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Michael Rivest Subject: Announcement of Membership of Transformer Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Schedule

Members of the distribution transformer rulemaking community:

I am writing to notify you informally of the membership of the negotiated rulemaking committee for liquid immersed and medium voltage dry type distribution transformers. A formal notification will be forthcoming shortly in the Fe deral Register. The list of principals and

alternates is attached to this email, along with their contact info rmation. The selection was made by DOE and myself based upon nominations submitted in response to the July 29 Federal Register call for nominations, conve rsations with you all and, most of all, careful consideration of the goal of the process: achieving broad consen sus on an optimal set of efficiency standards for medium voltage distribution transforme rs and doing so on a tight timetable.

The choice was not easy -- there were over 40 very highly qualified nominees for only 25 legally-available slots. Our goa l was to assemble a broad and balanced array of interests, expertise and perspective that will help ensure th at the proposed rule we come up with is legally and economically justified, technically sound, fair to all stakeholders, and in the public interest.

I welcome the principals and alternates to the ta ble, and I look forward to working with you. But I also want to emphasize that, while only prin cipals can vote, everyone is welcome to attend our meetings, to ask questions, to speak, and to submit written comments. I commit to doing my

best as facilitator to ensure that all voices ar e heard and all arguments c onsidered fairly, based on their merit, regardless of where or with whom they originate.

Please inspect the attached tabl e carefully and let me know if any information is omitted or

incorrect.

Our first meeting will be held on Sept. 15-16 (9 am - 5 pm on the 15th, and 9 am - 3 pm on the 16th) at DOE HQ in Washington, DC. It will be devoted to launching and setting the agenda for negotiations on liquid-immersed and medium-voltage dry type (her eafter "MV") transformers. A more detailed agenda will be forthcoming shor tly. FYI, the Low Voltage committee is not yet formed (nomination process closes on Aug. 29), and so will start up a little later. We are scheduling the initial (launch) meeting on low-voltage transformers for Sept 27-28.We still have not locked in firm dates for meetings after that. I apologize for the delay -- we are having some difficulty arranging conference rooms. But I will try to get you a schedule for the rest of the fall negotiatio ns early next week.

The general plan, though, is to schedule medium vo ltage and low voltage talk s separately (for the

benefit of those with interests in only one or the other), but adjacent to each other (for the benefit of those interested in both), w ith both talks aiming at a produci ng a consensus "term sheet" going to DOE by the end of the calendar year, with th e NOPR to emerge by the end of January 2012. After the September meetings, meetings will be held at monthly intervals at specific dates to be determined by the end of next week, though, depending on our progress, we may need to schedule an additional meeting later in the Fall. We will allot 1.5 days for medium-voltage (e.g. Wed. am to Thursday noon) and 1.5 days for low-vol tage (Thursday at 2 till Friday at 5).

Our latest word is that the LBNL analysis for both medium and low voltage will be available for inspection on Sept. 7.

Again, welcome to all -- to both those at the tabl e, and those contributing from the wings. Please

feel free to call me at 202-258-2617 or email me at richardparkerdc@gmail.com if you have questions, concerns or suggestions. I look forward to working with you all,

Best wishes,

Richard Parker

Facilitator