Department of Energy 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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.
Regulations Implementing FAST Act Section 61003-Critical Electric Infrastructure Security and Amending Critical Energy Infrastructure Information
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to amend the Commission's regulations to implement provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act that pertain to the designation, protection and sharing of Critical Electric Infrastructure Information. Separately, the Commission proposes to amend its regulations that pertain to Critical Energy Infrastructure Information.
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC; Application for Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization To Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application), filed on January 27, 2016, and supplemented on February 3, March 18, and June 1, 2016, by Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC (Eagle LNG), requesting long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) transported on both ocean-going LNG carriers, and approved ISO IMO7/TVAC-ASME LNG containers to be loaded onto container vessels, to any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas, and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy (non-FTA countries).\1\ Eagle LNG seeks authorization to export the LNG in a volume equivalent to approximately 49.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year (Bcf/yr) (0.14 Bcf per day). Eagle LNG proposes to export the LNG from Eagle LNG's planned production, storage, and export facility to be constructed at a site on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida \2\ (Facility or Jacksonville Project). Natural gas will be delivered to the facility by the local gas distribution utility, Peoples Gas, a TECO Energy Company. The Facility will export LNG via vessel to foreign markets and/or distribution to specialized domestic markets. The Facility will incorporate a truck load-out facility. Through this load-out facility, Eagle LNG will have the capability of filling ISO containers. Those containers may be transported by truck to domestic markets or to locations within the Port of Jacksonville from which ISO containers may be loaded onto container ships for delivery to both domestic and export markets. According to Eagle LNG, when fully constructed and operational, the Jacksonville Project will have the capacity to produce the natural gas equivalent of 0.14 Bcf/d of LNG per day from three trains and include a storage tank with a capacity of 12 million gallons of LNG. The Jacksonville Project has been under development since 2013 and is currently in the pre-filing phase with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the siting and construction of the Project that is expected to have its first export in the fourth quarter of 2018. Eagle LNG requests authorization for a 20-year term to commence on the earlier of the date of first export or five years from the issuance of a final order granting export authorization. Eagle LNG seeks to export this LNG on its own behalf and as agent for other entities who hold title to the LNG at the time of export. The Application was filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717b). Additional details can be found in Eagle LNG's Application, posted on the DOE/FE Web site at: https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/02/f29/16-15-LNG.pdf.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Integrated Light-Emitting Diode Lamps
This final rule adopts a test procedure for integrated light- emitting diode (LED) lamps (hereafter referred to as LED lamps) to support the implementation of labeling provisions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as well as the ongoing general service lamps rulemaking, which includes LED lamps. The final rule adopts test procedures for determining the lumen output, input power, lamp efficacy, correlated color temperature (CCT), color rendering index (CRI), power factor, lifetime, and standby mode power for LED lamps. The final rule also adopts a definition for time to failure to support the definition of lifetime. This final rule incorporates by reference four industry standards, including two recently published industry standards that describe a process for taking lumen maintenance measurements and projecting those measurements for use in the lifetime test method.
Transource Wisconsin, LLC; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date
Draft Environmental Assessment for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing” With Request for Information on Impacts to Indoor Air Quality
Section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) directs the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish energy conservation standards for manufactured housing. Section 413 further directs DOE to base its energy conservation standards on the most recent version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and any supplements to that document, except where DOE finds that the IECC is not cost effective or where a more stringent standard would be more cost effective, based on the impact of the IECC on the purchase price of manufactured housing and on total lifecycle construction and operating costs. On June 17, 2016, DOE published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register pertaining to energy efficiency for manufactured housing. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of this proposed action. DOE is seeking public comment on the environmental issues addressed in the EA. In conjunction with issuance of this draft EA for public review and comment, DOE is issuing a request for information that will help it analyze potential impacts on indoor air quality (IAQ) from the proposed energy conservation standards, in particular sealing manufactured homes tighter.
Settlement Intervals and Shortage Pricing in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is revising its regulations to address certain practices that fail to compensate resources at prices that reflect the value of the service resources provide to the system, thereby distorting price signals, and in certain instances, creating a disincentive for resources to respond to dispatch signals. We require that each regional transmission organization and independent system operator align settlement and dispatch intervals by: Settling energy transactions in its real-time markets at the same time interval it dispatches energy; settling operating reserves transactions in its real-time markets at the same time interval it prices operating reserves; and settling intertie transactions in the same time interval it schedules intertie transactions. We also require that each regional transmission organization and independent system operator trigger shortage pricing for any interval in which a shortage of energy or operating reserves is indicated during the pricing of resources for that interval. Adopting these reforms will align prices with resource dispatch instructions and operating needs, providing appropriate incentives for resource performance.
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