[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6517-6518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3334]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM01-12-000 et al.]


Notice of Technical Conference

February 5, 2002.

    In the matter of: RT01-2-001, RT01-2-002, RT01-2-003, 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, RT01-86-
001, RT01-86-002, RT01-87-000, RT01-88-000, RT01-94-000, RT01-95-
000, RT01-95-001, RT01-95-002, RT01-98-000, RT01-99-000, RT01-99-
001, RT01-99-002, RT01-99-003, RT01-100-000, RT02-1-000, EL02-9-000; 
RT01-2-001, RT01-2-002, RT01-2-003, 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, RT01-86-001, RT01-86-002, RT01-87-
000, RT01-88-000, RT01-94-000, RT01-95-000, RT01-95-001, RT01-05-
002, RT01-98-000, RT01-99-000, RT01-99-001, RT01-99-002, RT01-99-
003, RT01-100-000, RT02-1-000, RT02-9-000; 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, 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,

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Tucson Electric Power Company, WestConnect RTO, LLC.

    Take notice that a technical conference will be held on February 
19, 2002, to discuss the allocation of regional transmission 
organization (RTO) characteristics and functions between separate 
organizations within an RTO region.\1\ Participants also may address 
the allocation of responsibility for performing other wholesale market 
functions (e.g. administration of a balancing market and security 
coordination) at the conference.\2\ Members of the Commission may 
attend and participate in the discussions. All interested persons may 
attend.
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    \1\ The RTO characteristics are: (1) Independence; (2) scope and 
regional configuration; (3) operational authority; and (4) short-
term reliability. RTO functions include: (1) tariff administration 
and design; (2) congestion management; (3) parallel path flow; (4) 
ancillary services; (5) OASIS, total transmission capacity and 
available transmission capacity; (6) market monitoring; (7) planning 
and expansion; and (8) interregional coordination. See Regional 
Transmission Organizations, Order No. 2000, FERC Stats. And Regs. 
31,089 (1999), order on reh'g, Order No. 2000-A, FERC Stats. And 
Regs. 31,092 (2000), aff'd, Public Utility District No. 1 of 
Snohomish County, Washington v. FERC, 272 F.3d 607 (D.C. Cir. 2001).
    \2\ See Order Providing Guidance on Continued Processing of RTO 
Filings, 97 FERC para. 61,146 at 61,633 (2001).
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    The conference will be held from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m., at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC, in the Commission Meeting Room on the 
second floor. The Commission is inviting selected panelists on these 
topics to participate in this conference; 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.
    The Capitol Connection broadcasts all open and special Commission 
meetings held at the Commission's headquarters live over the Internet, 
as well as via telephone. For a fee, you can receive these meetings in 
your office, at home, or anywhere in the world. To find out more about 
the Capitol Connection's live Internet, phone bridge, or satellite 
coverage, contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at (703) 993-3100, 
or visit www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu. The Capitol Connection also 
offers FERC open meetings through its Washington, DC-area television 
service.
    Those interested in obtaining transcripts of the conference will 
need to contact Ace Federal Reporters at (202) 347-3700 or (800) 336-
6646.
    Further details about the agenda and organization of the 
conference, the panelists and submission of comments will be specified 
in a subsequent notice. Other questions about the conference program 
should be directed to: Diane Bernier, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 219-2886.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3334 Filed 2-11-02; 8:45 am]
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