       Municipal Light Plant; Georgetown
                                                     Factors of interest to DOE when                      available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/               Municipal Light Department; Groveland
                                                  evaluating requests to treat submitted                  sites/default/files/omb/procurement/                  Electric Light Department; Hingham
                                                  information as confidential include: (1)                memo/service-contract-inventory-                      Municipal Lighting Plant; Littleton
                                                  A description of the items; (2) whether                 guidance.pdf.                                         Electric Light & Water Department;
                                                  and why such items are customarily                         Except for minor changes to reporting              Middleborough Gas & Electric
                                                  treated as confidential within the                      deadlines, the guidance for preparing                 Department; Middleton Electric Light
                                                  industry; (3) whether the information is                and analyzing FY 2015 inventories is                  Department; Reading Municipal Light
                                                  generally known by or available from                    essentially unchanged from OFPP’s                     Department; Rowley Municipal Lighting
                                                  other sources; (4) whether the                          November 5, 2010, guidance for                        Plant; Taunton Municipal Lighting
                                                  information has previously been made                    preparing the FY 2010 inventory. DOE                  Plant; Wellesley Municipal Light Plant
                                                  available to others without obligation                  has posted its inventory and a summary                (Complainants), filed a formal
                                                  concerning its confidentiality; (5) an                  of the inventory at: http://energy.gov/               complaint against Central Maine Power
                                                  explanation of the competitive injury to                management/downloads/service-                         Company; Emera Maine (formerly
                                                  the submitting person which would                       contract-inventory.                                   known as Bangor Hydro-Electric
                                                  result from public disclosure; (6) when                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      Company); Eversource Energy Service
                                                  such information might lose its                         Questions regarding the service contract              Company and its operating company
                                                  confidential character due to the                       inventory should be directed to Jeff                  affiliates: The Connecticut Light and
                                                  passage of time; and (7) why disclosure                 Davis in the Strategic Programs Division              Power Company, Western
                                                  of the information would be contrary to                 at 202–287–1877 or jeff.davis@                        Massachusetts Electric Company, Public
                                                  the public interest. It is DOE’s policy                 hq.doe.gov.                                           Service Company of New Hampshire,
                                                  that all comments may be included in                                                                          and NSTAR Electric Company; New
                                                                                                            Dated: April 28, 2016.                              England Power Company; New
                                                  the public docket, without change and
                                                  as received, including any personal                     David Leotta,                                         Hampshire Transmission LLC; The
                                                  information provided in the comments                    Director, Office of Contract Management.              United Illuminating Company;
                                                  (except information deemed to be                        [FR Doc. 2016–10801 Filed 5–6–16; 8:45 am]            Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light
                                                  exempt from public disclosure).                         BILLING CODE 6450–01–P                                Company; and Vermont Transco, LLC
                                                    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                (Respondents). The Complainants are
                                                                                                                                                                alleging that the current 10.57 percent
                                                  April Salas,
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  return on equity used in calculating
                                                  QER Secretariat Director, Quadrennial Energy                                                                  formula rates for transmission service
                                                  Review Task Force, U.S. Department of                   Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                  Energy.
                                                                                                                                                                under the ISO New England, Inc. Open
                                                                                                          Commission                                            Access Transmission Tariff is excessive
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–10874 Filed 5–6–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          [Docket No. EL16–64–000]
                                                                                                                                                                and should be reduced, as more fully
                                                  BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                explained in the complaint.
                                                                                                          Notice of Complaint                                      Complainants certify that copies of
                                                                                                                                                                the Complaint were served on contacts
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    Belmont Municipal Light Department;                   for Respondents.
                                                                                                          Braintree Electric Light Department; Concord             Any person desiring to intervene or to
                                                  Public Availability of Department of                    Municipal Light Plant; Georgetown
                                                  Energy FY 2015 Service Contract                                                                               protest this filing must file in
                                                                                                          Municipal Light Department; Groveland                 accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
                                                  Inventory                                               Electric Light Department; Hingham                    the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                                                                                          Municipal Lighting Plant; Littleton Electric
                                                  AGENCY: Department of Energy.                                                                                 Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
                                                                                                          Light & Water Department; Middleborough
                                                  ACTION:Notice of public availability of                 Gas & Electric Department; Middleton                  385.214). Protests will be considered by
                                                  FY 2015 Service Contract Inventories.                   Electric Light Department; Reading                    the Commission in determining the
                                                                                                          Municipal Light Department; Rowley                    appropriate action to be taken, but will
                                                  SUMMARY:  In accordance with Section                    Municipal Lighting Plant; Taunton                     not serve to make protestants parties to
                                                  743 of Division C of the Consolidated                   Municipal Lighting Plant; Wellesley                   the proceeding. Any person wishing to
                                                  Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L.                     Municipal Light Plant, v. Central Maine               become a party must file a notice of
                                                  111–117), the Department of Energy                      Power Company; Emera Maine (formerly                  intervention or motion to intervene, as
                                                  (DOE) is publishing this notice to advise               known as Bangor Hydro-Electric Company);              appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
                                                  the public on the availability of the FY                Eversource Energy Service Company and its
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                                                                                                                                                                and all interventions, or protests must
                                                  2015 Service Contract inventory. This                   operating company affiliates: The
                                                                                                          Connecticut Light and Power Company,
                                                                                                                                                                be filed on or before the comment date.
                                                  inventory provides information on                                                                             The Respondent’s answer, motions to
                                                                                                          Western Massachusetts Electric Company,
                                                  service contract actions over $25,000                   Public Service Company of New Hampshire,              intervene, and protests must be served
                                                  that DOE completed in FY 2015. The                      and NSTAR Electric Company; New England               on the Complainants.
                                                  information is organized by function to                 Power Company d/b/a National Grid; New
                                                  show how contracted resources are                       Hampshire Transmission LLC d/b/a NextEra;               1 16   U.S.C. 791a–828c, 824e, and 825e.
                                                  distributed throughout the agency. The                  The United Illuminating Company; Fitchburg              2 18   CFR 385.206.



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CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meetings and updating meeting start time.
DatesSee the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates and locations.
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 28054 

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