Notice2021-12670
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Integrating Electric Vehicles Onto the Electric Grid
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Published
June 16, 2021
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Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002528 regarding the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy's (EERE) and Office of Electricity's (OE) Request for Information on Integrating Electric Vehicles onto the Electric Grid. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to integrating electric vehicles onto the grid. EERE and OE are specifically interested in information directed at the report requirements as listed in Section 137 of the Energy Act of 2020.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32030-32031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12670]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Integrating Electric
Vehicles Onto the Electric Grid
AGENCY: Vehicle Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on
its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002528 regarding the
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy's (EERE) and Office of
Electricity's (OE) Request for Information on Integrating Electric
Vehicles onto the Electric Grid. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit
feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government
agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to integrating
electric vehicles onto the grid. EERE and OE are specifically
interested in information directed at the report requirements as listed
in Section 137 of the Energy Act of 2020.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by July 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d583819a95b0b0fbb1bab0fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f696b707f5a5a115b505a11585049">[email protected]</span></a>. Include ``Vehicle to Grid RFI'' in the subject line of
the email. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. Only
electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is
located at <a href="https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/">https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5503011a1530307b313a307b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="164042595673733872797338717960">[email protected]</span></a> or to Lee Slezak at 202-586-2335. Further instruction
can be found in the RFI document posted on EERE Exchange at <a href="https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/">https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit
feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government
agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to integrating
electric vehicles onto the grid. DOE is specifically interested in
information directed at the report requirements as listed in Section
137 of the Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-260). Feedback is requested
in the following categories outlined in the RFI: (1) Evaluation of the
use of electric vehicles to maintain the reliability of the electric
grid, (2) impact of grid integration on electric vehicles, (3) impacts
to the electric grid of increased penetration of electric vehicles, (4)
technology needed to achieve bi-directional power flow on the
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distribution grid, and (5) cybersecurity challenges and needs
associated with electrifying the transportation sector. Specific
questions can be found in the RFI. The RFI is available at: <a href="https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/">https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/</a>.
Confidential Business Information: Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any
person submitting information that he or she believes to be
confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via
email two well-marked copies: One copy of the document marked
``confidential'' including all the information believed to be
confidential, and one copy of the document marked ``non-confidential''
with the information believed to be confidential deleted. Submit these
documents via email. DOE will make its own determination about the
confidential status of the information and treat it according to its
determination.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on June 10, 2021, by David Howell, Acting Director, Vehicle
Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
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 June 10, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-12670 Filed 6-15-21; 8:45 am]
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