[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10577-10578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4242]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the reestablished 
Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC). The Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these 
meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, March 10, 2011; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 4301 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Meyer, Office of Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal 
Building, Room 8G-024, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585; Telephone: (202) 586-8118 or E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Committee: The Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC) 
was re-established in August 2010 to provide advice to the U.S. 
Department of Energy in implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and related statutes, as 
well as modernizing the nation's electricity delivery infrastructure.
    Tentative Agenda: The meeting of the Electricity Advisory Committee 
is expected to include discussion of the activities of the Energy 
Storage Technologies Subcommittee, the Smart Grid Subcommittee, the 
Environmental Regulations and Reliability Working Group, and a 
discussion of potential study topics for consideration by the EAC, as 
requested by the DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
    A draft agenda of the EAC meeting is available on the Committee Web 
site at: http://www.oe.energy.gov/eac.htm. The meeting agenda may 
change to accommodate Committee business. For EAC agenda updates, see 
the Committee Web site.
    Public Participation: The EAC welcomes the attendance of the public 
at its advisory committee meetings. Individuals who wish to offer 
public comments at the EAC meeting may do so on the day of the meeting, 
Thursday, March 10, 2011. Approximately one-half hour will be reserved 
for public comments. Time allotted per speaker will depend on the 
number who wish to speak but is not expected to exceed three minutes. 
Anyone who is not able to attend the meeting, or for whom the allotted 
public comments time is insufficient to address pertinent issues with 
the EAC, is invited to send a written statement to Mr. David Meyer.
    You may submit comments, identified by ``Electricity Advisory 
Committee Open Meeting'', by any of the following methods:
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: David Meyer, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 8G-024, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``Electricity 
Advisory Committee Open Meeting'' in the subject line of the message.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and identifier. All comments received will be posted without change to 
http://www.oe.energy.gov/eac.htm, including any personal information 
provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket, to read background documents or

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comments received, go to http://www.oe.energy.gov/eac.htm.
    The following electronic file formats are acceptable: Microsoft 
Word (.doc), Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text 
Format (.rtf), plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), and Microsoft 
PowerPoint (.ppt). If you submit information that you believe to be 
exempt by law from public disclosure, you must submit one complete 
copy, as well as one copy from which the information claimed to be 
exempt by law from public disclosure has been deleted. You must also 
explain the reasons why you believe the deleted information is exempt 
from disclosure. DOE is responsible for the final determination 
concerning disclosure or nondisclosure of the information and for 
treating it in accordance with the DOE's Freedom of Information 
regulations (10 CFR 1004.11).

    Note:  Delivery of the U.S. Postal Service mail to DOE continues 
to be delayed by several weeks due to security screening. DOE 
therefore encourages those wishing to comment to submit comments 
electronically by e-mail. If comments are submitted by regular mail, 
the Department requests that they be accompanied by a CD or diskette 
containing electronic files of the submission.

    Minutes: The minutes of the EAC meeting will be posted on the 
Committee Web site at http://www.oe.energy.gov/eac.htm or by contacting 
Mr. David Meyer at the address above.

    Issued at Washington, DC on February 18, 2011.
LaTanya Butler,
Acting Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-4242 Filed 2-24-11; 8:45 am]
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