81 FR 7777 - Energy Savings Performance Contract Energy Sales Agreement
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 30 (February 16, 2016)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 30 (February 16, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-03103 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 7777-7778] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-03103] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Energy Savings Performance Contract Energy Sales Agreement AGENCY: Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Management Program Office (FEMP), within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), published a notice, ``Request for Comments on Including Onsite Renewable Energy Generation under Energy Savings Performance Contracts,'' on its Web site to obtain information on potential obstacles associated with the implementation of privately- owned onsite renewable energy generation projects under the federal energy savings performance contract (ESPC) authority, including potential issues with regard to project eligibility for the federal solar investment tax credit (ITC) and the use of the ESPC ENABLE Program for such projects. DATES: Written comments and information are requested on or before March 2, 2016. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to: [email protected]. Instructions: All submissions received must include ``Feb 2016 ESPC Request for Comments'' in the subject of the message. The notice is available at http://energy.gov/eere/femp/downloads/request-comments-including-onsite-renewable-energy-generation-under-energy. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Logan, U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program (EE-2L), 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMP published a notice, ``Request for Comments on Including Onsite Renewable Energy Generation under Energy Savings Performance Contracts,'' to obtain information on potential obstacles associated with the implementation of privately-owned onsite renewable energy generation projects under the federal energy savings performance contract (ESPC) authority, including potential issues with regard to project eligibility for the federal solar investment tax credit (ITC) and the use of the ESPC ENABLE [[Page 7778]] Program for such projects. The notice is available at http:// http://energy.gov/eere/femp/downloads/request-comments-including-onsite-renewable-energy-generation-under-energy">energy.gov/eere/femp/downloads/request-comments-including-onsite-renewable-energy-generation-under-energy. FEMP invites all interested parties to submit in writing by March 2, 2016, comments and information on matters addressed in the notice. Issued in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2016. Hayes Jones, Operations Supervisor, Federal Energy Management Program. [FR Doc. 2016-03103 Filed 2-12-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export listed in ADDRESSES. All filings must DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Study).5 include a reference to FE Docket No.
Additionally, DOE will consider the 15–168–LNG. PLEASE Note: If Office of Energy Efficiency and
following environmental document: submitting a filing via email, please Renewable Energy
Addendum to Environmental Review include all related documents and
Documents Concerning Exports of Energy Savings Performance Contract
attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the
Natural Gas From the United States, 79 Energy Sales Agreement
original email correspondence. Please
FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014).6 Parties that do not include any active hyperlinks or AGENCY: Federal Energy Management
may oppose this Application should password protection in any of the Program (FEMP), Office of Energy
address these issues in their comments documents or attachments related to the Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
and/or protests, as well as other issues Department of Energy (DOE).
filing. All electronic filings submitted to
deemed relevant to the Application.
The National Environmental Policy DOE must follow these guidelines to ACTION: Notice of availability and
Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., ensure that all documents are filed in a request for comments.
requires DOE to give appropriate timely manner. Any hardcopy filing
submitted greater in length than 50 SUMMARY: The Federal Energy
consideration to the environmental Management Program Office (FEMP),
effects of its proposed decisions. No pages must also include, at the time of
the filing, a digital copy on disk of the within the U.S. Department of Energy
final decision will be issued in this (DOE), published a notice, ‘‘Request for
proceeding until DOE has met its entire submission.
Comments on Including Onsite
environmental responsibilities. A decisional record on the Renewable Energy Generation under
Public Comment Procedures Application will be developed through Energy Savings Performance Contracts,’’
responses to this notice by parties, on its Web site to obtain information on
In response to this Notice, any person including the parties’ written comments potential obstacles associated with the
may file a protest, comments, or a
and replies thereto. Additional implementation of privately-owned
motion to intervene or notice of
procedures will be used as necessary to onsite renewable energy generation
intervention, as applicable. Due to the
achieve a complete understanding of the projects under the federal energy
complexity of the issues raised by the
facts and issues. If an additional savings performance contract (ESPC)
Applicant, interested parties will be
procedure is scheduled, notice will be authority, including potential issues
provided 60 days from the date of
provided to all parties. If no party with regard to project eligibility for the
publication of this Notice in which to
requests additional procedures, a final federal solar investment tax credit (ITC)
submit their comments, protests,
Opinion and Order may be issued based and the use of the ESPC ENABLE
motions to intervene, or notices of
on the official record, including the Program for such projects.
intervention.
Any person wishing to become a party Application and responses filed by DATES: Written comments and
to the proceeding must file a motion to parties pursuant to this notice, in information are requested on or before
intervene or notice of intervention. The accordance with 10 CFR 590.316. March 2, 2016.
filing of comments or a protest with The Application is available for ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to
respect to the Application will not serve inspection and copying in the Office of submit comments electronically to:
to make the commenter or protestant a Regulation and International tracy.logan@ee.doe.gov.
party to the proceeding, although Engagement docket room, Room 3E– Instructions: All submissions received
protests and comments received from must include ‘‘Feb 2016 ESPC Request
042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
persons who are not parties will be for Comments’’ in the subject of the
Washington, DC 20585. The docket
considered in determining the message. The notice is available at
room is open between the hours of 8 http://energy.gov/eere/femp/downloads/
appropriate action to be taken on the
Application. All protests, comments, a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through request-comments-including-onsite-
motions to intervene, or notices of Friday, except Federal holidays. renewable-energy-generation-under-
intervention must meet the The Application and any filed energy.
requirements specified by the protests, motions to intervene or notice FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
regulations in 10 CFR part 590. of interventions, and comments will Tracy Logan, U.S. Department of
Filings may be submitted using one of also be available electronically by going Energy, Federal Energy Management
the following methods: (1) Emailing the to the following DOE/FE Web address: Program (EE–2L), 1000 Independence
filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/ Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585;
Docket No. 15–168–LNG in the title gasregulation/index.html. email: Tracy.Logan@ee.doe.gov.
line; (2) mailing an original and three
paper copies of the filing to the Office Issued in Washington, DC, on February 9, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMP
of Regulation and International 2016. published a notice, ‘‘Request for
Engagement at the address listed in John A. Anderson, Comments on Including Onsite
ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an Director, Office of Regulation and Renewable Energy Generation under
original and three paper copies of the International Engagement, Office of Oil and Energy Savings Performance Contracts,’’
filing to the Office of Regulation and Natural Gas. to obtain information on potential
International Engagement at the address [FR Doc. 2016–03093 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] obstacles associated with the
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implementation of privately-owned
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
5 The 2015 LNG Export Study, dated Oct. 29, onsite renewable energy generation
2015, is available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/ projects under the federal energy
files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_ savings performance contract (ESPC)
exports_0.pdf. authority, including potential issues
6 The Addendum and related documents are
available at: http://energy.gov/fe/draft-addendum-
with regard to project eligibility for the
environmental-review-documents-concerning- federal solar investment tax credit (ITC)
exports-natural-gas-united-states. and the use of the ESPC ENABLE
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Program for such projects. The notice is March 14, 2016, no later than 5:00 p.m. content of fuels used to generate
available at http://energy.gov/eere/ (ET). electricity is divided by the total
femp/downloads/request-comments- ADDRESSES: Interested persons are amount of electricity consumed by end
including-onsite-renewable-energy- encouraged to submit comments, which users to calculate the site-to-source
generation-under-energy. must be submitted electronically to ratio.
FEMP invites all interested parties to EERE.Analysis@ee.doe.gov. Please visit
submit in writing by March 2, 2016, Accounting for the total source energy
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/ for of electricity produced from
comments and information on matters the full RFI and to ask and view
addressed in the notice. combustible fuels (e.g., coal, natural gas,
responses to questions regarding this
oil) is relatively straightforward as the
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 3, RFI.
energy content of these fuels is known.
2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: However, for non-combustible
Hayes Jones, Requests for additional information may renewable resources (i.e., wind, solar,
Operations Supervisor, Federal Energy be sent to Steve Capanna, U.S.
Management Program.
hydro, and geothermal) because there is
Department of Energy, Office of Energy no ‘‘fuel’’ used, a choice must be made
[FR Doc. 2016–03103 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 to determine how to account for the
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Independence Avenue SW., primary energy of electricity generated
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
from these sources.
Telephone: 202–586–7367. Email:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Steve.Capanna@hq.doe.gov. The current ‘‘fossil fuel equivalency’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: accounting convention used by the EIA
Office of Energy Efficiency and to calculate the reported source energy
Renewable Energy Background number, assumes that non-combustible
Request for Information: Accounting EERE publishes reports, tools, and renewable electricity (RE) generation
Conventions for Non-Combustible standards that include analyses that has the same source energy per kWh as
Renewable Energy Use examine the impact of energy efficiency the average of fossil fuel electricity. This
measures on total energy savings, and factor, equivalent to a heat rate,
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and that compare energy savings between represents the average amount of fossil
Renewable Energy, Department of different types of technologies. A fuel energy required to produce a kWh
Energy (DOE). commonly used methodology for this is of electricity. Alternatively, the factor
ACTION: Notice of Request for to convert the ‘‘site energy’’ into source can be thought of as the amount of fossil
Information (RFI). energy (or ‘‘primary energy’’) using a energy displaced by a kWh of RE. The
site-to-source ratio. For electricity, this most recent value reported by EIA in
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy essentially converts the energy used in
(DOE) gives notice of a Request for Table A6 of the Monthly Energy Review
a building (in kilowatt-hours, kWh) into is 9,541 BTU/kWh, which is equivalent
Information: ‘‘Accounting Conventions the equivalent amount of fuel required
for Non-Combustible Renewable Energy to a generation efficiency of roughly
to generate that electricity (typically in
Use’’ regarding using an alternative 36%.
British Thermal Units, BTU).
methodology for calculating source The site-to-source ratio accounts for The ‘‘captured energy’’ alternative
energy from non-combustible renewable the useful energy lost in converting, convention accounts only for the energy
resources in analysis that informs DOE, transmitting, and distributing energy output from a non-combustible
Office of Energy Efficiency and carriers. As a result, the source energy generator. This assumes that the
Renewable Energy (EERE) products, can be three times the size of the conversion from energy resource (e.g.
reports, and standards—such as the equivalent site energy, depending on sunlight, wind, water, etc.) into
Home Energy Score. The current location and electricity generation electricity is 100% efficient. The energy
approach uses the equivalent average technology used. The benefit of using content of electricity generated from a
heat rate of fossil fuels to convert source energy as a metric for non-combustible source using this
renewable electricity to source energy determining the impact of energy accounting convention is 3,412 BTU/
(approximately 9,500 BTU/kWh), while efficiency measures and technologies is kWh, which is a unit conversion.
the proposed approach would use the that it is a more equitable ‘‘apples-to-
heat content of electricity (3,412 BTU/ apples’’ comparison of energy use than An example comparison of the two
kWh). This proposed change would looking at site energy alone. methods of calculating source energy
better represent the lack of fuels used in Typically, analyses use electricity and site-to-source ratios using 2014 data
generating renewable electricity, and energy data provided by the Energy is presented in the table below. Using
would result in a slightly lower site-to- Information Administration (EIA) in the captured energy approach decreases
source ratio than the current approach. their Monthly Energy Review to the site-to-source ratio from 2.98 to 2.77
DATES: Written comments and calculate a site-to-source ratio. Using as compared to the fossil fuel
information are requested on or before this EIA document, the total energy equivalency approach.
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES OF NON-COMBUSTIBLE RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCOUNTING ON SITE-TO-
SOURCE RATIOS, USING 2014 DATA a
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Non-RE
Conversion RE source Total source
RE gen. source End use Site-to-source
Method factor energy energy
(TWh) b energy (quad) d ratio e
(BTU/kWh) (quad) (quad)
(quad) c
Fossil Fuel Equivalency 475 f 9,541 4.53 35.21 39.74 13.32 2.98
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of availability and request for comments. | |
| Dates | Written comments and information are requested on or before March 2, 2016. | |
| Contact | Tracy Logan, U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program (EE-2L), 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 7777 |
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