Department of Energy March 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Commercial and Industrial Pumps
This final rule amends the test procedure for commercial and industrial pumps (``pumps'') to incorporate by reference relevant portions of the latest version of the industry testing standard, expands the scope of clean water pumps covered by this test procedure, revises calculation methods for pumps sold with motors and controls to better represent field energy use, adds and updates certain definitions, and allows the use of alternative efficiency determination methods for the rating and certification of pumps.
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing; Extension of Compliance Date
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to amend the compliance date for its manufactured housing energy conservation standards. Currently, manufacturers must comply with these standards on and after May 31, 2023. DOE is proposing to delay this compliance date to allow DOE more time to establish enforcement procedures that provides clarity for manufacturers and other stakeholders.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Dishwashers
In this notice of proposed rulemaking (``NOPR''), the U.S Department of Energy (``DOE'') proposes to add clarifying instructions regarding the detergent reporting requirements and an enforcement provision for dishwashers to specify the detergent and dosing method that DOE would use for any enforcement testing of dishwasher models certified in accordance with the currently applicable dishwasher test procedure prior to July 17, 2023 (i.e., the date by which the dishwasher test procedure as amended by a final rule published on January 18, 2023, will be mandatory for product testing). DOE is also proposing to add within the amended test procedure clarifying instructions regarding the allowable dosing options for each type of detergent. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on this NOPR.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico
This notice announces an in-person/virtual hybrid meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada
This notice announces an in-person/virtual hybrid meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford
This notice announces an in-person/virtual hybrid meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice of Availability of Guidance and Application for Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives
The Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) gives notice of availability of guidance for the Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives as authorized through the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, and the opening of the 2023 application period. The guidance describes the hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives payment requirements, including application requirements, that qualified hydroelectric facilities must provide DOE when applying for hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives.
Notice of Availability of Guidance and Application for Hydroelectric Production Incentives
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of updated guidance for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Hydroelectric Production Incentives. The guidance describes the hydroelectric production incentive payment requirements and explains the type of information that owners or authorized operators of qualified hydroelectric facilities must provide DOE when applying for hydroelectric production incentive payments. The hydroelectric production incentive payments are a benefit available for electric energy generated and sold for a specified 10-year period as authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, DOE received $125 million to support this hydroelectric production incentive. At this time, DOE is only accepting applications from owners and authorized operators of qualified hydroelectric facilities for hydroelectricity generated and sold in calendar years 2021 and 2022.
Commission Information Collection Activity (FERC-600); Comment Request; Extension
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on a currently approved information collection, FERC-600 (Rules of Practice and Procedure: Complaint Procedures).
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
This notice announces an open virtual meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice of Request for Information: Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is providing notification of the issuance of a Request for Information (RFI) on the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The RFI is seeking input on the Department's program design, specifically qualifying beneficiary criteria, technologies, and deployment priorities. DOE expects to release one or more competitive solicitations in the areas of technology deployment and community engagement, education, and workforce development. Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for program planning purposes and the potential development of one or more funding opportunities.
Notice of Final 2025 Olmsted Power Marketing Plan
Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Federal Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), announces its Final 2025 Olmsted Power Marketing Plan (Marketing Plan) for the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Management Center (MC). On September 30, 2024, all of Olmsted Power Plant Replacement Project (Olmsted Project) energy sales contracts (Contracts) will expire. This notice responds to comments received on the Proposed 2025 Olmsted Power Marketing Plan (Proposed Plan) published in the Federal Register June 1, 2022, and sets forth the Marketing Plan. The Marketing Plan specifies the terms and conditions under which WAPA will market energy from the Olmsted Project beginning October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2054. This Marketing Plan supersedes the previous Olmsted Project marketing plan. WAPA will offer new Contracts for the sale of energy to existing customers (Customers) as more fully described in the Marketing Plan. The Marketing Plan also establishes one resource pool (2034 Resource Pool) of up to 3 percent of the marketable resource under contract at the time of reallocation to be available for eligible new preference entities or Customers. The 2034 Resource Pool will be under Contract by October 1, 2034. WAPA will publish the application procedures for the 2034 Resource Pool in a separate Federal Register notice.
Agency Information Collection Extension
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Soft Lights Foundation; Petition for Repeal
This document announces and provides the reasoning for the U.S. Department of Energy's (``DOE's'') denial of a petition from the Soft Lights Foundation (``Soft Lights'') requesting the repeal of two final rules published by DOE on May 9, 2022: the final rule codifying the 45 lumens per watt backstop requirement for general service lamps that Congress prescribed in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (``EPCA'') and the final rule adopting amended definitions of general service lamps (``GSLs'') and general service incandescent lamps (``GSILs'') and associated supplemental definitions.
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