Notice2024-25416
Proposed Emergency Information Collection
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Published
November 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) invites the public to comment on a proposed emergency collection of information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87354-87355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25416]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Emergency Information Collection
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO)
invites the public to comment on a proposed emergency collection of
information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before December 2, 2024. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period
allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your
intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer
may be telephoned at (202) 881-8585.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aisha Miranda Rivera, Department of
Energy, Grid Deployment Office, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Suite 4H-
065, Washington, DC 20585; (240) 429-5213; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53323a203b327d3e3a21323d37327e213a25362132133b227d373c367d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bedfd7cdd6df90d3d7ccdfd0dadf93ccd7c8dbccdffed6cf90dad1db90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
extended collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910-5200;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Puerto Rico Energy
Resilience Fund (PR-ERF), Household Intake Form;
(3) Type of Request: Emergency Clearance;
(4) Purpose: The PR-ERF will support the installation of rooftop
solar and storage solutions for vulnerable Puerto Rican households. The
purpose of this Information Collection Request (ICR) is to authorize
the `PR-ERF Household Intake Form' as the means to collect homeowner
information necessary to qualify households as eligible to participate
in the deployment phase of the PR-ERF. Eligibility is limited to very
low-income single-family households \1\ residing in Puerto Rico that
(1) include an individual with an energy-dependent disability or (2)
are located in a Last Mile Community.\2\ On May 15, 2024, OMB approved
form 1910-5200. GDO is seeking a revision of the current intake form,
specifically the sections related to income eligibility and proof of an
individual with an energy dependent disability. DOE has initiated
installations of solar PV and battery storage systems to address the
harm and risk represented by the fragility of the island's power
system. However, DOE has received significant public input from program
awardees and potential beneficiaries \3\ to expand the types of
information that may be submitted to verify eligibility under the
program. Many awardees and potential beneficiaries of this program have
requested DOE expand the definition ``very low-income single-family
household'' to consider additional income qualifying programs, such as
Plan de Salud Vital and USDA Sections 502 and 504 Programs and allow
potential beneficiaries to submit this information as verification of
eligibility to the program. Also, awardees expressed age verification
as an appropriate modality for verifying energy-dependent disability
status and including temperature control devices as eligible medical
equipment for energy-dependent critical load purposes. As a result, it
is necessary for DOE to modify the program information collection
practices in response to this public feedback.
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\1\ A census block that (a) has a high percent of very low-
income households, and (b) experiences frequent and prolonged power
outages. Solar Ambassador organizations will perform outreach
activities in Last Mile Communities to identify qualifying
households.
\2\ <a href="https://clausa.app.carto.com/map/f63080c5-19c9-47c6-8ac8-74d96358e9ed">https://clausa.app.carto.com/map/f63080c5-19c9-47c6-8ac8-74d96358e9ed</a>.
\3\ This includes responses to a Request for Information on the
program design issues February 21, 2023 as well through negotiations
with program awardees.
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(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,140;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 80,000;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 56,800;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$845,520.
Statutory Authority: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023,
Public Law 117-328, directs the Department of Energy 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.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on October 28,
2024, 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 October 28, 2024.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-25416 Filed 10-31-24; 8:45 am]
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