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d. To assist in policy formulation. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

13. DOE Office of Intelligence 

products contribute to the solution of 

my organization’s following problems/ 

challenges (annotate all that apply): 

a. Technical understanding of foreign 

government nuclear associated 

systems and new energy 

technologies. 

b. Tracking terrorist pursuit of 

weapons of mass destruction 

(WMD). 

c. Foreign government pursuit, 

fielding and/or proliferation of 

WMD or new energy technologies. 

d. Understanding the role WMD and/ 

or other energy systems may play in 

the formulation of new national 

and/or international policy. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

14. How can DOE’s Office of 

Intelligence make its products easier for 

customer use (please annotate all that 

apply). 

a. Expand its intelligence product line 

(i.e., product types/categories). 

b. Tailor its product line to specific 

customer requirements. 

c. Integrate customer feedback into 

each product. 

d. Ensure all DOE intelligence 

products are readily accessible via 

customer classified and/or 

unclassified IT network portals. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

15. How can DOE’s Office of 

Intelligence expand its services to meet 

your needs (please annotate all that 

apply)? 

a. Define DOE’s key intelligence 

product line. 

b. Determine customer intelligence 

requirements met by DOE’s product 

line. 

c. Support the development and 

enhancement of IC enterprise-wide 

intelligence data standards. 

d. Ensure the resources necessary (i.e., 

programs and budgets) to achieve 

DOE’s intelligence goals and 

objectives. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

16. As a customer of DOE intelligence 

product, what is your primary 

consideration in determining which 

agency’s intelligence product is best 

suited to your needs? 

a. The products are consistently based 

on all-source intelligence. 

b. The product’s objectivity, balance 

and depth of analysis. 

c. Product is written for tailored reuse (i.e., sanitization, wider 

dissemination, etc.) 

d. The product is technically accurate. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

17. As a customer of and/or 

collaborator on DOE intelligence 

products, how much of your 

organization’s total intelligence product 

budget is associated with DOE? 

a. >50%. 

b. 25–50%. 

c. 5–25%. 

d. 5%. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

18. What change(s) should DOE make 

to its intelligence products to increase 

the percentage of your organization’s 

intelligence product budget associated 

with DOE (please annotate all that 

apply)? 

a. More use of all-source analysis. 

b. More product balance and depth of 

analysis. 

c. More products written for tailored 

re-use (i.e., sanitization, wider 

dissemination). 

d. Better technical accuracy. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

19. As a customer or prospective 

customer for DOE intelligence product, 

do you believe our intelligence budget 

is sufficient to produce credible product 

to meet your needs? 

a. Yes. 

b. No. 

c. Don’t Know. 

20. How do DOE’s intelligence 

products compare to similar products of 

other IC members? 

a. Better. 

b. Pretty much the same. 

c. Slightly less comparable. 

d. Not comparable. 

e. Other (please specifiy): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

21. As a customer of DOE intelligence 

products, what do you see as DOE’s 

distinctive competencies (please 

annotate all that apply): 

a. Technical knowledge on nuclear or 

energy issues. 

b. Product balance and depth of 

analysis. 

c. Ability to tailor product to specific 

customer needs. 

d. Product currency and 

responsiveness. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

22. What would make customers lose 

interest DOE intelligence products? 

a. Product technical or other 

inaccuracies. 

b. Shallow analysis. 

c. Failure to focus on its customers’ 

current topics of interest. 

d. Dedicating insufficient resources to 

DOE intelligence products. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

23. How can DOE’s Office of 

Intelligence increase the credibility of 

its intelligence products? 

a. More use of all-source analysis. 

b. More product objectivity, balance 

and depth of analysis. 

c. More products written for tailored 

re-use (i.e., sanitization, wider 

dissemination). 

d. Better technical accuracy. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

24. Which of the following statements 

best describes your overall view of DOE 

intelligence products? 

a. The products meet my mission 

goals and information requirements. 

b. The products are clear, logical, and 

support my analysis and/or 

assessments. 

c. The products helped me make 

good, informed decisions. 

d. The products identified new 

information relevant to my job. 

e. Other (please specify): 

llllllllllllllllll. 

25. Additional comments to help DOE 

improve its intelligence products? 

lllllllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllll

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Notice of Opportunity for Technical 

Assistance (NOTA); Solar America 

Showcases (General) 2009 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Opportunity for 

Technical Assistance (DE–PS36– 

09GO99021). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) today gives Notice of Opportunity 


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for Technical Assistance (NOTA). The 

purpose of this NOTA is to support the 

goal of DOE’s Solar America Initiative 

(SAI) to reduce the cost of solar 

photovoltaic technologies so that they 

become cost-competitive with grid 

electricity by 2015. The SAI represents 

a significant enhancement of DOE’s 

business strategy of partnering with key 

stakeholders to accelerate 

commercialization of photovoltaic (PV) 

system research and development (R&D) 

to meet aggressive cost and installed 

capacity goals. DOE’s Solar Energy 

Technologies Program uses research and 

development (R&D), testing and 

evaluation, and market transformation 

(MT) approaches to meet its SAI goal. 

MT efforts aim to reduce market barriers 

and promote market expansion of solar 

energy technologies through non-R&D 

activities. There are several aspects to 

SAI MT that should be kept in mind by 

Applicants to this NOTA: 

• DOE is looking to identify and 

remove market barriers. DOE is seeking 

to identify and minimize or remove 

barriers to solar technology 

commercialization as quickly and 

efficiently as possible. 

• DOE is looking for significant 

market changing activities. DOE is 

seeking to make large and significant 

changes in the marketplace through its 

market transformation activities. 

• DOE is focused on near- and midterm results. Accordingly, emphasis will 

be on projects and activities with the 

greatest potential to assist the DOE in 

reaching its SAI goal by 2015 (for more 

information, see SAI Web site at http:// 

www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/ 

solar_america/index.html). 

• DOE is looking for performers and 

partners who are committed to the SAI 

mission. In order to achieve the SAI 

mission of 2015, DOE is inclined to 

partner and work with highly motivated 

entities. 

The DOE will provide Technical 

Assistance to large-scale, high-visibility 

solar installation projects that have the 

ability to impact the market for solar 

technologies through large project size, 

use of a novel solar technology, and/or 

use of a novel application for a solar 

technology. In addition, it is desired 

that the project be replicable or have 

replicable components. Large-scale 

installations may include photovoltaic, 

concentrating solar power, solar water 

heating, and solar space heating 

applications. 

Technical assistance will not be 

provided for research, development, or 

early-stage testing and evaluation of any 

technology or product. Solar America 

Showcases focus on providing support 

to projects in which a commerciallyready technology is to be installed in a 

large-scale application with full 

financial project commitment already in 

place. Support for research, product 

development or early stage testing and 

evaluation of solar products or 

technologies may be available under 

other Solar America Initiative 

opportunities. 

DOE will not purchase hardware or 

otherwise provide direct funding to 

organizations selected from this Notice. 

For further detail, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document, and the full Notice of 

Opportunity for Technical Assistance 

(NOTA) at the DOE Industry Interactive 

Procurement System (IIPS) Web site: 

http://e-center.doe.gov/. 

DATES: Requests for Technical 

Assistance must be submitted by 11:59 

PM Eastern Time via the DOE Industry 

Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) 

Web site: http://e-center.doe.gov/ on the 

dates indicated in the table below to be 

considered under this Notice. Requests 

received after the submission due date/ 

time will automatically be considered 

and reviewed in the next cycle other 

than the last cycle. DOE reserves the 

right to add other submission dates or 

repost the Notice, pending review of the 

requests for Technical Assistance 

received during the open period. DOE 

may continue to enter into Memoranda 

of Agreements (MOA) with selected 

organizations/entities, until the total 

value of DOE’s Technical Assistance has 

been allocated or all selected projects 

have received the required Technical 

Assistance needed. 

Notice 

closing 

date 

Submission due 

date/time 

03/31/2009 03/31/2009 11:59 PM ET. 

06/30/2009 06/30/2009 11:59 PM ET. 

09/30/2009 09/30/2009 11:59 PM ET. 

12/30/2009 12/30/2009 11:59 PM ET. 

ADDRESSES: All requests for Technical 

Assistance must be submitted to the 

DOE Industry Interactive Procurement 

System (IIPS) Web site: http://ecenter.doe.gov/. Applications submitted 

via any other method will not be 

considered for Technical Assistance 

under this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the content of the 

notice must be submitted through the 

‘‘Submit Question’’ feature of the DOE 

Industry Interactive Procurement 

System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov. 

Locate the Notice on IIPS and then click 

on the ‘‘Submit Question’’ button. Enter 

required information. You will receive 

an electronic notification that your 

question has been answered. DOE will 

try to respond to a question within 3 

business days, unless a similar question 

and answer have already been posted on 

the Web site. All questions must be 

submitted no later than one week prior 

to the closing date. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of Solar America Showcases 

(SAS) is to accelerate demand for solar 

technologies among key end-use market 

sectors. Under this activity, DOE will 

provide Technical Assistance to largescale, high-visibility solar installation 

projects that have the ability to impact 

the market for solar technologies 

through large project size, use of a novel 

solar technology, and/or use of a novel 

application for a solar technology. In 

addition, it is desired that the project be 

replicable or have replicable 

components. It is not expected that all 

projects will meet all of these 

parameters, but projects would ideally 

reflect some or most of these qualities. 

Showcases may utilize photovoltaic 

(PV), concentrating solar power (CSP), 

and solar water/air heating (SWAH) 

applications. 

DOE will not purchase hardware or 

provide any direct funding to selected 

organizations through this Notice. 

Awards are comprised of Technical 

Assistance only. 

To provide more guidance regarding 

the types of installations DOE is looking 

to support, additional information is 

provided below on the parameters for 

(and examples of) projects for which 

DOE anticipates receiving requests for 

Technical Assistance under this Notice. 

Regarding the scale of the project, 

DOE is looking for projects with total 

capacity of 250 kW or greater. Projects 

may include multiple sites, and do not 

have to be co-located. The impact and 

visibility of a geographically divided 

project, however, must remain high. In 

addition to the initial installation, the 

kW total may also include planned 

follow-on activities (direct replication 

efforts). Examples include installations 

in residential subdivisions, shopping 

centers, office buildings or parks, big 

box retail locations, factories, and utility 

solar production. 

Regarding the visibility of the project, 

DOE anticipates projects that are highly 

visible, such as centrally located in 

towns, are sited in high-traffic vehicle or 

pedestrian areas, house hundreds of 

residents or workers, are located in an 

area frequented by tourists, are located 

in a popular public destination (e.g. 

shopping centers, courthouses, etc.), or 

have some other high visibility 

component. The project would also 

have an outreach component that 


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provides information about the 

installation, such as a kiosk that 

displays information about the solar 

energy system. 

Regarding the novel solar technology, 

DOE proposes to support projects that 

introduce new solar technologies that 

hold the promise of reducing initial 

costs, simplifying installation, and 

boosting consumer confidence, but 

which have little testing to date that 

demonstrates such improvements. 

Examples include new cell or module 

technology, new materials, or 

innovative installation and mounting 

techniques. By offering Technical 

Assistance, DOE envisions helping these 

new solar technologies develop a 

performance record in the marketplace, 

identify technical problems early in 

mass product releases, and devise 

solutions and alternatives that move 

specific solar technologies to costcompetitiveness by 2015. 

Regarding the novel solar application, 

DOE expects to support projects that 

utilize solar technology in new ways. 

One example would be to include new 

methods of building integration beyond 

traditional roof-mounted modules. DOE 

also supports innovative designs and 

methods that open up previously 

untapped markets or end uses to solar 

technology adoption. Acceptable 

applications could also include those 

that are currently in use in other 

geographic areas, but not in the vicinity 

(State, region) of the proposed site. 

Regarding replicability, DOE expects 

to support projects that can either be 

replicated by the entity requesting the 

Technical Assistance or by others. The 

entire project should be replicable, or 

have replicable components, unless 

installations are of an extremely large 

size that justifies DOE support without 

replicability. Replication of projects is a 

critical component to advance solar 

commercialization and will be strongly 

considered under this opportunity. 

Subject to annual Congressional 

appropriations, the estimated value of 

the Technical Assistance to be available 

under this Notice is approximately 

$2,000,000 during calendar year 2009. 

Although there is no fixed limit on 

the amount of this annual funding that 

can be dedicated to Technical 

Assistance under any one project, 

individual projects will rarely receive 

assistance valued at more than 

$500,000, unless the proposed project is 

truly exceptional in how it advances the 

SAI goal. Technical Assistance may be 

provided to selected projects until the 

total Technical Assistance budget has 

been allocated or all selected projects 

have received the appropriate amount of 

Technical Assistance. DOE may choose 

to offer a similar opportunity for 

Technical Assistance in future years. 

DOE anticipates entering into 8 to 16 

agreements to provide Technical 

Assistance to selected organizations 

under this Notice during calendar year 

2009. The actual number of agreements 

will depend on the amount of Technical 

Assistance required by selected projects 

and the amount of DOE funding 

available to support the Technical 

Assistance. 

The period of performance of any 

individual agreements will be 

negotiated to accommodate the specific 

project being supported. Typical 

projects will range from 18 to 24 months 

in length. 

DOE will provide tailored hands-on 

Technical Assistance to the selected 

organization(s) through the use of 

specifically assembled Technical 

Assistance Teams. Members of these 

Teams will be subject matter and 

technical experts in areas such as 

architecture, finance, planning, project 

management, etc. Significant 

participants of these Teams will be the 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory 

(NREL), Sandia National Laboratories 

(SNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

(ORNL), the Southwest and Southeast 

Regional Experiment Stations (RESs), 

which are housed at New Mexico State 

University and Florida Solar Energy 

Center, respectively, as well as CH2M 

HILL, a global engineering firm selected 

competitively under a prior DOE 

procurement. Other entities may be 

added to the Teams by DOE as 

necessary. DOE may choose to contract 

for non-lab Technical Assistance Team 

members, mainly to provide the nonsolar-specific Technical Assistance, 

through a separate procurement 

instrument. 

Technical Assistance provided under 

this Notice is designed to help entities 

make informed decisions. Technical 

Assistance Teams will provide 

information and options to enable 

policy, planning, and purchasing 

decisions. DOE and the Technical 

Assistance Teams will not direct 

behavior or decisions, or require entities 

to take any particular course of action. 

The role of DOE stops short of the actual 

decision-making on projects. 

Any legal entity, to include private 

sector for-profit and non-profit 

organizations, State and local 

governments, and trade and other 

associations may request DOE Technical 

Assistance under this Notice, as long as 

the installation proposed by the 

organization, and for which the 

Technical Assistance will be provided, 

is located in the United States. 

Federal agencies are not permitted to 

request Technical Assistance under this 

Notice. 

Federally Funded Research and 

Development Center (FFRDC) 

Contractors may not submit a request for 

Technical Assistance, may not 

participate as a team partner with any 

entity requesting Technical Assistance, 

and may not assist any entity with a 

request for Technical Assistance under 

this Notice. 

Nonprofit organizations described in 

section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying 

activities after December 31, 1995 are 

not permitted to submit a request for 

Technical Assistance under this Notice. 

Cities that have been named ‘‘Solar 

America Cities’’ under a separate DOE 

award are eligible under this Notice as 

long as the requested technical 

assistance is complementary and not 

duplicative of the technical assistance 

provided under the Solar America Cities 

Award Memorandum of Agreement 

(MOA). 

Technical Assistance described under 

this Notice will be provided via a 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

between DOE, the organization selected 

to receive the Technical Assistance, and 

the Technical Assistance Team Leader 

responsible for providing the Technical 

Assistance. 

A MOA is a collaborative agreement 

between the Federal Government and 

other parties to work together on a 

mutually beneficial activity. The MOA 

will detail the scope of the Technical 

Assistance activities, the forms of 

collaboration, the responsibilities of the 

partners to the Agreement, and the 

treatment of any potential intellectual 

property. Federal funding will not be 

provided to a partner under a MOA. 

View the full NOTA at the DOE Industry 

Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) 

Web site: http://e-center.doe.gov/. 

Issued in Golden, CO on January 28, 2009. 

Mary Foreman, 

Assistant Manager, Office of Acquisition and 

Financial Assistance, DOE—Golden Field 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

January 29, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 


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