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Dated: June 26, 2014.
James F. Manning, Chief of Staff of Federal Student Aid, delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid.

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**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, Secretariat, Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice of public meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  At the direction of the President, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department), as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force (QER) Task Force will convene a public meeting to
discuss and receive comments on issues related to the Quadrennial Energy

Review.

**DATES :**  The sixth public meeting will be held on Monday, July 21, 2014, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Written comments are welcome, especially following the public meeting, and should be submitted within 60 days of the meeting.

**ADDRESSES :**  The Pittsburgh meeting will be held at the Rashid Auditorium, Hillman Center, Carnegie Mellon University, 4902 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.

You may submit written comments to: QERComments@hq.doe.gov or by U.S. mail to the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, EPSA–60, QER Meeting Comments, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121.

For the July 21 Public Meeting, please title your comment ‘‘Natural Gas Transmission, Storage & Distribution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 21,

2014’’.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ms. Adonica Renee Pickett, EPSA–90, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586–9168 Email: Adonica.Pickett@hq.doe.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  On January 9, 2014, President Obama
issued a Presidential Memorandum— Establishing a Quadrennial Energy

Review. To accomplish this review, the
Presidential Memorandum establishes a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force to be co-chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Under the Presidential Memorandum, the Secretary of Energy shall provide support to the Task Force, including support for coordination activities related to the preparation of the Quadrennial Energy Review Report, policy analysis and modeling, and stakeholder engagement.

The DOE, as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, will hold a series of public meetings to
discuss and receive comments on issues related to the Quadrennial Energy

Review.

The initial focus for the Quadrennial Energy Review will be our Nation’s infrastructure for transporting, transmitting, storing and delivering energy. Our current infrastructure is increasingly challenged by transformations in energy supply, markets, and patterns of end use; issues of aging and capacity; impacts of climate change; and cyber and physical threats. Any vulnerability in this infrastructure may be exacerbated by the increasing interdependencies of energy systems with water, telecommunications, transportation, and emergency response systems. The first Quadrennial Energy Review Report will serve as a roadmap to help address these challenges.

The Department of Energy has a broad role in energy policy development and the largest role in implementing the Federal Government’s energy research and development portfolio. Many other executive departments and agencies also play key roles in developing and implementing policies governing energy resources and consumption, as well as associated environmental impacts. In addition, non-Federal actors are crucial contributors to energy policies. Because most energy and related infrastructure is owned by private entities, investment by and engagement of the private sector is necessary to develop and implement effective policies. State and local policies; the views of nongovernmental, environmental, faith-based, labor, and other social organizations; and
contributions from the academic and non-profit sectors are also critical to the development and implementation of effective energy policies.

An interagency Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, which includes
members from all relevant executive departments and agencies (agencies), will develop an integrated review of energy policy that integrates all of these perspectives. It will build on the foundation provided in the
Administration’s Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future of March 30, 2011, and
Climate Action Plan released on June 25, 2013. The Task Force will offer
recommendations on what additional actions it believes would be appropriate. These may include recommendations on additional executive or legislative actions to address the energy challenges and opportunities facing the Nation.

July 21, 2014 Public Meeting: Natural Gas Transmission, Storage &
Distribution

On July 21, 2014, the DOE will hold a public meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The July 21, 2014, public meeting will feature facilitated panel discussions, followed by an open microphone session. Persons desiring to speak during the open microphone session at the public meeting should come prepared to speak for no more
than 5 minutes and will beaccommodated on a first-come, firstserve basis, according to the order inwhich they register to speak on a signin sheet available at the meeting location, on the morning of the meeting.

In advance of the meeting, DOE anticipates making publicly available a briefing memorandum providing useful background information regarding the topics under discussion at the meeting. DOE will post this memorandum on its
Web site: http://energy.gov.

Submitting comments via email. Submitting comments by email to the QER email address will require you to provide your name and contact
information in the transmittal email.
Your contact information will be viewable to DOE staff only. Your contact information will not be publicly viewable except for your first and last names, organization name (if any), and submitter representative name (if any).


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Your contact information will be publicly viewable if you include it in the comment itself or in any documents attached to your comment. Any information that you do not want to be publicly viewable should not be included in your comment, nor in any document attached to your comment. Otherwise, persons viewing comments will see only first and last names, organization names, correspondence containing comments, and any
documents submitted with the

comments.

Do not submit to the QER email address ( QERcomments@hq.doe.gov )
information for which disclosure is restricted by statute, such as trade
secrets and commercial or financial information (hereinafter referred to as
Confidential Business Information (CBI)). Comments submitted to the QER
email address cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments received through the email address will waive any CBI claims for
the information submitted. For information on submitting CBI, see the
Confidential Business Information section, below.

If you do not want your personal contact information to be publicly viewable, do not include it in your comment or any accompanying documents. Instead, provide your
contact information in a cover letter. Include your first and last names, email address, telephone number, and optional mailing address. The cover letter will not be publicly viewable as long as it does not include any

comments.

Include contact information each time you submit comments, data, documents, and other information to DOE. If you submit via mail or hand delivery/ courier, please provide all items on a CD, if feasible, in which case it is not necessary to submit printed copies. No telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.

Comments, data, and other
information submitted to DOE electronically should be provided in PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file
format. Provide documents that are not secured, written in English, and are free of any defects or viruses. Documents should not contain special characters or any form of encryption and, if possible, they should carry the electronic signature of the author.

Confidential Business Information.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11 , any person submitting information that he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via email, postal mail, or hand delivery/courier two well-marked copies: One copy of the document marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the information believed to be confidential, and one copy of the document marked
‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information
believed to be confidential deleted.
Submit these documents via email or on a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own
determination about the confidential
status of the information and treat it according to its determination.
Confidential information should be submitted to the Confidential QER email
address: QERConfidential@hq.doe.gov

Factors of interest to DOE when evaluating requests to treat submitted information as confidential include: (1) A description of the items; (2) whether and why such items are customarily
treated as confidential within the industry; (3) whether the information is generally known by or available from other sources; (4) whether the information has previously been made available to others without obligation concerning its confidentiality; (5) an explanation of the competitive injury to the submitting person which would result from public disclosure; (6) when such information might lose its
confidential character due to the passage of time; and (7) why disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest. It is DOE’s policy that all comments may be included in the public docket, without change and as received, including any personal information provided in the comments (except information deemed to be exempt from public disclosure).

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26,

2014. Michele Torrusio, QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, U.S. Department of Energy.

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**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