Department of Energy April 6, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice corrects the 60-day notice published on April 30, 2020 (85 FR 23954), 30-day notice published on July 20, 2020 (85 FR 43831), and the errata notice published on September 14, 2020 (85 FR 56597).

This notification announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver and interim waiver from GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co. LTD (``Midea''), which seeks a waiver for specified portable air conditioner basic models from the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') test procedure used for determining the efficiency of portable air conditioners. DOE also gives notice of an Interim Waiver Order that requires Midea to test and rate the specified portable air conditioner basic models in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Interim Waiver Order. DOE solicits comments, data, and information concerning Midea's petition and its suggested alternate test procedure to inform DOE's final decision on Midea's waiver request.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to collect additional data from certain market-based rate (MBR) sellers with ultimate upstream affiliates that have been granted blanket authorization. The Commission proposes revisions to the data dictionary that accompanies the relational database established in Order No. 860 to include new requirements for those MBR sellers to report connections to an entity whose securities were acquired pursuant to the blanket authorization. In addition, the Commission plans to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for this collection of information.