[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51772-51773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22009]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM01-12-000 et al.]


Notice of Technical Conference

August 19, 2003.
    In the matter of: RM01-12-000, RT01-2-000, RT01-98-000, ER03-404-
000, ER03-405-000, ER03-406-000, EL03-116-000, PA03-12-000, EC98-40-
000, ER98-2770-000 and ER98-2876-000, ER03-262-000, ER03-263-000, EL02-
65-000, RT01-88-000, ER99-3144-000 and EC99-80-000, ER01-2992-000, 
RT01-84-000, ER01-123-000, ER01-2999-000, RT01-26-005, ER01-2993-000, 
RT01-37-000 and ER01-2997-000, ER01-2995-000, EL02-111-000, OA97-261-
000 and ER97-1082-000, ER97-3189-000, EC97-38-000, ER97-3273-000, EL97-
44-000, OA97-678-000, ER96-2516-000, EC96-28-000, and EL96-69-000, 
ER96-2668-000 and EC96-29-000; Remedying Undue Discrimination through 
Open Access Transmission Service and Standard Electricity Market 
Design; PJM Interconnection, LLC; PJM Interconnection, LLC; PJM 
Interconnection, LLC; PJM Interconnection, LLC; PJM Interconnection, 
LLC; Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC v. PJM 
Interconnection, LLC; Transmission Congestion on the Delmarva 
Peninsula; American Electric Power Company, Inc. and South West 
Corporation; American Electric Power Service Corporation, Commonwealth 
Edison Company, Dayton Power and Light Company and Virginia Electric 
and Power Company (New PJM Companies) and PJM Interconnection, LLC; 
Commonwealth Edison Company; Alliance Companies, et al.; Alliance 
Companies, et al.; Alliance Companies, et al.; Exelon Corporation et 
al.; Illinois Power

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Company; Northern Indiana Public Service Company; Virginia Electric and 
Power Company; Dayton Power and Light Company; American Electric Power 
Service Corporation; Midwest Independent System Operator et al.; 
Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection; Atlantic City 
Electric Company, et al.; Pennsylvania Electric Company, et al.; 
Pennsylvania Electric Company, et al.; Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland 
Interconnection Restructuring; PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Atlantic 
City Electric Company, et al.; PECO Energy Company.
    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on August 
7, 2003, a technical conference will be held on August 28, 2003, to 
discuss with states and market participants in the PJM region the 
timetables for addressing wholesale power market design issues and to 
explore ways to provide flexibility the region may need to meet the 
requirements of the final rule in this proceeding. Members of the 
Commission will attend and participate in the discussion.
    The conference will focus on the issues identified in the agenda, 
which is appended to this notice as Attachment A. However, 
participants/stakeholders may present their views on other important 
issues that relate to the development of the Wholesale Power Market 
Platform.
    The conference will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern Time and will adjourn 
at about 5 p.m. Eastern Time at the Wyndham Hotel, 700 King Street, 
Wilmington, Delaware. The conference is open for the public to attend, 
and registration is not required; however, in-person attendees are 
asked to register for the conference on-line at http://www.ferc.gov /
whats-new/registration/smd--0828-form.asp.
    This technical conference will immediately follow a meeting of the 
PJM Members Committee, which will be held that morning at the same 
location. PJM offers a web broadcast of its meeting through the PJM Web 
site and will also broadcast the FERC technical conference. To access 
the web broadcast, go to http://www.pjm.com/committees/members/members.html. To access the broadcast window directly, go to http://events01.activate.net/pmtv/pjm/10064/.
    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 eLibrary (FERRIS) 
seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally, 
Capitol Connection offers the opportunity to remotely listen to the 
conference via the Internet or a Phone Bridge Connection for a fee. 
Interested persons should make arrangements as soon as possible by 
visiting the Capitol Connection Web site at http://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and clicking on ``FERC.'' If you have any 
questions contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol 
Connection (703-993-3100).
    For more information about the conference, please contact Sarah 
McKinley at (202) 502-8004 or [email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Appendix A

 Agenda

1-1:20 p.m. Opening Remarks.
    Pat Wood, III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Gail C. McDonald, Commissioner, Maryland Public Service 
Commission
    David W. Hadley, Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory
Commission 1:20-1:45 p.m.--PJM's Compliance with the White Paper 
Phil Harris, CEO, PJM Interconnection
1:45-2:30 p.m.--State Commission Input
    Glen R. Thomas, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Public Utility 
Commission
    Frederick F. Butler, Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public 
Utilities
    Arnetta McRae, Chair, Delaware Public Service Commission
    Kevin K. Wright, Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
2:30-3:15 p.m.--Stakeholder Presentations
    Generator Sector
    Bruce Bleiweis, Director, Asset Commercialization, Reliant 
Energy Services, Inc.
    Transmission Sector
    Ralph Bourquin, Executive Director, Transmission, Baltimore Gas 
& Electric Company
    Other Supplier Sector (split time)
    Ronald Matlock, Manager of Regulatory Affairs Duke Energy 
Trading & Marketing, L.L.C.
    To be named
    Electric Distributor Sector
    Patrick McCullar, President & CEO Delaware Municipal Electric 
Cooperative
    End Use Sector
    David Kleppinger, Counsel, McNees Wallace & Nurick, L.L.C.
3:15-3:30 p.m.--Break
3:30-5 p.m.--State Commissioner/FERC/Industry Dialogue and Summary 
of Next Steps
    (All attending State Commissioners, stakeholder representatives, 
FERC Commissioners)
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