[Federal Register: September 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 172)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. RM05-17-000; RM05-25-000]
Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission
Service; Notice of Technical Conferences
August 28, 2007.
Take notice that Commission staff will convene technical
conferences on the following dates in the following cities to review
and discuss the draft proposals regarding transmission planning
required by the ``Order Extending Compliance Action Date and
Establishing Technical Conferences'' issued in this proceeding on July
27, 2007.\1\ Staff expects all transmission providers to participate in
the technical conference for their particular region, although all
interested persons, including other transmission providers, regional
representatives, and transmission customers are invited to attend each
conference. In the July 27 Order, the Commission extended until
December 7, 2007 the date for transmission providers to submit an
Attachment K to their Open Access Transmission Tariff incorporating the
transmission planning principles and concepts adopted in Order No.
890.\2\ To facilitate the development of these filings, the Commission
also required transmission providers to post a draft of their
Attachment K on or before September 14, 2007, and established a second
round of staff technical conferences,\3\ which is being scheduled in
this notice, for the purpose of stakeholder review of those drafts.\4\
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\1\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in
Transmission Service, 120 FERC ] 61,103 (2007) at P 2 & 5 (July 27
Order).
\2\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, 72 FR 12266 (March 15, 2007),
FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241 at p 444-602 (2007), reh'g pending.
\3\ The first round of staff technical conferences were held on:
June 4-7, 2007 in Little Rock, AR, covering the southeast including
Southwest Power Pool and its members; June 13, 2007 in Park City,
UT, covering the northwest; June 26, 2007 in Phoenix, AZ, covering
the southwest and California; and June 28-29, 2007 in Pittsburgh,
PA, covering the ISO New England, New York ISO, PJM Interconnection,
Midwest ISO, and Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) subregions.
\4\ Additionally, on August 2, 2007, Commission staff placed in
the record of this proceeding a White Paper to assist transmission
providers in their development of tariff language consistent with
the requirements of Order No. 890.
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Date Location Transmission provider participants
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October 1-2, 2007.................... Atlanta, GA............ Entities located in the states represented in
the Southeastern Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) and entities
located in the Southwest Power Pool footprint.
Those wishing to participate as a panelist and
provide feedback on the proposals should submit
a request form by close of business on
September 21, 2007, located at: https://
www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/
transmission-planning-speaker-form.asp.
October 15-16, 2007.................. Boston, MA............. Entities located within the Midwest ISO, PJM,
New York ISO, and ISO New England footprints,
MAPP/MAPP Participants, and adjacent areas.
Those wishing to participate as a panelist and
provide feedback on the proposals should submit
a request form by close of business on
September 28, 2007, located at: https://
www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/
transmission-planning-speaker-form.asp.
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A further notice with a detailed agenda for each conference will be
issued in advance of the conferences. Details about locations of
meetings will be provided at that time. In the event a transmission
provider is uncertain as to which technical conference is the
appropriate forum for discussion of its draft proposal, such
transmission providers should contact Commission staff in advance to
discuss the matter.
For further information about these conferences, please contact:
Tony Ingram (Technical Information), Office of Energy Markets and
Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8938. Tony.Ingram@ferc.gov.
John Cohen (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel--Energy
Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8705. John.Cohen@ferc.gov.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-17551 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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