[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 61 (Monday, March 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17569-17570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06553]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on the Building 
Technologies Office's Draft Connected Communities Funding Opportunity 
Announcement (DE-FOA-0002291)

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002291 regarding the 
Building Technologies Office's (BTO) Draft Connected Communities 
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
    This RFI pertains to a draft Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 
planned to be issued by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy, Building Technologies Office in collaboration with the Vehicle 
Technologies Office (VTO), Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and 
the Office of Electricity (OE) on Connected Communities of Grid-
interactive Efficient Buildings. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 
feedback from utilities, industry, academia, research laboratories, 
government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to Grid-
interactive Efficient Buildings in Connected Communities. EERE is

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specifically interested in information on the draft Connected 
Communities FOA goals and design.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by 5:00pm (ET) on Tuesday, 
May 12, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. Include Connected Communities in the subject of 
the title. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. Only 
electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is 
located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Question may be addressed to 
[email protected], or Dale Hoffmeyer, (202)-586-8163, 
[email protected]. Further instruction can be found in the RFI 
document posted on EERE Exchange.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goal of this potential FOA is to 
demonstrate, through regional pilots, the ability of groups of 
efficient buildings to provide additive benefits to the electricity 
system including peak demand reduction, reduced capacity and energy 
needs, and other grid services through demand flexibility. This 
includes the ability to reduce, shift and modulate load or generate 
energy in both existing and new communities across diverse climates, 
geographies, building types and grid/regulatory structures, while 
maintaining (if not enhancing) occupant satisfaction and productivity. 
Connected communities builds on BTO's current Grid-interactive 
Efficient Buildings (GEB) research initiative: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/grid-interactive-efficient-buildings. DOE is seeking 
input from the public regarding the designs and goals of the potential 
FOA, including items such as: technical requirements; funding and cost 
share requirements; period of performance requirements; data sharing, 
measurement and validation requirements; and other relevant issues. The 
RFI is available at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

Confidential Business Information

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information that 
he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public 
disclosure should submit via email two well-marked copies: one copy of 
the document marked ``confidential'' including all the information 
believed to be confidential, and one copy of the document marked ``non-
confidential'' with the information believed to be confidential 
deleted. Submit these documents via email. DOE will make its own 
determination about the confidential status of the information and 
treat it according to its determination.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2020.
David Nemtzow,
Director, Building Technologies Office.
[FR Doc. 2020-06553 Filed 3-27-20; 8:45 am]
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