Electric Grid Resilience Self-Assessment Tool for Distribution System, 52038-52039 [2015-21244]

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[FR Doc. 2015–21267 Filed 8–26–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Electric Grid Resilience SelfAssessment Tool for Distribution System Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy. ACTION: Request for Information; reopening of comment period. AGENCY: On July 1, 2015, the Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the electric grid resilience self-assessment tool for distribution system and requested public comment by August 17, 2015. DOE is re-opening the original public comment period of 45 days for this RFI. DATES: The comment period for the RFI published July 1, 2015 (80 FR 37606) is re-opened. Written comments must be received on or before October 26, 2015. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 166 / Thursday, August 27, 2015 / Notices Comments can be submitted by any of the following methods and must be identified by ‘‘EGRtool’’. By email: EGRtool@hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘EGRtool’’ in the subject line of the message. By mail: Dan Ton, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6E–092, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 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. ADDRESSES: Mr. Dan Ton, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6E– 092, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by email at EGRtool@hq.doe.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On July 1, 2015, the DOE published a request for information in the Federal Register (80 FR 37606). DOE is seeking comments and information from interested parties to inform the development of a pilot project concerning an interactive selfassessment tool to understand the relative resilience level of national electric grid distribution systems to extreme weather events. An interactive tool could be used by distribution utilities to identify opportunities for enhancing resilience with new technologies and/or procedures to support investment planning and related tariff filings. The focus of this RFI is on the design and implementation of the interactive selfassessment resilience tool. The July 1 notice requested comments and information from interested parties to inform the development of a pilot project concerning an interactive selfassessment tool by August 17, 2015. DOE is re-opening the comment period by 60 days to allow additional time for more substantive comment on the significant questions to which DOE is seeking response. DOE believes that reopening the comment period to allow additional time for interested parties to submit comments is appropriate. Therefore, DOE is re-opening the comment period to provide interested parties additional time to prepare and submit comments and will consider any comments received by that date. rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:08 Aug 26, 2015 Jkt 235001 Issued in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2015. Patricia A. Hoffman, Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. 2015–21244 Filed 8–26–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In this notice, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential energy sources for the year 2015 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The five sources are electricity, natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene. DATES: The representative average unit costs of energy contained in this notice will become effective September 28, 2015 and will remain in effect until further notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Cymbalsky, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE–5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 0121, (202) 287–1692, Rep_Average_ Unit_Costs@ee.doe.gov. Francine Pinto, Esq. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202) 586– 7432, Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 323 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Act) requires that DOE prescribe test procedures for the measurement of the estimated annual operating costs or other measures of energy consumption for certain consumer products specified in the Act. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) These test procedures are found in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 430, subpart B. Section 323(b)(3) of the Act requires that the estimated annual operating costs of a covered product be calculated from measurements of energy use in a representative average use cycle or period of use and from representative SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52039 average unit costs of the energy needed to operate such product during such cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The section further requires that DOE provide information to manufacturers regarding the representative average unit costs of energy. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(4)) This cost information should be used by manufacturers to meet their obligations under section 323(c) of the Act. Most notably, these costs are used to comply with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requirements for labeling. Manufacturers are required to use the revised DOE representative average unit costs when the FTC publishes new ranges of comparability for specific covered products, 16 CFR part 305. Interested parties can also find information covering the FTC labeling requirements at https://www.ftc.gov/ appliances. DOE last published representative average unit costs of residential energy in a Federal Register notice entitled, ‘‘Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy’’, dated March 18, 2014, 79 FR 15111. On September 28, 2015, the cost figures published in this notice will become effective and supersede those cost figures published on March 18, 2014. The cost figures set forth in this notice will be effective until further notice. DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has developed the 2015 representative average unit aftertax residential costs found in this notice. These costs for electricity, natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, and propane are based on simulations used to produce the August 2015, EIA ShortTerm Energy Outlook (EIA releases the Outlook monthly). The representative average unit after-tax cost for kerosene is derived from its price relative to that of heating oil, based on the 2010–to 2014 averages of the U.S. refiner price to end users, which include all the major energy-consuming sectors in the U.S. for these fuels. The source for these price data is the July 2015, Monthly Energy Review DOE/EIA–0035 (2015/ 07). The Short-Term Energy Outlook and the Monthly Energy Review are available on the EIA Web site at https://www.eia.doe.gov. The representative average unit after-tax cost for propane is derived from its price relative to that of heating oil, based on the 2015 averages of the U.S. residential sector prices found in the Annual Energy Outlook 2015, DOE/EIA–0383 (2015). For more information on the data sources used in this Notice, contact the National Energy Information Center, Forrestal Building, EI–30, 1000 E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52038-52039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21244]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Electric Grid Resilience Self-Assessment Tool for Distribution 
System

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

ACTION: Request for Information; re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 1, 2015, the Department of Energy (DOE) published in 
the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the 
electric grid resilience self-assessment tool for distribution system 
and requested public comment by August 17, 2015. DOE is re-opening the 
original public comment period of 45 days for this RFI.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI published July 1, 2015 (80 FR 
37606) is re-opened. Written comments must be received on or before 
October 26, 2015.

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ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted by any of the following methods 
and must be identified by ``EGRtool''. By email: EGRtool@hq.doe.gov. 
Include ``EGRtool'' in the subject line of the message. By mail: Dan 
Ton, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6E-092, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Ton, Office of Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal 
Building, Room 6E-092, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585 or by email at EGRtool@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2015, the DOE published a request 
for information in the Federal Register (80 FR 37606). DOE is seeking 
comments and information from interested parties to inform the 
development of a pilot project concerning an interactive self-
assessment tool to understand the relative resilience level of national 
electric grid distribution systems to extreme weather events. An 
interactive tool could be used by distribution utilities to identify 
opportunities for enhancing resilience with new technologies and/or 
procedures to support investment planning and related tariff filings. 
The focus of this RFI is on the design and implementation of the 
interactive self-assessment resilience tool.
    The July 1 notice requested comments and information from 
interested parties to inform the development of a pilot project 
concerning an interactive self-assessment tool by August 17, 2015. DOE 
is re-opening the comment period by 60 days to allow additional time 
for more substantive comment on the significant questions to which DOE 
is seeking response. DOE believes that re-opening the comment period to 
allow additional time for interested parties to submit comments is 
appropriate. Therefore, DOE is re-opening the comment period to provide 
interested parties additional time to prepare and submit comments and 
will consider any comments received by that date.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2015.
Patricia A. Hoffman,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2015-21244 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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