[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 225 (Thursday, November 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70223-70225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29461]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM01-12-000]


Remedying Undue Discrimination Through Open Access Transmission 
Service and Standard Electricity Market Design

November 14, 2002.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of technical conference agenda.

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SUMMARY: As announced in the Notice of Technical Conferences issued on 
October 22, 2002, Commission staff will convene a technical conference 
on November 19, 2002 to discuss aspects of the resource adequacy 
requirement proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in 
this docket on July 31, 2002. See 67 FR 65, 913-15 (Oct. 29, 2002). 
This notice provides further organizational details and the conference 
agenda.

DATES: The conference will take place on November 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The conference will take place at: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah McKinley, Office of External 
Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Technical Conference Agenda

    1. As announced in the Notice of Technical Conferences issued on 
October 22, 2002, Commission staff will convene a technical conference 
on November 19, 2002 to discuss aspects of the resource adequacy 
requirement proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in 
this docket on July 31, 2002. This notice provides further 
organizational details and the conference agenda.
    2. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will adjourn at about 
5:15 p.m. It is scheduled to take place at the Commission's offices, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC, in the Commission Meeting Room 
on the

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second floor. The agenda is appended to this notice as Attachment A. As 
specified in the October 22, 2002 Notice, the discussions will attempt 
to clarify and seek consensus on specific issues. The discussion 
questions are appended to this notice as Attachment B.
    3. The conference is open for the public to attend, and 
registration is not required; however, in-person attendees are asked to 
notify the Commission of their intent to attend by sending an e-mail 
message to [email protected]. Members of the Commission may attend the 
conference and participate in the discussions.
    4. Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from 
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646), for a fee. They 
will be available for the public on the Commission's FERRIS system two 
weeks after the conference. Additionally, Capitol Connection offers the 
opportunity for remote listening and viewing of the conference. It is 
available for a fee, live over the Internet, via C-Band Satellite. 
Persons interested in receiving the broadcast, or who need information 
on making arrangements should contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli 
at the Capitol Connection (703-993-3100) as soon as possible or visit 
the Capitol Connection web site at http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu 
and click on ``FERC.''
    5. Questions about the conference program should be directed to: 
Sarah McKinley, Manager of State Outreach, Office of External Affairs, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8368, [email protected].

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.

Attachment A

Schedule

9:30-9:35 AM Introductions
9:35-9:45 AM Opening Remarks Kevin Kelly, Commission Staff
9:45-11:15 AM Session I
Panelists:
    Regina M. Carrado, Regulatory Specialist, Exelon Corporation, 
Exelon Generation, L.L.C.
    David LaPlante, Vice President, Markets Development, ISO New 
England Inc.
    Ronald G. Lukas, Senior Vice President, KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC
    Marc Montalvo, Manager of Wholesale Market Analytics, Lacapra 
Associates, Inc., on behalf of the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer 
Advocates
    Karen Krug O'Neill, Vice President, New Markets, Green Mountain 
Energy
    Mark Reeder, Chief, Regulatory Economics, New York Public Service 
Commission
11:15-11:30 AM Break
11:30-1:00 PM Session II
Panelists:
    Michael Alcantar, Attorney, Alcantar & Kahl LLP, on behalf of the 
Cogeneration Association of California (CAC) and the Energy Producers 
and Users Coalition (EPUC)
    Kieran Connolly, Public Utilities Specialist, Bonneville Power 
Administration
    Kellan L. Fluckiger, Senior Advisor to the Chair and CEO, 
California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority
    John Meyer, Vice President of Asset Commercialization, Reliant 
Resources
    Charles Reinhold, WestConnect RTO Project Manager, Electric 
Resource Strategies
    Gary Stern, Director of Market Monitoring and Analysis, Southern 
California Edison Company
    To be determined, Silicon Valley Manufacturing Association
1:00-2:00 PM Lunch
2:00-3:30 PM Session III
Panelists:
    James Caldwell, Policy Director, American Wind Energy Association
    William F. Hall, III, Senior Vice President, Energy Policy & 
Strategy, Duke Energy Corporation
    William J. Head, Chief Operating Officer, MAPPCOR, representing the 
Mid-Continent Area Power Pool
    Stephen L. Huntoon, Senior Director & Regulatory Counsel, Dynegy 
Power Marketing, Inc.
    Sam Randazzo, Partner, McNees, Wallace & Nurick, LLC, on behalf of 
Ohio Industrial Consumers
    Rick Riley, Director, Transmission Policy, Entergy Services, Inc. 
on behalf of SeTrans Sponsors
    Raymond J. Wahle, P.E., Director, Power Supply and Operations, 
Missouri River Energy Services
3:30-3:45 PM Break
3:45-5:15 PM Session IV
Panelists:
    The Honorable Thomas Welch, Chairman, Maine Public Utilities 
Commission
    The Honorable Robert B. Nelson, Commissioner, Michigan Public 
Service Commission
    Richard Campbell, Director, Energy & Technology, American Forest & 
Paper Association
    David R. Nevius, Vice President, North American Electric 
Reliability Council
    Roy Shanker, Consultant and Participant of the Northeast Joint 
Capacity Adequacy Group
    David M. Velazquez, Vice President, Business Planning, Conectiv 
Energy Supply Inc., on behalf of The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) 
and the Alliance of Energy Suppliers

Attachment B

Discussion Questions

    Each panel will discuss the following questions:
    1. Should there be a standard resource adequacy plan for the entire 
grid?
    a. If not, what other measures can be used to ensure regional 
resource adequacy?
    2. For LSEs in states with bundled retail sales which have met 
state planning guidelines, what more must the ITP do?
    a. Should the ITP independently verify that the guidelines have 
been met?
    b. Should the ITP ensure the physical deliverability of identified 
resources?
    c. Should the ITP verify that no resources have been double counted 
on a regional basis?
    d. Is there value to coordinating these state planning guidelines 
regionally?
    3. What should the resource adequacy product requirement be?
    a. Combination energy/call contracts requirement.
    b. Capacity requirements, where energy and capacity are separate 
products sold in the market. The seller of a capacity product would be 
obligated to offer energy into the market.
    4. How should the penalty structure on deficient LSEs be set?
    a. Is a penalty on LSEs in real time sufficient?
    b. Should an LSE who failed to meet its forward obligation in the 
appropriate planning horizon be able to avoid a real-time penalty by 
procuring its resources past the deadline?
    5. What disincentives should exist for adequacy suppliers to 
prevent non-performance?
    6. Should the resource adequacy requirement be met solely through 
bilateral contracts or should a centralized market (accommodating 
bilateral contracts) be available?
    7. What process should be implemented if the ITP identifies a 
shortage of planned resources?
    a. Should the ITP implement a market to ensure such resources are 
available?
    b. If so, who should pay for the availability of such resources?

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    c. Further, should existing resources be able to participate in 
such a market?
    8. How will the ITP ensure deliverability of adequacy resources?
    a. Must resources be physically identified to meet the adequacy 
requirement?
    b. Should liquidated damages contracts without specific resources 
identified be sufficient?
    c. How should transmission rights to distant generation sources be 
allocated to meet the adequacy requirement?
    9. What guidelines should the Regional State Advisory Committee 
(RSAC) follow in determining the planning horizons and adequacy 
procurement deadlines?
    a. Should a ladder approach to procurement be allowed? This 
approach would require LSEs to procure an increasing percentage of 
their total adequacy requirement at intermediate points during the span 
of the planning horizon.
    10. What should the RSAC process be to determine each region's 
adequacy requirement?
    11. What should be the relationship between the RSAC and the ITP in 
the load forecasting and resource evaluation process?
    12. How should each LSE's obligation be set in a fluid retail 
access environment? a. Should the adequacy product necessarily be 
liquid and fungible?
    13. How can demand resources be measured to count equally toward 
adequacy requirements?
    14. How can intermittent resources be evaluated to count 
appropriately toward adequacy?
[FR Doc. 02-29461 Filed 11-20-02; 8:45 am]
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