83672 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 201 / Thursday, October 17, 2024 / Notices 

Title of Collection: Mandatory Civil 

Rights Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1870–00504. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 17,717. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,290,195. 

Abstract: The collection, use, and 

reporting of education data is an integral 

component of the mission of the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department). 

The Department has collected civil 

rights data about the nation’s public 

schools via the Civil Rights Data 

Collection (CRDC) since 1968. As with 

previous CRDC collections, the purpose 

of the 2025–26 and 2027–28 CRDCs is 

to obtain vital data related to the civil 

rights laws’ requirement that public 

local educational agencies (LEA) and 

elementary and secondary schools 

provide equal educational opportunity. 

The Department has analyzed the uses 

of many data elements collected in the 

2020–21 CRDC and sought advice from 

experts across the Department to refine, 

improve, and where appropriate, add or 

remove data elements from the 

collection. CRDC data definitions and 

metrics are consistent with other 

mandatory collections across the 

Department wherever possible. The 

Department seeks the Office of 

Management and Budget’s approval 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act to 

collect from LEAs the elementary and 

secondary education data described in 

the sections of Attachment A. The 

Department requests that LEAs and 

other stakeholders review and comment 

on the proposed changes (detailed in 

Supporting Statement A, Attachments 

A–1, A–2, A–3, and A–4, and 

Attachment B), and respond to the 

directed questions found in Attachment 

A–5. 

Dated: October 10, 2024. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23892 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF 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 U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) is 

forecasting the representative average 

unit costs of five residential energy 

sources for the year 2024 pursuant to 

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

(Act). The five sources are electricity, 

natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, 

and kerosene. 

DATES: The representative average unit 

costs of energy contained in this notice 

will become effective November 18, 

2024 and will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mr. Lucas Adin, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121, Telephone: (202) 287– 

1692, Email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Emma Shahabi, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103, 

Telephone: (202) 586–4789, Email: 

emma.shahabi@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

323 of the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act requires that DOE 

prescribe test procedures for the 

measurement 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(b)(3)) These test 

procedures are found in title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

430, subpart B. 

Section 323(b)(3) 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)(3) and (b)(4)) 

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 https://www.ftc.gov/ 

appliances. 

DOE last published representative 

average unit costs of residential energy 

in a Federal Register notice entitled, 

‘‘Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Representative 

Average Unit Costs of Energy’’, dated 

August 28, 2023, 88 FR 58575. 

On November 18, 2024, the cost 

figures published in this notice will 

become effective and supersede those 

cost figures published on August 28, 

2023. The cost figures set forth in this 

notice will be effective until further 

notice. 

DOE’s Energy Information 

Administration (EIA) has developed the 

2024 representative average unit aftertax residential costs found in this 

notice. These costs for electricity, 

natural gas, and No. 2 heating oil are 

based on simulations used to produce 

the July 2024, EIA Short-Term Energy 

Outlook (EIA releases the Outlook 

monthly). The representative average 

unit after-tax costs for propane and 

kerosene are based on the projected 

2024 U.S. residential sector prices found 

in the Annual Energy Outlook 2023 

(AEO2023) (March 16, 2023). The ShortTerm Energy Outlook and the Annual 

Energy Outlook are available on the EIA 

website at https://www.eia.doe.gov. For 

more information on the data sources 

used in this notice, contact the National 

Energy Information Center, Forrestal 

Building, EI–30, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 

Telephone: (202) 586–8800, Email: 

infoctr@eia.doe.gov. 

The 2024 representative average unit 

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

are set forth in Table 1, and will become 

effective November 18, 2024. They will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on October 10, 2024, 

by Jeffrey Marootian, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 


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Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 10, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

TABLE 1—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES (2024) 

Type of energy $ Per million 

Btu 1 In commonly used terms As required by test procedure 

Electricity ........................................................................................ 47.36 2 3 16.16 ¢/kWh ....................................... $0.1616/kWh 

Natural Gas .................................................................................... 13.38 $1.34/therm 4 or $13.87/MCF 5 6 ............. $0.00001338/Btu 

No. 2 Heating Oil ............................................................................ 27.22 $3.74/gallon 7 .......................................... $0.00002722/Btu 

Propane .......................................................................................... 33.59 $3.07/gallon 8 .......................................... $0.00003359/Btu 

Kerosene ........................................................................................ 34.37 $4.64/gallon 9 .......................................... $0.00003437/Btu 

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (July 9, 2024) and Annual Energy Outlook (March 16, 2023). 

Notes: Prices include taxes. 1Btu stands for British thermal units. 

2 kWh stands for kilowatt hour. 

3 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu. 

4 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. 

5 MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet. 

6For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,037 Btu. 

7For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 137,381 Btu. 

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

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

[FR Doc. 2024–23893 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2610–012] 

Northern States Power Company; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene 

and Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 2610–012. 

c. Date Filed: December 30, 2022. 

d. Applicant: Northern States Power 

Company (Northern States). 

e. Name of Project: Saxon Falls 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: On the Montreal River in 

Gogebic County, Michigan and Iron 

County, Wisconsin. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Donald R. 

Hartinger, Director—Renewable 

Operation, 414 Nicollet Mall FL 2, 

Minneapolis, MN 55401; telephone at 

(651) 261–7668; email at 

donald.r.hartinger@xcelenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, 

Project Coordinator, Great Lakes Branch, 

Division of Hydropower Licensing; 

telephone at (312) 596–4447; email at 

nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days 

from the issuance date of this notice; 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All 

filings must clearly identify the project 

name and docket number on the first 

page: Saxon Falls Hydroelectric Project 

(P–2610–012). 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

l. Project Description: The project 

includes a dam that consists of: (1) a 

250-foot-long non-overflow earthen 

embankment; (2) a 57-foot-long nonoverflow concrete section; (3) a 31-footlong non-overflow concrete section with 

a 19-foot-long intake structure with an 

8-foot-long gate and a trashrack with 1- 

inch clear bar spacing; (4) a 30-foot-long 

concrete section with an 26-foot-long 

Tainter gate; and (5) a 127-foot-long 

spillway section with a crest elevation 

of 997.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical 

Dam of 1929 (NGVD 29). The dam 

creates an impoundment with a surface 

area of 70 acres at an elevation of 997.0 

feet NGVD 29. 

From the impoundment, water flows 

through the intake structure to a 1,607- 

foot-long conduit with a surge tank, and 

two 207-foot-long penstocks. From the 

penstocks, water is conveyed to a 52- 

foot-long, 30-foot-wide powerhouse that 

contains two 750-kilowatt (kW) 

horizontal turbine-generator units, for a 

total installed capacity of 1,500 kW. 

Water is discharged from the 


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