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14Energy Policy Act of 2005 section 1222; 42 

U.S.C. 16421. 

15FPA section 216(b); 16 U.S.C. 824p(b). 

16Section 216(a) of the FPA; 16 U.S.C. 824p(a). 

enacted as part of IIJA, includes 

authority for the Secretary to enter into 

public-private partnerships for the 

design, development, construction, 

operation, maintenance, and ownership 

of transmission facilities. In addition, 

the Secretary, acting through the 

Administrators of the Southwestern 

Power Administration (SWPA) or 

WAPA, has the authority to design, 

develop, construct, operate, maintain, or 

own, alone or in partnership with third 

parties, transmission system upgrades or 

new transmission lines and related 

facilities within states in which WAPA 

and SWPA operate.14 In exercising these 

authorities, DOE can help facilitate 

transmission development in areas 

where state or local permitting 

requirements would otherwise make a 

project difficult or impossible to 

complete. In carrying out either type of 

project, the Secretary may accept and 

use contributed funds from another 

entity, such as a transmission developer, 

to carry out the Department’s work on 

upgrades or on new projects. DOE may 

solicit interest in these public-private 

partnership projects, with a particular 

focus on projects that would fulfill 

transmission needs identified by the 

transmission planning actions outlined 

previously. 

(3) Designation of Route-Specific 

Transmission Corridors. The Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

has authority, clarified by the IIJA, to 

issue permits for the construction or 

modification of electric transmission 

facilities in National Corridors 

designated by the Secretary of Energy.15

IIJA also clarified that National 

Corridors can be any area experiencing 

or expected to experience electricity 

transmission capacity constraints or 

congestion that adversely affects 

consumers.16 DOE can designate a 

National Corridor after taking into 

consideration the Transmission Needs 

Study discussed previously and other 

information. In order to facilitate the 

efficient consideration of projects 

seeking a FERC-issued permit, DOE 

intends to provide a process for the 

designation of National Corridors on a 

route-specific, applicant-driven basis. 

DOE intends to give particular 

consideration to proposed National 

Corridors that, to the greatest degree 

possible, overlap with or utilize existing 

highway, rail, utility, and federal land 

rights-of-way. Further, in order to 

enable effective use of both DOE’s routespecific National Corridor process and 

FERC’s permitting process, DOE and 

FERC intend to work together, as 

appropriate, to establish coordinated 

procedures that facilitate efficient 

information gathering related to the 

scope of activities under review 

pursuant to these authorities. By 

harmonizing, to the greatest extent 

practicable, pre-filing and application 

processes, DOE and FERC can work 

with applicants to identify and resolve 

issues as quickly as possible; share 

information in a timely fashion; and 

expedite reviews conducted pursuant to 

these authorities, the National 

Environmental Policy Act, and other 

requirements. 

E. Transmission Research, 

Development, and Demonstration 

(RD&D) 

DOE continues to conduct RD&D to 

further develop and reduce the costs of 

technologies that enable the 

transmission system to be used more 

efficiently, including grid enhancing 

technologies, improved transmission 

conductors, and grid-related energy 

storage facilities. The National 

Laboratories’ research programs, in 

partnership with industry, are investing 

in the next generation of components 

and systems. DOE’s FY22 budget 

request prioritizes solicitations to 

support transmission technology 

development including transformers, 

high voltage direct current converter 

stations, and storage. 

DOE is also developing and 

improving analytical tools to more 

effectively support transmission 

deployment. DOE, in collaboration with 

several National Laboratories, is 

developing the North American Energy 

Resilience Model (NAERM), a nationalscale energy planning and real-time 

situational awareness tool. DOE is 

working to enable and expand NAERM’s 

capabilities to facilitate effective 

transmission planning. Currently 

deployed transmission planning tools 

include the Energy Zones Mapping 

Tool, an online mapping tool that can be 

used to identify potential energy 

resource areas and energy corridors, and 

the Transmission Resilience Maturity 

Model that enables utilities to measure 

the maturity of their transmission 

resilience programs and identify 

improvements to increase the resilience 

of their transmission systems. 

Moving forward, the Department will 

keep the public informed of its planned 

activities and progress related to this 

Building a Better Grid Initiative to 

expand and improve the Nation’s 

electric transmission grid. DOE is 

committed to robust engagement and 

collaboration with states, American 

Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives, 

industry, unions, local communities, 

environmental justice organizations, 

and other stakeholders. For additional 

information, interested parties may 

reach out to DOE’s Office of Electricity 

using the contact information provided 

in this Notice. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on January 11, 2022, 

by Jennifer M. Granholm, 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 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 on publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 12, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00883 Filed 1–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

online virtual combined meeting of the 

Consent Order Committee and Risk 

Evaluation and Management Committee 

of the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Northern New Mexico. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of this online virtual 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, February 16, 2022; 

1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

virtually via WebEx. To attend, please 

contact Menice Santistevan by email, 

Menice.Santistevan@em.doe.gov, no 

later than 5:00 p.m. MT on Friday, 

February 11, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Menice Santistevan, Northern New 

Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board 


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(NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road, 

Santa Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 699– 

0631 or Email: Menice.Santistevan@

em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Purpose of the Consent Order 

Committee (COC): It is the mission of 

the COC to review the Consent Order, 

evaluate its strengths and weaknesses, 

and make recommendation as to how to 

improve the Consent Order. It is also 

within the mission of this committee to 

review and ensure implementation of 

NNMCAB Recommendation 2019–02, 

Improving the Utility of the Consent 

Order with Supplementary Information. 

The COC will work with the NNMCAB 

Risk Evaluation and Management 

Committee to review the risk-based 

approaches used to determine the 

prioritization of cleanup actions, as well 

as the ‘‘relative risk ranking’’ of the 

campaigns, targets, and milestones by 

the NNMCAB, to be recommended for 

use by the DOE EM Los Alamos Field 

Office (EM–LA) both within and outside 

of those activities covered by the 

Consent Order. 

Purpose of the Risk Evaluation and 

Management Committee (REMC): The 

REMC provides external citizen-based 

oversight and recommendations to the 

DOE EM–LA on human and ecological 

health risk resulting from historical, 

current, and future hazardous and 

radioactive legacy waste operations at 

Los Alamos National Laboratory 

(LANL). The REMC will, to the extent 

feasible, stay informed of DOE EM–LA 

and LANL’s environmental restoration 

and long-term environmental 

stewardship programs and plans. The 

REMC will also work with the 

NNMCAB COC to provide DOE EM–LA 

and LANL with the public’s desires in 

determining cleanup priorities. The 

REMC will prepare recommendations 

that represent to the best of committee’s 

knowledge and ability to determine, the 

public’s position on human and 

ecological health risk issues pertaining 

to direct radiation or contaminant 

exposure to soils, air, surface and 

groundwater quality, or the agricultural 

and ecological environment. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Approval of Agenda 

• Old Business 

• New Business 

• Preparation of NNMCAB Work Plan 

• Public Comment Period 

• Update from Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer 

Public Participation: The online 

virtual meeting is open to the public. To 

sign up for public comment, please 

contact Menice Santistevan by email, 

Menice.Santistevan@em.doe.gov, no 

later than 5:00 p.m. MT on Friday, 

February 11, 2022. Written statements 

may be filed with the Committees either 

before or within five days after the 

meeting by sending them to Menice 

Santistevan at the aforementioned email 

address. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

emailing or calling Menice Santistevan 

at the email address or telephone 

number listed above. Minutes and other 

Board documents are on the internet at: 

https://energy.gov/em/nnmcab/meetingmaterials. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 12, 

2022. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00903 Filed 1–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: January 20, 2022, 10 a.m. 

PLACE: Open to the public via audio 

Webcast only. Join FERC online to listen 

live at http://ferc.capitolconnection. 

org/. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. 

* Note—Items listed on the agenda 

may be deleted without further notice. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone 

(202) 502–8400. 

For a recorded message listing items 

struck from or added to the meeting, call 

(202) 502–8627. 

This is a list of matters to be 

considered by the Commission. It does 

not include a listing of all documents 

relevant to the items on the agenda. All 

public documents, however, may be 

viewed on line at the Commission’s 

website at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search using the eLibrary link. 

1086TH—MEETING

[Open Meeting; January 20, 2022, 10 a.m.] 

Item No. Docket No. Company 

Administrative 

A–1 ........ AD22–1–000 ................................................ Agency Administrative Matters. 

A–2 ........ AD22–2–000 ................................................ Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations. 

Electric 

E–1 ........ RM22–3–000 ............................................... Internal Network Security Monitoring for High and Medium Impact Bulk Electric System 

Cyber Systems. 

E–2 ........ ER19–105–005 ............................................ PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

E–3 ........ ER22–461–000; ER22–462–000 ................ Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. 

E–4 ........ ER22–474–000 ............................................ Talen Energy Marketing, LLC. 

ER22–539–000 ............................................ EF Kenilworth LLC. 

ER22–550–000 ............................................ Chambersburg Energy, LLC. 

ER22–551–000 ............................................ Rockford Power, LLC. 

ER22–552–000 ............................................ Rockford Power II, LLC. 

ER22–553–000 ............................................ Troy Energy, LLC. 

ER22–554–000 ............................................ LSP University Park, LLC. 

ER22–555–000 ............................................ University Park Energy, LLC. 

ER22–681–000 ............................................ Exelon Generation Company, LLC. 


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