[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40084-40085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15695]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Mercury Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 29, 2025, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Mercury Consortium, Inc. 
(``Mercury Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: E.ON Next Energy Limited, Coventry, UNITED KINGDOM; 
EDF Energy R&D UK Centre, London, UNITED KINGDOM; GivEnergy Software 
Ltd., Newcastle-under-Lyme, UNITED KINGDOM; Kraken Technologies 
Limited, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Mixergy, Cassington, UNITED KINGDOM; 
New York Power Authority, White Plains, NY; Octopus Energy Group, 
London, UNITED KINGDOM; Utilidata, Providence, RI; gridX GmbH, Aachen, 
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; Consolidated Edison Company of New York, 
New York, NY; OpenADR Alliance Inc., San Ramon, CA; Salt River Project, 
Tempe, AZ; Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA; and Essential 
Energy, Port Macquarie, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
    The general areas of Mercury Consortium's planned activity are to 
(a) develop use cases, tests certification suites and other 
deliverables to enable consumer adoption and seamless communication of 
energy devices in energy markets and grids, (b) develop and oversee 
certification programs, (c) promote consumer participation in demand 
flexibility initiatives, (d) represent and advocate for the interests 
of its members before legislative, regulatory, and other governmental 
bodies, and (e) undertake such other activities as may from time to 
time be appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals set 
forth above. Membership in Mercury Consortium remains open and Mercury 
Consortium intends to file additional written

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notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-15695 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am]
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