32030 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Notices 

Dated: June 11, 2021. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12664 Filed 6–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to 

extend for three years, an information 

collection request with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before August 16, 

2021. If you anticipate any difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Jennifer Kropke, Director of 

Energy Jobs, Office of Energy Jobs, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–1615, or by email at 

Jennifer.Kropke@doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Kropke, Director of Energy Jobs, 

Office Energy Jobs, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585–1615, or by 

telephone at (240) 255–8283 and email 

at Jennifer.Kropke@doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5179; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Titled: Data Collection for the U.S. 

Energy Employment Report; 

(3) Type of Review: Reinstatement; 

(4) Purpose: The rapidly changing 

nature of energy production, 

distribution, and consumption 

throughout the U.S. economy is having 

a dramatic impact on job creation and 

economic competitiveness, but is 

inadequately understood and, in some 

sectors, incompletely measured by 

traditional labor market sources. The 

U.S. Energy and Employment Report 

Survey will collect data from businesses 

in in-scope industries, quantifying and 

qualifying employment among energy 

activities, workforce demographics and 

the industry’s perception on the 

difficulty of recruiting qualified 

workers. The data will be used to 

generate an annual U.S. Energy and 

Employment Report; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 30,000; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 30,000; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 6,750; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. 

Statutory Authority: Sec. 301 of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

U.S.C. 7151); sec. 5 of the Federal Energy 

Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 764); 

and sec. 103 of the Energy Reorganization 

Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5813). 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on June 10, 2021, by 

Carla Frisch, Director of the Office of 

Policy, 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 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 June 11, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12618 Filed 6–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

on Integrating Electric Vehicles Onto 

the Electric Grid 

AGENCY: Vehicle Technologies Office, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its Request for Information (RFI) 

number DE–FOA–0002528 regarding the 

Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable 

Energy’s (EERE) and Office of 

Electricity’s (OE) Request for 

Information on Integrating Electric 

Vehicles onto the Electric Grid. The 

purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback 

from industry, academia, research 

laboratories, government agencies, and 

other stakeholders on issues related to 

integrating electric vehicles onto the 

grid. EERE and OE are specifically 

interested in information directed at the 

report requirements as listed in Section 

137 of the Energy Act of 2020. 

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be 

received by July 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to 

submit comments electronically to 

VTO@ee.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Vehicle to 

Grid RFI’’ in the subject line of the 

email. Responses must be provided as 

attachments to an email. Only electronic 

responses will be accepted. The 

complete RFI document is located at 

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be addressed to VTO@

ee.doe.gov or to Lee Slezak at 202–586– 

2335. Further instruction can be found 

in the RFI document posted on EERE 

Exchange at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback 

from industry, academia, research 

laboratories, government agencies, and 

other stakeholders on issues related to 

integrating electric vehicles onto the 

grid. DOE is specifically interested in 

information directed at the report 

requirements as listed in Section 137 of 

the Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116– 

260). Feedback is requested in the 

following categories outlined in the RFI: 

(1) Evaluation of the use of electric 

vehicles to maintain the reliability of 

the electric grid, (2) impact of grid 

integration on electric vehicles, (3) 

impacts to the electric grid of increased 

penetration of electric vehicles, (4) 

technology needed to achieve bidirectional power flow on the 


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