Notice2022-06584
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Designing Equitable, Sustainable, and Effective Revolving Loan Fund Programs
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Published
March 29, 2022
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Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its request for information (RFI) regarding promising, innovative, and best practices for designing revolving loan funds (RLFs). The purpose of the RFI is to collect stakeholder feedback to inform DOE's program guidance for States developing RLFs with funding made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, "Energy efficiency revolving loan fund capitalization grant program."
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18008-18009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06584]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Designing Equitable,
Sustainable, and Effective Revolving Loan Fund Programs
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) regarding promising, innovative, and
best practices for designing revolving loan funds (RLFs). The purpose
of the RFI is to collect stakeholder feedback to inform DOE's program
guidance for States developing RLFs with funding made available through
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, ``Energy efficiency
revolving loan fund capitalization grant program.''
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by no later than 11:59
p.m. EST on May 6th, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d48485f687b62617b64636a41626c634b7863694d686823696268236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85c0c0d7e0f3eae9f3ecebe2c9eae4ebc3f0ebe1c5e0e0abe1eae0abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>. Include ``Designing Equitable,
Sustainable, and Effective Revolving Loan Fund Programs RFI Response''
in the subject line of the email. Responses must be provided as
attachments to an email. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word
(.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 5 pages in length,
12-point font, 1-inch margins. If possible, copy and paste the RFI
sections as a template for your responses. It is recommended that
attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped)
to ensure message delivery. 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#a2e7e7f0c7d4cdced4cbccc5eecdc3cce4d7ccc6e2c7c78cc6cdc78cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90d5d5c2f5e6fffce6f9fef7dcfff1fed6e5fef4d0f5f5bef4fff5bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a> or to Julie Howe at 720-356-1628 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfa5baa3a6aae1a7a0b8aa8faaaae1aba0aae1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee4fbe2e7eba0e6e1f9ebceebeba0eae1eba0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 Department of Energy's (DOE)
Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office, in coordination
with DOE's Building Technologies Office, seeks input on promising,
innovative, and best practices for designing revolving loan funds
(RLFs) from private lenders, investors, labor groups, community
development organizations, environmental justice organizations,
disadvantaged communities, States, local governments, and other energy
system stakeholders. Pursuant to the implementation of section 40502 of
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, DOE is
seeking to create program guidance that will assist States, as well as
potentially other entities,\1\ in designing, managing, and improving
RLFs. (42 U.S.C. 18792)
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\1\ Under DOE's State Energy Program regulations, a ``State'' is
defined as ``a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or any
territory or possession of the United States.'' 40 CFR 420.2.
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Responses from this request for information (RFI) will be used to
inform DOE's program support documentation to help States in creating,
augmenting, or refining their RLFs to drive successful and equitable
outcomes. This documentation may also be used to support States in
drafting their applications to DOE or their own program design
documentation.
Specific questions can be found in the RFI available at: <a href="https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/">https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/</a>. This is solely a request for information and
not a Funding Opportunity Announcement. DOE is not accepting
applications at this time.
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
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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 or on a CD, if
feasible. 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 March 23, 2022, by Kelly J. Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy
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 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 March 24, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-06584 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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