[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4713-4714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2294]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM01-12-000 et al.]


Electricity Market Design and Structure; Notice of Technical 
Conference

January 24, 2002.
    In the matter of RT01-2-001, RT01-10-000, RT01-15-000, RT01-34-
000, RT01-35-000, RT01-67-000, RT01-74-000, RT01-75-000, RT01-77-
000, RT01-85-000, RT01-86-000, RT01-87-000, RT01-88-000, RT01-94-
000, RT01-95-000, RT01-98-000, RT01-99-000, RT01-100-000, RT02-1-
000, EL02-9-000, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Allegheny Electric 
Cooperative, Inc., Atlantic City Electric Company, Baltimore Gas & 
Electric Company, Delmarva Power & Light Company, Jersey Central 
Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company, PECO Energy 
Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, PPL Electric Utilities 
Corporation, Potomac Electric Power Company, Public Service Electric 
& Gas Company, UGI Utilities Inc., Allegheny Power, Avista 
Corporation, Montana Power Company, Nevada Power Company, Portland 
General Electric Company, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Sierra Pacific 
Power Company, Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Avista Corporation, 
Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho Power Company, Montana Power 
Company, Nevada Power Company, PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric 
Company, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Sierra Pacific Power Company, 
GridFlorida LLC, Florida Power & Light Company, Florida Power 
Corporation, Tampa Electric Company, Carolina Power & Light Company, 
Duke Energy Corporation, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 
GridSouth Transco, LLC, Entergy Services, Inc., Southern Company 
Services, Inc., California Independent System Operator, Corporation, 
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Central Maine Power Company, National 
Grid USA, Northeast Utilities Service Company, The United 
Illuminating Company, Vermont Electric Power Company, ISO New 
England Inc., Midwest Independent System Operator, Alliance 
Companies, NSTAR Services Company, New York Independent System 
Operator, Inc., Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, 
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corporation, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, Orange & 
Rockland Utilities, Inc., Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, PJM 
Interconnection, L.L.C., Regional Transmission Organizations, 
Regional Transmission Organizations, Arizona Public Service Company, 
El Paso Electric Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, 
Tucson Electric Power Company, WestConnect RTO, LLC

    Take notice that the Staff of the Commission is convening a 
technical conference on February 5-7, 2002, to discuss the technical 
issues relating to the Commission's consideration of a

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standard market design for wholesale electric power markets. The 
conference will feature panel discussions on: (1) Energy Markets and 
Operating Reserves; (2) Generation Adequacy; (3) Market Power 
Mitigation; (4) Transmission Rights and Financial Rights; (5) 
Transmission Tariff Transition; and (6) Minimizing Implementation 
Costs. This conference is intended to continue the discussions, begun 
at the public conference on January 22 and 23, 2002. Additional details 
about the conference will be provided in a subsequent notice and posted 
on the Commission's Web site under RTO Activities.
    Members of the Commission may attend the conference and participate 
in the discussions. All interested persons may attend.
    The conference will be held from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. each day, in a room to be designated at the offices of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC. The 
Commission is inviting selected panelists on these topics to 
participate in these workshops; it is not at this time entertaining 
requests to make presentations. There will be an opportunity for non-
panelists to submit comments in the above dockets. For additional 
information about the conference, please contact Connie Caldwell at 
(202) 208-2027.

C.B. Spencer,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2294 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]
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