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[Federal Register: June 14, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 113)]
[Notices]               
[Page 33611-33612]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Implementing the National Broadband Plan by Studying the 
Communications Requirements of Electric Utilities To Inform Federal 
Smart Grid Policy

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: On May 11, 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a 
Request for Information seeking comments and information from 
interested parties to assist DOE in understanding the communications 
requirements of utilities. DOE will hold a public meeting as part of 
this Request for Information.

DATES: The Department will hold a public meeting on June 17, 2010, from 
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Washington, DC. Any person wishing to speak at 
the public meeting should submit a request to do so before 4 p.m., June 
15, 2010.

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If there are time constraints, those who have submitted a request will 
be given preference. Written comments are welcome, especially following 
the public meeting, and should be submitted by July 12, 2010 and reply 
comments by July 26, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 8e069, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please note that foreign nationals 
participating in the public meeting are subject to advance security 
screening procedures. If a foreign national wishes to participate in 
the public meeting, please inform DOE of this fact as soon as possible 
by contacting Katharine Dickerson at 202-586-5281 so that the necessary 
procedures can be completed.
    Interested persons may submit comments, identified by ``NBP RFI: 
Communications Requirements,'' by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: broadband@hq.doe.gov. Include ``NBP RFI: Communications 
Requirements'' in the subject line of the message.
    Mail: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 6A245, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen C. McLaughlin, Senior Legal 
Advisor to the General Counsel (202) 586-5281; broadband@hq.doe.gov.
    For Media Inquiries you may contact Jen Stutsman at 202-586-4940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 2010, the Department of Energy 
(DOE) published a Request for Information seeking comments and 
information from interested parties to assist DOE in understanding the 
communications requirements of utilities, including, but not limited 
to, the requirements of the Smart Grid (75 FR 26206). DOE also sought 
to collect information about electricity infrastructure's current and 
projected communications requirements, as well as the types of networks 
and communications services that may be used for grid modernization. 
Specifically, DOE sought information on what types of communications 
capabilities that the utilities think that they will need and what type 
of communications capabilities that the communications carriers think 
that they can provide. DOE will hold a public meeting as part of this 
request for information.

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 8, 2010.
Scott Blake Harris,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2010-14259 Filed 6-11-10; 8:45 am]
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