[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19944-19945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06880]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Request for Information--Foundation for Energy Security and 
Innovation (FESI)

AGENCY: Office of Technology Transitions, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Request for information (RFI); reopening of public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a request for information to seek input on how DOE 
stakeholders may engage with the Foundation for Energy Security and 
Innovation (FESI) directly, and how DOE may engage with the FESI and 
communities it will serve. Comments were due by March 27, 2023. In 
response to public request, DOE is re-opening the comment period for 14 
days

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to allow interested parties additional time to provide input.

DATES: The comment period for the request for information, published on 
February 15, 2023 (88 FR 9876), which closed on March 27, 2023, is 
hereby reopened. Responses should be submitted by April 18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected] with the subject line ``FESI RFI Response'' no 
later than April 18, 2023. All responses must be submitted as a 
Microsoft Word document (.doc/.docx) of no more than 5 pages in length, 
with black, Times New Roman, 12 point font, and 1 inch margins as an 
attachment to an email. The document cannot exceed 2MB in size. Only 
electronic responses to the above email address will be accepted. DOE 
will not consider responses submitted by any other means.

    Note: If clicking on the above link gives you an error message, 
you must CUT AND PASTE the URL into your browser to reach the web 
page.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Yamada, (202) 586-2000, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE published a Request for Information 
(RFI) on February 15, 2023, seeking input from the public on how DOE 
stakeholders may engage with the Foundation for Energy Security and 
Innovation (FESI) directly, and how DOE may engage with the FESI and 
communities it will serve (88 FR 9876). In response to public request, 
DOE is re-opening the comment period and will consider any comments 
received by April 18, 2023. In the Request for Information, DOE sought 
information from potential stakeholder groups including, but not 
limited to:
     Philanthropic and non-profit organizations.
     Community stakeholders.
     DOE's National Laboratory foundations.
     Potential investors in companies developing technologies 
aligned with the DOE mission.
     Industry stakeholders, especially those representing 
diverse regions, sectors, and communities.
     Other potential stakeholders or collaborators of FESI.
    Questions seeking input on potential objectives and activities for 
DOE engagement with the FESI:
    1. Which aspects of the DOE mission \1\ and energy technology 
commercialization can you identify as potentially benefitting from 
FESI's involvement?
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    \1\ DOE's mission statement can be found at the following link: 
https://www.energy.gov/mission.
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    2. Once the FESI is established, what mission areas would you 
recommend DOE prioritize working on with the FESI?
    3. In what ways would you recommend DOE seek support of the FESI to 
carry out the mission areas identified?
    4. To assist DOE in understanding and potentially better aligning 
with stakeholder interest, in what ways would you recommend DOE engage 
with organizations to determine what they seek to accomplish?
    5. How would you envision DOE engage with the FESI to:
    a. Better support communities wishing to participate in the energy 
transition?
    b. Better support industry and small businesses wishing to 
participate in the energy transition?
    c. Drive long-term climate and clean energy strategy?
    d. Broaden participation in energy technology development among 
individuals from historically underrepresented groups or regions?
    e. Support the commercialization of energy technologies?
    f. Support workforce development?
    g. Foster collaboration and partnerships with researchers from the 
Federal Government, State governments, institutions of higher 
education, including historically Black colleges or universities, 
Tribal Colleges or Universities, and minority-serving institutions, 
federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), industry, 
and nonprofit organizations for the research, development, 
demonstration and deployment of transformative energy and associated 
technologies?
    6. What potential challenges should DOE be aware of to proactively 
manage given the intent to establish the FESI?
    7. What other ways could the establishment of FESI support the DOE 
missions? How could DOE engage effectively with the FESI on these 
activities?
    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.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 29, 
2023, by Dr. Vanessa Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer and Director 
of the Office of Technology Transitions, 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 March 29, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-06880 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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