Request for Information To Release a Solicitation for Certification and Allocation of Credits Under the Civil Nuclear Credit Program, 79281-79283 [2024-22046]
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In accordance with the
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revision of a currently approved
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might the Department minimize the
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Title of Collection: Higher Education
Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) I, II
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Type of Review: A revision of a
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by section 18004(a) of the CARES Act,
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on how the funds were used. The
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substantially reducing the number of
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within HEERF have expired and many
of the items have become moot. In
accordance with the Recipients Funding
Certification and Agreements executed
by HEERF grantees, the Secretary may
specify additional forms of reporting.
Dated: September 24, 2024.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Request for Information To Release a
Solicitation for Certification and
Allocation of Credits Under the Civil
Nuclear Credit Program
Grid Deployment Office,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE or the Department) is
issuing this RFI to request information
from interested parties of DOE’s intent
to release a solicitation for applications,
and to seek advance notice of an intent
to submit applications in the form of a
Letter of Interest (LOI), from nuclear
reactor owners or operators for
certification and allocation of credits
SUMMARY:
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under the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC)
Program to support nuclear reactors at
risk of ceasing operations due to
economic factors. In the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act, Congress
directed the Secretary of Energy
(Secretary) to establish a CNC Program
to evaluate and certify nuclear reactors
that are projected to cease operations
due to economic factors and to allocate
credits to selected certified nuclear
reactors via a sealed bid process.
DATES: Submission of LOIs is requested
on or before October 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may
submit an LOI as an attachment by
email to CNC_Program_Mailbox@
hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
questions about the RFI may be sent to
Theodore Taylor, Civil Nuclear Credit
Program Manager, at CNC_Program_
Mailbox@hq.doe.gov or at (202) 586–
4316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background and Program Description
As energy markets and economic
circumstances continue to shift, the
United States has lost approximately
10,200 megawatts of nuclear energy
capacity with the premature closures of
13 commercial reactors.1 These closures
have led to an increase in carbon
emissions, poorer air quality, and the
loss of thousands of high-paying jobs.
Further closures threaten to exacerbate
these issues. In November 2021,
Congress appropriated funds under the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA) (Pub. L. 117–58), codified at 42
U.S.C. 18753, to allocate credits to
certified nuclear reactors to prevent
closure due to economic factors. In
addition to the CNC Program, Congress
also appropriated funds in August 2022
under Section 13105 of the Inflation
Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) (Pub. L.
117–169), codified at 26 U.S.C. 45U for
the zero-emission nuclear power
production tax credit that provides up
to an inflation-adjusted $15 per
megawatt-hour for electricity produced.
The CNC Program also advances the
President’s Justice40 Initiative,2 which
sets a goal that 40 percent of the overall
benefits of certain federal climate, clean
energy, affordable and sustainable
housing, and other investments flow to
1 Congressional Research Serv., R46820, U.S.
Nuclear Plant Shutdowns, State Interventions, and
Policy Concerns, (Updated 2/7/22, available at
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/
R46820. Note that Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
has not yet closed but is not producing power.
2 https://www.whitehouse.gov/
environmentaljustice/justice40.
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disadvantaged communities that are
marginalized by underinvestment and
overburdened by pollution.3 In the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024,
Congress repurposed an aggregate
amount of up to $3.72 billion in the
CNC Program’s unobligated balances
appropriated under the IIJA to carry out
nuclear programs supporting small
modular reactors and a uranium strategy
pursuant to the Nuclear Fuel Security
Act of 2023.4
CNC Award Cycles 1 and 2 were
released in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Under the CNC Program, DOE certifies
operating nuclear reactors projected to
cease operations due to economic
factors and whose closure would result
in a projected increase in air pollutants,
if the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission has reasonable assurance
the reactor will continue to operate
safely. Certification of eligibility to
apply for credits requires that the
nuclear reactor meet certain economic
and other criteria. The CNC Program
identifies specific eligibility criteria and
provides discretion for the Secretary to
define additional eligibility criteria for
certification of the qualifying nuclear
reactor. Credits will be awarded over a
four-year period beginning on the date
of the selection. Nuclear reactor owners
or operators may apply for
recertification after that time and
additional credits may be allocated
through September 30, 2031, subject to
the availability of funds.
More detailed information about the
CNC Program can be found at https://
www.energy.gov/gdo/civil-nuclearcredit-program.
Purpose
Subject to availability of funds, DOE
is planning up to $980 million for
Award Cycle 3. Prior to releasing the
Guidance for Award Cycle 3, DOE is
requesting that nuclear reactor owners
or operators interested in applying for
certification and allocation of credits
under the CNC Program provide
advance notice of intent to apply in the
form of a Letter of Interest (LOI) to be
submitted no later than 30 days after
this RFI notice. Submissions of LOIs
that comply with relevant requirements,
as outlined in the Business Proprietary
Information section will be kept strictly
confidential.
LOI responses shall include:
3 White House, Justice40 Covered Programs List
(Nov. 2023), available at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/
Justice40-Initiative-Covered-Programs-List_v2.0_
11.23_FINAL.pdf.
4 See Section 3131 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Public Law
118–31 (Dec. 22, 2023).
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• Name(s), phone number(s), and email
address(es) for the principal point(s)
of contact
• Institution or organization affiliation
and postal address
• Organization’s non-binding
expression of interest in applying to
the CNC Program Award Cycle 3
• Names of each nuclear reactor for
which an owner/operator is intending
to apply for certification and
allocation of credits under the CNC
Program
The responses received from nuclear
reactors owners or operators will assist
DOE in assessing the CNC Program’s
timing and resources for Award Cycle 3.
Any information obtained as a result of
this RFI is intended to be used by DOE
on a non-attribution basis for planning
and strategy development; this RFI does
not constitute a formal solicitation for
applications. No application submittals
are required at this time. Responses to
this RFI will be treated as information
only. Respondents are advised that DOE
is under no obligation to acknowledge
receipt of the information received or
provide feedback to respondents with
respect to any information submitted
under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do
not bind DOE to any further actions
related to this topic.
An LOI containing the required
information as stated in this section will
be marked confidential as described in
the Business Proprietary Information
section.
Business Proprietary Information
Responses containing confidential,
proprietary, or privileged information
must be conspicuously marked as
described in this section. Failure to
comply with these marking
requirements may result in the
disclosure of the unmarked information
under the Freedom of Information Act
or otherwise. The U.S. Federal
Government is not liable for the
disclosure or use of unmarked
information and may use or disclose
such information for any purpose.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any
person submitting information believed
to be business proprietary and exempt
by law from public disclosure should
submit via email two well-marked
copies: One copy of the document
marked ‘‘Business Proprietary’’
including all the information believed to
be proprietary, and one copy of the
document marked ‘‘non-Proprietary’’
deleting all information believed to be
business proprietary. DOE will make its
own determination about the business
proprietary status of the information
and treat it according to its
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determination. Factors of interest to
DOE when evaluating requests to treat
submitted information as business
proprietary include: (1) a description of
the items; (2) whether and why such
items are customarily treated as
business proprietary within the
industry; (3) whether the information is
generally known by or available from
other sources; (4) whether the
information has previously been made
available to others without obligation
concerning its business proprietary
nature; (5) an explanation of the
competitive injury to the submitting
person which would result from public
disclosure; (6) when such information
might lose its business proprietary
character due to the passage of time; and
(7) why disclosure of the information
would be contrary to the public interest.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on September 20,
2024, by Maria D. Robinson, Director,
Grid Deployment Office, pursuant to
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Energy. That document with the
original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
23, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho
Cleanup Project
Office of Environmental
Management, Department of Energy.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice of open meeting.
This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid meeting of the
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),
Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP). The
Federal Advisory Committee Act
requires that public notice of this
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meeting be announced in the Federal
Register.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024; 9
a.m.–4:30 p.m. MDT.
ADDRESSES: Sun Valley Lodge, 1 Sun
Valley Road, Sun Valley, Idaho 83353.
This meeting will be open to the public
in-person at the Sun Valley Lodge or
virtually via Zoom. To attend virtually,
please contact Danielle Miller, ICP
Citizens Advisory Board (CAB)
Administrator, by email at millerdc@
id.doe.gov or phone (208) 526–5709, no
later than 5 p.m. MDT on Monday,
October 21, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danielle Miller, ICP CAB Administrator,
by email at millerdc@id.doe.gov or
phone (208) 526–5709 or visit the
Board’s internet homepage at https://
energy.gov/em/icpcab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to provide advice and
recommendations concerning the
following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental
restoration; waste and nuclear materials
management and disposition; excess
facilities; future land use and long-term
stewardship. The Board may also be
asked to provide advice and
recommendations on any EM program
components.
Tentative Agenda (agenda topics may
change up to the day of the meeting;
please contact Danielle Miller for the
most current agenda):
1. Recent Public Outreach
2. ICP Overview
3. Ten-Year Plan and Budget Overview
4. Program Presentations
5. Fall EM SSAB Chairs Meeting Update
Public Participation: The in-person/
online virtual hybrid meeting is open to
the public either in-person at the Sun
Valley Lodge or via Zoom. To sign-up
for public comment, please contact the
ICP CAB Administrator (above) no later
than 5 p.m. MDT on Monday, October
21, 2024. In addition to participation in
the live public comment sessions
identified above, written statements
may be filed with the Board either five
days before or five days after the
meeting by sending them to the ICP
CAB Administrator at the
aforementioned email address. Written
public comment received prior to the
meeting will be read into the record.
The Deputy Designated Federal Officer
is empowered to conduct the meeting in
a fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Individuals
wishing to make public comments will
be provided a maximum of five minutes
to present their comments.
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Minutes: Minutes will be available by
writing or calling Danielle Miller, ICP
Administrator, phone (208) 526–5709 or
email millerdc@id.doe.gov. Minutes will
also be available at the following
website: https://www.energy.gov/em/
icpcab/listings/cab-meetings.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
September 23, 2024, by David Borak,
Committee Management Officer,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document
with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
24, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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[GDO Docket No. EA–516]
Application for Authorization To
Export Electric Energy; Energia Sierra
Juarez U.S., LLC
Grid Deployment Office,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:
Energia Sierra Juarez U.S.,
LLC (ESJ US or Applicant) has applied
for authorization to transmit electric
energy from the United States to Mexico
pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions
to intervene must be submitted on or
before October 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests,
motions to intervene, or requests for
more information should be addressed
by electronic mail to
Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janessa Zucchetto, 240–474–8226
Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Department of Energy
(DOE) regulates electricity exports from
the United States to foreign countries in
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Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Request for Information To Release a Solicitation for
Certification and Allocation of Credits Under the Civil Nuclear Credit
Program
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is
issuing this RFI to request information from interested parties of
DOE's intent to release a solicitation for applications, and to seek
advance notice of an intent to submit applications in the form of a
Letter of Interest (LOI), from nuclear reactor owners or operators for
certification and allocation of credits
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under the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program to support nuclear
reactors at risk of ceasing operations due to economic factors. In the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Congress directed the Secretary
of Energy (Secretary) to establish a CNC Program to evaluate and
certify nuclear reactors that are projected to cease operations due to
economic factors and to allocate credits to selected certified nuclear
reactors via a sealed bid process.
DATES: Submission of LOIs is requested on or before October 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit an LOI as an attachment by
email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
questions about the RFI may be sent to Theodore Taylor, Civil Nuclear
Credit Program Manager, at [email protected] or at (202)
586-4316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Program Description
As energy markets and economic circumstances continue to shift, the
United States has lost approximately 10,200 megawatts of nuclear energy
capacity with the premature closures of 13 commercial reactors.\1\
These closures have led to an increase in carbon emissions, poorer air
quality, and the loss of thousands of high-paying jobs. Further
closures threaten to exacerbate these issues. In November 2021,
Congress appropriated funds under the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58), codified at 42 U.S.C. 18753, to
allocate credits to certified nuclear reactors to prevent closure due
to economic factors. In addition to the CNC Program, Congress also
appropriated funds in August 2022 under Section 13105 of the Inflation
Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) (Pub. L. 117-169), codified at 26 U.S.C.
45U for the zero-emission nuclear power production tax credit that
provides up to an inflation-adjusted $15 per megawatt-hour for
electricity produced. The CNC Program also advances the President's
Justice40 Initiative,\2\ which sets a goal that 40 percent of the
overall benefits of certain federal climate, clean energy, affordable
and sustainable housing, and other investments flow to disadvantaged
communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened
by pollution.\3\ In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Congress
repurposed an aggregate amount of up to $3.72 billion in the CNC
Program's unobligated balances appropriated under the IIJA to carry out
nuclear programs supporting small modular reactors and a uranium
strategy pursuant to the Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023.\4\
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\1\ Congressional Research Serv., R46820, U.S. Nuclear Plant
Shutdowns, State Interventions, and Policy Concerns, (Updated 2/7/
22, available at https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46820. Note that Palisades Nuclear Power Plant has not yet closed
but is not producing power.
\2\ https://www.whitehouse.gov/environmentaljustice/justice40.
\3\ White House, Justice40 Covered Programs List (Nov. 2023),
available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Justice40-Initiative-Covered-Programs-List_v2.0_11.23_FINAL.pdf.
\4\ See Section 3131 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2024, Public Law 118-31 (Dec. 22, 2023).
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CNC Award Cycles 1 and 2 were released in 2022 and 2023,
respectively. Under the CNC Program, DOE certifies operating nuclear
reactors projected to cease operations due to economic factors and
whose closure would result in a projected increase in air pollutants,
if the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reasonable assurance the
reactor will continue to operate safely. Certification of eligibility
to apply for credits requires that the nuclear reactor meet certain
economic and other criteria. The CNC Program identifies specific
eligibility criteria and provides discretion for the Secretary to
define additional eligibility criteria for certification of the
qualifying nuclear reactor. Credits will be awarded over a four-year
period beginning on the date of the selection. Nuclear reactor owners
or operators may apply for recertification after that time and
additional credits may be allocated through September 30, 2031, subject
to the availability of funds.
More detailed information about the CNC Program can be found at
https://www.energy.gov/gdo/civil-nuclear-credit-program.
Purpose
Subject to availability of funds, DOE is planning up to $980
million for Award Cycle 3. Prior to releasing the Guidance for Award
Cycle 3, DOE is requesting that nuclear reactor owners or operators
interested in applying for certification and allocation of credits
under the CNC Program provide advance notice of intent to apply in the
form of a Letter of Interest (LOI) to be submitted no later than 30
days after this RFI notice. Submissions of LOIs that comply with
relevant requirements, as outlined in the Business Proprietary
Information section will be kept strictly confidential.
LOI responses shall include:
Name(s), phone number(s), and email address(es) for the
principal point(s) of contact
Institution or organization affiliation and postal address
Organization's non-binding expression of interest in applying
to the CNC Program Award Cycle 3
Names of each nuclear reactor for which an owner/operator is
intending to apply for certification and allocation of credits under
the CNC Program
The responses received from nuclear reactors owners or operators
will assist DOE in assessing the CNC Program's timing and resources for
Award Cycle 3. Any information obtained as a result of this RFI is
intended to be used by DOE on a non-attribution basis for planning and
strategy development; this RFI does not constitute a formal
solicitation for applications. No application submittals are required
at this time. Responses to this RFI will be treated as information
only. Respondents are advised that DOE is under no obligation to
acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to
respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI.
Responses to this RFI do not bind DOE to any further actions related to
this topic.
An LOI containing the required information as stated in this
section will be marked confidential as described in the Business
Proprietary Information section.
Business Proprietary Information
Responses containing confidential, proprietary, or privileged
information must be conspicuously marked as described in this section.
Failure to comply with these marking requirements may result in the
disclosure of the unmarked information under the Freedom of Information
Act or otherwise. The U.S. Federal Government is not liable for the
disclosure or use of unmarked information and may use or disclose such
information for any purpose.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information
believed to be business proprietary and exempt by law from public
disclosure should submit via email two well-marked copies: One copy of
the document marked ``Business Proprietary'' including all the
information believed to be proprietary, and one copy of the document
marked ``non-Proprietary'' deleting all information believed to be
business proprietary. DOE will make its own determination about the
business proprietary status of the information and treat it according
to its
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determination. Factors of interest to DOE when evaluating requests to
treat submitted information as business proprietary include: (1) a
description of the items; (2) whether and why such items are
customarily treated as business proprietary within the industry; (3)
whether the information is generally known by or available from other
sources; (4) whether the information has previously been made available
to others without obligation concerning its business proprietary
nature; (5) an explanation of the competitive injury to the submitting
person which would result from public disclosure; (6) when such
information might lose its business proprietary character due to the
passage of time; and (7) why disclosure of the information would be
contrary to the public interest.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September
20, 2024, by Maria D. Robinson, Director, Grid Deployment Office,
pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That
document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September 23, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-22046 Filed 9-26-24; 8:45 am]
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