Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
Notice is hereby given that, on April 7, 2026, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Mercury Consortium, Inc. (“Mercury Consortium”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ElaadNL, Gelderland, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS; Argonne National Laboratories, Lemont, IL; Origin Energy Services Ltd. Sydney, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; Flip Energy, San Francisco, CA; EnergyHub, Inc., Brooklyn, NY; BEAMA Ltd., London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; and Texture, New York, NY have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, Utilidata, Providence, RI; Emulate Energy, Brookline, MA; and Codiby SA, Malopolskie, REPUBLIC OF POLAND have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
In addition, Mixergy, Cassington, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, was incorrectly reported as the name of a new member on the July 29, 2025. Notice published in the Federal Register on August 18, 2025. The correct name of the member is Mixergy, Ltd., Cassington, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.
No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open and Mercury Consortium intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On July 29, 2025, Mercury Consortium filed its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on August 18, 2025 (90 FR 40084).
The last notification was filed with the Department on February 27, 2026. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on March 26, 2026 (91 FR 14717).
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.