[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 57349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24163]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Power Transformer Reserve

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

ACTION: Request for Information; re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 9, 2015, the Department of Energy (DOE) published in 
the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the 
policy development related to the possible establishment of a national 
reserve of power transformers that support the bulk power grid and 
requested public comment by August 24, 2015. DOE is re-opening the 
original public comment period for this RFI.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI published July 9, 2015 is re-
opened. Written comments must be received on or before October 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted by any of the following methods 
and must be identified by ``Transformer Reserve''. By the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. By email: [email protected], and include 
``Transformer Reserve'' in the subject line of the message. By mail: 
Alice Lippert, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-078, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Alice Lippert, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U. S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 at 
[email protected], or by email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 2015, the DOE published a request 
for information in the Federal Register (80 FR 39422). DOE is seeking 
comments and information from interested parties to inform its policy 
development related to the possible establishment of a national reserve 
of power transformers that support the bulk power grid. The focus of 
the RFI is on the design and implementation of a National Power 
Transformer Reserve Program.
    The July 9 notice requested comments and information from 
interested parties to inform its policy development related to the 
possible establishment of a national reserve of power transformers that 
support the bulk power grid by August 24, 2015. DOE is re-opening the 
comment period to allow additional time for more substantive comment on 
the significant questions to which DOE is seeking response.
    DOE believes that re-opening the comment period to allow additional 
time for interested parties to submit comments is appropriate. 
Therefore, DOE is re-opening the comment period to provide interested 
parties additional time to prepare and submit comments and will 
consider any comments received by the new closing date. All comments 
received between the original August 24 closing date and the new 
closing date are considered timely filed, so people who submitted late 
comments during the original comment period do not need to re-submit 
comments.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2015.
Liz Dalton,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2015-24163 Filed 9-22-15; 8:45 am]
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