[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 140 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40036-40037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15836]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Supporting Energy 
Savings Performance Contracting in the Public Sector

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 21EE000682 regarding 
supporting Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) in the public 
sector. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), 
Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office (WIP), seeks 
information from the public and nonprofit organizations that have the 
expertise to support energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) in 
the municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals (MUSH) market. 
The desired outcome of this request is to enhance how MUSH market 
stakeholders can use ESPC to maximize energy and cost savings, local 
economies, and workforce development.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. 
EST on August 25, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. Include ``Supporting Energy Savings 
Performance Contracting in the Public Sector'' in the subject of the 
title. Only electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI 
document is located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to Alice 
Dasek at [email protected] or 202-308-0894. Further instruction 
can be found in the RFI document posted on EERE Exchange.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 
feedback from the public and nonprofits that have deep expertise in 
ESPC in the MUSH market, with solutions for the technical, contractual, 
and financial barriers to achieving verified savings from ESPC. EERE is 
specifically interested in such organizations' capacity, ability, 
experience, and best practices for working with state energy offices 
and other state and local government ESPC practitioners to design and 
implement ESPC in their respective states; documenting MUSH-market ESPC 
state program needs and current projects; facilitating MUSH market peer 
exchange opportunities; and providing technical assistance to build 
state ESPC frameworks. Respondents may describe documented expertise in 
the field across the country, experience leading or executing ESPC 
projects in the MUSH market (including all relevant technical, 
financial, and contractual expertise), and established network 
connections with ESPC practitioners in the MUSH market. This is solely 
a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement 
(FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.
    Confidential Business Information: According 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. DOE will make 
its own determination about the confidential status of the information 
and treat it according to its determination.
    It is DOE's policy that all comments may be included in the public 
docket, without change and as received, including any personal 
information provided in the comments (except information deemed to be 
exempt from public disclosure).
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on June 21, 2021, by Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority from 
the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and 
date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in 
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register

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Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in 
electronic format for publication, as an official document of the 
Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the 
legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-15836 Filed 7-23-21; 8:45 am]
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