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Draft Solicitation in the Federal
Register on July 9, 2013 (78 FR 41046).
Persons desiring to submit comments
may do so either in writing according to
the directions in that publication or
verbally by attending one of the
meetings announced in this notice. It is
not necessary to do both. All comments,
whether submitted in writing or given at
a meeting, will be considered. Neither
method of commenting will cause
comments to be given greater or lesser
consideration. However, only United
States citizens can attend any of the
public meetings. Non-U.S. citizens
[FR Doc. 2013–17668 Filed 7–22–13; 8:45 a.m.]
should provide their comments to the
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draft solicitation in writing.
Persons attending any of the meetings
should note:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
(1) The purpose of the meetings is for
DOE to receive comments on the draft
Announcement of Public Meetings To
solicitation. DOE intends to consider all
Receive Comments on Draft
comments (whether provided in writing
Solicitation for Advanced Fossil
or at a meeting) prior to issuing the final
Energy Projects
solicitation. Specific projects will not be
addressed by DOE until applications are
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
submitted pursuant to a final
ACTION: Notice of public meetings to
solicitation, if any.
receive comments on draft solicitation.
(2) Persons other than representatives
SUMMARY: The Loan Programs Office
from DOE may be at any of the
(LPO) of the Department of Energy
meetings.
(DOE) announces that it will hold a
(3) DOE will take notes of each
series of public meetings to receive
meeting, including attendees’ names,
comments on the draft of a potential
affiliations, and titles. DOE may publish
future solicitation announcement for
those notes on the LPO Web site.
(4) Written materials provided to DOE
Federal Loan Guarantees for Advanced
at any of the meetings may be published
Fossil Energy Projects.
DATES: The public meetings will be held on the LPO Web site.
(5) Arrive no later than thirty minutes
on the following dates and times in
prior to the scheduled meeting time in
Room 6E–069 at DOE’s Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., order to allow sufficient time for
security screening.
Washington, DC:
DOE is considering a potential future
solicitation announcement for Federal
Date
Time
Loan Guarantees for Advanced Fossil
July 31, 2013 ....... 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Energy Projects. Should DOE choose to
August 14, 2013 ... 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
proceed which such a solicitation,
August 27, 2013 ... 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
applicants would be invited to apply for
loan guarantees from DOE to finance
ADDRESSES: The draft solicitation is
projects and facilities located in the
available on LPO’s Web site at http://
United States that employ innovative
www.lgprogram.energy.gov/.
and advanced fossil energy technologies
United States citizens that want to
(‘‘Advanced Fossil Energy Projects’’).
comment on the draft of a potential
DOE may make up to Eight Billion
future solicitation announcement for
Dollars ($8,000,000,000) in loan
Federal Loan Guarantees for Advanced
guarantee authority available under the
Fossil Energy Projects are invited to
proposed solicitation for Advanced
attend any of the meetings listed in
Fossil Energy Projects. DOE is
DATES. To attend, send an email with the considering including in any potential
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future solicitation projects or facilities
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pollutants or anthropogenic emission of
at least two days prior to the relevant
greenhouse gases, (2) employ New or
public meeting.
Significantly Improved Technology as
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
compared to Commercial Technology in
David G. Frantz, DraftLPOFossil
service in the United States at the time
[email protected].
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which are set forth in Part 609 under
Chapter II of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations), and (3) use
advanced fossil energy technology
(within the meaning of that term in
Section 1703(b)(2) of Title XVII) and are
described in one or more of the
following technology areas: (a)
Advanced resource development, (b)
carbon capture, (c) low-carbon power
systems, or (d) efficiency improvements.
DOE is assuming that the scope of any
potential solicitation would be broad.
All fossil fuels, including, without
limitation, coal, natural gas, oil, shale
gas, oil gas, coal bed methane, methane
hydrates, and others, may be included
in the potential future solicitation. DOE
is considering including both electrical
and non-electrical fossil energy use.
While comments are sought on all
aspects of the draft solicitation, DOE is
particularly interested in comments
regarding the weighting percentage
allocated to each category for
evaluations (Programmatic, Technical,
Policy, and Financial), and the
categories themselves.
Statutory authority: Title XVII of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511
et seq.).
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 16,
2013.
David G. Frantz,
Deputy Executive Director, Loan Programs
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Notice of Intent To Issue a Funding
Opportunity Announcement; Technical
Assistance
Federal Energy Management
Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to issue a
funding opportunity announcement.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given of the
intent to issue Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) DE–FOA–
0000898, tentatively entitled ‘‘Assisting
Federal Facilities with Energy
Conservation Technologies’’ (AFFECT),
subject to available funding. The U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) Federal
Energy Management Program (FEMP) is
anticipating the availability of grant
funding to assist Federal agencies in
implementing combined heat and power
(CHP) and renewable energy measures

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in Federal facilities. This notice also is
to inform Federal agencies of the
availability of technical assistance in
advance of the FOA with the planning
of CHP and renewable measures.
ADDRESSES: Interested agencies can
check the DOE Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Funding Opportunity Exchange (EERE
Exchange) Web site, located at https://
eere-exchange.energy.gov for the posting
of the FOA. Upon release of a FOA,
applications only will be accepted
through the EERE Exchange Web site.
Prospective applicants also may receive
official notifications and information
regarding the FOA on the EERE
Exchange Web site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
requests for technical assistance
regarding CHP, please contact David
Boomsma, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Federal Energy
Management Program (EE–2L), 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; 202–586–7086;
[email protected]. For
requests for technical assistance
regarding renewable energy measures,
please contact Boyan Kovacic, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
Federal Energy Management Program
(EE–2L), 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585; 202–586–
4272; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMP
works with key individuals to
accomplish energy change within
organizations by bringing expertise from
all levels of project and policy
implementation to enable Federal
agencies to meet energy-related goals
and to provide energy leadership to the
country. The Federal Government, as
the nation’s largest energy consumer,
has a tremendous opportunity and clear
responsibility to lead by example. FEMP
is central to this responsibility, guiding
agencies to use funding more effectively
in meeting Federal and agency-specific
energy management objectives.
Section 152(f) of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992, Public Law 102–486,
authorizes the Secretary of Energy to
establish a Federal Energy Efficiency
Fund with the stated purpose of
providing grants to Federal agencies to
assist them in meeting the energy
management requirements of the
National Energy Conservation Policy
Act (42 U.S.C. 8256(b)). FEMP
anticipates that the FOA will announce
the availability of funding from the
Federal Energy Efficiency Fund, which
likely will be limited to proposed CHP
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the energy management requirements of
the National Energy Conservation Policy
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8253). FEMP
further anticipates that applications
would include, at a minimum, a
preliminary analysis and anticipated
implementation process for a
technically and economically viable
capital project or set of projects. Project
goals should include the completion of
CHP or renewable energy projects at
Federal facilities.
In conjunction with AFFECT funds
under the FOA, a Federal agency would
be expected to demonstrate that it could
significantly leverage FOA grant funds
using appropriated funds or alternative
project financing mechanisms such as
energy savings performance contracts,
utility energy service contracts, or
power purchase agreements. A Federal
agency also would need to demonstrate
that the proposed project would lend
itself to follow-on replication efforts at
additional Federal facilities.
The purpose of this Notice of Intent
is to encourage prospective applicants
to begin formulating ideas, gathering
data, and developing opportunities to
leverage funds in anticipation of the
issuance of the FOA.
Additionally, FEMP assists Federal
agencies in planning and implementing
energy efficiency and renewable energy
projects. Assistance provided by FEMP
includes assistance to Federal agencies
interested in identifying and analyzing
CHP and/or renewable energy
opportunities and technologies in
advance of the FOA. This technical
assistance may include pre-screenings
and/or screenings of potential
technologies and sites, or possibly other
forms of assistance. For more
information on the assistance FEMP can
provide, please contact the FEMP staff
identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Interested
Federal agencies also can visit http://
www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/
technologies/renewable_assistance.html
(although this Web site specifically
covers renewable energy, similar
services are available for CHP).
All Federal agencies are encouraged
to take advantage of the technical
assistance offered by FEMP.
Participation in technical assistance
offered by FEMP does not guarantee that
an applicant for the AFFECT grant
program would be selected, and not
utilizing FEMP technical assistance
would not preclude an applicant from
applying or being selected for AFFECT
grant funding. FEMP technical
assistance related to the objectives of the
AFFECT FOA will only be available to
Federal agencies up until the release of
the FOA, which is tentatively scheduled

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