[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49101-49102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24570]


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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 (Pub. L. 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, September 29, 1998, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM.

ADDRESSES: Georgetown University Conference Center, Salon H, 3800 
Reservoir Road, NW, Washington DC 20057.

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

Tuesday, September 29, 1998

8:30-8:45 AM--Opening Remarks & Objectives--Philip Sharp, Task Force 
Chairman
8:45-10:15 AM--Working Session: Discussion of Draft Report--Facilitated 
by Philip Sharp
10:15-10:30 AM--Break
10:30-11:45 AM--Working Session: Discussion of Draft Report--
Facilitated by Philip Sharp
11:45-12:00 PM--Public Comment Period
12:00-1:30 PM--Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM--Working Session: Approval of Final Report--Facilitated by 
Philip Sharp
2:30-3:30 PM--Closing Comments by Task Force Members
3:30-3:45 PM--Closing Comments by DOE Representatives
3:45-4:00 PM--Public Comment Period
4:00 PM-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 DC, 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 Skila Harris, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board, AB-1, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

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Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.
    Minutes: 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. Information on the Electric System Reliability Task Force and 
the Task Force's interim report may be found at the Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board's web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on September 8, 1998.
Althea T. Vanzego,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24570 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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