[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08773]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Availability of Guidance for the First Award Period of 
the Civil Nuclear Credit Program

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) 
announces the availability of the Guidance for the Civil Nuclear Credit 
(CNC) Program authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (IIJA). The Department is issuing this NOA to provide notification 
of the issuance of the U.S. Department of Energy Guidance for the Civil 
Nuclear Credit Program covering the first award period Guidance on 
SAM.gov and on the CNC Program website. This Guidance describes the 
timelines, deliverables, and other requirements for owners or operators 
of nuclear reactors that are projected to cease operations due to 
economic factors to submit certification applications to become 
certified nuclear reactors, and instructions on formulating and 
submitting sealed bids to receive credit allocations.

DATES: DOE invites eligible nuclear reactors operating in a competitive 
market that project the imminent cession of operations due to economic 
factors, to submit certification applications and sealed bids for 
credits starting on April 19, 2022, at SAM.gov. The last date for which 
certification applications and sealed bids will be received is May 19, 
2022. DOE will announce conditional awards thereafter in accordance 
with the Guidance.

ADDRESSES: Please see the Guidance posting at https://sam.gov/opp/09bd4b8d0afd4377aa722e4ab27d67be/view for contact information relating 
to certification applications and sealed bids. For information relating 
to the CNC Program, including a copy of the Guidance, please see 
https://www.energy.gov/ne/civil-nuclear-credit-program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information regarding the CNC 
Program Guidance please contact Suzette Olsen, (208) 526-7385, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The IIJA created the CNC Program to provide up to $6 billion to 
award support in the form of credits to certified nuclear reactors 
operating in a competitive market that are projected to cease 
operations due to economic factors. DOE published in the Federal 
Register, a Notice of Intent and Request for Information regarding the 
establishment of a Civil Nuclear Credit Program on February 15, 2022, 
to solicit public input into the CNC Program design. 87 FR 8570. The 
Department used the responses to help inform its approach in creating 
the Guidance. The Guidance describes the CNC Program, program 
eligibility, certification criteria and bid submissions requirements 
for the first certification and bidding process. For the first credit 
auction, DOE has narrowed the field of eligible reactors to those 
reactors operating in a competitive market that are projected to 
imminently cease operations due to economic factors.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 20, 
2022, by Patricia A. Hoffman, Acting Director, Grid Deployment Office, 
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 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 April 20, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-08773 Filed 4-22-22; 8:45 am]
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