Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Mercury Consortium

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March 26, 2026

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14717-14718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05926]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Mercury Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 27, 2026, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Mercury Consortium, Inc. 
(``Mercury Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Specifically, Easee AS, Stavanger, KINGDOM OF NORWAY; Hypervolt, 
London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Natural 
Resources Defense Council, New York, NY; Emulate Energy, Brookline, MA; 
FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc., San Jose, CA; Codibly SA, Malopolskie, 
REPUBLIC OF POLAND; Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID; 
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, London, UNITED KINGDOM OF 
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

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IRELAND; and SAP SE, Baden-W[uuml]rttemberg, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF 
GERMANY have been added as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open and Mercury Consortium intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On July 29, 2025, Mercury Consortium filed its original 
notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of 
Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 
6(b) of the Act on August 18, 2025 (90 FR 40084).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 28, 
2025. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on January 20, 2026 (91 FR 2369).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-05926 Filed 3-25-26; 8:45 am]
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