Notice2023-06880
Request for Information-Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI)
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Published
April 4, 2023
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Energy Department
Abstract
On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a request for information to seek input on how DOE stakeholders may engage with the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI) directly, and how DOE may engage with the FESI and communities it will serve. Comments were due by March 27, 2023. In response to public request, DOE is re-opening the comment period for 14 days to allow interested parties additional time to provide input.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19944-19945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06880]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Request for Information--Foundation for Energy Security and
Innovation (FESI)
AGENCY: Office of Technology Transitions, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information (RFI); reopening of public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
published a request for information to seek input on how DOE
stakeholders may engage with the Foundation for Energy Security and
Innovation (FESI) directly, and how DOE may engage with the FESI and
communities it will serve. Comments were due by March 27, 2023. In
response to public request, DOE is re-opening the comment period for 14
days
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to allow interested parties additional time to provide input.
DATES: The comment period for the request for information, published on
February 15, 2023 (88 FR 9876), which closed on March 27, 2023, is
hereby reopened. Responses should be submitted by April 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c2a293f25423e2a252c041d42080309420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd9daccd6b1cdd9d6dff7eeb1fbf0fab1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a> with the subject line ``FESI RFI Response'' no
later than April 18, 2023. All responses must be submitted as a
Microsoft Word document (.doc/.docx) of no more than 5 pages in length,
with black, Times New Roman, 12 point font, and 1 inch margins as an
attachment to an email. The document cannot exceed 2MB in size. Only
electronic responses to the above email address will be accepted. DOE
will not consider responses submitted by any other means.
Note: If clicking on the above link gives you an error message,
you must CUT AND PASTE the URL into your browser to reach the web
page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Yamada, (202) 586-2000,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93d5d6c0dabdc1d5dad3fbe2bdf7fcf6bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="420407110b6c10040b022a336c262d276c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE published a Request for Information
(RFI) on February 15, 2023, seeking input from the public on how DOE
stakeholders may engage with the Foundation for Energy Security and
Innovation (FESI) directly, and how DOE may engage with the FESI and
communities it will serve (88 FR 9876). In response to public request,
DOE is re-opening the comment period and will consider any comments
received by April 18, 2023. In the Request for Information, DOE sought
information from potential stakeholder groups including, but not
limited to:
<bullet> Philanthropic and non-profit organizations.
<bullet> Community stakeholders.
<bullet> DOE's National Laboratory foundations.
<bullet> Potential investors in companies developing technologies
aligned with the DOE mission.
<bullet> Industry stakeholders, especially those representing
diverse regions, sectors, and communities.
<bullet> Other potential stakeholders or collaborators of FESI.
Questions seeking input on potential objectives and activities for
DOE engagement with the FESI:
1. Which aspects of the DOE mission \1\ and energy technology
commercialization can you identify as potentially benefitting from
FESI's involvement?
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\1\ DOE's mission statement can be found at the following link:
<a href="https://www.energy.gov/mission">https://www.energy.gov/mission</a>.
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2. Once the FESI is established, what mission areas would you
recommend DOE prioritize working on with the FESI?
3. In what ways would you recommend DOE seek support of the FESI to
carry out the mission areas identified?
4. To assist DOE in understanding and potentially better aligning
with stakeholder interest, in what ways would you recommend DOE engage
with organizations to determine what they seek to accomplish?
5. How would you envision DOE engage with the FESI to:
a. Better support communities wishing to participate in the energy
transition?
b. Better support industry and small businesses wishing to
participate in the energy transition?
c. Drive long-term climate and clean energy strategy?
d. Broaden participation in energy technology development among
individuals from historically underrepresented groups or regions?
e. Support the commercialization of energy technologies?
f. Support workforce development?
g. Foster collaboration and partnerships with researchers from the
Federal Government, State governments, institutions of higher
education, including historically Black colleges or universities,
Tribal Colleges or Universities, and minority-serving institutions,
federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), industry,
and nonprofit organizations for the research, development,
demonstration and deployment of transformative energy and associated
technologies?
6. What potential challenges should DOE be aware of to proactively
manage given the intent to establish the FESI?
7. What other ways could the establishment of FESI support the DOE
missions? How could DOE engage effectively with the FESI on these
activities?
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 March 29,
2023, by Dr. Vanessa Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer and Director
of the Office of Technology Transitions, 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 29, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-06880 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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