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Act of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal 

departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of their programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. 

The goal of the Centers for 

Independent Living program is to 

promote and practice the independent 

living philosophy of consumer control 

of the center regarding decisionmaking, 

service delivery, management, and 

establishment of the policy and 

direction of the center; self-help and 

self-advocacy; development of peer 

relationships and peer role models; and 

the equal access of individuals with 

significant disabilities to society and to 

all services, programs, activities, 

resources, and facilities, whether public 

or private and regardless of the funding 

source. 

In order to measure the success of one 

component of meeting this goal, each 

grantee is required to track the number 

of individuals who leave nursing homes 

and other institutions for communitybased housing due to independent 

living services provided by the center. 

In annual performance reports, centers 

are required to provide information on 

the number of individuals requesting 

this service and the number of 

individuals who successfully relocated 

from institutionalized to communitybased living. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Kelley, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5055, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7404. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

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index.html. 

Dated: March 16, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–5166 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Representative 

Average Unit Costs of Energy 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Department 

of Energy (DOE) is forecasting the 

representative average unit costs of five 

residential energy sources for the year 

2007 pursuant to the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act. The five sources are 

electricity, natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, 

propane, and kerosene. 

DATES: Effective Date: The 

representative average unit costs of 

energy contained in this notice will 

become effective April 20, 2007 and will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan D. Berringer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Mail Station EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 

586–0371, 

bryan.berringer@ee.doe.gov. 

Francine Pinto, Esq., U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, 

Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–

72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. (202) 

586–7432, 

Francine.pinto@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

323 of the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 6291–

6309) requires that DOE prescribe test 

procedures for the determination of the 

estimated annual operating costs or 

other measures of energy consumption 

for certain consumer products specified 

in the Act. (42 U.S.C. 6293) These test 

procedures are found in Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

430, subpart B. 

Section 323(b) of the Act requires that 

the estimated annual operating costs of 

a covered product be calculated from 

measurements of energy use in a 

representative average use cycle or 

period of use and from representative 

average unit costs of the energy needed 

to operate such product during such 

cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) The section 

further requires that DOE provide 

information to manufacturers regarding 

the representative average unit costs of 

energy. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(4)) This cost 

information should be used by 

manufacturers to meet their obligations 

under section 323(c) of the Act. Most 

notably, these costs are used to comply 

with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 

requirements for labeling. 

Manufacturers are required to use the 

revised DOE representative average unit 

costs when the FTC publishes new 

ranges of comparability for specific 

covered products, 16 CFR part 305. 

Interested parties can also find 

information covering the FTC labeling 

requirements at http://www.ftc.gov/ 

appliances. 

DOE last published representative 

average unit costs of residential energy 

for use in the Energy Conservation 

Program for Consumer Products Other 

Than Automobiles on February 27, 2006 

(71 FR 9806). Effective April 20, 2007, 

the cost figures published on February 

27, 2006, will be superseded by the cost 

figures set forth in this notice. 

DOE’s Energy Information 

Administration (EIA) has developed the 

2007 representative average unit aftertax costs found in this notice. The 

representative average unit after-tax 

costs for electricity, natural gas, No. 2 

heating oil, and propane are based on 

simulations used to produce the 

February, 2007, EIA Short-Term Energy 

Outlook. (EIA release the Outlook 

monthly.) The representative average 

unit after-tax costs for kerosene are 

derived from their prices relative to that 

of heating oil, based on 2001–2005 

averages for these two fuels. The source 

for these price data is the January, 2007, 

Monthly Energy Review DOE/EIA–

0035(2007/01). The Short-Term Energy 

Outlook and the Monthly Energy Review 

are available on the EIA Web site at 

http://www.eia.doe.gov. For more 

information on the two sources, contact 

the National Energy Information Center, 

Forrestal Building, Room 1F–048, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–8800. 


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The 2007 representative average unit 

costs under section 323(b)(4) of the Act 

are set forth in Table 1, and will become 

effective April 20, 2007. They will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 14, 

2007. 

Alexander A. Karsner, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

TABLE 1.—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES

[2007] 

Type of energy Per million Btu 1 In commonly used terms As required by 

test procedure 

Electricity ................................................................ $31.21 10.65¢/kWh 2 3 ....................................................... $.1065/kWh 

Natural Gas ............................................................ 12.18 $1.218/therm 4 or $12.53/MCF 5 6 .......................... .00001218/Btu 

No. 2 Heating Oil .................................................... 16.01 $2.22/gallon 7 ......................................................... .00001601/Btu 

Propane .................................................................. 20.47 $1.87/gallon 8 ......................................................... .00002047/Btu 

Kerosene ................................................................ 19.48 $2.63/gallon 9 ......................................................... .00001948/Btu 

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (February 2007) and Monthly Energy Review (January 2007). 

1. Btu stands for British thermal units. 

2. kWh stands for kilowatt hour. 

3. 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu. 

4. 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes. 

5. MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet. 

6. For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,029 Btu. 

7. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu. 

8. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu. 

9. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu. 

[FR Doc. E7–5141 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER07–416–000; ER07–416–

001] 

Geneva Roth Holding, LLC; Notice of 

Issuance of Order 

March 15, 2007. 

Geneva Roth Holding, LLC (GRH) 

filed an application for market-based 

rate authority, with an accompanying 

rate tariff. The proposed market-based 

rate tariff provides for the sale of energy 

and capacity at market-based rates. GRH 

also requested waivers of various 

Commission regulations. In particular, 

GRH requested that the Commission 

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR 

part 34 of all future issuances of 

securities and assumptions of liability 

by GRH. 

On March 15, 2007, pursuant to 

delegated authority, the Director, 

Division of Tariffs and Market 

Development—West, granted the 

requests for blanket approval under Part 

34. The Director’s order also stated that 

the Commission would publish a 

separate notice in the Federal Register 

establishing a period of time for the 

filing of protests. Accordingly, any 

person desiring to be heard or to protest 

the blanket approvals of issuances of 

securities or assumptions of liability by 

GRH should file a motion to intervene 

or protest with the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214 

(2004). 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing motions to intervene 

or protest is April 16, 2007. 

Absent a request to be heard in 

opposition by the deadline above, GRH 

is authorized to issue securities and 

assume obligations or liabilities as a 

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise 

in respect of any security of another 

person; provided that such issuance or 

assumption is for some lawful object 

within the corporate purposes of GRH, 

compatible with the public interest, and 

is reasonably necessary or appropriate 

for such purposes. 

The Commission reserves the right to 

require a further showing that neither 

public nor private interests will be 

adversely affected by continued 

approvals of GRH’s issuances of 

securities or assumptions of liability. 

Copies of the full text of the Director’s 

Order are available from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The Order may also be viewed 

on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number filed to access the document. 

Comments, protests, and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–5123 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP07–343–000] 

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas 

Tariff 

March 15, 2007. 

Take notice that on March 9, 2007, 

Northern Natural Gas Company 

(Northern), tendered for filing as part of 

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised 

Volume No. 1, the following tariff 

sheets: 

Tenth Revised Sheet No. 135 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 136 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 138 

Northern further states that copies of 

the filing have been mailed to each of 

its customers and interested state 

commissions. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 


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