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institution’s behalf and to collect 

additional information required for 

effective oversight of these entities. 

Dated: September 8, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21671 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

High Energy Physics Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the High Energy Physics 

Advisory Panel (HEPAP). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Monday, September 29, 2014, 

8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, 

September 30, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Marriott 

Washingtonian Center, 9751 

Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 

20878. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kogut, Executive Secretary, High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel; U.S. 

Department of Energy; SC–25/

Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–1290. 

Telephone: (301) 903–1298. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance on a continuing 

basis to the Department of Energy and 

the National Science Foundation on 

scientific priorities within the field of 

the High Energy Physics research. 

Tentative Agenda Items: 

• Discussion of Department of Energy 

High Energy Physics Program 

• Discussion of National Science 

Foundation Elementary Particle 

Physics Program 

• Reports on and Discussions of Topics 

of General Interest in High Energy 

Physics 

• Public Comment.(10-minute rule) 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. A webcast of this 

meeting will be available. Please check 

the Web site below for updates and 

information on how to view the 

meeting. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of these items 

on the agenda, you should contact John 

Kogut, (301) 903–1298 or by email at: 

John.Kogut@science.doe.gov. You must 

make your request for an oral statement 

at least 5 business days before the 

meeting. Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Panel will conduct 

the meeting to facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Public comment 

will follow the 10-minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the Department of 

Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics 

Advisory Panel Web site: (http://

science.energy.gov/hep/hepap/

meetings/). 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 5, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21693 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Notice of Request for Information on 

Photovoltaic Reliability and Durability 

Research and Development 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) today gives notice of a request for 

information on photovoltaic reliability 

and durability research and 

development. Photovoltaic modules are 

exposed to severe operating conditions 

involving temperature, thermal cycling, 

UV radiation, humidity, environmental 

weathering and soiling, electrical and 

other stresses. It is necessary to address 

the risk and uncertainty in photovoltaic 

performance due to these conditions in 

order to enable greater investor 

confidence, which ultimately can lead 

to lower financing costs and greater 

volume of installations. The DOE 

SunShot Program therefore requests 

information to determine fruitful areas 

of research and development that could 

lead to improved reliability and 

durability of photovoltaic modules, with 

the purpose of creating increased 

appetite for photovoltaic projects for 

investors, developers, integrators, and 

utilities. 

The RFI document is posted at: 

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. 

DATES: Comments regarding this RFI 

must be received by Monday, October 6, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave., Washington, 

DC 20585, Attn: Marie Mapes. 

The RFI document is posted at: 

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be directed to—Marie 

Mapes at 202–586–3765 or by email at 

marie.mapes@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE 

SunShot Program currently believes that 

research is needed to establish 

correlation between photovoltaic 

module degradation mechanisms and 

module lifetime. The goal would be to 

correlate degradation mechanisms to 

basic material and device properties to 

develop early indicators and advanced 

predictive testing with physics based 

acceleration factors. Furthermore, 

degradation models validated by 

laboratory experimental data and 

correlations to field data from installed 

modules need to be developed to 

provide confidence in accelerated test 

conditions. The purpose of this RFI is to 

solicit feedback from industry, 

academia, research laboratories, 

government agencies, and other 

stakeholders on issues related to 

photovoltaic reliability and durability 

research and development. The SunShot 

Program has identified a list of 

Questions and a list of Potential Topic 

Areas of Interest for comment. Feedback 

from respondents in these two sections 

will inform future programmatic activity 

in the area of photovoltaic module 

reliability and durability research and 

development. 

The RFI document is posted at: 

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 28th, 

2014. 

Marie Mapes, 

Acting Program Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21696 Filed 9–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC14–78–001. 

Applicants: NRG Energy, Inc., NRG 

Yield, Inc. 

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