[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71830-71831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29266]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


 Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--SGIP 2.0, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 17, 2012, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative

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Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the 
Act''), SGIP 2.0, Inc. (``SGIP 2.0'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is SGIP 2.0, 
Inc., c/o Gesmer Updegrove LLP, Boston, MA. The nature and scope of 
SGIP 2.0's standards development activities are: SGIP 2.0 is organized 
exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, literary, and 
scientific purposes, within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or the corresponding 
provision of any subsequent federal tax law), and the regulations 
currently or hereafter promulgated thereunder. In furtherance of such 
purposes, SGIP 2.0 is organized and will be operated primarily to 
continue the work of the unincorporated SmartGrid Interoperability 
Panel, by supporting the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
in fulfilling its responsibilities pursuant to the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007, including but not limited to by (a) providing 
technical guidance and coordination to help facilitate standards 
development for smart grid interoperability; (b) identifying and 
specifying testing and certification requirements, including provision 
of the underlying rationale to assess achievement of interoperability 
using smart grid standards; (c) informing and educating smart grid 
industry stakeholders regarding smart grid interoperability and related 
benefits; (d) liaising with similar organizations in other countries to 
help establish global smart grid interoperability alignment; and (e) 
undertaking such other activities as may from time to time be 
appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals set forth 
above.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-29266 Filed 12-3-12; 8:45 am]
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