Notice2022-08773
Notice of Availability of Guidance for the First Award Period of the Civil Nuclear Credit Program
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Published
April 25, 2022
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Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) announces the availability of the Guidance for the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The Department is issuing this NOA to provide notification of the issuance of the U.S. Department of Energy Guidance for the Civil Nuclear Credit Program covering the first award period Guidance on SAM.gov and on the CNC Program website. This Guidance describes the timelines, deliverables, and other requirements for owners or operators of nuclear reactors that are projected to cease operations due to economic factors to submit certification applications to become certified nuclear reactors, and instructions on formulating and submitting sealed bids to receive credit allocations.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08773]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of Guidance for the First Award Period of
the Civil Nuclear Credit Program
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department)
announces the availability of the Guidance for the Civil Nuclear Credit
(CNC) Program authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act (IIJA). The Department is issuing this NOA to provide notification
of the issuance of the U.S. Department of Energy Guidance for the Civil
Nuclear Credit Program covering the first award period Guidance on
<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> and on the CNC Program website. This Guidance describes the
timelines, deliverables, and other requirements for owners or operators
of nuclear reactors that are projected to cease operations due to
economic factors to submit certification applications to become
certified nuclear reactors, and instructions on formulating and
submitting sealed bids to receive credit allocations.
DATES: DOE invites eligible nuclear reactors operating in a competitive
market that project the imminent cession of operations due to economic
factors, to submit certification applications and sealed bids for
credits starting on April 19, 2022, at <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>. The last date for which
certification applications and sealed bids will be received is May 19,
2022. DOE will announce conditional awards thereafter in accordance
with the Guidance.
ADDRESSES: Please see the Guidance posting at <a href="https://sam.gov/opp/09bd4b8d0afd4377aa722e4ab27d67be/view">https://sam.gov/opp/09bd4b8d0afd4377aa722e4ab27d67be/view</a> for contact information relating
to certification applications and sealed bids. For information relating
to the CNC Program, including a copy of the Guidance, please see
<a href="https://www.energy.gov/ne/civil-nuclear-credit-program">https://www.energy.gov/ne/civil-nuclear-credit-program</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information regarding the CNC
Program Guidance please contact Suzette Olsen, (208) 526-7385,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ef1f2edf1f0edf3def7fab0faf1fbb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b040718040518062b020f450f040e450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The IIJA created the CNC Program to provide up to $6 billion to
award support in the form of credits to certified nuclear reactors
operating in a competitive market that are projected to cease
operations due to economic factors. DOE published in the Federal
Register, a Notice of Intent and Request for Information regarding the
establishment of a Civil Nuclear Credit Program on February 15, 2022,
to solicit public input into the CNC Program design. 87 FR 8570. The
Department used the responses to help inform its approach in creating
the Guidance. The Guidance describes the CNC Program, program
eligibility, certification criteria and bid submissions requirements
for the first certification and bidding process. For the first credit
auction, DOE has narrowed the field of eligible reactors to those
reactors operating in a competitive market that are projected to
imminently cease operations due to economic factors.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 20,
2022, by Patricia A. Hoffman, Acting Director, Grid Deployment Office,
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 April 20, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-08773 Filed 4-22-22; 8:45 am]
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