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Energy, National Energy Technology 

Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, 

PA 15236; Telephone (412) 386–7417; 

Email: jessica.sosenko@netl.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

209(c) of title 35 of the United States 

Code gives the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) the authority to grant 

exclusive or partially exclusive licenses 

in Department-owned inventions where 

a determination can be made, among 

other things, that the desired practical 

application of the invention has not 

been achieved, or is not likely to be 

achieved expeditiously, under a 

nonexclusive license. The statute and 

implementing regulations (37 CFR 404) 

require that the necessary 

determinations be made after public 

notice and opportunity for filing written 

comments and objections. 

KW Associations, LLC, a small 

business, has applied for a partially 

exclusive license to practice the 

invention and has a plan for 

commercialization of the invention. 

DOE intends to grant the license, upon 

a final determination in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 15 

days of publication of this notice, 

NETL’s Technology Transfer Manager 

(contact information listed above), 

receives in writing any of the following, 

together with supporting documents: 

(i) A statement from any person 

setting forth reasons why it would not 

be in the best interest of the United 

States to grant the proposed license; or 

(ii) An application for a nonexclusive 

license to the invention, in which 

applicant states that it already has 

brought the invention to practical 

application or is likely to bring the 

invention to practical application 

expeditiously. 

The proposed license will be partially 

exclusive, subject to a license and other 

rights retained by the United States, and 

subject to a negotiated royalty. The 

exclusive field of use is: Industrial 

processes exhibiting diffuse current 

paths, such as specialty steel and alloy 

processing, industrial microwave 

processing, solid state energy systems, 

and other high temperature industrial 

processes. DOE will review all timely 

written responses to this notice, and 

will grant the license if, after expiration 

of the 15-day notice period, and after 

consideration of any written responses 

to this notice, a determination is made 

in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c) that 

the license is in the public interest. 

Issued: January 20, 2015. 

Grace M. Bochenek, 

Director, National Energy Technology 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02297 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Quadrennial Technology Review 

Workshop 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Science and Energy, Quadrennial 

Technology Review Task Force, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is conducting a comprehensive 

assessment of science and energy 

technology research, development, 

demonstration, and deployment (RD3) 

opportunities to address our nation’s 

energy-linked economic, environmental, 

and security challenges. This 

comprehensive document—the 2015 

edition of the DOE’s Quadrennial 

Technology Review, or QTR–2015—is 

examining an ‘‘all of the above’’ range 

of energy technologies to inform the 

configuration of the Department’s 

programs and priorities, industry and 

university engagement, and national lab 

activities, and will serve as a key input 

into the Department’s forthcoming 

Science and Energy Plan. 

DATES: A series of open meetings will be 

held between February 11 and March 4 

to describe work in progress. Written 

comments should be submitted on or 

before March 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

via webinar and conference call. The 

schedule and the web links will be 

provided at http://www.energy.gov/qtr 

by February 10. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically to: DOE–QTR2015@

hq.doe.gov or by U.S. mail to the Office 

of the Under Secretary of Science and 

Energy, S–4, QTR Meeting Comments, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Sam Baldwin, S–4, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the Under Secretary for 

Science and Energy, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121. Telephone: (202) 586–0927. 

Email: DOE–QTR2015@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

nation faces serious energy-linked 

economic, environmental, and security 

challenges. Addressing these challenges 

requires an aggressive plan for our 

science and energy enterprise while 

ensuring that America maintains its 

leadership in a broad range of science 

and technology activities. These 

activities include basic and applied 

research in the physical sciences, 

developing the next generation of 

computational technology and 

developing and maintaining world class 

scientific user facilities. The output of 

the QTR process will be coordinated 

with the Quadrennial Energy Review 

(QER). These planning products will 

build and extend existing strategic, 

program and budget planning activities 

within the Science and Energy offices 

and are expected to inform ongoing 

budget discussions. 

The QTR 2015, focusing on DOE 

energy technology RDD&D activities, 

builds upon the first QTR in 2011, and 

complements the work of the QER, 

which focuses on government-wide 

energy policy. The 2011 QTR was 

developed in response to the Report to 

the President on ‘‘Accelerating the Pace 

of Change in Energy Technologies 

through an Integrated Federal Energy 

Policy’’ by the President’s Council of 

Advisors on Science and Technology. 

The first QTR defined a framework for 

understanding and discussing energy 

system challenges, established a set of 

priorities for the Department, and 

explained to stakeholders the roles of 

DOE and the national laboratories, the 

broader government, the private sector, 

academia, and innovation in energy 

transformation. 

QTR 2015 will describe the nation’s 

energy landscape and the dramatic 

changes that have taken place in the last 

four years. Specifically, it will begin by 

building on the first QTR and 

identifying what has changed in the 

technologies reviewed within it since 

2011. It will then identify the RDD&D 

activities, opportunities, and pathways 

forward to help address our national 

energy challenges. QTR 2015 will 

approach the analysis from a strong 

systems perspective, it will explore the 

integration of science and energy 

technology RDD&D, it will examine 

cross-cutting technology RDD&D, and it 

will conduct an integrated analysis of 

RDD&D opportunities. 

The Department of Energy has the 

largest role in the Federal Government 

in conducting energy RDD&D. Many 

other executive departments and 

agencies also play important roles in 

developing and implementing energy 

RDD&D. In addition, non-Federal actors 

are crucial contributors to energy 

RDD&D. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of these meetings is to provide input to 


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1 ‘‘Artificial Island’’ refers to the transmission and 

generation infrastructure associated with the second 

largest nuclear complex in the United States, 

including the Salem 1 and 2 and Hope Creek 

nuclear generating units that have a total generating 

capacity of 3818 MW. 

2Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by 

Transmission Owning and Operating Pub. Utils., 

Order No. 1000, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,323 

(2011), order on reh’g, Order No. 1000–A, 139 FERC 

¶ 61,132, order on reh’g and clarification, Order No. 

1000–B, 141 FERC ¶ 61,044 (2012), affirmed sub. 

nom. S.C. Pub. Serv. Auth. v. FERC, 762 F.3d 41 

(D.C. Cir. 2014). 

the content of the Quadrennial 

Technology Review document. 

List of Webinars: Individual Webinars 

will be held for each of the following 

chapters in the QTR document: 

Chapter 1—Energy Challenges 

Chapter 2—What has Changed Since 

QTR–2011 

Chapter 3—Energy Systems and 

Strategies 

Chapter 4—Cleaner and Safer Fuel 

Production 

Chapter 5—Enabling Modernization of 

the Electric Power System 

Chapter 6—Clean Electric Power 

Technologies 

Chapter 7—Increasing Efficiency of 

Building Systems and Technologies 

Chapter 8—Increasing Efficiency and 

Effectiveness of Industry and 

Manufacturing 

Chapter 9—Transportation 

Chapter 10—Enabling Capabilities for 

Science and Energy 

Chapter 11—U.S. Competitiveness and 

R&D Needs 

Chapter 12—Integrated Analysis 

Chapter 13—Accelerating Science and 

Energy RDD&D 

Public Participation: The Quadrennial 

Technology Review Task Force 

welcomes the attendance of the public 

for these webinars. Due to time 

constraints, we will only be able to 

provide clarifying remarks. Written 

comments are welcome and encouraged. 

Webinar materials will be posted at 

http://www.energy.gov/qtr following the 

presentation. 

Submitting comments via email. Any 

contact information provided in your 

email submission will not be publicly 

viewable except for your first and last 

names, organization name (if any), and 

submitter representative name (if any). 

Your contact information will be 

publicly viewable if you include it in 

the comment itself or in any documents 

attached to your comment. Any 

information that you do not want to be 

publicly viewable should not be 

included in your comment, nor in any 

document attached to your comment. 

Otherwise, persons viewing comments 

will see only first and last names, 

organization names, correspondence 

containing comments, and any 

documents submitted with the 

comments. 

If you do not want your personal 

contact information to be publicly 

viewable, do not include it in your 

comment or any accompanying 

documents. Instead, provide your 

contact information in a cover letter. 

Include your first and last names, email 

address, telephone number, and 

optional mailing address. The cover 

letter will not be publicly viewable as 

long as it does not include any 

comments. 

Include contact information each time 

you submit comments, data, documents, 

and other information to DOE. If you 

submit via mail or hand delivery/

courier, please provide all items on a 

CD, if feasible, in which case it is not 

necessary to submit printed copies. No 

telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

Comments, data, and other 

information submitted to DOE 

electronically should be provided in 

PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file 

format. Provide documents that are not 

secured, written in English, and are free 

of any defects or viruses. Documents 

should not contain special characters or 

any form of encryption and, if possible, 

they should carry the electronic 

signature of the author. 

Confidential Business Information. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information that he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email, postal mail, or hand 

delivery/courier two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email or on 

a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Confidential information should be 

submitted to the Confidential QTR 

email address: DOE-QTR2015- 

Confidential@hq.doe.gov. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: (1) 

A description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) when 

such information might lose its 

confidential character due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. It is DOE’s policy 

that all comments may be included in 

the public docket, without change and 

as received, including any personal 

information provided in the comments 

(except information deemed to be 

exempt from public disclosure). 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 30, 

2015. 

Michael L. Knotek, 

Deputy Under Secretary for Science and 

Energy, Office of the Under Secretary for 

Science and Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02307 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL15–40–000] 

Public Service Electric and Gas 

Company v. PJM Interconnection, LLC; 

Notice of Complaint 

Take notice that on January 29, 2015, 

pursuant to section 206 of the Federal 

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e) and Rule 

206 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, 

Public Service Electric and Gas 

Company (Complainant or PSE&G), filed 

a formal complaint against PJM 

Interconnection, LLC (Respondent or 

PJM), alleging that PJM violated PSE&G 

rules governing competitive 

transmission solicitations to resolve 

operational performance issues at 

Artificial Island.1 PSE&G requests that 

the Commission order PJM to comply 

with its rules in this and all future 

transmission solicitations under Order 

No. 1000.2

The Complainant certifies that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts for the Respondent as listed on 

the Commission’s list of Corporate 

Officials. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 


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