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Attachment A—Brief Template 

I. Category [all issues pertaining to a 

particular category, for example: Power 

Rates, Transmission Rates, 

Transmission Terms and Conditions, 

Joint Issues, Procedural Issues] 

A. General Topic Area [for example: 

Secondary Sales] 

Issue 1: The specific issue to be 

addressed [for example: Whether 

Bonneville’s forecast of energy prices 

should be revised upward]. 

Summary of Party’s Position 

A brief statement summarizing the 

party’s position. 

[For example: Bonneville staff’s 

forecast of energy prices for secondary 

sales is too conservative. The record 

demonstrates that the trend in market 

prices is upward. The Administrator 

should revise the forecast for the price 

of secondary energy upward consistent 

with Party X’s proposal.] 

Party’s Position and Argument 

Statements of argument, including 

citations to the record. 

Requested Action or Decision 

A brief description of the requested 

action or decision the party wants the 

Administrator to make. 

[For example: The projection of 

energy prices for Bonneville’s secondary 

sales should be revised consistent with 

Party’s X’s proposal.] 

Issue 2: The specific issue to be 

addressed [for example: Whether 

Bonneville’s surplus power sales 

forecast is reasonable.] 

Summary of Party’s Position 

[For example: Bonneville’s surplus 

power sales forecast is flawed because it 

does not account for extraregional 

power sales.] 

Party’s Position and Argument 

Statements of argument, including 

citations to the record. 

Requested Action or Decision 

[For example: Bonneville’s surplus 

power sales forecast should be increased 

to reflect extraregional power sales.] 

POST-HEARING LIST OF EXHIBITS

Filing code Title Date filed Status 

XX–XX–E–XX–01 .......................... Direct Testimony ........................... mm/dd/yyyy ................................... Admitted. 

XX–XX–E–XX–02 .......................... Rebuttal Testimony ....................... mm/dd/yyyy ................................... Rejected. 

End of Brief Template 

Issued this 2nd day of August, 2018. 

Elliot E. Mainzer, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17223 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–388–A] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

TEC Energy Inc. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: TEC Energy Inc. (Applicant or 

TEC) has applied to renew its authority 

to transmit electric energy from the 

United States to Canada pursuant to the 

Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before September 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

to: Office of Electricity, Mail Code: OE– 

20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0350. Because of delays in 

handling conventional mail, it is 

recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586– 

8008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Energy (DOE) regulates 

exports of electricity from the United 

States to a foreign country, pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. §§ 7151(b) and 7172(f)). Such 

exports require authorization under 

section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act 

(16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)). 

On December 19, 2013, DOE issued 

Order No. EA–388 to TEC, which 

authorized the Applicant to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada as a power marketer for a fiveyear term using existing international 

transmission facilities. That authority 

expires on December 19, 2018. On July 

30, 2018, TEC filed an application with 

DOE for renewal of the export authority 

contained in Order No. EA–388 for an 

additional five-year term. 

In its application, the Applicant states 

that it ‘‘does not own or control any 

electric generation or transmission 

facilities’’ and ‘‘does not hold a 

franchise or service territory for the 

transmission, distribution or sale of 

electric power.’’ The electric energy that 

the Applicant proposes to export to 

Canada would be surplus energy 

purchased from third parties such as 

electric utilities and Federal power 

marketing agencies pursuant to 

voluntary agreements. The existing 

international transmission facilities to 

be utilized by TEC have previously been 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five (5) 

copies of such comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene should be sent to 

the address provided above on or before 

the date listed above. 

Comments and other filings 

concerning TEC’s application to export 

electric energy to Canada should be 

clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA– 

388–A. An additional copy is to be 

provided directly to both Etienne 

Lapointe, CPA, CA, MSc, TEC Energy 

Inc., 88 Prince St, Suite 202, Montreal, 

Quebec H3C 2M8, and Legalinc 

Corporate Services Inc., 35–15 84th 

Street 2H Jackson Heights, New York, 

NY 11372. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after DOE determines 

that the proposed action will not have 

an adverse impact on the sufficiency of 

supply or reliability of the U.S. electric 

power supply system. 


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1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was redesignated as Part A. 

2All references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through the EPS 

Improvement Act of 2017, Public Law 11–115 

(January 12, 2018). 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program website at http://energy.gov/ 

node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy 

at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 7, 

2018. 

Christopher Lawrence, 

Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17313 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case No. CAC–050] 

Notice of Petition for Waiver of 

Johnson Controls, Inc. From the 

Department of Energy Central Air 

Conditioners and Heat Pumps Test 

Procedure, and Notice of Grant of 

Interim Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver, 

grant of an interim waiver, and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of and publishes a petition for waiver 

from Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) seeking 

an exemption from the U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE) test procedure for 

determining the efficiency of central air 

conditioners and heat pumps. JCI seeks 

to use an alternate test procedure to 

address issues involved in testing 

certain basic models identified in its 

amended petition. According to JCI, 

testing the basic models of the central 

air conditioners listed in its amended 

petition as outdoor units with no match 

will overstate their energy usage as they 

will be rated using default indoor unit 

parameters that are representative of an 

old, inefficient indoor unit. JCI seeks to 

use an alternate test procedure to test 

and rate the basic models listed in its 

amended petition as matched systems. 

JCI proposes to waive the DOE test 

procedure requirement to test these 

basic models as outdoor units with no 

match and instead, test these basic 

models as matched systems. This notice 

also announces that DOE grants JCI an 

interim waiver from the DOE central air 

conditioners and heat pumps test 

procedure for its specified basic models, 

subject to use of the alternative test 

procedure as set forth in the Order. DOE 

solicits comments, data, and 

information concerning JCI’s amended 

petition and its suggested alternate test 

procedure. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information with respect to the JCI 

Petition until September 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by case number ‘‘CAC–050’’ 

and Docket number ‘‘EERE–2017–BT– 

WAV–0039,’’ by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: JCI2017WAV0042@

ee.doe.gov. Include the case number 

CAC–050 in the subject line of the 

message. Submit electronic comments 

in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, 

or ASCII file format, and avoid the use 

of special characters or any form of 

encryption. 

• Postal Mail: U.S. Department of 

Energy, Building Technologies Office, 

Mailstop EE–5B, Petition for Waiver 

Case No CAC–050, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585– 

0121. If possible, please submit all items 

on a compact disc (CD), in which case 

it is not necessary to include printed 

copies. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance 

and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 950 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible, 

please submit all items on a CD, in 

which case it is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

Docket: The docket, which includes 

Federal Register notices, comments, 

and other supporting documents/ 

materials, is available for review at 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index. 

However, some documents listed in the 

index, such as those containing 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure, may not be publicly 

available. 

The docket web page can be found at 

https://www.regulations.gov/ 

docket?D=EERE-2017-BT-WAV-0039. 

The docket web page will contain 

simple instruction on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Pete Cochran, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9496. Email: 

Peter.Cochran@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III, Part B1 of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291– 

6309, as codified) established the 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products Other Than 

Automobiles, which includes central air 

conditioners and heat pumps.2 Part B 

includes definitions, test procedures, 

labeling provisions, energy conservation 

standards, and the authority to require 

information and reports from 

manufacturers. Further, Part B requires 

the Secretary of Energy to prescribe test 

procedures that are reasonably designed 

to produce results that measure energy 

efficiency, energy use, or estimated 

operating costs during a representative 

average-use cycle, and that are not 

unduly burdensome to conduct. (42 

U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The test procedure for 

central air conditioners and heat pumps 

is contained in 10 CFR part 430, subpart 

B, appendix M (referred to in this notice 

as ‘‘appendix M’’). 

DOE’s regulations set forth at 10 CFR 

430.27 contain provisions that allow a 

person to seek a waiver from the test 

procedure requirements for a particular 

basic model of a covered product when 

the petitioner’s basic model for which 

the petition for waiver was submitted 

contains one or more design 

characteristics that either (1) prevent 

testing according to the prescribed test 

procedure, or (2) cause the prescribed 

test procedures to evaluate the basic 

model in a manner so unrepresentative 

of its true energy consumption 

characteristics as to provide materially 

inaccurate comparative data. 10 CFR 

430.27(a)(1). A petitioner must include 

in its petition any alternate test 

procedures known to the petitioner to 

evaluate the basic model in a manner 

representative of its energy 

consumption. 10 CFR 430.27(b)(1)(iii). 

DOE may grant a waiver subject to 

conditions, including adherence to 

alternate test procedures. 10 CFR 

430.27(f)(2). As soon as practicable after 

the granting of any waiver, DOE will 

publish in the Federal Register a notice 

of proposed rulemaking to amend its 

regulations so as to eliminate any need 

for the continuation of such waiver. As 

soon thereafter as practicable, DOE will 

publish in the Federal Register a final 

rule. 10 CFR 430.27(l). 

The regulations governing the waiver 

process also allow DOE to grant an 


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