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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7, 

2014. 

Michele Torrusio, 

QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19138 Filed 8–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for an 

open conference call of the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST) and describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of this 

meeting is required under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. The purpose of this 

conference call is to discuss PCAST’s 

education information technology and 

nanotechnology reports. 

DATES: The public conference call will 

be held on Thursday, August 28, 2014 

from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eastern 

Time (ET). To receive the call-in 

information, attendees should register 

for the conference call on the PCAST 

Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/

ostp/pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. ET 

on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding the call agenda, 

time, and how to register for the call is 

available on the PCAST Web site at: 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Questions about the conference call 

should be directed to Dr. Knatokie Ford, 

PCAST AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, by 

email at: kford@ostp.eop.gov, or 

telephone at: (202) 456–4444. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is an 

advisory group of the Nation’s leading 

scientists and engineers, appointed by 

the President to augment the science 

and technology advice available to him 

from inside the White House and from 

cabinet departments and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

PCAST is consulted about and provides 

analyses and recommendations 

concerning a wide range of issues where 

understandings from the domains of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. PCAST is co-chaired by 

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the 

President for Science and Technology, 

and Director, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, Executive Office of 

the President, The White House; and Dr. 

Eric S. Lander, President, Broad 

Institute of the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology and Harvard. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is 

scheduled to hold a conference call in 

open session on August 28, 2014 from 

11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eastern Time 

(ET). 

During the conference call, PCAST 

will discuss its education information 

technology and nanotechnology reports. 

Additional information and the agenda, 

including any changes that arise, will be 

posted at the PCAST Web site at: http:// 

whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Public Comments: It is the policy of 

the PCAST to accept written public 

comments of any length and to 

accommodate oral public comments 

whenever possible. The PCAST expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. 

The public comment period for this 

meeting will take place on August 28, 

2014 at a time specified in the meeting 

agenda posted on the PCAST Web site 

at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

This public comment period is designed 

only for substantive commentary on 

PCAST’s work, not for business 

marketing purposes. 

Oral Comments: To be considered for 

the public speaker list at the meeting, 

interested parties should register to 

speak at http://www.whitehouse.gov/

ostp/pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. ET 

on Thursday, August 21, 2014. Phone or 

email reservations to be considered for 

the public speaker list will not be 

accepted. To accommodate as many 

speakers as possible, the time for public 

comments will be limited to two (2) 

minutes per person, with a total public 

comment period of 10 minutes. If more 

speakers register than there is space 

available on the agenda, PCAST will 

randomly select speakers from among 

those who applied. Those not selected 

to present oral comments may always 

file written comments with the 

committee as described below. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted until the date of 

the meeting, written comments should 

be submitted to PCAST no later than 

12:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 26, 

2014, so that the comments may be 

made available to the PCAST members 

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1FERC confirmed and approved Rate Schedule 

BCP–F8 on a final basis on December 9, 2010, in 

Docket No. EF10–7–000, See United States 

Department of Energy, Western Area Power 

Administration, Boulder Canyon Project, 133 FERC 

¶ 62,229 (December 9, 2010). 

prior to the meeting for their 

consideration. Information regarding 

how to submit comments and 

documents to PCAST is available at 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast in the 

section entitled ‘‘Connect with PCAST.’’ 

Please note that because PCAST 

operates under the provisions of FACA, 

all public comments and/or 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including being 

posted on the PCAST Web site. 

Meeting Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access this public 

meeting should contact Dr. Ford at least 

ten business days prior to the meeting 

so that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19134 Filed 8–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Electricity Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, and in accordance with 

Title 41 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, section 102–3.65(a), and 

following consultation with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the Electricity 

Advisory Committee’s (EAC) charter has 

been renewed for a two-year period 

beginning on August 8, 2014. 

The Committee will provide advice 

and recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability on programs to 

modernize the Nation’s electric power 

system. 

Additionally, the renewal of the EAC 

has been determined to be essential to 

conduct Department of Energy business 

and to be in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed upon the Department of 

Energy by law and agreement. The 

Committee will continue to operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

adhering to the rules and regulations in 

implementation of that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Rosenbaum, Designated Federal Officer 

at (202) 586–1060. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 8, 

2014. 

Amy Bodette, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19133 Filed 8–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Boulder Canyon Project 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Base Charge and Rates. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Deputy 

Secretary of Energy (Deputy Secretary) 

approves the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Base 

Charge and Rates for Boulder Canyon 

Project (BCP) electric service provided 

by the Western Area Power 

Administration (Western). The Base 

Charge will provide sufficient revenue 

to pay all annual costs, including 

interest expense, and repay investments 

within the allowable period. 

DATES: The revised Base Charge and 

Rates will be effective the first day of 

the first full billing period beginning on 

or after October 1, 2014, and will stay 

in effect through September 30, 2015, or 

until superseded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jack Murray, Rates Manager, Desert 

Southwest Customer Service Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005– 

6457, (602) 605–2442, email jmurray@

wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hoover 

Dam, authorized by the Boulder Canyon 

Project Act (45 Stat. 1057, December 21, 

1928), sits on the Colorado River along 

the Arizona and Nevada border. The 

Hoover Dam powerplant has 19 

generating units (two for plant use) and 

an installed capacity of 2,078,800 

kilowatts (kW) (4,800 kW for plant use). 

High-voltage transmission lines and 

substations connect BCP power to 

consumers in southern Nevada, 

Arizona, and southern California. BCP 

electric service rates are adjusted 

annually using an existing rate formula 

established on April 19, 1996. The rate 

formula requires the BCP contractors to 

pay a Base Charge (expressed in 

dollars), rather than a rate, for their 

power. The Base Charge is calculated to 

generate sufficient revenue to cover all 

annual costs and to repay investment 

obligations within allowable time 

periods. The Base Charge is allocated to 

each BCP Contractor in proportion to its 

allocation of Hoover power. A BCP 

composite power rate, expressed in 

mills per kilowatt-hour (mills/kWh), can 

be inferred by dividing the Base Charge 

by energy sales in the year; however, the 

rate is not used to determine customers’ 

bills. 

Rate Schedule BCP–F8, Rate Order 

No. WAPA–150, effective October 1, 

2010, through September 30, 2015, 

allows for an annual recalculation of the 

Base Charge and Rates.1 This notice sets 

forth the recalculation for FY 2015. 

Under Rate Schedule BCP–F8, the 

existing composite rate, effective on 

October 1, 2013, is 20.18 mills/kWh. 

The current Base Charge is $76,108,019, 

the energy rate is 10.09 mills/kWh, and 

the capacity rate is $1.87 per kilowattmonth (kW-month). 

The recalculated Base Charge for BCP 

electric service, effective October 1, 

2014, is $61,008,518, an approximate 20 

percent decrease from the FY 2014 Base 

Charge. The major contributing factor to 

the decrease is from the FY 2012 costs 

being lower than expected allowing 

additional funds to be carried over into 

FY 2013. FY 2013 costs were also lower 

than anticipated and other revenues 

from the Hoover Dam Visitor Center and 

Ancillary Services, which are used to 

offset costs to be recovered from power 

customers, were higher than expected. 

In addition, the BCP Contractors paid 

off the Visitor Facilities and Air Slots 

capitalized investment debt in FY 2014, 

which allowed additional funds from 

interest savings to be carried over into 

FY 2015, thus making it possible for the 

FY 2015 Base Charge to be reduced 

significantly from the current level. The 

FY 2015 composite rate of 16.28 mills/ 

kWh is a decrease of approximately 19 

percent compared to the FY 2014 BCP 

composite rate of 20.18 mills/kWh. The 

FY 2015 energy rate of 8.14 mills/kWh 

is a decrease of approximately 19 

percent compared to the existing energy 

rate of 10.09 mills/kWh. The FY 2015 

capacity rate of $1.61/kW-month is a 

decrease of approximately 14 percent 

compared to the existing capacity rate of 

$1.87/kW-month. FY 2015 Energy and 

Capacity sales have decreased compared 

with FY 2014, due to a forecast of 

continued poor hydrological conditions 

resulting in lower lake elevation. 

Although the energy and capacity sales 

for FY 2015 are decreasing, the 

significant decrease in the revenue 

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