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Proposed Agency Information
Collection
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
The proposed collection would
involve information that will enable
DOE to measure the impact and progress
of DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge
(Challenge). The Challenge is an
initiative through which DOE provides
employers with specialized resources,
expertise, and support to incorporate
workplace charging programs into their
operations successfully.1 The initiative
is a part of the EV Everywhere Grand
Challenge, which focuses on enabling
U.S. vehicle manufacturers to be the
first in the world to produce plug-in
electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as
affordable and convenient for the
average American family as today’s
gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. As
the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge is
focused on both PEV research and
development as well as deployment, it
has been developed with input from
sustainability professionals, industry
representatives, and DOE’s Clean Cities
program staff coordinators.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before January 21,
2014. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.

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1 Excluded from the Challenge are the Federal
government and employers that are integrally
involved in the sale of EVSE products and services.

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Written comments may be
sent to Sarah Olexsak, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE–
2G), U.S. Department of Energy 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by fax
at 202–586–1600, or by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Sarah Olexsak, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)
287–5151, WorkplaceCharging@
ee.doe.govmailto:.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. New; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Workplace
Charging Challenge; (3) Type of Request:
New; (4) Purpose: DOE’s Vehicle
Technologies Office (VTO) has
developed a voluntary initiative, the EV
Everywhere Workplace Charging
Challenge. This initiative, launched in
January 2013, aims to increase the
number of U.S. employers offering
workplace charging for PEVs to their
employees. Participating employers may
sign on as Partners to signal their
commitment to workplace charging and
otherwise promote workplace charging.
As designed, the initiative is intended to
benefit both employees and employers.
The goal of the Workplace Charging
Challenge is to increase to over 500 the
number of employers offering workplace
charging to their U.S. employees by
2018, the scheduled end of the
program.. Individual employers that
make available at least one electric
vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), or
charger, to their employees at one major
employer location will count towards
this goal, regardless of whether or not
the employer is a partner in the
Workplace Charging Challenge.
As part of this this program, DOE will
be conducting outreach to deploy
workplace charging, provide technical
assistance to support employers’
workplace charging programs, and
identify specific success stories, lessons
learned, and best practices employers
have deployed, thereby increasing the
value and facilitating the deployment of
additional workplace charging
programs. The effort is part of the larger
EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, and as
the Grand Challenge by necessity
incorporates a deployment component,
DOE will be able to use its experience
and expertise through the VTO Clean
Cities Program to educate the public
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about PEVs, as well as help identify
potential workplace charging barriers
and the means to remove such barriers.
The Challenge does not endeavor to
engage an exhaustive number of
employers, but rather will work with
self-identified employers committed to
leading the way in reducing petroleum
consumption through the deployment of
PEVs and associated charging
infrastructure.
In January 2013, relying on
employers’ public records and
communications, DOE began identifying
employers that might be interested in
becoming voluntary partners to the
Workplace Challenge Program. To
measure progress towards the
Workplace Charging Challenge goal of
more than 500 employers through 2018,
DOE will be monitoring some employers
directly, and others through data DOE
can gather from available online
resources, including the Alternative
Fuels Data Center. For those employers
DOE is monitoring directly, DOE will
develop an annual progress update and
will publish the generalized results
gathered. To generate this annual
update, DOE will collect annually from
these Workplace Charging Challenge
Partners, or employers, data and
narratives associated with their PEV
charging program and infrastructure.
The principal objective of collecting
the information DOE seeks to gather
through the Challenge is to allow DOE
to develop an objective assessment and
estimate of the number of U.S.
employers that have established a
workplace charging program or
otherwise installed EVSE, and to
document specific information
associated with the offering of such a
program to employees. Information
requested would be used to establish
basic information for Partner employers,
which will then be used for future
comparisons and analysis of instituted
programs and policies. A designated
representative for each participating
Partner will provide the requested
information. The intended respondent is
expected to be aware of relevant aspects
of the company’s charging infrastructure
and program if such exists, such that the
gathering of information is not expected
to be very resource consuming. DOE
will compile and issue an annual
progress update that would provide an
update on the Workplace Charging
Challenge program partners’ activities,
as well as report on metrics DOE is
evaluating related to energy
consumption, costs, numbers of
employers in the program, and best
practices that can be identified for the
purpose of helping others take steps to
deploy charging infrastructure.

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The Challenge effort will rely on data
the Partners will provide via an online
response tool. The data collection
would address the following topic areas:
(1) Charging infrastructure and use; (2)
employee PEV ownership and PEV
knowledge; and (3) feedback on the
Challenge.
The data will be compiled for the
purpose of assessing and setting forth in
the annual progress updates the
Workplace Charging Challenge
program’s impact in terms of increasing
both the number of employers offering
workplace charging and the deployment
of EVSEs and PEVs.
The data and subsequent analyses
will allow DOE to compare historical
records dynamically, and provide the
opportunity for DOE to determine
annual progress toward Workplace
Charging Challenge goals. Calculation of
progress and impacts will be undertaken
on an annual basis.
The Workplace Charging Challenge
program is targeted at U.S. employers.
Providing initial baseline information
for each participating employer, which
occurs only once, is expected to take 1.5
hours. Follow-up questions and
clarifications for the purpose of
ensuring accurate analyses may take up
to 3.5 hours; (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Respondents: 400; (6)
Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 400; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 2,000; (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no
cost associated with reporting and
recordkeeping.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. Sec 13233;
42 U.S.C. Sec. 13252(a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
15, 2013.
Patrick B. Davis,
Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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U.S. Department of Energy.
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AGENCY:

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This listing supersedes all previously
published lists of PRB members.
DATES: These appointments are effective
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