Department of Energy 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-919); Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and renewal. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission issued a Notice in the Federal Register (75FR 41840, 07/19/2010) requesting public comments on renewing this information collection. FERC received one comment on the FERC-919 from Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.
Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document for Automatic Commercial Ice-Makers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is initiating a rulemaking and data collection process to consider amended energy conservation standards for automatic commercial ice-makers. DOE will hold a public meeting to discuss and receive comments on its planned analytical approach and issues it will address in this rulemaking proceeding. DOE welcomes written comments and relevant data from the public on any subject within the scope of this rulemaking. To inform interested parties and to facilitate this process, DOE has prepared a framework document that details the analytical approach and identifies several issues on which DOE is particularly interested in receiving comments.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-2013 Proposed Power Rate Adjustments Public Hearing and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment
BPA is holding a consolidated rate proceeding, Docket No. BP- 12, to establish power and transmission rates for FY 2012-2013. The purpose of this Federal Register Notice is to provide notice of the proposed power rates and the rates for control area services and certain ancillary services (listed below, Section IV.C.). BPA will issue a separate Federal Register Notice to provide notice of the proposed transmission rates and the rates for the other ancillary services. The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) provides that BPA must establish and periodically review and revise its rates so that they are adequate to recover, in accordance with sound business principles, the costs associated with the acquisition, conservation, and transmission of electric power, including amortization of the Federal investment in the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) over a reasonable number of years and BPA's other costs and expenses. The Northwest Power Act also requires that BPA's rates be established based on the record of a formal hearing, and for transmission rates only, that the costs of the Federal transmission system be equitably allocated between Federal and non-Federal power utilizing the system. By this notice, BPA announces the commencement of a rate adjustment proceeding for proposed power rates, control area services rates, and certain ancillary services rates that will be effective on October 1, 2011. In the near future, BPA will begin a Residential Exchange Program (REP) Settlement Proceeding, Docket No. REP-12. This separate docket will provide a forum to review the terms and conditions of a proposed 17-year settlement of litigation regarding BPA's implementation of the REP. Even though the proposed REP settlement involves issues interrelated with the establishment of power rates for the FY 2012-2013 rate period, BPA has chosen to exclude certain issues from the development of power rates in the BP-12 rate proceeding and address them in the REP-12 proceeding. Specifically, the REP-12 proceeding will address whether BPA should adopt the REP settlement, issues regarding the terms of the REP settlement, the implementation of the section 7(b)(2) rate test, the implementation of the section 7(b)(3) allocation, the forecast of utilities' Average System Costs (ASC), the amount and application of the remaining Lookback balance, and the allocation of REP costs to BPA's power rates. The REP-12 proceeding will conclude prior to the publication of final studies and the issuance of the Record of Decision (ROD) in BP-12. The final decisions in REP-12 will be incorporated into the final studies and power rate calculations in BP-12. See section II.D.12.
Spectrum Policy Seminar for the Utility Sector
On October 5, 2010, after an extensive public notice and comment process, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a report entitled, ``Communications Requirements of Smart Grid Technologies. '' The complete text of the report, and of a second report addressing data access and privacy issues arising from the deployment of smart grid technologies, can be found at: https://www.gc.energy.gov/1592.htm. One recommendation in the report was to provide more information to the utility sector on spectrum policy issues in light of the role wireless communications will surely play in the deployment of smart grid technologies. At this spectrum policy seminar, senior officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration will provide an overview designed for the utility sector of the current spectrum management process. They will also address some of the Federal programs currently available to ensure priority restoration and priority calling for utilities during times of emergency. All members of the public are invited to attend.
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-511 and FERC-515); Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) has submitted the information collections described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collections requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission issued a Notice in the Federal Register (75FR 157, 08/ 16/2010) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC-511 or the FERC-515 and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.
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