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to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 

• Administrative Issues 

• Public Comments (15 minutes) 

• Adjourn 

Breaks Taken as Appropriate 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Rachel 

Blumenfeld as soon as possible in 

advance of the meeting at the telephone 

number listed above. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to agenda items should 

contact Rachel Blumenfeld at the 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received as soon as 

possible prior to the meeting and 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include the presentation in the agenda. 

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. The EM 

SSAB, Paducah, will hear public 

comments pertaining to its scope (cleanup standards and environmental 

restoration; waste management and 

disposition; stabilization and 

disposition of non-stockpile nuclear 

materials; excess facilities; future land 

use and long-term stewardship; risk 

assessment and management; and cleanup science and technology activities). 

Comments outside of the scope may be 

submitted via written statement as 

directed above. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Rachel Blumenfeld at 

the address and phone number listed 

above. Minutes will also be available at 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.pgdpcab.energy.gov/ 

2014Meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 8, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19307 Filed 8–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Docket No. EERE–2014–BT–NOA–0016] 

Physical Characterization of GridConnected Commercial and 

Residential Buildings End-Use 

Equipment and Appliances 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is announcing the 

availability of a Framework Document 

for the physical characterization of gridconnected building’s end-use 

equipment and appliances. DOE 

welcomes written comments and 

relevant data from interested parties on 

any subject within the scope of this 

framework. A copy of the Framework 

Document is available at: http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=EERE-2014-BTNOA-0016-0022. 

DATES: DOE will accept written 

comments, data, and information 

regarding the Framework Document no 

later than September 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the request for comment 

for physical characterization of gridconnected buildings and provide docket 

number EERE–2014–BT–NOA–0016. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Email: 

ConnectedBuildings2014NOA0016@

ee.doe.gov Include the docket number 

EERE–2014–BT–NOA–0016 in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Mr. Joseph Hagerman, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

compact disc (CD), in which case it is 

not necessary to include printed copies. 

[Please note that comments and CDs 

sent by mail are often delayed and may 

be damaged by mail screening 

processes.] 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Mr. Joseph 

Hagerman, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. If possible, 

please submit all items on CD, in which 

case it is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov, 

including Federal Register notices, 

framework documents, public meeting 

attendee lists and transcripts, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials. All documents in 

the docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Joseph Hagerman, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Building Technologies 

(EE–5B), 950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 

586–4549. Email: joseph.hagerman@

ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 5, 

2014, the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE) published a request for comment 

and notice of a public meeting in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 32542). The 

public meeting was held on July 11, 

2014, where the structure and content 

for the draft Framework Document were 

presented and discussed. At that 

meeting, DOE announced that it would 

make the Framework Document 

available for public comment within 2– 

3 weeks of the public meeting. This 

notice announces the availability of the 

Framework Document, which proposes 

a draft plan for development of 

characterization protocols for connected 

building’s end-use appliances and 

equipment. A copy of the Framework 

Document is available at: http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=EERE-2014-BTNOA-0016-0022. In addition, the 

Framework Document specifically seeks 

comment on the following issues: 

1. What reports, studies, activities or 

other documents are there that might be 

useful in the development of 

characterization protocols for connected 

equipment? 

2. How can these terms (in the 

document) be better defined? 

3. Should additional terms be 

defined? 

4. Are there other aspects of the 

experimental set-up that should be 

considered for connected equipment? 

5. Should there be a step to determine 

eligibility for characterization as 

connected equipment? 

6. If so, what are the minimum 

features in order to become eligible? 

7. What responses should be 

characterized for connected equipment? 

8. Should there be an approved list of 

responses available for characterization? 

9. How does characterization 

sequence depend on equipment type? 

10. What aspects should be included 

in a characterization sequence for 

connected equipment? 

11. What data should be collected for 

physical, informational, or other 

responses? 


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12. What metrics should be computed 

for physical, informational, or other 

responses? 

13. Are there other aspects of the 

characterization execution that should 

be considered for connected equipment? 

14. Which of the two options for 

establishing the characterization 

protocols best addresses industry needs 

and minimizes industry burdens? 

15. Are there other options that DOE 

might pursue for establishing 

characterization protocols? 

16. Would it be useful to have 

illustrative examples like this in the 

framework document? 

17. After seeing this illustrative 

example, does the framework need 

additional steps or further revision? 

DOE will accept written comments, 

data, and information regarding the 

Framework Document no later than 

September 29, 2014. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 

2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19297 Filed 8–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE XXXX–XX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Wind and Water Power Technologies 

Office; Request for Information 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its Request for Information (RFI) to 

help inform DOE’s research and 

development activities related to 

Distributed Generation from Wind 

Energy Systems. 

DATES: Comments regarding the RFI 

must be received on or before 

September 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The complete RFI document 

is located at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Responses to the RFI should be sent via 

email to DistributedGeneration@

ee.doe.gov. Further instruction can be 

found in the RFI document posted on 

EERE Exchange. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wind 

and Water Power Technologies Office is 

within the Department of Energy’s 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (DOE–EERE). 

WWPTO program activities lead the 

nation’s efforts to accelerate the 

deployment of wind power technologies 

through improved performance, lower 

costs, and reduced market barriers. The 

Wind Program works with national 

laboratories, industry, universities, and 

other federal agencies to conduct 

research and development activities 

through competitively selected, directly 

funded, and cost-shared projects. 

WWPTO efforts target offshore wind, 

land based utility-scale and distributed 

applications of wind power technology. 

To find more information about the 

Wind Program, please visit: http:// 

energy.gov/eere/wind/wind-program. 

The focus of this RFI will be on the 

Wind Program’s distributed wind 

portfolio. Distributed wind energy 

systems are commonly installed on 

residential, agricultural, commercial, 

institutional, and industrial sites 

connected either physically or virtually 

on the customer side of the meter (to 

serve on-site load) or directly to the 

local distribution or micro grid (to 

support local grid operations or offset 

nearby loads). Because the definition is 

based on a wind project’s location 

relative to end-use and powerdistribution infrastructure, rather than 

on technology size or project size, the 

distributed wind market includes wind 

turbines and projects of many sizes. For 

example, distributed wind systems can 

range in size from a 1-kW or smaller offgrid turbine at a remote cabin to a 10- 

kW turbine at a home to one or several 

multi-megawatt turbines at a university 

campus, manufacturing facility, or other 

large facility. To find more information 

on the Wind Program’s distributed wind 

portfolio, please visit: http://energy.gov/ 

eere/wind/distributed-wind. 

DOE’s Wind Program is planning a 

research and development program 

which will seek to ensure system 

performance meets consumer 

expectations; develop reliable, low-cost 

technology optimized for distributed 

applications; increase utility confidence 

in integration of distributed wind 

systems; and streamline the project 

development and installation process. 

The activities under this program would 

encompass the following focus areas: 

1. Wind Resource Characterization & 

Assessment 

• Better understanding of resource 

creates reliable turbine designs, 

properly sited distributed wind systems, 

and mitigates financial risk with regard 

to payback 

2. Turbine Technology 

• Technology transfer and innovation 

to expand rotors and increase hub 

heights for small and midsize turbines 

for increased performance, and 

advanced manufacturing for lower cost 

systems 

3. Distributed Grid Integration 

• Accurate generator modeling and 

clear understanding of operating 

impacts to mitigate interconnection/

integration effects 

4. Soft Cost Reduction 

• Reduced red tape from permitting 

requirements and interconnection 

procedures will lower costs, accelerate 

adoption and integration 

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 

feedback from industry, academia, 

research laboratories, government 

agencies, and other stakeholders on 

DOE’s new perspective on distributed 

wind and R&D focus areas in order to 

inform future activities and priorities. 

EERE is specifically interested in 

information on each of the focus areas 

listed above. This is solely a request for 

information and not a Funding 

Opportunity Announcement (FOA). 

EERE is not accepting applications 

through this RFI. DOE will not respond 

to questions regarding this RFI. 

In its RFI, DOE requests comments, 

information, and recommendations on 

four main activities related to 

Distributed Wind Energy Systems. The 

RFI is available at: https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 

2014. 

Jose Zayas, 

Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies 

Office, U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19295 Filed 8–13–14; 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 rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1210–001. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: 2014–08–06_SA 6502 

Illinois Power-Edwards SSR 

Compliance Filing to be effective 1/1/

2013. 

Filed Date: 8/6/14. 

Accession Number: 20140806–5111. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/27/14. 


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