[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10513-10514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04071]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Electricity Advisory Committee

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 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: Wednesday, March 12, 2014: 12:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. (EST), Thursday, 
March 13, 2014; 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (EST).

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 8G-017, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 586-1060 or Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Committee: The Electricity 
Advisory Committee (EAC) was re-established in July 2010, in accordance 
with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 
amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 2, to provide advice to the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) in implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, executing 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and modernizing the 
nation's electricity delivery infrastructure. The EAC is composed of 
individuals of diverse backgrounds selected for their technical 
expertise and experience, established records of distinguished 
professional service, and their knowledge of issues that pertain to 
electricity.
    Tentative Agenda: The meeting of the EAC is expected to include 
discussion of the activities of the Energy Storage Technologies 
Subcommittee, the Smart Grid Subcommittee, and the Transmission 
Subcommittee, as well as discussions of distributed resource 
integration and lessons for grid resilience.

Tentative Agenda: March 12, 2014

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EAC Leadership Committee Meeting
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration and Public Sign-up for comments on 
Day 2
1:00 p.m.-1:10 p.m. Welcome and Developments since the June 2013 
Meeting
1:10 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Update on DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability (OE) 2014 Programs and Initiatives
1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Keynote: Melanie Kenderdine, Energy Counselor to 
the Secretary of Energy
2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m. Panel--Distributed Resource Integration
3:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m. EAC Member Discussion--Distributed Resource 
Integration Issues
4:10 p.m.-4:20 p.m. Break
4:20 p.m.-5:10 p.m. EAC Smart Grid Subcommittee Paper and Plans
5:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EAC Member Discussion of Smart Grid Subcommittee 
Plans
5:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjourn Day One of EAC Meeting

Tentative Agenda: March 13, 2014

8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Panel--Post-Sandy: Lessons for Grid Resilience
9:20 a.m.-9:40 a.m. EAC Discussion of Storm Panel Topics
9:40 a.m.-10:30 a.m. EAC Transmission Subcommittee Activities and Plan
10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. EAC Member Discussion of Transmission 
Subcommittee Plans
10:50 a.m.-11:10 a.m. Break
11:10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. DOE Energy Storage Program Update
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. EAC Storage Subcommittee Activities and Plan
12:20 p.m.-1:40 p.m. Lunch on your own (Local Restaurants)
1:40 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EAC Discussion and Decision on Storage Subcommittee 
Plans and Recommendations
2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Public Comments (Must register to comment at time 
of check-in)
2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Wrap Up and Adjourn EAC Meeting
The meeting agenda may change to accommodate EAC business. For EAC 
agenda updates, see the EAC Web site at: http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac.

    Public Participation: The EAC welcomes the attendance of the public 
at its meetings. Individuals who wish to offer public comments at the 
EAC meeting may do so on Thursday, March 13, 2014, but must register at 
the registration table in advance. Approximately 15 minutes 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. 
Matthew Rosenbaum.
    You may submit comments, identified by ``Electricity Advisory 
Committee Open Meeting'', by any of the following methods:
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Matthew Rosenbaum, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 8G- 017, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585.
     Email: [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://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac, including any personal 
information provided.
     Docket: For access to the docket, to read background 
documents or comments received, go to http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
    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 may be 
delayed by several weeks due to security screening. DOE, therefore, 
encourages those wishing to comment to submit comments 
electronically by email. 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 EAC 
Web page at http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity-advisory-committee-eac. They can also be obtained by contacting Mr. Matthew 
Rosenbaum at the address above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2014.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-04071 Filed 2-24-14; 8:45 am]
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