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GRAY, JASON K. 

GREEN, A. BIANCA 

HAIRFIELD, JAMES M. 

HALL, LINDA W. 

HOLIFIELD, JONATHAN 

HURT, JOHN W. III 

JACKSON, CANDICE E. 

KARVONIDES, MARIA 

KEAN, LARRY G. 

KISSEL, ADAM H. 

KOEPPEL, DENNIS P. 

LEE, EBONY L. 

LUCAS, RICHARD J. 

LUCZAK, RONALD J. 

MAESTRI, PHILIP A. 

MAHAFFIE, LYNN B. 

MALAWER, HILARY E. 

MANNING, JAMES F. 

MCDONALD, WALTER C. 

MCFADDEN, ELIZABETH A. 

MCLAUGHLIN, MAUREEN A. 

MENASHI, STEVEN J. 

MILLER, DANIEL J. 

NAVARRO, ERICA M. 

PENDLETON, AUDREY J. 

PEPIN, ANDREW, J. 

RAMIREZ, LISA 

RICHEY, KIMBERLY 

RIDDLE, PAUL N. 

ROBISON, GREGORY 

ROSENFELT, PHILIP H. 

RYDER, RUTH E. 

SANTY, ROSS JR. 

SASSER, TRACEY L. 

SCOTT, JANET D. 

SIMMONS, LEE-DOUGLASS R. 

SIMPSON, DANIEL J. 

SMITH, KATHLEEN A. 

SOLTIS, TIMOTHY F. 

ST. PIERRE, TRACEY L. 

STRACKE, LINDA A. 

STYLES, KATHLEEN M. 

THOMAS, MILTON L. JR. 

VENABLE, JOSHUA J. 

VIANA, JOSE A. 

WASHINGTON, MARK R. 

WILBANKS, LINDA R. 

WILLS, RANDOLPH E. 

WOOD, GARY H. 

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Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19673 Filed 9–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Costs and Benefits of Net Energy 

Metering: Request for Information 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and 

Systems Analysis, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Congress has 

directed the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE or Department), as part of the Grid 

Modernization Initiative, to conduct a 

study of the cost and benefit 

considerations of net metering to 

utilities (utility business perspective), 

ratepayers (consumer perspective), and 

the electrical grid (technical/operational 

perspective). There have been numerous 

studies assessing the impacts of net 

metering in states across the United 

States. As part of this study, DOE seeks 

stakeholder input on existing studies 

(2012–present) assessing the costs and 

benefits of net metering, and the 

availability of data that can be used in 

conducting such studies. DOE expects 

to use this input to help inform its 

report to Congress. 

DATES: Public comments are due on or 

before October 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments 

electronically identified by docket 

number EERE–2017–OT–0056 to 

[2017EnergyMetering0056@ee.doe.gov]. 

Your response should be limited to 8 

pages. 

Email: [2017EnergyMetering0056@

ee.doe.gov]. Include EERE–2017–OT– 

0056 in the subject line of the message. 

Comments, data, and other information 

submitted to DOE electronically should 

be provided in PDF, Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file 

format. Provide documents that are not 

secured, are written in English, and are 

free of any defects or viruses. 

Documents should not contain special 

characters or any form of encryption 

and, if possible, they should carry the 

electronic signature of the author. 

Or Mail to: U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Mailstop EP–60, Office of Energy Policy 

and Systems Analysis, Net Metering 

Comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov, 

including Federal Register notices, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials (search EERE– 

2017–OT–0056). 

The docket Web page can be found at: 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=EERE-2017-OT-0056. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kate Marks, EPSA, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Policy and 

Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121. Telephone: (202) 586–9842, 

Email: Kate.Marks@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE seeks 

stakeholder input on information or 

existing studies (2012–present) 

assessing the costs and benefits 

involved in net energy metering (NEM), 

and the availability of data that can be 

used in conducting such studies. DOE 

expects to use this input to help inform 

its report on net metering cost-benefit 

analyses. 

DOE is interested in several specific 

types of information related to NEM 

cost-benefit studies, including: 

1. Motivations and the policy context 

for conducting NEM cost-benefit 

studies, including the role of costbenefit analysis in driving policy 

decisions around NEM and related 

policies; descriptions of other 

considerations for policymakers 

considering NEM and related policies. 

2. Categories of costs and benefits— 

describe relevant categories of costs and 

benefits and reasons for inclusion or 

exclusion of these categories in NEM 

studies. 

3. Methodological issues—identify 

key methodological elements that can 

vary significantly when quantifying 

factors considered in the benefit-cost 

analysis. Key drivers that might be 

considered include, but are not limited 

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to, local policy objectives and local 

electricity system fundamentals. 

4. Fundamental drivers and 

underlying market conditions—identify 

key drivers that establish the context for 

the values and cause differing outcomes 

among studies of cost/benefit results in 

a particular category, such as differing 

levels of excess generation capacity, 

transmission, or distribution system 

capacity, projected demand growth, 

level of penetration and location of 

distributed generation, retail prices, etc. 

5. Are there specific emerging issues 

related to net metering cost-benefit 

analyses that are improving or 

complicating the application of benefitcost analysis? 

The following items are considered 

out of scope of the report and 

information on these items should not 

be included in the responses: 

1. Costs and benefits of distributed 

solar generation beyond distributed 

solar’s impact on net metering; 

2. Indirect cost/benefits (e.g., societal 

impacts, network effects) that go beyond 

what is included in existing analyses; 

3. Recommendations on 

a. How to conduct cost/benefit 

analysis, 

b. NEM design options, 

c. Transitions to alternative forms of 

compensation. 

All interested parties are invited to 

submit in writing by the date specified 

in the DATES section of this RFI, 

comments and information on all 

elements listed in this SUPPLEMENTARY

section. Please submit comments only 

and cite docket number EERE–2017– 

OT–0056, in all correspondence related 

to this case. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

Do not submit to the RFI information 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute, such as trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

(hereinafter referred to as Confidential 

Business Information (CBI)). Comments 

submitted to the RFI email address 

cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments 

received through the RFI address will 

waive any CBI claims for the 

information submitted. DOE plans to 

publish all information received in 

response to this RFI. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

12, 2017. 

Sean Cunningham, 

Director, Office of Energy Policy and Systems 

Analysis, U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19647 Filed 9–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–481–000] 

DCP Operating Company, LP; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Mewbourn 3 Residue East Pipeline, 

and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Mewbourn 3 Residue East Pipeline 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities by DCP Operating Company, 

LP (DCP) in Weld County, Colorado. 

The Commission will use this EA in its 

decision-making process to determine 

whether the project is in the public 

convenience and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the project. 

You can make a difference by providing 

us with your specific comments or 

concerns about the project. Your 

comments should focus on the potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. Your 

input will help the Commission staff 

determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your 

comments are timely and properly 

recorded, please send your comments so 

that the Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before October 6, 

2017. 

If you sent comments on this project 

to the Commission before the opening of 

this docket on August 2, 2017, you will 

need to file those comments in Docket 

No. CP17–481–000 to ensure they are 

considered as part of this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the Commission 

approves the project, that approval 

conveys with it the right of eminent 

domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with state 

law. 

DCP provided landowners with a fact 

sheet prepared by the FERC entitled 

‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On 

My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’ 

This fact sheet addresses a number of 

typically asked questions, including the 

use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. It is also available for 

viewing on the FERC Web site 

(www.ferc.gov). 

Public Participation 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has expert staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. This is an easy 

method for submitting brief, text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. With eFiling, 

you can provide comments in a variety 

of formats by attaching them as a file 

with your submission. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a 

comment on a particular project, please 

select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the 

filing type; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address. Be sure to reference 

the project docket number (CP17–481– 

000) with your submission: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

DCP proposes to construct and 

operate 8.4 miles of new 20-inchdiameter pipeline in Weld County, 

Colorado. The Mewbourn 3 Residue 

East Pipeline Project would provide 

about 253,000 dekatherms of natural gas 

per day to an interconnect with 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company 

L.L.C.’s High Plains System. According 

to DCP, its project would transport 

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