Notice2021-15836
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Supporting Energy Savings Performance Contracting in the Public Sector
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July 26, 2021
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Energy Department
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number 21EE000682 regarding supporting Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) in the public sector. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office (WIP), seeks information from the public and nonprofit organizations that have the expertise to support energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) in the municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals (MUSH) market. The desired outcome of this request is to enhance how MUSH market stakeholders can use ESPC to maximize energy and cost savings, local economies, and workforce development.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 140 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40036-40037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15836]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Supporting Energy
Savings Performance Contracting in the Public Sector
AGENCY: 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 21EE000682 regarding
supporting Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) in the public
sector. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE),
Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office (WIP), seeks
information from the public and nonprofit organizations that have the
expertise to support energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) in
the municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals (MUSH) market.
The desired outcome of this request is to enhance how MUSH market
stakeholders can use ESPC to maximize energy and cost savings, local
economies, and workforce development.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than 5:00 p.m.
EST on August 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#387d6b687b676b4d4848574a4c676a7e71677c777d6f7168785d5d165c575d165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ecbdddecdd1ddfbfefee1fcfad1dcc8c7d1cac1cbd9c7deceebeba0eae1eba0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>. Include ``Supporting Energy Savings
Performance Contracting in the Public Sector'' in the subject of the
title. 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 Alice
Dasek at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7a6abaea4a2e9a3a6b4a2ac87a2a2e9a3a8a2e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e98885808a8cc78d889a8c82a98c8cc78d868cc78e869f">[email protected]</span></a> or 202-308-0894. Further instruction
can be found in the RFI document posted on EERE Exchange.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit
feedback from the public and nonprofits that have deep expertise in
ESPC in the MUSH market, with solutions for the technical, contractual,
and financial barriers to achieving verified savings from ESPC. EERE is
specifically interested in such organizations' capacity, ability,
experience, and best practices for working with state energy offices
and other state and local government ESPC practitioners to design and
implement ESPC in their respective states; documenting MUSH-market ESPC
state program needs and current projects; facilitating MUSH market peer
exchange opportunities; and providing technical assistance to build
state ESPC frameworks. Respondents may describe documented expertise in
the field across the country, experience leading or executing ESPC
projects in the MUSH market (including all relevant technical,
financial, and contractual expertise), and established network
connections with ESPC practitioners in the MUSH market. This is solely
a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.
Confidential Business Information: According 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. DOE will make
its own determination about the confidential status of the information
and treat it according to its determination.
It is DOE's policy that all comments may be included in the public
docket, without change and as received, including any personal
information provided in the comments (except information deemed to be
exempt from public disclosure).
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on June 21, 2021, by Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for 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
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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 21, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-15836 Filed 7-23-21; 8:45 am]
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