[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40515-40516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14444]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Hydropower 
Incentive Programs Development

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public input for 
its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002762 regarding 
issues related to the development of hydroelectric incentive programs 
authorized under sections 243 and 247 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
as amended by sections 40332 and 40333 of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act. DOE's Grid Deployment Office (GDO) welcomes written and 
verbal input from the public on the subjects identified in this RFI to 
support the development of future hydroelectric incentive programs.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. 
EDT on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. In lieu of or in addition to providing electronic

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responses to this RFI, respondents may request a 30-minute individual 
unrecorded discussion with a DOE staff member regarding the content of 
their responses to the RFI questions. When submitting electronic 
responses, include with subject line ``Organization/Name: Response to 
RFI on Hydropower Incentives Program''. Only electronic responses or 
verbal responses through a scheduled 30-minute individual discussion 
will be accepted. The complete RFI is located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.
    DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Tuesday, August 9, 
2022. For webinar registration information, participant instructions, 
and information about the capabilities available to webinar 
participants, please visit https://bit.ly/RFI_HydroIncentiveProgram.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to Corey 
Vezina, email at [email protected] or phone number (240) 562-
1382. 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 industry, tribes, government agencies, state and local 
coalitions, academia, research laboratories, labor unions, community-
based organizations (CBOs), and other stakeholders on definitions, 
program structure, and selection related to the Department's authority 
to provide capital improvement incentives under Sections 243 and 247 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-58) (EPAct 2005). See 42 
U.S.C. 15882 and 15883. This is solely a request for information and 
not a Funding Opportunity Announcement. DOE is not accepting 
applications at this time.
    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, postal mail, or hand delivery 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 or on a CD, if feasible. 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 30, 
2022, by Patricia 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 July 1, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-14444 Filed 7-6-22; 8:45 am]
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