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Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 

2014. 

Michele Torrusio, 

QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15388 Filed 6–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Microgrid Competition 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of a competition. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announced the 

administration of an incentive prize 

competition titled ‘‘Microgrid 

Competition.’’ The goal of this 

Department of Energy Incentive Prize 

Competition is to support 

implementation of microgrids to 

enhance resiliency of the U.S. grid and 

to provide a cleaner and more efficient 

and cost-effective power system. The 

concept of this Competition originated 

from the Resilience Incentive Prizes 

Workshop that was sponsored by the 

Sandy Rebuilding Task Force to harness 

innovation and generate breakthroughs 

in energy infrastructure resilience and 

to help communities become more 

resilient to future events that may occur. 

The Competition is in further support of 

the DOE-led grand challenges to make 

the U.S. grid more resilient. 

DATES: See Key Challenge Dates and 

Deadlines in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Microgrid Competition 

is available at http://www.energy.gov/

microgridchallenge. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding this Competition, 

its requirements, or evaluation criteria 

can be submitted to 

MicrogridCompetition@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Key Challenge Dates and Deadlines 

Submission Period: July 1, 2014, to 

August 29, 2014, 11:59 p.m. EDT. 

Judging Period: September 2, 2014, to 

September 30, 2014. 

Data Validation Period: October 1, 

2014, to October 20, 2014. 

Announcement of Winners: October 

22, 2014, to October 31, 2014. 

II. Introduction 

The Competition will award prizes for 

operational microgrids in the U.S. with 

interconnected distributed energy 

resources (DER) that provide 

uninterruptible power to critical 

facilities and services during 

emergencies. Critical facilities and 

services are defined by the Contestants, 

but typically involve those associated 

with preserving public health and 

safety. Under this Competition, critical 

facilities and services are grouped into 

the following six segments: Municipal 

facilities; commercial facilities; 

industrial facilities and activities; 

emergency shelters; healthcare and 

hospitals; and other government 

facilities. Each Submission must clearly 

identify for which one of the six 

competition segments it is being 

entered. Contestants also are encouraged 

to partner with local utilities in the 

Competition submission. 

III. The Prizes 

A total of $600,000 in prizes is 

considered to be awarded under this 

Competition, i.e., one award of $100,000 

in each of the six segments. The award 

will recognize the operational microgrid 

in each segment that has had the best 

current performance, with evidential 

data of the record, in enhancing grid 

resiliency and providing a cleaner and 


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1Siler-Evans, K., Azevedo, I.L., Morgan, M.G., 

(2012). Marginal emissions factors for the US 

electricity system. Environmental Science & 

Technology, 46 (9), pp. 4742–4748. 

2For the purpose of this Competition, the 

conversion of electric energy to primary BTU is 

11,480 BTU/kW-hr. 

more efficient and cost-effective energy 

system. Each winner will be invited to 

a public announcement event hosted by 

the DOE and its supporters and will be 

highlighted on the DOE’s Web site. 

Competition Details 

I. How does the competition work? 

II. Submission Requirements 

III. Rules of the Competition 

IV. Evaluation of Submissions 

V. Verification and Announcement of 

Winners 

VI. Authority and Prize Amount 

VII. Privileged or Confidential Information 

VIII. Additional Terms and Conditions 

IX. Contact Information 

Appendix A: Microgrid Operational Data 

Template File (Excel, 33 KB, for 

downloads). 

Appendix A is available at http://

www.energy.gov/microgridchallenge. 

Competition Details 

I. How does the competition work? 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability (OE) is hosting a national 

competition among operational 

microgrids to enhance grid resiliency 

and provide a cleaner and more efficient 

and cost-effective energy system. All 

Contestants must submit (1) complete 

microgrid system design and benefit 

documentation and (2) complete 

microgrid operational data using the 

template file in Appendix A. Appendix 

A is available at http://www.energy.gov/ 

microgridchallenge. 

The microgrid system design and 

benefit documentation shall include a 

description of the following: 

• Boundaries of the microgrid system 

• DER, electrical loads (critical and 

noncritical), and thermal loads (if 

present) in the microgrid 

• Locations and quantities of fuel 

sources for microgrid generation 

assets 

• Distributed resources interconnection 

application accepted by the utility 

with jurisdiction 

• The microgrid electrical circuit 

diagram including the locations of the 

DER, microgrid switch, critical and 

noncritical electrical loads, thermal 

loads, microgrid protection 

equipment, utility protection 

equipment, and the interface with the 

area electric power system (EPS) 

Using the information and data 

submitted, the DOE will evaluate each 

Submission according to four 

performance criteria: Resiliency, clean 

energy system, system energy efficiency, 

and cost effectiveness. This evaluation 

will result in a score for each criterion. 

For example, a Submission will receive 

one score designated as ‘‘A’’ for 

resiliency, a score ‘‘B’’ for clean energy 

system, a score ‘‘C’’ for system energy 

efficiency, and a score ‘‘D’’ for cost 

effectiveness. In each of the six 

competition segments, the Submission 

that has the highest combined score 

from all four criterion scores (i.e., 

A+B+C+D) will win a Microgrid Most 

Valuable Participant (MVP) Award. The 

six competition segments, each defined 

by the primary type of customer 

facilities or activities receiving service 

from the microgrid, are: 

Segment #1: Municipal facilities (e.g., 

police stations, fire stations, water 

and wastewater facilities) 

Segment #2: Commercial facilities (e.g., 

telecom/data centers, financial 

centers) 

Segment #3: Industrial facilities and 

activities (e.g., transportation, critical 

manufacturing, fuel supply chain) 

Segment #4: Emergency shelters (e.g., 

housing, lodging, schools, etc.) 

Segment #5: Healthcare/hospitals 

Segment #6: Other government facilities 

(military and non-military) 

The microgrid for Submission can be 

owned and/or operated by customers, 

electric utilities, or independent 

providers. Depending on the 

Submissions received, the DOE 

anticipates making one Microgrid 2014 

MVP Award in each segment, with up 

to a total of six MVP Awards to be made 

under this Competition. Each Microgrid 

2014 MVP Award recipient will receive 

a cash prize of $100,000. 

Each Submission will be evaluated 

according to the following performance 

criteria, with a numeric score of 0–25 

resulting under each criterion. 

Score A (0–25) for Resiliency 

Resiliency will be evaluated and 

scored based on adequacy of black start 

capabilities for microgrid generation 

assets, ability to island from and 

reconnect with the area EPS that meets 

the requirements of the IEEE 1547TM

Standard for Interconnecting Distributed 

Resources with Electric Power Systems, 

and adequacy and essential nature of 

critical facilities and loads in the 

microgrid. In addition, the adequacy 

and availability of microgrid generation 

and storage assets to meet and exceed 

the customer-defined objectives for 

resiliency will be evaluated and scored. 

These objectives include the duration 

required for the microgrid to 

continuously serve all critical loads 

during grid outages and the ability to 

support future added critical loads to 

the microgrid. Lastly, access to 

uninterruptible fuel sources for 

generators will be evaluated and scored 

to ensure that all critical loads can be 

adequately served for the specified 

outage duration. 

Score B (0–25) for Clean Energy System 

The Cleanness of the microgrid 

system is measured by the percent 

reduction in the annual marginal CO2

emissions resulting from microgrid 

operation, as compared to the base case 

of no DER or microgrid for the same 

boundary area. It is calculated as 

follows: 

Reduction in total annual marginal CO2

emissions (%) = 1¥(total emissions 

with microgrid operation/total 

emissions for the base case of no 

DER or microgrid) 

Total emissions include both 

emissions produced outside of the 

microgrid boundary (i.e., emissions 

associated with the generation, 

transmission, and distribution of 

electricity that is inputted to the 

microgrid area) and those generated 

within the microgrid area. For the 

purpose of this Competition, the 

published annual marginal CO2

emission factors 1 for the corresponding 

region of each microgrid area (also 

shown in the data file template, under 

tab ‘‘MEFs’’) will be used to assess total 

emissions and the % reduction per the 

formula above. 

Score C (0–25) for System Energy 

Efficiency 

This evaluation will be based on the 

percent improvement in system energy 

efficiency, using the formula below: 

Improvement in system energy 

efficiency (%) = 1¥(total energy 

supplies after microgrid 

implementation/total energy 

supplies before microgrid 

implementation) 

Total energy supplies for both before 

and after microgrid implementation 

include the total utility-supplied 

electrical and thermal energy (i.e., 

electricity and other fuel supplies, with 

all converted to source or primary 

BTU 2) used to serve the same loads 

year-round. 

Score D (0–25) for Cost-Effectiveness 

Cost effectiveness will be measured 

based on the NPV (net present value) of 

the microgrid project in $/kW. The 

components for the NPV calculation 

shall include fixed costs (design, 

permitting, interconnection, 

installation, commission testing, etc.), 

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maintenance [O&M], fuels, electricity 

import, etc.), and annual savings (from 

utility bills, reduced downtime, 

ancillary services, etc.). For the purpose 

of this Competition, the NPV is 

calculated by deducting the total costs 

from the sum of the annual cash flows 

over the project duration of 10 years 

using a discount rate of 10%. The 

annual cash flows are the net annual 

savings, which are the annual savings 

from microgrid operation less the 

annual costs of microgrid operation. 

II. Submission Requirements 

The Submission requirements are as 

follows: 

1. Download and complete the 

Microgrid Operational Data Template 

File (Excel, 33 KB), and 

2. Email both the completed 

microgrid system design and benefit 

documentation and the completed 

microgrid operational data file to 

MicrogridCompetition@hq.doe.gov by 

August 29, 2014. 

III. Rules of the Competition 

The following rules apply to this 

Competition. 

• To be eligible, all competing 

microgrids must meet the following 

definition of a microgrid: A group of 

interconnected loads and DER within 

clearly defined electrical boundaries 

that acts as a single controllable entity 

with respect to the grid and can connect 

and disconnect from the grid to enable 

it to operate in grid-connected or island 

mode. 

• All competing microgrids must 

have more than 150 kW of aggregated 

generation capacity serving two or more 

critical facilities. 

• All entities are eligible to enter their 

operating microgrids in the U.S. or its 

Territories in this Competition, 

inclusive of those owned and/or 

operated by customers, electric utilities, 

or independent providers. 

• Further, in accordance with the 

America COMPETES Reauthorization 

Act of 2010, 15 U.S.C. 3719(g), the 

following requirements must be met to 

be eligible to win a prize under this 

Competition: 

(1) A private entity shall be 

incorporated in and maintain a primary 

place of business in the United States; 

an individual, whether participating 

singly or in a group, shall be a citizen 

or permanent resident of the United 

States; and 

(2) An individual or entity may not be 

a Federal entity or Federal employee 

acting within the scope of their 

employment.’’ 

• Each Submission must clearly 

identify for which one of the six 

competition segments it is being 

entered. Although each entity is allowed 

to submit more than one microgrid 

project under this Competition, only 

one microgrid project can be entered by 

an entity in each segment. Also, the 

same microgrid project cannot be 

entered into more than one segment. 

• All Contestants must submit 

complete microgrid system design and 

benefit documentation. The 

documentation must not exceed 20 

pages, including cover page, table of 

contents, charts, graphs, maps, 

photographs, tables, and other pictorial 

presentations, when printed using 

standard 8.5′′ by 11′′ paper with 1′′ 

margins (top, bottom, left, and right) 

{single spaced} with font not smaller 

than 11 point. 

All Contestants must submit complete 

microgrid operational data using the 

template file in Appendix A. Appendix 

A is available at http://www.energy.gov/ 

microgridchallenge. All Submissions 

must provide one full year of microgrid 

operational data for the period of June 

1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 and one full 

year of the base-case data for the same 

yearly period (i.e., June 1 to May 31) 

immediately before microgrid operation. 

For example, if the microgrid project 

began its full operation in July 2011, the 

full-year microgrid operational data will 

be for the period of June 1, 2013 to May 

31, 2014 and the full-year base-case data 

will be for the period of June 1, 2010 to 

May 31, 2011. All Submissions 

including complete system design and 

benefit documentation (submitted in a 

single file named ‘‘DesignBenefit.pdf’’) 

and operational data file (submitted in 

a single file named ‘‘data.xls or .xlsx’’) 

must be submitted before the 

Competition deadline of August 29, 

2014. 

IV. Evaluation of Submissions 

All Submissions that meet the 

Competition rules will then be subject 

to evaluation by an expert panel. The 

expert panel will be appointed by the 

DOE, may include both Federal and 

non-Federal personnel, and will 

determine the Microgrid 2014 MVP 

Award winners. Each Submission will 

be evaluated on the four performance 

criteria and will be given a score for 

each criterion. The Submission that 

receives the highest combined score for 

all four performance criteria in each of 

the six competition segments is the 

presumptive winner for that segment. 

The presumptive winners will be 

required to have their microgrid design/ 

benefit information and operational data 

(before and after microgrid 

implementation) validated by the DOE 

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) before 

receiving the Microgrid 2014 MVP 

Award. The TAG comprises microgrid 

experts from DOE national laboratories. 

The DOE reserves the right not to 

make a Microgrid MVP Award in a 

segment, if there are few qualifying 

Submissions submitted to that segment 

or if the submitted information or data 

cannot be validated by the TAG. 

V. Verification and Announcement of 

Winners 

The DOE anticipates notifying the 

Competition winners of the Microgrid 

2014 MVP Award in October 2014. Each 

winner will be required to sign and 

return to the DOE, within ten (10) days 

of the date that the notice was sent, an 

Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/

Publicity Release (except where 

prohibited) in order to claim the award 

cash prize. At the sole discretion of the 

DOE, a potential winner will be deemed 

ineligible to receive the $100,000 cash 

prize if the entity fails to sign and return 

the affidavit of eligibility and liability/ 

publicity release within the required 

time period or if the Submission or the 

entity is disqualified for any other 

reason. In the event of a disqualification 

of a winner, the DOE, at its sole 

discretion, may award the applicable 

prize to an alternate winner. Winners 

will be invited to a public 

announcement event hosted by the DOE 

and its supporters and will be 

highlighted on the DOE’s Web site. 

VI. Authority and Prize Amount 

This Competition is being conducted 

under the authority of the America 

COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 

2010, 15 U.S.C. 3719. Monetary prizes 

will be awarded subject to the 

availability of funds. The DOE reserves 

the right to suspend, cancel, extend, or 

curtail the Competition as required or 

determined by appropriate DOE 

officials. Nothing within this document 

or in any documents supporting the 

Competition shall be construed as 

obligating the DOE or any other Federal 

agency or instrumentality to any 

expenditure of appropriated funds, or 

any obligation or expenditure of funds 

in excess of or in advance of available 

appropriations. The DOE will award a 

single dollar amount to a winning Team, 

and each Team, whether consisting of a 

single or multiple Contestants, is solely 

responsible for allocating any prize 

amount among its member Contestants 

as they deem appropriate. The DOE will 

not arbitrate, intervene, advise on, or 

resolve any matters between entrant 

members. It will be up to each winning 

Team to reallocate the prize money 

among its member Contestants, if they 

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VII. Privileged or Confidential 

Information 

All materials submitted to the DOE as 

part of a Submission become DOE 

records and cannot be returned. The 

DOE will use the materials to evaluate 

a Submission in accordance with the 

Rules of the Competition, as well as to 

establish benchmark performance for 

operating microgrids from information 

contained in all Submissions. 

The Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) and its amendments have 

resulted in an increasing number of 

requests from outside the Government 

for copies of materials submitted to 

federal agencies. If a Contestant’s 

Submission contains information that 

he/she believes should be withheld 

from such requestors under FOIA on the 

grounds that they contain ‘‘trade secrets 

and commercial or financial 

information’’ [5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)], the 

Contestant should: 

1. Mark the title page with the following 

legend: 

‘‘Some parts of this document, as identified 

on individual pages, are considered by the 

Contestant to be privileged or confidential 

trade secrets or commercial or financial 

information not subject to mandatory 

disclosure under the Freedom of Information 

Act. Material considered privileged or 

confidential on such grounds is contained on 

page(s) llll and 

2. Mark each individual item considered 

privileged or confidential under FOIA with 

the following legend: 

‘‘The data or information is considered 

confidential or privileged, and is not subject 

to mandatory disclosure under the Freedom 

of Information Act.’’ 

Whenever a document submitted to 

the DOE contains information which 

may be exempt from public disclosure, 

it will be handled in accordance with 

the procedures pursuant to 10 CFR 

1004.11 and described below. While the 

DOE is responsible for making the final 

determination with regard to the 

disclosure or nondisclosure of 

information contained in requested 

documents, the DOE will consider the 

Contestant’s views in making its 

determination. 

(a) When the DOE may determine, in 

the course of responding to a FOIA 

request, not to release information 

submitted to the DOE without seeking 

any or further Contestant’s views, no 

notice will be given the Contestant. 

(b) When the DOE, in the course of 

responding to a FOIA request, cannot 

make the determination without having 

the consideration of the Contestant’s 

views, the Contestant shall be promptly 

notified and provided an opportunity to 

submit its views on whether 

information contained in the requested 

document (1) is exempt from the 

mandatory public disclosure 

requirements of the FOIA, (2) contains 

information referred to in 18 U.S.C. 

1905, or (3) is otherwise exempt by law 

from public disclosure. The DOE will 

make its own determinations as to 

whether any information is exempt from 

disclosure. Notice of a determination by 

the DOE that a claim of exemption made 

pursuant to this paragraph is being 

denied will be given to a person making 

such a claim no less than seven (7) 

calendar days prior to intended public 

disclosure of the information in 

question. 

(c) Criteria to be applied by the DOE 

in determining whether information is 

exempt from mandatory disclosure 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) include: 

(1) Whether the information has been 

held in confidence by the person to 

whom it pertains; 

(2) Whether the information is of a 

type customarily held in confidence by 

the person to whom it pertains and 

whether there is a reasonable basis 

therefor; 

(3) Whether the information was 

transmitted to and received by the 

Department in confidence; 

(4) Whether the information is 

unavailable in public sources; 

(5) Whether disclosure of the 

information is likely to impair the 

Government’s ability to obtain similar 

information in the future; and 

(6) Whether disclosure of the 

information is likely to cause substantial 

harm to the competitive position of the 

person from whom the information was 

obtained. 

VIII. Additional Terms and Conditions 

Competition Subject to Applicable 

Law: The Competition is subject to all 

applicable Federal laws and regulations. 

Submitting to this Competition 

constitutes each Team and/or 

Contestant’s agreement to the official 

rules as set forth on http://

www.energy.gov/microgridchallenge 

and administrative decisions, which are 

final and binding in all matters related 

to the Competition. Eligibility for a prize 

award is contingent upon fulfilling all 

requirements set forth herein. 

Publicity: Except where prohibited, 

participation in the Competition 

constitutes each winner’s consent for 

the DOE and its agents to use each 

winner’s Submission information for 

promotional purposes through any form 

of media, worldwide, without further 

permission, payment, or consideration. 

Liability and Insurance: Any and all 

information provided by or obtained 

from the Federal Government is without 

any warranty or representation 

whatsoever, including but not limited to 

its suitability for any particular purpose. 

Further, in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 

3719(i), each Contestant shall provide 

proof of general liability insurance of $1 

million per incident and a $5 million 

umbrella policy for claims by a third 

party for death, bodily injury, or 

property damage or loss resulting from 

an activity carried out in connection 

with the Competition, with the Federal 

Government named as an additional 

insured under the Contestant’s 

insurance policy. Additionally, 

Contestants must agree to indemnify the 

Federal Government against third party 

claims for damages arising from or 

related to competition activities and for 

damage or loss to Government property 

resulting from such an activity. 

Taxes: Winners are responsible for 

both reporting and paying all applicable 

Federal, state, and local taxes payable 

from any prize amounts awarded under 

this Competition. 

IX. Contact Information 

For questions about this Competition, 

contact DOE at Microgrid;Competition@

hq.doe.gov. 

Appendix A 

Microgrid Operational Data Template File 

is available at http://www.energy.gov/ 

microgridchallenge. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 25, 

2014. 

Patricia A. Hoffman 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15386 Filed 6–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2629–014–Vermont] 

Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice 

of Availability of Draft Environmental 

Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed the application 

for license for the multi-development 

Morrisville Hydroelectric Project, 

located on the Green River, Elmore 

Pond Brook, and Lamoille River in 

Lamoille County, Vermont, and has 

prepared a draft Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the project. The 


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