[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 31976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12483]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 26, 2013, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Members of SGIP 2.0, Inc. 
(``MSGIP 2.0'') 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, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Columbus, OH, Taiwan 
Smart Grid Industry Association (TSGIA), Taipei City, TAIWAN; Z-Wave 
Alliance, Milpitas, CA; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD; 
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR; Tennessee Valley Authority, 
Chattanooga, TN; MISO, Carmel, IN; Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., 
Northbrook, IL; Nexans, Bethel, CT; Telecommunications Industry 
Association, Arlington, VA; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Stroz 
Freidberg, LLC, New York, NY; Cisco Systems, Inc., Boxborough, MA; 
Elster Solutions, Raleigh, NC; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC; OpenADR Alliance, Morgan Hill, CA; Public Service 
Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), Newark, NJ; SAE International, Troy, 
MI; QualityLogic, Inc., Moorpark, CA; Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, 
MO; Virginia State Corporation Commission, Richmond, VA; Ambient 
Corporation, Newton, MA; FutureDOS, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; Opower, 
Arlington, VA; CSA Group, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Greater Sudbury 
Hydro Inc., Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA; Lockheed Martin, Gaithersburg, 
MD; National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), 
Washington, DC; Xanthus Consulting International, Boulder Creek, CA; 
Xcel Energy Inc., Denver, CO; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 
PA; e-Radio United States Inc., Redwood, CA; Ericsson Inc., Town of 
Mount Royal, Quebec, CANADA; GridWise Alliance, Washington, DC; Verizon 
Communications, Basking Ridge, NJ; Alcatraz Energy, Boulder, CO; Grid 
Net, San Francisco, CA; LonMark International, San Jose, CA; Modbus 
Organization, Inc., Hopkinton, MA; PowerGrid360, San Jose, CA; RCES 
Center from University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; Tacoma Power, 
Tacoma, WA; TUV Rheinland of North America, Pleasanton, CA; Washington 
Laboratories, Gaithersburg, MD; International Business Machines 
Corporation (IBM), Yorktown Heights, NY; ABB Inc., Raleigh, NC; ARC 
Informatique, Sevres, FRANCE; BC Hydro, Vancouver, British Columbia, 
CANADA; Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC; IE Technologies, Windsor, CO; 
Milbank Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, MO; NovaTech LLC, Quakertown, 
PA; Quadlogic Controls Corp., Long Island City, NY; Kyocera 
Telecommunications Research Center (KTRC), Fremont, CA; Air 
Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute, Arlington, VA; Gas 
Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL; HD-PLC Alliance, Fukuoka, JAPAN; 
TeMix Inc., Los Altos, CA; The International Society of Automation 
(ISA), Research Triangle Park, NC; Controlco, Oakland, CA; Cox Software 
Architects LLC, Summit, NJ; Aclara Technologies, LLC, Hazelwood, MO; 
IEEE Standards Association, Piscataway, NJ; Lutron Electronics Co., 
Inc., Coopersburg, PA; OakTree Consulting, Austin, TX; Patrick M. 
Duggan Enterprises, Inc., Valley Cottage, NY; Smart Grid Operations 
Consulting, Sunnyvale, CA; SmartGrid Network, Chicago, IL; Tansy Energy 
Network, Scott Valley, CA; Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Mumbai, 
INDIA; TC9, Inc., Pittsboro, NC; NEC Laboratories America, Cupertino, 
CA; Public Utility Commission of Texas, Austin, TX; Rebecca Herold and 
Associates, Van Meter, IA; UCA International Users Group, Raleigh, NC; 
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Facilities Electrical 
Consulting Services, Easton, PA; Metatech Corporation, Goleta, CA; 
Amzur Technologies, Inc., Tampa, FL; Reef Energy Systems, LLC, 
Danville, CA; Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, PA; Reilly 
Associates, Red Bank, NJ; and MidAmerican Energy Company, Davenport, 
IA, 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 MSGIP 2.0 intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 5, 2013, MSGIP 2.0 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 March 7, 2013 (78 FR 14836).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-12483 Filed 5-24-13; 8:45 am]
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