[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 46079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16606]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Request for Information Extension: Energy Storage Grand Challenge

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Request for information; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a notice of Request for Information (RFI) to help support the 
Energy Storage Grand Challenge. The notice provided an opportunity for 
submitting electronic, written responses to the RFI by August 21, 2020. 
DOE is extending the public comment period for submitting comments to 
the RFI by 10 days to August 31, 2020.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI published on July 16, 2020 (85 FR 
43232) is extended. DOE will accept responses regarding this request 
for information received no later than August 31, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted electronically to 
[email protected]. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word 
(.doc) or (.docx) attachment to the email with no more than 10 pages in 
length for each section listed in the RFI. Only electronic responses 
will be accepted. Response Guidance: Please identify your answers by 
responding to a specific question or topic if possible. Respondents may 
answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
may be submitted electronically to Rima Oueid at [email protected] 
at (202) 586-5000. Further instruction can be found in the RFI document 
posted on https://eereexchange.energy.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 16, 2020, DOE published a notice of 
RFI to support the Energy Storage Grand Challenge and to solicit 
feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government 
agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to challenges and 
opportunities in the mobile and stationary energy storage industry. 
This RFI is solely for information and planning purposes and does not 
constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). Information received may be 
used to assist the DOE in planning the scope of future technology 
studies, deployment, or technology commercialization efforts and may be 
shared with other federal agencies. The DOE may also use this RFI to 
gain public input on its efforts, expand and facilitate public access 
to the DOE's resources, and to mobilize investment in U.S. energy 
storage technologies as well as ancillary technologies and efforts that 
will enable commercialization and widespread adoption. The information 
collected may be used for internal DOE planning and decision-making to 
ensure that future activities maximize public benefit while advancing 
the Administration's goals for leading the world in building a 
competitive, clean energy economy; securing America's energy future; 
reducing carbon pollution; and creating domestic jobs.
    DOE believes that extending the comment period to allow additional 
time for interested parties to submit comments is appropriate. 
Therefore, DOE is extending the deadline for response until August 31, 
2020, to provide interested parties additional time to prepare and 
submit responses.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 27, 
2020, by Conner Prochaska Chief, Commercialization Officer, Office of 
Technology Transitions; Alex Fitzsimmons Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; 
and Michael Pesin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, 
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 28, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-16606 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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