Notice2023-05737
Notice of Request for Information: Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund
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Published
March 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is providing notification of the issuance of a Request for Information (RFI) on the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The RFI is seeking input on the Department's program design, specifically qualifying beneficiary criteria, technologies, and deployment priorities. DOE expects to release one or more competitive solicitations in the areas of technology deployment and community engagement, education, and workforce development. Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for program planning purposes and the potential development of one or more funding opportunities.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16964-16965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05737]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Request for Information: Puerto Rico Energy Resilience
Fund
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office (GDO), Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is
providing notification of the issuance of a Request for Information
(RFI) on the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund authorized by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The RFI is seeking input on the
Department's program design, specifically qualifying beneficiary
criteria, technologies, and deployment priorities. DOE expects to
release one or more competitive solicitations in the areas of
technology deployment and community engagement, education, and
workforce development. Information collected from this RFI will be used
by DOE for program planning purposes and the potential development of
one or more funding opportunities.
DATES: Responses to this RFI must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on April
21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments electronically to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#08587d6d7a7c675a616b674f4c47486079266c676d266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cc9cb9a9beb8a39ea5afa38b88838ca4bde2a8a3a9e2aba3ba">[email protected]</span></a>. For information relating to the Puerto Rico
Energy Resilience Fund, including a copy of the RFI, please see <a href="https://www.energy.gov/gdo/puerto-rico-energy-resilience-fund">https://www.energy.gov/gdo/puerto-rico-energy-resilience-fund</a>.
Instructions: Responses must be provided as attachment(s) to an
email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding
25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses
must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email,
no more than 20 pages in length, 12-point font, 1-inch margins. Please
identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic.
Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information regarding the
RFI, please contact Eric Britton, (240)-364-4719,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2a2879780869da09b919db5b6bdb29a83dc969d97dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="27775242555348754e4448606368674f560943484209404851">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law 117-328, authorizes
$1 billion to the Secretary of Energy to carry out activities to
improve the resilience of the Puerto Rican electric grid, including
grants for low- and moderate-income households and households that
include individuals with disabilities for the purchase and installation
of renewable energy, energy storage, and other grid technologies. DOE
expects to release one or more competitive solicitations in the areas
of technology deployment and community engagement, education, and
workforce development. The RFI describes the program design and seeks
public input on:
1. Technology & Engineering
2. Beneficiary & Community Considerations
3. Financial Assistance
4. Technical Assistance, Capacity Building, and Workforce Development;
and
5. Monitoring, Evaluation, Auditing
The RFI is available in English: <a href="https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-02/Puerto%20Rico%20Energy%20Resilience%20Fund%20RFI%20-%2002.21.23_0.pdf">https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-02/Puerto%20Rico%20Energy%20Resilience%20Fund%20RFI%20-%2002.21.23_0.pdf</a>.
The RFI is available in Spanish: <a href="https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-02/Fondo%20de%20Resiliencia%20Energ%C3%A9tica%20RFI%20-%2002.21.23lowbar">https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-02/Fondo%20de%20Resiliencia%20Energ%C3%A9tica%20RFI%20-%2002.21.23lowbar</a>;0.pdf. For information relating to the Puerto Rico
Energy Resilience Fund, including a copy of the RFI, please see <a href="https://www.energy.gov/gdo/puerto-rico-energy-resilience-fund">https://www.energy.gov/gdo/puerto-rico-energy-resilience-fund</a>.
Proprietary and Confidential Information
Because information received in response to this RFI may be used to
structure future programs and grants and/or otherwise be made available
to the public, respondents are strongly
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advised NOT to include any information in their responses that might be
considered business sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise confidential.
If, however, a respondent chooses to submit business sensitive,
proprietary, or otherwise confidential information, it must be clearly
and conspicuously marked as such in the response. Responses containing
confidential, proprietary, or privileged information must be
conspicuously marked as described below. Failure to comply with these
marking requirements may result in the disclosure of the unmarked
information under the Freedom of Information Act or otherwise. The U.S.
Federal Government is not liable for the disclosure or use of unmarked
information and may use or disclose such information for any purpose.
If your response contains confidential, proprietary, or privileged
information, you must include a cover sheet marked as follows
identifying the specific pages containing confidential, proprietary, or
privileged information:
Notice of Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data: Pages [List
Applicable Pages] of this response may contain confidential,
proprietary, or privileged information that is exempt from public
disclosure. Such information shall be used or disclosed only for the
purposes described in this RFI. The Government may use or disclose any
information that is not appropriately marked or otherwise restricted,
regardless of source.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 15,
2023, by Maria D. Robinson, 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 March 16, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-05737 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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