[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 111 (Friday, June 10, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14191]


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[Federal Register: June 10, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Golden Field Office; Grant Award to Minnesota Department of 
Public Service

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of noncompetitive financial assistance award.

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SUMMARY: DOE Golden Field Office, through the Chicago Support Office, 
announces that, pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules 10 CFR 
600.7(b)(2) it intends to award a grant to the Minnesota Department of 
Public Service (DPS) to continue to support a renewable energy resource 
assessment program by expanding data collection and analysis of 
potential wind energy in the southwestern part of Minnesota.

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding this announcement may be addressed to 
the U.S. Department of Energy, Chicago Support Office, 9800 South Cass 
Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, Attention: Mark Burger, Energy 
Conservation Programs Specialist, at 708/252-2193. The Contracting 
Officer is Diane Rowe.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DPS is the designated State Energy Office 
responsible for conducting activities under the State Energy 
Conservation Program. DPS has been extensively involved in efforts to 
facilitate the use of renewable energy electricity generation, which is 
an initiative encouraged by DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy. This award will further the aim of renewable energy 
electricity generation by the continued monitoring of designated sites 
in southwestern Minnesota where wind energy data is being gathered. 
This will permit a more accurate way to determine the energy potential 
that large numbers of wind electric conversion systems (WECS) have on 
the present electricity supply in Minnesota. This work is being 
conducted in cooperation with Northern States Power Company, which 
presently has WECS installed and operating in the region. Therefore, 
the grant application is being accepted because DOE knows of no other 
organization that is conducting or planning to conduct this type of 
effort. The project period for the grant award is 24 months, with the 
second year expected to begin on July 1, 1994. DOE plans to provide 
funding in the amount of $15,000 for this budget period.

Christine A. Phoebe,
Director, Administrative Division, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 94-14191 Filed 6-9-94; 8:45 am]
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