SPECIAL NOTICE
44 -- 44--U.S. Department of Energy Guidance for the Civil Nuclear Credit Program
- Notice Date
- 4/19/2022 2:17:36 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 221113
— Nuclear Electric Power Generation
- Contracting Office
- IDAHO OPERATIONS OFFICE IDAHO FALLS ID 83415 USA
- ZIP Code
- 83415
- Solicitation Number
- 89243222BNE000001
- Response Due
- 5/19/2022 10:59:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Suzette M. Olson
- E-Mail Address
-
olsonsm@id.doe.gov
(olsonsm@id.doe.gov)
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this Guidance for the Civil Nuclear Credit Program (CNC Program), enacted by Section 40323 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public Law 117-58, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The IIJA is a once-in-a-generation investment in infrastructure, which will grow a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable economy through enhancing U.S. competitiveness in the world, creating good jobs, and ensuring stronger access to these economic benefits for disadvantaged communities. The IIJA appropriates more than $62 billion to DOE to deliver a more equitable clean energy future for the American people. As part of this effort, the IIJA authorizes and appropriates $6 billion for the period encompassing Fiscal Years 2022 through 2026 to establish the CNC Program to prevent premature closures of nuclear power plants by providing financial support for existing Nuclear Reactors projected to cease operations due to economic factors. As implemented through this Guidance, the CNC Program will make meaningful progress towards a carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035, help �deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050� to the benefit of all Americans. Nuclear power currently provides 52 percent of the nation�s clean electricity, and the current fleet of reactors are a vital resource to achieve a 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035 and net-zero emissions economy-wide by 2050. Shifting energy markets and other economic factors have already resulted in the closure of 12 commercial reactors across the United States since 2013. These closures have led to an increase in carbon emissions, poorer air quality, and the loss of thousands of high-paying jobs. The CNC Program is a critical element of meeting clean energy goals by preserving the existing nuclear fleet and the clean energy it provides. This Guidance describes the timelines, deliverables, and other requirements for Owners or Operators of Nuclear Reactors that are projected to cease operations due to economic factors to submit Certification Applications to become Certified Nuclear Reactors, and instructions on formulating and submitting sealed Bids to receive Credit allocations. This Guidance will clarify the certification criteria, application content requirements, evaluation process and methodologies, eligibility periods, and anticipated timeline of the CNC Program. This Guidance is applicable to the first in a series of annual Award Periods that DOE will conduct to implement the CNC Program. The first Award Period is limited to Nuclear Reactors that are projected to cease operations imminently and with a high degree of certainty. Accordingly, this Award Period will be implemented on a more rapid timeline than future Award Periods and will be limited to Nuclear Reactors that have already announced their intention to cease operations. Future Award Periods�including for Award Period 2, which will commence in the first quarter of FY 2023�will be executed over a longer timeline and will not be limited to Nuclear Reactors that have announced publicly their intentions to cease operations. For this Award Period, DOE is accepting Certification Applications and Bid submissions as a single submission from April 19, 2022 to May 19, 2022. Application information and Bid submissions must be submitted via proposalscnc.inl.gov by 11:59 pm (23:59) MDT, May 19, 2022, or they will not be considered timely filed for the first Award Period and will not be evaluated.
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