[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14836-14837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05310]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 5, 2013, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc. 
(``MSGIP 2.0'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: American Association for Laboratory Accreditation 
(A2LA), Frederick, MD; American Electric Power, Columbus, OH; Arizona 
Public Service Company, Phoenix, AZ; Association of Home Appliance 
Manufacturers, Washington, DC; Battelle Pacific Northwest Lab, 
Richland, WA; California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, 
CA; Clevest Solutions, Inc., Richmond, British Columbia, CANADA; 
Climate Talk Alliance, San Ramon, CA; Florida Power & Light Company, 
Juno Beach, FL; Utilities Telecom Council, Inc., Washington, DC; WiMAX 
Forum, Solana Beach, CA; Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; 
SunSpec Alliance, Scotts Valley, CA; Tendril, Boulder, CO; Ameren 
Services, St. Louis, MO; CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, Houston, 
TX; New York Independent System Operator, Inc., Rensselaer, NY; 
American Council of Independent Laboratories, Washington, DC; Lakeview 
Consulting Group, Morgan Hill, CA; Grid2Home, Inc., San Diego, CA; 
Homegrid Forum, Beaverton, OR; Japan Smart Community Alliance, Kawasaki 
City, Kanagawa, JAPAN; Southern Company Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL; 
Systems Integration Specialists Company, Inc. (SISCO), Sterling 
Heights, MI; National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), 
Arlington, VA; PJM Interconnection, Norristown, PA; Landis+Gyr 
Technology, Inc., Alpharetta, GA; DTE Energy, Detroit, MI; Eaton 
Corporation, Arden, NC; Buford Goff & Associates, Inc., Columbia, SC; 
FirstEnergy Service

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Company, Akron, OH; Home, Building & Utility Systems, Stoneham, MA; 
Kottage Industries LLC, Worthington, OH; National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD; New York State 
Department of Public Service, Albany, NY; PPL Corporation, Allentown, 
PA; Southern California Edison, Westminster, CA; Wedin Communications, 
Plymouth, MN; Zigbee Alliance, Inc., San Ramon, CA; ZIV USA INC., 
Rolling Meadows, IL; Portland General Electric Company, Portland, OR; 
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA; Schneider 
Electric, Norcross, GA; Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR; 
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, CA; Edison Electric 
Institute (EEI), Washington, DC; ISO New England, Holyoke, MA; Cooper 
Power Systems, LLC, Waukesha, WI; Drummond Group, Inc., Maumelle, AR; 
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Austin, TX; Helikon.net, 
Washington, DC; Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions, Golden 
Valley, MN; National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), 
Rosslyn, VA; Alliant Energy, Madison, WI; Michigan Public Service 
Commission, Lansing, MI; Navigant Consulting, Boulder, CO; Coordinated 
Science Laboratory--University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; EnerNex LLC, 
Knoxville, TN; Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA; MobiComm Communications, 
The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS; Power Systems Engineering Research Center 
(PSERC), Tempe, AZ; Samsung Telecommunications America, Richardson, TX; 
EnerNOC, Inc., Boston, MA; Exelon Corporation, Chicago, IL; Kalki 
Communications Technologies Private Limited (KALKITECH), HSR Layout, 
Bangalore, INDIA; Energy Information Standards Alliance (EIS Alliance), 
Morgan Hill, CA; India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), Chanakyapuri, New 
Dehli, INDIA; Oncor Electric Delivery, Dallas, TX; Pepco Holdings, 
Inc., Washington, DC; California Independent System Operator 
Corporation, Folsom, CA; Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA; 
EnerTech, Inc., Conshohocken, PA; Calm Sunrise Consulting, LLC, 
Woodbury, MN; CNT Energy, Chicago, IL; HomePlug Powerline Alliance, 
Inc., Lake Oswego, OR; Hypertek, Inc., North Potomac, MD; Milenthal-
DelGrosso, Columbus, OH; ThinkSmartGrid, Chicago, IL; UPnP Forum, 
Beaverton, OR; Valley View Corporation, Rockville, MD; ASHRAE, Atlanta, 
GA; Consumer Electronics Association, Arlington, VA; Cornice 
Engineering, Inc., Grand Canyon, AZ; General Electric Company, Atlanta, 
GA; iWire365, Garland, TX; Sustainable Resources Management, Toronto, 
Ontario, CANADA; American Public Power Association (APPA), Washington, 
DC; Newport Consulting Group, Newport Beach, CA; Silver Spring 
Networks, Redwood City, CA; Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, 
Cambridge, MA; Johnson Controls, Inc., Milwaukee, WI; and NXEGEN LLC, 
Middletown, CT. The general area of MSGIP 2.0's planned activity is to 
continue the work of the unincorporated SmartGrid Interoperability 
Panel, by supporting the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
in fulfilling its responsibilities pursuant to the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007, including but not limited to by (a) Providing 
technical guidance and coordination to help facilitate standards 
development for smart grid interoperability; (b) identifying and 
specifying testing and certification requirements, including provision 
of the underlying rationale to assess achievement of interoperability 
using smart grid standards; (c) informing and educating smart grid 
industry stakeholders regarding smart grid interoperability and related 
benefits; (d) liaising with similar organizations in other countries to 
help establish global smart grid interoperability alignment; and (e) 
undertaking such other activities as may from time to time be 
appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals set forth 
above.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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