2011-22527. State Energy Advisory Board

AGENCY:

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open teleconference.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a teleconference call of the State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES:

Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m. EST. To receive the call-in number and passcode, please contact the Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the address or phone number listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gil Sperling, STEAB's Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; Phone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: To make recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy regarding goals and objectives, programmatic and administrative policies, and to otherwise carry out the Board's responsibilities as designated in the State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-440).

Tentative Agenda: Review and update accomplishments of STEAB's Sub-committee and Taskforces, update Board members on the status of draft Resolution 11-01, review possible letters to the Department of Energy from the Board regarding the State Energy Program, and provide an update to the Board on routine business matters and other topics of interest, and plan for the upcoming November 2011 and March 2012 Board meetings.

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Gil Sperling at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests to make oral comments must be received five days prior to the meeting; reasonable provision will be made to include requested topic(s) on the agenda. The Chair of the Board is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available for public review and copying within 60 days on the STEAB Web site: http://www.steab.org.

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 29, 2011.

LaTanya R. Butler,

Acting Deputy Committee Management Officer.