[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1234]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM01-12-000 EX01-3-000]


Electricity Market Design & Structure; Notice of Meetings and 
Conferences on Electric Market Matters

January 11, 2002.
    As announced in a recent Commission Meeting, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (FERC) is planning a series of discussions on 
various electric market design issues.
    Our Commissioners are especially interested in the views of state 
Commissioners and in discussing some of these issues with them. The 
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has 
scheduled its winter meetings for February 10th--13th, 2002. NARUC is 
allowing FERC to have time during its winter meetings to hold two 
sessions on issues of mutual concern. NARUC is holding its meetings at 
the Hyatt Regency Washington Hotel, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20001.
    The following two sessions on FERC-related issues are in the 
Hyatt's Regency A Room:
    Date: Sunday, February 10, 2002.
    Time: 10 a.m.--12 p.m.
    Topic: Whether all wholesale and retail transmission services 
should be under the same rates, terms and conditions.

    Date: Monday, February 11, 2002.
    Time: 4 p.m.--5:45 p.m.
    Topic: Whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should 
require RTOs to administer a regional, long-term generation capacity 
obligation, and if so, the form and mechanism for that obligation.
    These two sessions are open to everyone. There will be no charge 
for those attending these two sessions only.
    The Commission is also co-sponsoring a conference with the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) to raise awareness about the potential role 
of demand response programs in the evolution of efficient electric 
market operations. A series of panel discussions will address related 
topics. Some conference details are as follows:
    Date: Thursday, February 14, 2002.
    Time: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.--Registration; Adjournment at 5:00 
p.m.
    Location: Washington DC Convention Center, 900 Ninth Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.
    This conference is open to everyone, but registration and a fee 
($75 until January 31st, and $125 thereafter) are required.
    More information on the topics and presenters may be issued in a 
later notice.
    The three sessions will be transcribed. The transcripts will be 
included as part of the record for the referenced proceedings and will 
be posted in the Commission's Records and Information Management System 
(RIMS) within 10 days of the events. More prompt copies of transcripts 
can be obtained sooner for a fee from the court reporter designated to 
handle the three sessions.
    More information on the first two events, and procedures to 
register for the entire NARUC winter meetings (including information on 
registration, fees, and lodging) is at the following Web site: 
www.naruc.org/Meetings/winter/2002/naruc__winter.pdf.
    Registration and lodging information on the Demand Response 
Conference is at the following Web site: www.ferc.gov/Electric/RTO/Mrkt-Strct-comments/rm01-12-comments.htm.
    Additional questions about the program, not answered by information 
at these Web sites, should be directed to: Norma McOmber, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, 202-208-1015, [email protected].

C.B. Spencer,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-1234 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
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