The Rural Utilities Service solicited letters of interest for loan applications to finance power generation projects for renewable energy resource (RER) systems or energy storage systems that support RER Projects, announced the application process for those loans, and provided deadlines for applications from eligible entities under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy Program.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed to implement §307 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act and amend Regulation Z to address how the Truth in Lending Act applies to Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) transactions to account for the unique nature of PACE.

NRC issued Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.89, “Environmental Qualification of Certain Electric Equipment Important to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants,” which provides guidance that the staff of NRC considers acceptable to meet regulatory requirements for environmental qualification of certain electric equipment important to safety.

DOE seeks comment regarding the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s methane mitigation technologies and point source carbon capture research and development activities and regulation of natural gas imports and exports; specifically, the Department seeks information on strategies and technologies that natural gas and liquefied natural gas companies are deploying or could deploy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seeks comment on possible commercial wind energy leasing on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Maine.

DOE announced the establishment of the 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board, pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

DOE proposed to revise its regulations regarding procedures for calculating a value for the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles for use in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program administered by DOT.

The DOE Grid Deployment Office announced the availability of guidance for the hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives as authorized through the Energy Policy Act of 2005, amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

NRC proposed to amend its environmental protection regulations by updating 2013 findings on the environmental effect of renewing the operating license of a nuclear power plant, redefining the number and scope of the environmental issues that must be addressed during the review of each application for license renewal.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed to offer one or more lease areas for commercial wind power development on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico.