[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22008]


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[Federal Register: September 7, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Financial Assistance for Utility Battery Storage Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Award a Noncompetitive Financial 
Assistance.

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SUMMARY: The Albuquerque Operations Office (AL), pursuant to 10 CFR 
600.7(b)(2), intends to award, on a noncompetitive basis, a cooperative 
agreement to Omnion Power Engineering Corporation of East Troy, 
Wisconsin.

DATES: Award to be effective September 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Address comments to the attention of Erwin E. Fragua, Department of 
Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, P.O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 
87185-5400 (505) 845-6442.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose to be served by this award is to 
advance the Department's goal of cooperating with the electric utility 
and manufacturing industries to develop battery storage systems as an 
economically attractive utility resources option by the end of this 
decade. Battery energy storage can help utilities address: increased 
competition with respect to electricity supply, greater required energy 
efficiency, and more restrictive environmental regulations by 
improving: cost-effectiveness, reliability, and power quality, and by 
reducing the environmental impact of electricity generation and 
distribution. The particular significance of the development to be 
funded is a demonstrable battery storage system that can be evaluated 
and tested by an electric utility. It is anticipated that the cost-
shared cooperative agreement will be funded annually for a total 
project period of two years. The government's funding of this 
cooperative agreement is subject to the availability of funds.
    This noncompetitive action is based on continuation of this program 
which is presently funded by the DOE and for which competition for 
support would have a significant adverse effect on continuity or 
completion of the program.

    Issued in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on August 12, 1994.
Richard A. Marquez,
Assistant Manager for Management and Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-22008 Filed 9-6-94; 8:45 am]
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