[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1028]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER02-2233-001, EC03-14-000, ER03-242-000, ER03-257-000, 
ER03-262-000, ER03-263-000, RT01-2-000, RT01-98-000, RT01-87-000 and 
RT02-2-000]


Ameren Services Company, FirstEnergy Corporation, Northern 
Indiana Public Service Company, National Grid USA, Midwest Independent 
Transmission System Operator, Inc., American Electric Power Service 
Corporation Virginia Electric and Power Company, American Electric 
Power Service Corporation, Commonwealth Edison Company and Commonwealth 
Edison Company of Indiana, Inc., The Dayton Power and Light Company, 
Virginia Electric and Power Company, and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 
Commonwealth Edison Company and Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana, 
Inc., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Midwest 
Independent System Operator, Inc., and State-Federal Regional RTO 
Panels; Notice of State-Federal Regional Panel Discussion

January 10, 2003.
    1. At the request of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 
(Indiana Commission), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will 
hold a discussion with the Commissioners and staff of the Indiana 
Commission to discuss dockets related to RTO formation that are 
currently pending before both the Commission and the Indiana 
Commission. These cases involve the transfer to PJM Interconnection, 
L.L.C. of functional control of transmission assets that American 
Electric Power Service Corporation requested on behalf of Appalachian 
Power Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power 
Company, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Ohio Power 
Company and Wheeling Power Company (collectively AEP); and Northern 
Indiana Public Service Company's request for transfer of functional 
control of its transmission facilities to GridAmerica and the Midwest 
ISO. The conference is established pursuant to the Order Announcing the 
Establishment of State-Federal Regional Panels to Address RTO Issues, 
Modifying the Application of Rule 2201 in the Captioned Dockets, and 
Clarifying Order No. 607, 97 FERC 61,182 (2001), reh'g denied 98 FERC 
61,309 (2002). The conferences will not involve any discussion of the 
Indiana Commission's open dockets.
    2. The Indiana Commission has indicated that the Commissioners and 
staff of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, the Public Service 
Commission of Kentucky, the Michigan Public Service Commission, the 
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Tennessee Regulatory 
Authority, the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and the Public 
Service Commission of West Virginia, who represent the states served by 
AEP, may wish to participate in this discussion; other affected state 
commissions also may have an interest in this matter and may wish to 
participate. Attendance at the meeting is limited to the Commission, 
state commissioners, and their respective staffs.
    3. The discussion will take place at the offices of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC, at 
10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2003. A transcript of the discussion 
will be placed in the above-captioned dockets.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-1028 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am]
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