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Kathleen B. Hogan,
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Energy.
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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 2017 pursuant to
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(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 June 5, 2017 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,
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
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.,
SUMMARY:
Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202) 586–
7432, Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
323 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation 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
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 23, 2016, 81 FR 15513.
On June 5, 2017, the cost figures
published in this notice will become
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effective and supersede those cost
figures published on March 23, 2016.
The cost figures set forth in this notice
will be effective until further notice.
DOE’s Energy Information
Administration (EIA) is the data source
for the 2017 representative average unit
after-tax 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 April 2017, 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-2013
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 April 2017, Monthly Energy
Review DOE/EIA–0035(2017/04). 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 2017 averages
of the U.S. residential sector prices
found in the Annual Energy Outlook
2017, AEO2017 (January 5, 2017). For
more information on the data sources
used in this Notice, contact the National
Energy Information Center, Forrestal
Building, EI–30, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586–8800, email: infoctr@
eia.doe.gov.
The 2017 representative average unit
costs under section 323(b)(4) of the Act
are set forth in Table 1, and will become
effective June 5, 2017. They will remain
in effect until further notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2017.
Daniel Simmons,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
TABLE 1—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES
[2017]
Per million
Btu 1
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Type of energy
Electricity .................................................
Natural Gas .............................................
No. 2 Heating Oil .....................................
Propane ...................................................
Kerosene .................................................
$37.72
10.52
18.83
16.72
22.32
In commonly used terms
12.9¢/kWh 2 3 ...........................................
$1.052/therm 4 or $10.86/MCF 5 6 ............
$2.59/gallon 7 ...........................................
$1.53/gallon 8 ...........................................
$3.01/gallon 9 ...........................................
As required by test procedure
$0.129/kWh.
$0.00001052/Btu.
$0.00001883/Btu.
$0.00001672/Btu.
$0.00002232/Btu.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (April 11, 2017), Annual Energy Outlook (January 5, 2017), and
Monthly Energy Review (April 25, 2017).
Notes: Prices include taxes.
1. Btu stands for British thermal units.
2. kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
3. 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
4. 1 therm = 100,000 Btu.
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MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
For the purposes of this table, one
For the purposes of this table, one
For the purposes of this table, one
For the purposes of this table, one
cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,032 Btu.
gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 137,561 Btu.
gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
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May 18, 2017.
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Dated: April 28, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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South Central MCN LLC; Notice of
Petition for Waiver
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Take notice that on April 27, 2017,
South Central MCN LLC filed a petition
for waiver of the requirement to file a
FERC Form 3–Q for the periods of
January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017,
and April 1, 2017 through June 30,
2017, as required by 18 CFR 141.400, all
as more fully explained in the petition.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Petitioner.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed B-System Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
B-System Project, proposed by
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(Columbia) in the above-referenced
docket. Columbia requests authorization
to modernize and upgrade Columbia’s
B-System pipelines by replacing and
abandoning existing pipeline as well as
constructing new pipeline and
appurtenant facilities in Fairfield and
Franklin Counties, Ohio.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the BSystem Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FERC staff concludes that approval of
the proposed project, with appropriate
mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and Ohio Department of Natural
Resources participated as cooperating
agencies in the preparation of the EA.
Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction
by law or special expertise with respect
to resources potentially affected by the
proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis.
As part of its proposed B-System
Project, Columbia would:
• Abandon in place approximately
17.5 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline,
remove two associated mainline valves
(mileposts 7.7 and 10.9), install two gas
heaters, and remove various exposed
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pipe segments on Columbia’s Line B–
105;
• construct approximately 14.0 miles
of 20-inch-diameter replacement
pipeline on Columbia’s Line B–111;
• construct approximately 0.1 mile of
4-inch-diameter replacement pipeline
on Columbia’s Line B–121;
• construct approximately 0.5 mile of
4-inch-diameter replacement pipeline
on Columbia’s Line B–130;
• construct approximately 7.6 miles
of new 20-inch-diameter pipeline (‘‘Line
K–270’’) connecting Columbia’s KSystem and B-System; and
• remove, replace, restore, and install
various appurtenances including
connections, valves, aboveground
piping, one regulation facility, and pig 1
launchers and receivers.
The FERC staff mailed copies of the
EA to federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners and
other interested individuals and groups;
and newspapers and libraries in the
project area. In addition, the EA is
available for public viewing on the
FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using
the eLibrary link. A limited number of
copies of the EA are available for
distribution and public inspection at:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Public Reference Room, 888 First Street
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–8371.
Any person wishing to comment on
the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impacts. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that the
Commission has the opportunity to
consider your comments prior to
making its decision on this project, it is
important that we receive your
comments in Washington, DC on or
before May 30, 2017.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to file your
comments with the Commission. In all
instances please reference the project
docket number (CP16–498–000) with
your submission. The Commission
1 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company
inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for
cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal
inspections, or other purposes.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 2017 pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (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 June 5, 2017 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, ApplianceStandardsQuestions@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 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 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 23, 2016, 81 FR 15513.
On June 5, 2017, the cost figures published in this notice will
become effective and supersede those cost figures published on March
23, 2016. The cost figures set forth in this notice will be effective
until further notice.
DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the data source
for the 2017 representative average unit after-tax 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
April 2017, EIA Short-Term 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-2013 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 April 2017, Monthly
Energy Review DOE/EIA-0035(2017/04). 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 2017 averages of the U.S. residential sector prices found
in the Annual Energy Outlook 2017, AEO2017 (January 5, 2017). For more
information on the data sources used in this Notice, contact the
National Energy Information Center, Forrestal Building, EI-30, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8800, email:
infoctr@eia.doe.gov.
The 2017 representative average unit costs under section 323(b)(4)
of the Act are set forth in Table 1, and will become effective June 5,
2017. They will remain in effect until further notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2017.
Daniel Simmons,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
Table 1--Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for Five Residential Energy Sources
[2017]
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Per million As required by test
Type of energy Btu \1\ In commonly used terms procedure
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Electricity............................. $37.72 12.9[cent]/kWh \2\ \3\.... $0.129/kWh.
Natural Gas............................. 10.52 $1.052/therm \4\ or $10.86/ $0.00001052/Btu.
MCF \5\ \6\.
No. 2 Heating Oil....................... 18.83 $2.59/gallon \7\.......... $0.00001883/Btu.
Propane................................. 16.72 $1.53/gallon \8\.......... $0.00001672/Btu.
Kerosene................................ 22.32 $3.01/gallon \9\.......... $0.00002232/Btu.
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Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (April 11, 2017), Annual Energy
Outlook (January 5, 2017), and Monthly Energy Review (April 25, 2017).
Notes: Prices include taxes.
1. Btu stands for British thermal units.
2. kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
3. 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
4. 1 therm = 100,000 Btu.
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5. MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
6. For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,032 Btu.
7. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 137,561 Btu.
8. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
9. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
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