2023-06216. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on March 8, 2023, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc. (“UBBA”) 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, Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ; Beaches Energy Services, Jacksonville Beach, FL; Black & Veatch, Overland Park, KS; RAD, Mahwah, NJ; Charles Industries, LLC, Schaumburg, IL; and Kigen (UK) Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Receptyv, LLC, San Diego, CA; and Intel, Santa Clara, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 UBBA intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On May 4, 2021, UBBA 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 June 10, 2021 (86 FR 30981).

The last notification was filed with the Department on December 13, 2022. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on January 24, 2023 (88 FR 4211).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director, Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.