81 FR 29255 - Electricity Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 91 (May 11, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-11072

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

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Electricity Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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

DATES: The meeting dates are:
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 (12:00 p.m.--5:45 p.m. EST)
Thursday, June 2, 2016 (8:00 a.m.--12:40 p.m. EST)

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

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Committee: The Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC) 
was re-established in July 2010, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 
2, to provide advice to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 
implementing the Energy Policy Act of

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2005, executing the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and 
modernizing the nation's electricity delivery infrastructure. The EAC 
is composed of individuals of diverse background selected for their 
technical expertise and experience, established records of 
distinguished professional service, and their knowledge of issues that 
pertain to electricity.
    Tentative Agenda: The meeting of the EAC is expected to include an 
update on the programs and initiatives of the DOE's Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and an overview of DOE grid 
modeling efforts. The meeting is also expected to include a DOE 
presentation on the EV Everywhere Challenge, a presentation on the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's report, 
``Analytic Research Foundations for the Next-Generation Electric 
Grid,'' and panel discussions on transactive energy and the storage 
market environment. Additionally, the meeting is expected to include a 
discussion of the plans and activities of the Smart Grid Subcommittee, 
Power Delivery Subcommittee, Energy Storage Subcommittee, and the Clean 
Power Plan Working Group.

Tentative Agenda: June 1, 2016

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EAC Leadership Committee Meeting
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m. Welcome, Introductions, Developments since the 
March 2016 Meeting
1:20 p.m.-1:40 p.m. Update on the DOE Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability's Programs and Initiatives
1:40 p.m.-2:10 p.m. DOE Presentation, EV Everywhere Challenge
2:10 p.m.-2:40 p.m. Presentation on NAE Report: Analytic Research 
Foundations for the Next-Generation Electric Grid
2:40 p.m.-3:25 p.m. Overview of DOE Grid Modeling Efforts and 
Memorandum of Understanding
3:25 p.m.-3:40 p.m. Break
3:40 p.m.-5:25 p.m. Panel: Transactive Energy
5:25 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjourn Day One of June 2016 Meeting of 
the EAC

Tentative Agenda: June 2, 2016

8:00 a.m.-8:40 a.m. EAC Smart Grid Subcommittee Activities and Plans
8:40 a.m.-9:10 a.m. EAC Power Delivery Subcommittee Activities and 
Plans
9:10 a.m.-9:50 a.m. EAC Energy Storage Subcommittee Activities and 
Plans
9:50 a.m.-10:05 a.m. Break
10:05 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Panel: Storage Market Environment: Reports from 
Experts in the Field
11:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EAC Member Discussion of Clean Power Plan Working 
Group Activities and Plans
12:00 p.m.-12:10 p.m. Public Comments
12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjourn June 2016 Meeting of the EAC

The meeting agenda may change to accommodate EAC business. For EAC 
agenda updates, see the EAC Web site at: http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
    Public Participation: The EAC welcomes the attendance of the public 
at its meetings. Individuals who wish to offer public comments at the 
EAC meeting may do so on Thursday, June 1, 2016, but must register at 
the registration table in advance. Approximately 10 minutes will be 
reserved for public comments. Time allotted per speaker will depend on 
the number who wish to speak but is not expected to exceed three 
minutes. Anyone who is not able to attend the meeting, or for whom the 
allotted public comments time is insufficient to address pertinent 
issues with the EAC, is invited to send a written statement to Mr. 
Matthew Rosenbaum.
    You may submit comments, identified by ``Electricity Advisory 
Committee Open Meeting,'' by any of the following methods:
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 8G-017, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585.
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``Electricity 
Advisory Committee Open Meeting'' in the subject line of the message.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Instructions: All 
submissions received must include the agency name and identifier. All 
comments received will be posted without change to http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac, including any personal 
information provided.
     Docket: For access to the docket, to read background 
documents or comments received, go to http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
    The following electronic file formats are acceptable: Microsoft 
Word (.doc), Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text 
Format (.rtf), plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), and Microsoft 
PowerPoint (.ppt). If you submit information that you believe to be 
exempt by law from public disclosure, you must submit one complete 
copy, as well as one copy from which the information claimed to be 
exempt by law from public disclosure has been deleted. You must also 
explain the reasons why you believe the deleted information is exempt 
from disclosure.
    DOE is responsible for the final determination concerning 
disclosure or nondisclosure of the information and for treating it in 
accordance with the DOE's Freedom of Information regulations (10 CFR 
1004.11).

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

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

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2016.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION public comment addressing the in 2018, NCES will conduct a PISA field
following issues: (1) is this collection test from April-May 2017 to evaluate
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0052]
necessary to the proper functions of the newly developed assessment and
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Activities; Comment Request; Program processed and used in a timely manner; assessment operations, and to test
for International Student Assessment (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; school recruitment, data collection, and
(PISA 2018) Recruitment and Field Test (4) how might the Department enhance data management procedures. The PISA
the quality, utility, and clarity of the main study will be conducted in the
AGENCY: National Center for Education information to be collected; and (5) how U.S. from September-November 2018.
Statistics (NCES), Department of might the Department minimize the This submission requests approval for:
Education (ED). burden of this collection on the recruitment and pre-assessment
ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use activities for the 2017 field test sample;
of information technology. Please note administration of the field test; and
SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in recruitment of schools for the 2018 main
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 response to this notice will be study sample.
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is considered public records.
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Title of Collection: Program for
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to 2018) Recruitment and Field Test. Acting Director, Information Collection
submit comments on or before July 11, OMB Control Number: 1850–0755. Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Type of Review: A revision of an Officer, Office of Management.
2016.
existing information collection. [FR Doc. 2016–11037 Filed 5–10–16; 8:45 am]
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
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collection listed in this notice, please Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
use http://www.regulations.gov by
Responses: 14,792. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
searching the Docket ID number ED– Total Estimated Number of Annual
2016–ICCD–0052. Comments submitted Burden Hours: 9,075. Electricity Advisory Committee
in response to this notice should be Abstract: The Program for
submitted electronically through the International Student Assessments AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// (PISA) is an international assessment of and Energy Reliability, Department of
www.regulations.gov by selecting the 15-year-olds which focuses on assessing Energy.
Docket ID number or via postal mail, students’ reading, mathematics, and ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
commercial delivery, or hand delivery. science literacy. PISA was first
Please note that comments submitted by administered in 2000 and is conducted SUMMARY: This notice announces a
fax or email and those submitted after every three years. The United States has meeting of the Electricity Advisory
the comment period will not be participated in all of the previous Committee. The Federal Advisory
accepted. Written requests for cycles, and will participate in 2018 in Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, 86 Stat.
information or comments submitted by order to track trends and to compare the 770) requires that public notice of these
postal mail or delivery should be performance of U.S. students with that meetings be announced in the Federal
addressed to the Director of the of students in other education systems. Register.
Information Collection Clearance PISA 2018 is sponsored by the DATES: The meeting dates are:
Division, U.S. Department of Education, Organization for Economic Cooperation Wednesday, June 1, 2016 (12:00
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room and Development (OECD). In the United p.m.—5:45 p.m. EST)
2E–103, Washington, DC 20202–4537. States, PISA is conducted by the Thursday, June 2, 2016 (8:00 a.m.—
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For National Center for Education Statistics 12:40 p.m. EST)
specific questions related to collection (NCES), within the U.S. Department of ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
activities, please contact Kashka Education. In each administration of the National Rural Electric Cooperative
Kubzdela at kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov. PISA, one of the subject areas (reading, Association, 4301 Wilson Blvd.,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The mathematics, or science literacy) is the Arlington, VA 22203.
Department of Education (ED), in major domain and has the broadest FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
accordance with the Paperwork content coverage, while the other two Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. subjects are the minor domains. PISA Electricity Delivery and Energy
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general emphasizes functional skills that Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy,
public and Federal agencies with an students have acquired as they near the Forrestal Building, Room 8G–017, 1000
opportunity to comment on proposed, end of mandatory schooling (aged 15 Independence Avenue SW.,
revised, and continuing collections of years), and students’ knowledge and Washington, DC 20585; Telephone:
information. This helps the Department skills gained both in and out of school (202) 586–1060 or Email:
assess the impact of its information environments. PISA 2018 will focus on matthew.rosenbaum@hq.doe.gov.
collection requirements and minimize reading literacy as the major domain. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the public’s reporting burden. It also Mathematics and science literacy will Purpose of the Committee: The
helps the public understand the also be assessed as minor domains, with Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC)
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Department’s information collection additional assessments of global was re-established in July 2010, in
requirements and provide the requested competence and financial literacy. In accordance with the provisions of the
data in the desired format. ED is addition to the cognitive assessments Federal Advisory Committee Act
soliciting comments on the proposed described above, PISA 2018 will include (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 2,
information collection request (ICR) that questionnaires administered to assessed to provide advice to the U.S.
is described below. The Department of students, school principals, and Department of Energy (DOE) in
Education is especially interested in teachers. To prepare for the main study implementing the Energy Policy Act of

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2005, executing the Energy 9:50 a.m.–10:05 a.m. Break Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf),
Independence and Security Act of 2007, 10:05 a.m.–11:40 a.m. Panel: Storage plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls),
and modernizing the nation’s electricity Market Environment: Reports from and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt). If you
delivery infrastructure. The EAC is Experts in the Field submit information that you believe to
composed of individuals of diverse 11:40 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EAC Member be exempt by law from public
background selected for their technical Discussion of Clean Power Plan disclosure, you must submit one
expertise and experience, established Working Group Activities and Plans complete copy, as well as one copy from
records of distinguished professional 12:00 p.m.–12:10 p.m. Public which the information claimed to be
service, and their knowledge of issues Comments exempt by law from public disclosure
that pertain to electricity. 12:10 p.m.–12:40 p.m. Wrap-up and has been deleted. You must also explain
Tentative Agenda: The meeting of the Adjourn June 2016 Meeting of the the reasons why you believe the deleted
EAC is expected to include an update EAC information is exempt from disclosure.
on the programs and initiatives of the The meeting agenda may change to DOE is responsible for the final
DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and accommodate EAC business. For EAC determination concerning disclosure or
Energy Reliability and an overview of agenda updates, see the EAC Web site nondisclosure of the information and for
DOE grid modeling efforts. The meeting at: http://energy.gov/oe/services/ treating it in accordance with the DOE’s
is also expected to include a DOE electricity-advisory-committee-eac. Freedom of Information regulations (10
presentation on the EV Everywhere Public Participation: The EAC CFR 1004.11).
Challenge, a presentation on the welcomes the attendance of the public Note: Delivery of the U.S. Postal Service
National Academies of Sciences, at its meetings. Individuals who wish to mail to DOE may be delayed by several
Engineering, and Medicine’s report, offer public comments at the EAC weeks due to security screening. DOE,
‘‘Analytic Research Foundations for the meeting may do so on Thursday, June 1, therefore, encourages those wishing to
Next-Generation Electric Grid,’’ and 2016, but must register at the comment to submit comments electronically
panel discussions on transactive energy by email. If comments are submitted by
registration table in advance.
and the storage market environment. regular mail, the Department requests that
Approximately 10 minutes will be they be accompanied by a CD or diskette
Additionally, the meeting is expected to reserved for public comments. Time containing electronic files of the submission.
include a discussion of the plans and allotted per speaker will depend on the
activities of the Smart Grid number who wish to speak but is not Minutes: The minutes of the EAC
Subcommittee, Power Delivery expected to exceed three minutes. meeting will be posted on the EAC Web
Subcommittee, Energy Storage Anyone who is not able to attend the page at http://energy.gov/oe/services/
Subcommittee, and the Clean Power meeting, or for whom the allotted public electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
Plan Working Group. comments time is insufficient to address They can also be obtained by contacting
pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited Mr. Matthew Rosenbaum at the address
Tentative Agenda: June 1, 2016 above.
to send a written statement to Mr.
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. EAC Leadership Matthew Rosenbaum. Issued in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2016.
Committee Meeting You may submit comments, identified LaTanya R. Butler,
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Registration by ‘‘Electricity Advisory Committee
1:00 p.m.–1:20 p.m. Welcome, Deputy Committee Management Officer.
Open Meeting,’’ by any of the following [FR Doc. 2016–11072 Filed 5–10–16; 8:45 am]
Introductions, Developments since
methods:
the March 2016 Meeting BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
1:20 p.m.–1:40 p.m. Update on the
Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of
DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and
Electricity Delivery and Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Reliability’s Programs and
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy,
Initiatives
Forrestal Building, Room 8G–017, 1000 Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
1:40 p.m.–2:10 p.m. DOE Presentation,
Independence Avenue SW., Committee
EV Everywhere Challenge
2:10 p.m.–2:40 p.m. Presentation on Washington, DC 20585.
AGENCY: Office of Science, Department
NAE Report: Analytic Research • Email: matthew.rosenbaum@
of Energy.
Foundations for the Next-Generation hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Electricity
Advisory Committee Open Meeting’’ in ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
Electric Grid
2:40 p.m.–3:25 p.m. Overview of DOE the subject line of the message. SUMMARY: This notice announces a
Grid Modeling Efforts and • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences
Memorandum of Understanding www.regulations.gov. Follow the Advisory Committee (BESAC). The
3:25 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Break instructions for submitting comments. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
3:40 p.m.–5:25 p.m. Panel: Transactive Instructions: All submissions received L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that
Energy must include the agency name and public notice of these meetings be
5:25 p.m.–5:45 p.m. Wrap-up and identifier. All comments received will announced in the Federal Register.
Adjourn Day One of June 2016 be posted without change to http://
energy.gov/oe/services/electricity- DATES: Thursday, June 9, 2016 8:00
Meeting of the EAC
advisory-committee-eac, including any a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tentative Agenda: June 2, 2016 personal information provided. Friday, June 10, 2016 9:00 a.m. to
8:00 a.m.–8:40 a.m. EAC Smart Grid • Docket: For access to the docket, to 12:00 p.m.
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Subcommittee Activities and Plans read background documents or ADDRESSES: Bethesda North Hotel and
8:40 a.m.–9:10 a.m. EAC Power comments received, go to http:// Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road,
Delivery Subcommittee Activities and energy.gov/oe/services/electricity- Bethesda, MD 20852.
Plans advisory-committee-eac. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
9:10 a.m.–9:50 a.m. EAC Energy The following electronic file formats Katie Runkles; Office of Basic Energy
Storage Subcommittee Activities and are acceptable: Microsoft Word (.doc), Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy;
Plans Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe Germantown Building, 1000

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		The meeting dates are: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 (12:00 p.m.--5:45 p.m. EST) Thursday, June 2, 2016 (8:00 a.m.--12:40 p.m. EST)
Contact		Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 8G-017, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 586-1060 or Email: [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 29255