Department of Energy December 8, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Agency Information Collection Revision and Renewal
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to revise and renew an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its Privacy Act Request Form. Revisions include: Update to agency address, clarification of instructions for respondents, and changes to the part of the form entitled ``For Agency Use Only.'' The Request Form is maintained in a Privacy Act system of records. Personal information is protected and disclosure is governed by provisions of the Privacy Act. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Request for Information for Photovoltaic Community Project: Fielded Photovoltaic Systems and Components Data
The Department of Energy (DOE) today gives notice of a Request for Information (RFI) to invite comment on approaches to address the need for consistently-collected reliability data of fielded photovoltaic systems, data analysis to deduce methods for assessing reliability and to improve accelerated aging tests to create predictive models, improvement in existing tests, more information on best practices for reliability and accelerated aging tests, and assessing the nature and frequency of safety-related issues (arcing, building integration aspects, and ground faults) and their relationship with long-term performance. It is clear that the foundation to address these needs is a database consisting of photovoltaic system and component reliability, as well as performance data, which are collected in a consistent manner. In addition to the database, it is necessary for DOE to collaborate with the national laboratories and others to evaluate the data, develop new or modified tests, assess safety, evaluate system and component interactions, and develop predictive models. DOE is issuing this RFI for information and feedback from the PV community stakeholders. These include, but are not limited to, system operators and integrators, utilities, project planners, financial planners, manufacturers, third-party data-aggregation companies, universities, testing facilities, and other interested parties. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document, which provides further detail and comments requested.
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