[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 49459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20981]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RT02-1-000, EL02-9-000 and RM01-12-000]


Arizona Public Service Company, El Paso Electric Company, Public 
Service Company of New Mexico, Tucson Electric Power Company, 
WestConnect RTO, LLC, Remedying Undue Discrimination Through Open 
Access Transmission Service and Standard Electricity Market Design; 
Notice of Technical Conference

August 7, 2003.
    Take notice that a technical conference for WestConnect RTO, LLC, 
will be held on September 24, 2003, from approximately 10 a.m. to 4 
p.m. Pacific Daylight Time at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, 7677 
N. 16th Street in Phoenix, Arizona. Members of the Commission will 
attend and participate in the discussions.
    This conference is one of a series of regional technical 
conferences announced in the White Paper issued in this docket on April 
28, 2003. The Commission intends to use these conferences to discuss 
with states and market participants in each region reasonable 
timetables for addressing wholesale market design issues discussed in 
the White Paper and ways to tailor the final rule in this proceeding to 
benefit customers within the region. The conference will also discuss 
infrastructure issues in the Southwest.
    The Commission is inviting selected panelists to participate in 
this conference; it is not entertaining requests to make presentations. 
Further details of the conference, including the agenda, will be 
specified in a subsequent notice. All interested persons may attend the 
conference, and registration is not required. However, in-person 
attendees are encouraged to register on-line at http://www.ferc.gov/home/conferences.asp.
    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 
seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally, 
Capitol Connection offers the opportunity for remote listening of the 
conference via Real Audio or a Phone Bridge Connection for a fee. 
Persons interested in 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.org and click on ``FERC.''
    For more information about the conference, please contact Sarah 
McKinley at (202) 502-8004 or [email protected].

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-20981 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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