[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5995]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given 
of the following advisory committee meeting:
    Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Electric System 
Reliability Task Force.
    Dates and Times: Tuesday, March 25, 1997, 8:00 am--4:00 pm.
    Place: The Madison Hotel, Dolley Madison Ballroom, 15th and M 
Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-1709 or (202) 586-6279 
(fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition 
to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the 
structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it. This 
transition raises many reliability issues, as new entities emerge in 
the power markets and as generation becomes less integrated with 
transmission.
    Purpose of the Task Force: The purpose of the Electric System 
Reliability Task Force is to provide advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board regarding the critical 
institutional, technical, and policy issues that need to be addressed 
in order to maintain the reliability of the nation's bulk electric 
system in the context of a more competitive industry.

Tentative Agenda

8:00-8:15  Opening Remarks & Objectives; Philip Sharp, Chairman, 
Electric System Reliability Task Force;
8:15-9:15  Discussion: Assumptions Regarding the Future Electricity 
Industry
9:15-10:15  Discussion: Basic Concepts and Operating Requirements for 
Electric System Reliability
10:15-10:30  Break
10:30-11:45  Panel Discussion & Roundtable: Policy and Institutional 
Issues, Panelists: NERC, Power Marketer, & DOE
11:45-12:00  Public Comment
12:00-1:15  Lunch
1:15-3:45  Panel Discussion & Roundtable: Policy and Institutional 
Issues (Continued), Panelists: NERC, Power Marketer, & DOE
3:45-4:00  Scheduling of Next Meeting
4:00  Adjourn

    This tentative agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will 
be available at the meeting.
    Public Participation: The Chairman of the Task Force is empowered 
to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's 
judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its 
meeting in Washington, D.C. the Task Force welcomes public comment. 
Members of the public will be heard in the order in which they sign up 
at the beginning of the meeting. The Task Force will make every effort 
to hear the views of all interested parties. Written comments may be 
submitted to David Cheney, Acting Executive Director, Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC 20585.
    Minutes: The minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be 
available for public review and copying approximately 30 days following 
the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 
between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on March 5, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-5995 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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