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Site vs. Source Energy
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Comment: EEI’s first comment on this topic
was that DOE should only use site energy
and energy cost results in its determination
and that source energy results should not be
used.
DOE response: DOE notes that EEI
submitted a similar comment on the Notice
of Preliminary Determination for Standards
90.1–2010 and 2013. DOE continues to
believe that source energy estimates are of
interest to many stakeholders and are
important to the discussion of global
resources and environmental issues.
However, DOE realizes that site energy is the
energy that typically appears on utility bills
and that is seen by the consumer, and that
energy cost (as shown on energy bills) is a
metric also important to many consumers. It
is for these reasons that DOE provides all
three metrics—site energy, source energy,
and energy cost—in its determinations.
Comment: EEI also stated that the value
associated with source energy for electricity
overstates losses and does not appropriately
characterize the significant improvements in
the overall efficiency of the electricity sector
because: (1) DOE considered only
commercial customers; (2) the U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) fossil fuel
heat rate assigned to renewable energy is too
high; (3) estimates of primary energy values
should look forward not backward; and (4)
estimates of primary energy values should
account for regional differences in electricity
generation and renewable portfolio
standards.
DOE response: DOE notes that EEI
submitted a similar comment on the Notice
of Preliminary Determination for Standards
90.1–2010 and 2013. DOE continues to
believe that its use of EIA data, conversion
factors, and treatment of renewable energy is
appropriate and remains consistent with past
determinations and DOE’s Appliance and
Equipment Standards Program (AESP)
analyses. While it is true that the site-tosource conversion factor used in this analysis
is derived from EIA data for commercial
sector energy use, analyzing the data from all
sectors results in the same conversion factor.
The determination methodology does not
calculate the future impact of the new
Standard, and thus DOE believes that using
conversion factors from the year of
publication of the Standard is appropriate.
DOE notes that it makes analyses available
for states on the future impact of energy
codes, which are beneficial for determining
the long-term benefits of new code adoption.
Finally, the use of the conversion factor from
2016 in this analysis also mitigates the
impact of using the fossil fuel equivalency
approach to determine the conversion factor
for electricity because the proportion of
renewable sources in the overall fuel mix was
very small in 2016.
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National Energy Technology
Laboratory
Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially
Exclusive License
National Energy Technology
Laboratory, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a
partially exclusive license.
AGENCY:
The National Energy
Technology Laboratory (NETL) hereby
gives notice that the Department of
Energy (DOE) intends to grant a partially
exclusive license to practice the
invention described and claimed in U.S.
Patent Application Number 15/782,315
and International Patent Application
Number PCT/US2017/056421, ‘‘Stable
Immobilized Amine Sorbents for REE
and Heavy Metal Recovery from Liquid
Sources’’ to PQ Corporation, having its
principal place of business in Malvern,
Pennsylvania. The invention is owned
by the United States of America, as
represented by DOE.
DATES: Written comments, objections, or
nonexclusive license applications must
be received at the ADDRESS listed no
later than March 14, 2018. Objections
submitted in response to this notice will
not be made available to the public for
inspection and, to the extent permitted
by law, will not be released under the
Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.
552.
SUMMARY:
Comments, applications for
nonexclusive licenses, or objections
relating to the prospective partially
exclusive license should be submitted to
Jessica Lamp, Technology Transfer
Program Manager, U.S. Department of
Energy, National Energy Technology
Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh,
PA 15236–0940 or via facsimile to (412)
386–4183.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Lamp, Technology Transfer
Program Manager, U.S. Department of
Energy, National Energy Technology
Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh,
PA 15236; Telephone (412) 386–7417;
Email: jessica.lamp@netl.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
209(c) of title 35 of the United States
Code gives DOE the authority to grant
exclusive or partially exclusive licenses
in Department-owned inventions where
a determination is made, among other
things, that the desired practical
application of the invention has not
been achieved, or is not likely to be
achieved expeditiously, under a
nonexclusive license. The statute and
implementing regulations (37 CFR 404)
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require that the necessary
determinations be made after public
notice and opportunity for filing written
comments and objections.
PQ Corporation, has applied for a
partially exclusive license to practice
the invention and has a plan for
commercialization of the invention.
DOE intends to grant the license, upon
a final determination in accordance
with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 15
days of publication of this notice,
NETL’s Technology Transfer Program
Manager (contact information listed)
receives in writing any of the following,
together with supporting documents:
(i) A statement from any person
setting forth reasons why it would not
be in the best interest of the United
States to grant the proposed license; or
(ii) An application for a nonexclusive
license to the invention, in which
applicant states that it already has
brought the invention to practical
application or is likely to bring the
invention to practical application
expeditiously.
The proposed license would be
partially exclusive, subject to a license
and other rights retained by the United
States, and subject to a negotiated
royalty. The exclusive fields of use are:
removal of rare earth elements from
liquids, coal tailings, fly ash and acid
mine drainage; removal of heavy metals,
such as copper, lead and arsenic from
liquids; and removal of barium and
strontium from liquids. DOE will review
all timely written responses to this
notice, and will grant the license if, after
expiration of the 15-day notice period,
and after consideration of any written
responses to this notice, a determination
is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C.
209(c) that the license is in the public
interest.
Dated: February 6, 2018.
Grace M. Bochenek,
Director, National Energy Technology
Laboratory.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially Exclusive License
AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a partially exclusive license.
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SUMMARY: The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) hereby gives
notice that the Department of Energy (DOE) intends to grant a partially
exclusive license to practice the invention described and claimed in
U.S. Patent Application Number 15/782,315 and International Patent
Application Number PCT/US2017/056421, ``Stable Immobilized Amine
Sorbents for REE and Heavy Metal Recovery from Liquid Sources'' to PQ
Corporation, having its principal place of business in Malvern,
Pennsylvania. The invention is owned by the United States of America,
as represented by DOE.
DATES: Written comments, objections, or nonexclusive license
applications must be received at the ADDRESS listed no later than March
14, 2018. Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be
made available to the public for inspection and, to the extent
permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
ADDRESSES: Comments, applications for nonexclusive licenses, or
objections relating to the prospective partially exclusive license
should be submitted to Jessica Lamp, Technology Transfer Program
Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology
Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940 or via facsimile
to (412) 386-4183.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Lamp, Technology Transfer
Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology
Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236; Telephone (412) 386-
7417; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 209(c) of title 35 of the United
States Code gives DOE the authority to grant exclusive or partially
exclusive licenses in Department-owned inventions where a determination
is made, among other things, that the desired practical application of
the invention has not been achieved, or is not likely to be achieved
expeditiously, under a nonexclusive license. The statute and
implementing regulations (37 CFR 404) require that the necessary
determinations be made after public notice and opportunity for filing
written comments and objections.
PQ Corporation, has applied for a partially exclusive license to
practice the invention and has a plan for commercialization of the
invention. DOE intends to grant the license, upon a final determination
in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 15 days of
publication of this notice, NETL's Technology Transfer Program Manager
(contact information listed) receives in writing any of the following,
together with supporting documents:
(i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would
not be in the best interest of the United States to grant the proposed
license; or
(ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention, in
which applicant states that it already has brought the invention to
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical
application expeditiously.
The proposed license would be partially exclusive, subject to a
license and other rights retained by the United States, and subject to
a negotiated royalty. The exclusive fields of use are: removal of rare
earth elements from liquids, coal tailings, fly ash and acid mine
drainage; removal of heavy metals, such as copper, lead and arsenic
from liquids; and removal of barium and strontium from liquids. DOE
will review all timely written responses to this notice, and will grant
the license if, after expiration of the 15-day notice period, and after
consideration of any written responses to this notice, a determination
is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c) that the license is in the
public interest.
Dated: February 6, 2018.
Grace M. Bochenek,
Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory.
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