[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 59990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20944]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Request for Information on the Availability of New Geothermal 
Electricity in the Salton Sea Area To Serve Regional Federal Load

AGENCY: Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for information.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Management Program Office (FEMP), within 
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), released on its Web site a Request 
for Information (RFI) on the availability of new construction 
geothermal electricity in the Salton Sea area to serve regional federal 
load. The purpose of the RFI is to gather industry input on options 
available to the Federal Government for a potential aggregated power 
purchase of 100-250 MW of new construction geothermal electricity 
generated in the Salton Sea area, within the Riverside and Imperial 
Counties of California, for delivery over a ten-year or twenty-year 
contract period to serve regional Federal load. The RFI can be found at 
www.energy.gov/node/2000486.

DATES: Written comments and information are requested on or before 
September 29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to: 
[email protected]. Include ``August 2016 Geothermal RFI'' in the 
subject of the message.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include ``August 2016 
Geothermal RFI'' in the subject of the message. The notice is available 
at www.energy.gov/node/2000486.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Niro, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Federal Energy Management Program (EE-2L), 1000 Independence Avenue 
SW., Washington, DC 20585; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMP released an RFI to gather information 
on the potential for an aggregated power purchase of 100-250 MW of new 
construction geothermal electricity generated in the Salton Sea area, 
which is located within the Riverside and Imperial Counties of 
California, for delivery over a ten-year or twenty-year contract period 
to serve regional Federal load located in one or more of the Arizona 
counties of: Pima, Pinal, Maricopa, Yuma, La Paz and/or the California 
counties of: Imperial, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and 
Los Angeles. The RFI requests responders to provide information on 
potential new construction geothermal projects in the Salton Sea area 
and to describe details about those options such as whether the power 
would include any associated renewable energy certificates, the optimal 
term for any agreement, and whether transmission, congestion, or 
infrastructure issues might impact projects, among other things. The 
RFI is available on the FEMP Web site at: www.energy.gov/node/2000486.
    FEMP invites all interested parties to submit in writing by 
September 29, 2016, comments and information on matters addressed in 
the notice.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2016.
Timothy D. Unruh,
Program Director, Federal Energy Management Program, Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-20944 Filed 8-30-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P