[Federal Register: September 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 181)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. RM01-12-000, RT02-1-000, EL02-9-000]
Arizona Public Service Company, El Paso Electric Company, Public
Service Company of New Mexico, Tucson Electric Power Company,
WestConnect RTO, LLC, Remedying Undue Discrimination Through Open
Access Transmission Service and Standard Electricity Market Design;
Notice of Technical Conference
September 12, 2003.
As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on August
7, 2003, a technical conference will be held on September 24, 2003, to
discuss with states and market participants in the WestConnect region
the timetables for addressing wholesale power market design issues and
to explore ways to provide flexibility the region may need to meet the
requirements of the final rule in this proceeding. Members of the
Commission will attend and participate in the discussion.
The conference will focus on the issues identified in the agenda,
which is appended to this notice as Attachment A. However,
participants/stakeholders may present their views on other important
issues that relate to the development of the Wholesale Power Market
Platform.
The conference will begin at 10 a.m. and will adjourn at about 4
p.m. Mountain Standard Time at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort,
7677 N. 16th Street in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference is open for the
public to attend, and registration is not required; however, in-person
attendees are asked to register for the conference on-line at http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/smd_0924-form.asp
.
Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or
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1-800-336-6646) for a fee. They will be available for the public on the
Commission's eLibrary (FERRIS) seven calendar days after FERC receives
the transcript. Additionally, Capitol Connection offers the opportunity
to remotely listen to the conference via the Internet or a Phone Bridge
Connection for a fee. Interested persons should make arrangements as
soon as possible by visiting the Capitol Connection Web site at http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu
and clicking on ``FERC.'' If you have any
questions contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol
Connection (703-993-3100).
For more information about the conference, please contact Sarah
McKinley at (202) 502-8004 or sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
Appendix A
Agenda
10-10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
Chairman Pat Wood, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Commissioner Nora Brownell, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Commissioner William Massey, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
10:15-11 a.m. State and Regional Issues
Chairman Marc Spitzer, Arizona Corporation Commission
Chairwoman Lynda M. Lovejoy, New Mexico Public Regulation
Commission
11-11:30 a.m. WestConnect RTO's Wholesale Power Market Platform
Overview
Charles Reinhold, WestConnect Project Manager
11:30-11:45 a.m. wesTTrans, Public Power Initiative--West
David Wiggs, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water
and Power
11:45-1 p.m. Lunch Break
1-2 p.m.
Transmission Owners Panel
Moderator: Steve Glaser, Senior Vice President, Tucson Electric
Power Company
[sbull] Steve Wheeler, Senior Vice President, Regulation, System
Planning & Operations, Arizona Public Service Company.
[sbull] David Areghini, Associate General Manager, Power,
Construction and Engineering Services, Salt River Project
Agricultural Improvement and Power District.
[sbull] Steve Fausett, Senior Vice President, Transmission, Tri-
State Generation and Transmission
[sbull] Tom Jones, Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative
Association
[sbull] Ronald Moulton, Manager, Electric Power Restructuring,
Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Regional Office
2-3 p.m. Other Stakeholders Panel
Moderator: Michael M. Grant, Gallagher & Kennedy
[sbull] Steve Huhman, Director, Market Design & Regulatory
Affairs--West Region, Mirant Inc.
[sbull] John Woodley, Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.
[sbull] Dennis L. Delaney, K.R. Saline & Associates, PLC, for
Arizona Consumer Owned Electric Systems
[sbull] Scott Gutting, Energy Strategies, Inc.
[sbull] Chris Ellison, American Wind Energy Association
[sbull] Steven C. Begay, General Manager, Din, Power Authority
3-4 p.m. Open Discussion
4 p.m. End of Conference
[FR Doc. 03-23814 Filed 9-17-03; 8:45 am]
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