[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34620-34621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11433]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
International Energy Agency Meetings
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy
Agency (IEA) will meet on June 17, 2026, and June 18, 2026, as a hybrid
meeting via webinar and in person, in connection with a joint meeting
of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's
Standing Group on the Oil Market (SOM) which is scheduled at the same
time via webinar and in person.
DATES: June 17 and 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The location details of the SEQ and SOM webinar meeting are
under the control of the IEA Secretariat, located at 9 rue de la
F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris, France. The in-person meeting
will take place at IEA Headquarters, 9 rue de la
F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris, France.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Zogby, Attorney Advisor in
the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for International and
National Security Programs, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-5000,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i))
(EPCA), the following notice of meetings is provided:
A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held in person and via webinar at the IEA
Headquarters, 9 rue de la F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris,
commencing at 9:30 a.m., Paris time, on June 17, 2026. The purpose of
this notice is to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company
members of the IAB at a meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on
Emergency Questions (SEQ), which is scheduled to be held at the same
location in person and via webinar at the same time. The IAB will also
hold an online preparatory meeting among company representatives at 2
p.m., Paris time, on June 10, 2026. The agenda for this preparatory
meeting is to review the agenda for the SEQ meeting.
The agenda of the SEQ meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It
is expected that the SEQ will adopt the following agenda:
Closed SEQ Session--IEA Member Countries Only
1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of Summary Record of meeting of 26 March 2026 SEQ
meeting
3. Stockholding Levels of IEA Member Countries
4. IEA Collective Action
5. Emergency Data Collection QuE
Open SEQ Session--Open to Association Countries
6. Energy Security Update: Southeast Asia
7. Energy Security Update: Ukraine/Moldova
8. Energy Security Update: Southeast Europe
9. Update on Energy Security Developments in Member Countries
10. LPG supply disruption and policy responses
11. Energy Crisis Policy Response Tracker
12. Crisis Response: IEA Cooperation with IMF and World Bank
13. Electricity Security: Impacts from the ongoing energy crisis
14. Emergency and Security Review (ESR) of Portugal
15. Update on Ongoing Work on Natural Gas Security
16. Update on Critical Minerals Reviews
17. Industry Advisory Board Update
18. Any other business:
Schedule of ESRs for 2026/27
Schedule of SEQ & SOM Meetings for 2026/27:
--17-19 November 2026
--24-25 March 2027
--23-24 June 2027
--17-18 November 2027
A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held in person and via webinar at the IEA
Headquarters, 9 rue de la F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris,
commencing at 9:30 a.m., Paris time, on June 18, 2026. The purpose of
this notice is to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company
members of the IAB at a joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on
the Oil Market (SOM) and the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency
Questions (SEQ), which is scheduled to be held at the same location in
person and via webinar at the same time.
The agenda of the meeting is under the control of the SOM and the
SEQ. It is expected that the SOM and the SEQ will adopt the following
agenda:
1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of Summary Record of the 25 March 2026 meeting of the SEQ/
SOM
3. Update on the Current Oil Market Situation
4. Update on the Outlook for European Refining
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5. Aviation--Jet Fuel Update
6. Global Oil Inventory Developments
7. Assessing European Oil Inventories--ARA Case Study
8. Update on the Current Gas Market Situation
9. US Industry Response to Crisis
10. Traders Perspective
11. Infrastructure and Reconstruction and Recovery Timelines Following
War in the Middle East
12. Update on the Global Outlook for Electric Vehicles
13. World Energy Investment Report
14. Any other business:
Date of next SOM/SEQ meetings:
--18-19 November 2026 (ERE 2026 will be 17-18 November)
As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), the meetings of the IAB
are open to representatives of members of the IAB and their counsel;
representatives of members of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency
Questions and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil Markets;
representatives of the Departments of Energy, Justice, and State, the
Federal Trade Commission, the General Accounting Office, Committees of
Congress, the IEA, and the European Commission; and invitees of the
IAB, the SEQ, the SOM, or the IEA.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on June 4, 2026, by Andrew Rapp, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Office of International Affairs, 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, June 4, 2026.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2026-11433 Filed 6-5-26; 8:45 am]
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