International Energy Agency Meetings, 26277-26278 [2025-11352]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 117 (Friday, June 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26277-26278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11352]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meetings

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy 
Agency (IEA) will meet on June 25, 2025, and June 26, 2025, as a hybrid 
meeting via webinar and in person, in connection with a joint meeting 
of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's 
Standing Group on the Oil Market (SOM) which is scheduled at the same 
time via webinar and in person.

DATES: June 25, 2025, and June 26, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The location details of the SEQ and SOM webinar meeting are 
under the control of the IEA Secretariat, located at 9 rue de la 
F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris, France. The in-person meeting 
will take place at IEA Headquarters, 9 rue de la 
F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris, France.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Zogby, Attorney Advisor in 
the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for International and 
National Security Programs, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-5000, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i) 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)) 
(EPCA), the following notice of meetings, which has been delayed due to 
unavoidable logistical issues, is provided:
    A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held in person and via webinar at the IEA 
Headquarters, 9 rue de la F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris, 
commencing at 9:30 a.m., Paris time, on June 25, 2025. The purpose of 
this notice is to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company 
members of the IAB at a joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on 
Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil 
Market (SOM), which is scheduled to be held at the same location in 
person and via webinar at the same time.
    The agenda of the meeting is under the control of the SEQ and the 
SOM. It is expected that the SEQ and the SOM will adopt the following 
agenda

1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of Summary Record of meeting of 26 March 2025
3. Update on the Current Oil Market Situation
4. Reports on Recent Oil Market and Policy Developments in IEA and 
Association member countries
5. Impressions from the Oil and Gas Session of the Summit on the Future 
of Energy Security
6. Outlook for World Economy in the Short and Medium term
7. World Energy Investment Report
8. Medium Term Oil Market Report 2024
9. Update on Electric Vehicles and Vehicle Efficiency Improvements
10. US NGL Outlook
11. Reflections from the IAB on the Medium Term Outlook
12. Any other business:
    Date of next SOM/SEQ meetings:
    --19-20 November 2025

    A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held in person and via webinar at the IEA 
Headquarters, 9 rue de la F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris, 
commencing at 9:30 a.m., Paris time, on June 26, 2025. The purpose of 
this notice is to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company 
members of the IAB at a meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on 
Emergency Questions (SEQ), which is scheduled to be held at the same 
location in person and via webinar at the same time. The IAB will also 
hold an online preparatory meeting among company representatives at 
2:00 p.m. Paris time on June 19, 2025. The agenda for this preparatory 
meeting is to review the agendas for the SEQ meeting.
    The agenda of the SEQ meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It 
is expected that the SEQ will adopt the following agenda:

Closed SEQ Session--IEA Member Countries Only

1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Record of the 181st SEQ meeting
3. Stockholding Levels of IEA Member Countries
4. Mid-Term Review update from New Zealand

Open SEQ Session--Open to Association Countries

5. Questionnaire Results on Emergency Exercises in Member Countries
6. Emergency and Security Review (ESR) of Germany
7. Mid-Term Review update from Greece
8. Emergency and Security Review (ESR) of Lithuania
9. Industry Advisory Board Update
10. Update on Natural Gas and Sustainable Gases Security Working Party
11. Update on Ongoing Work on Natural Gas Security
12. Update on Ongoing Work on Electricity Security
13. Update on Emergency and Security Work with Non-Member Countries
14. Any Other Business

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    Schedule of ESRs for 2025/26
    Schedule of SEQ & SOM Meetings:
    --19-20 November 2025
    --25-26 March 2026

    As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), the meetings of the IAB 
are open to representatives of members of the IAB and their counsel; 
representatives of members of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency 
Questions and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil Markets; 
representatives of the Departments of Energy, Justice, and State, the 
Federal Trade Commission, the General Accounting Office, Committees of 
Congress, the IEA, and the European Commission; and invitees of the 
IAB, the SEQ, the SOM, or the IEA.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on June 10, 2025, by William T. Joyce, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Office of International Affairs, 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, June 17, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-11352 Filed 6-18-25; 8:45 am]
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