[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42012-42013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17877]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL03-139-000, EL03-137-000, EL03-138-000, EL03-140-000, 
EL03-141-000, EL03-142-000, EL03-143-000, EL03-144-000, EL03-145-000, 
EL03-146-000, EL03-147-000, EL03-148-000, EL03-149-000, EL03-150-000, 
EL03-151-000, EL03-152-000, EL03-153-000, EL03-154-000, EL03-155-000, 
EL03-156-000, EL03-157-000, EL03-158-000, EL03-159-000, EL03-160-000, 
EL03-161-000, EL03-162-000, EL03-163-000, EL03-164-000, EL03-165-000, 
EL03-166-000, EL03-167-000, EL03-168-000, EL03-169-000, EL03-170-000, 
EL03-171-000, EL03-172-000, EL03-174-000, EL03-175-000, EL03-176-000, 
EL03-177-000, EL03-178-000 and EL03-179-000]


American Electric Power Service Corporation, et al.; Notice of 
Plenary Conference

July 9, 2003.
    American Electric Power Service Corporation, Aquila, Inc., Arizona 
Public Service Company, Automated Power Exchange, Inc., Bonneville 
Power Administration, California Department of Water Resources, 
California Power Exchange, Cargill-Alliant, LLC, City of Anaheim, 
California, City of Azusa, California, City of Glendale, California, 
City of Pasadena, California, City of Redding, California, City of 
Riverside, California, Coral Power, LLC, Duke Energy Trading and 
Marketing Company, Dynegy Power Marketing Inc., Dynegy Power Corp., El 
Segundo Power, LLC, Long Beach Generation LLC, Cabrillo, Power I LLC, 
and Cabrillo Power II LLC, Enron Power Marketing, Inc., and Enron 
Energy Services Inc., P & L Energy, Idaho Power Company, Los Angeles 
Department of Water and Power, Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, LP, 
Mirant California, LLC, Mirant Delta, LLC, and Mirant Potrero, LLC, 
Modesto Irrigation District, Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Northern 
California Power Agency, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PacifiCorp, 
PGE Energy Services, Portland General Electric Company, Powerex 
Corporation, (f/k/a British Columbia Power Exchange Corp.) Public 
Service Company of Colorado, Public Service Company of New Mexico, 
Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Reliant Resources, Inc., Reliant Energy Power 
Generation, and Reliant Energy Services, Inc., Salt River Project 
Agricultural, Improvement and Power District San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company, Sempra Energy Trading Corporation, EL03-173-000, Sierra 
Pacific Power Company, Southern California Edison Company, TransAlta 
Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc., and TransAlta Energy Marketing 
(California), Inc., Tucson Electric Power Company, Western Area Power 
Administration, Williams Energy Services Corporation
    Take notice that on July 24, 2003, at 10 a.m., the Trial Staff of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will convene a plenary 
conference in the above-referenced case in Hearing Room 1 at the 
Commission, 888 1st Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Trial Staff 
requests that a representative from all ``Identified Entities'' named 
in the Commission's June 25, 2003, Order to Show Cause Concerning 
Gaming and/or Anomalous Market Behavior, have a representative present 
at this conference. Trial Staff further requests that any party who 
intervenes in the instant proceeding similarly have a representative 
present at this conference. Trial Staff notes at the outset that it 
will not deem any party (Identified Entity or intervenor) that attends 
the conference and who wishes to raise a claim of jurisdiction before 
the Commission as having waived that claim merely by attending the 
conference.
    Trial Staff is convening this conference for several purposes. 
First, Trial Staff wants to share with all of the parties in the case 
the approach it intends to take to deal with each individual Identified 
Entity included within the Commission's order to show cause in this 
case. Similarly, Trial Staff seeks to insure that all intervenors are 
afforded the opportunity to play a reasonable role during the course of 
the case. In that regard, Trial Staff will meet with all intervenors at 
2 p.m. on July 24 in Hearing Room 1.
    At the conclusion of this notice, Trial Staff sets forth the name 
of each Identified Entity from the Commission's June 25, 2003 order and 
has, for the purposes of initial contact, divided those entities among 
the three Trial Staff attorneys assigned to this case. A number of 
these Identified Entities have already contacted members of the Trial 
Staff regarding the procedures Trial Staff is proposing to follow in 
the instant case. Some of the Identified Entities have sought meetings 
with the Trial Staff team and some have expressed a willingness to 
expeditiously resolve their potential liability. To the extent that any 
Identified Entity has not yet contacted the Trial Staff, they are urged 
to contact the Trial Staff attorney identified in this Notice prior to 
the July 24, 2003 plenary conference. Similarly, a point of contact for 
all intervenors is identified. Trial Staff specifically requests that, 
at a minimum, all Identified Entities and intervenors

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provide Trial Staff in advance of the June 24, 2003 conference the 
name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of a contact person 
for the purposes of this case.
    Trial Staff is willing to meet with individual Identified Entities 
prior to the conference, at a break in the conference, or following the 
conference and the meeting with the intervenors. At this juncture, 
Trial Staff is not willing to discuss potential jurisdictional issues 
with individual parties or factual or legal questions more properly 
addressed in petitions for rehearing and/or clarification of the 
Commission's June 25, 2003 order. Rather, Trial Staff is interested in 
determining each Identified Entities' reaction to the calculations 
submitted by the California Independent System Operation (CAISO) and in 
determining each Identified Entities' willingness to expeditiously 
resolve the instant case. At a minimum, each Identified Entity should 
come to the July 24, 2003 conference with the ability to comment on the 
CAISO's analysis and on its own willingness to resolve the case.
    The following Identified Entities should contact Trial Staff 
attorney Edith A. Gilmore at (202) 502-8632 or at 
[email protected]: Aquila, Inc., Arizona Public Service Company, 
Bonneville Power Administration,California Dep't of Water Resources, 
Duke Energy Trading & Marketing, El Paso Power Services, Florida Power 
& Light, Idaho Power Company, Public Service Co. of Colorado, Puget 
Sound Energy, Reliant Resources, Inc. Sempra Energy Trading 
Corporation, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Western Area Power 
Admininstration.
    The following Identified Entities should contact Trial Staff 
attorney Janet K. Jones at (202) 502-8165 or at [email protected]: 
American Electric Power Services City of Anaheim, City of Azusa, City 
of Glendale, City of Pasadena, City of Redding, City of Riverside, Los 
Angeles Dep't of Water & Power, Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, 
Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Northern California Power Agency, 
PacifiCorp, Seattle City Light, Tucson Electric Power, Williams Energy 
Services Corporation, The following Identified Entities and all 
interested intervenors should contact Trial, Staff attorney Joel M. 
Cockrell at (202) 502-8153 or at [email protected]:
    Automated Power Exchange, Inc., California Power Exchange Cargill-
Alliant, LLC, Coral Power, LLC, Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc., Enron 
Power Marketing, Inc., Modesto Irrigation District, Pacific Gas & 
Electric Company, PGE Energy Services, Portland General Electric 
Company, Powerex Corporation, Public Service Co. of New Mexico, Salt 
River Project, San Diego Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison 
Co. TransAlta Energy Marketing, Inc.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-17877 Filed 7-15-03; 8:45 am]
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