[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 39710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14427]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RT02-2000; ER01-2997-000; RT01-37-000; ER01-123-000; ER01-
2999-000; RT01-84-000; ER02-108-000; RT01-87-000; EL01-116-000; RT01-
26-000; RT01-98-000; RM99-2-000; RT01-99-000 and RT01-100-000; RT01-1-
000; and ER01-2993-000]


State-Federal Regional Transmission Organization Panels, Dayton 
Power and Light Company; Illinois Power Company; Midwest Independent 
System Operator, Inc.; Midwest ISO; Montana-Dakota Utilities Company; 
Northern Indiana Public Service Company; PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; 
Regional Transmission Organizations; Regional Transmission 
Organizations Informational Filings; Virginia Electric and Power 
Company; Notice of State-Federal Regional Workshop For the Midwest

June 3, 2002.
    On June 24, 2002, from 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time 
(3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time), there will be a state-
federal workshop on regional transmission organizations for the 
Midwest. It will be held at the Radisson Inn Bismarck, 800 3rd Street 
South, Bismarck, North Dakota 58504. The workshop is free and open to 
the public. It will provide a forum for a dialogue between the state 
commissions, similar Canadian provincial and national agencies, and the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Similar Canadian agencies have 
regulatory authority comparable to American state regulatory agencies 
and have a stake in the outcome of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's proceedings on regional transmission organizations. 
Commissioners and staff from the state commissions, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, and the Canadian agencies may participate in 
person or via telephone. The public may attend this discussion on site.
    The proposed agenda concerns:
    1. Scope and configuration of the Midwest ISO; state commission 
concerns about the proposed regional transmission organization choices 
for Alliance companies; identifying the next steps to be taken.
    2. Issues pertaining to the creation of a ``unified'' market 
between the Southwest Power Pool, Midwest ISO, and PJM Interconnection.
    3. The role of state commissions in the planning and governance of 
regional transmission organizations.
    4. State commissioners' views on elements of standard markets: (a) 
allocation of transmission rights, (b) terms and conditions of power 
flows, and (c) pricing methodologies for transmission.
    5. Policy of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on cost 
recovery for transmission upgrades and expansions.
    The panel discussion will be transcribed, and the transcript will 
be placed in related dockets. Ace-Federal Reporters will provide copies 
of the transcript at cost. The phone numbers of Ace-Federal Reporters 
are (800) 336-6646 and (202) 347-3700. Additionally, the Commission 
will post the transcript on its Web site ten days after receipt from 
Ace-Federal Reporters.
    For additional information, please contact: Sarah McKinley, State 
Relations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. (202) 208-2016. [email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-14427 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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