Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Integrating Electric Vehicles Onto the Electric Grid

Treena V. Garrett
Department of Energy
16 June 2021

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32030-32031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12670]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Integrating Electric 
Vehicles Onto the Electric Grid

AGENCY: Vehicle Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002528 regarding the 
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy's (EERE) and Office of 
Electricity's (OE) Request for Information on Integrating Electric 
Vehicles onto the Electric Grid. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 
feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government 
agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to integrating 
electric vehicles onto the grid. EERE and OE are specifically 
interested in information directed at the report requirements as listed 
in Section 137 of the Energy Act of 2020.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by July 23, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
VTO@ee.doe.gov. Include ``Vehicle to Grid RFI'' in the subject line of 
the email. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. Only 
electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is 
located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to 
VTO@ee.doe.gov or to Lee Slezak at 202-586-2335. Further instruction 
can be found in the RFI document posted on EERE Exchange at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 
feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government 
agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to integrating 
electric vehicles onto the grid. DOE is specifically interested in 
information directed at the report requirements as listed in Section 
137 of the Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-260). Feedback is requested 
in the following categories outlined in the RFI: (1) Evaluation of the 
use of electric vehicles to maintain the reliability of the electric 
grid, (2) impact of grid integration on electric vehicles, (3) impacts 
to the electric grid of increased penetration of electric vehicles, (4) 
technology needed to achieve bi-directional power flow on the

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distribution grid, and (5) cybersecurity challenges and needs 
associated with electrifying the transportation sector. Specific 
questions can be found in the RFI. The RFI is available at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.
    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 June 10, 2021, by David Howell, Acting Director, Vehicle 
Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
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 June 10, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-12670 Filed 6-15-21; 8:45 am]
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