[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 67671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00429]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER02-2014-006, ER03-1272-000, EL03-132-000, EL02-101-000]


CLECO Power LLC, Dalton Utilities, Entergy Services, Inc., 
Georgia Transmission Corporation, JEA, MEAG Power, Sam Rayburn G&T 
Electric Cooperative, Inc., South Carolina Public Service Authority, 
Southern Company Services, Inc., City of Tallahassee, Florida; 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

November 25, 2003.
    The November 7, 2003 Notice of Technical Conference in this 
proceeding indicated that a technical conference will be held on 
December 8-9, 2003 at 10 a.m. This conference will be held at the 
offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. Parties that will participate by phone 
should contact Mark Gratchen at (202) 502-6274 no later than Wednesday, 
December 3, 2003.
    The agenda includes time for open discussion and the Commission 
wishes to hear from all parties. If any party wishes to make a formal 
presentation, please contact Mark Gratchen at (202) 502-6274 no later 
than Wednesday, December 3, 2003.
    The conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available 
to view electronically under the above listed docket numbers seven days 
after the conference.
    The agenda for the technical conference is set forth in the 
Attachment to this notice.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Technical Conference Agenda

December 8, 2003

10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--Discussion of Entergy's Generator Operator Limits 
(GOL) Procedure
    Opening Comments and Introduction
    Entergy presentation summarizing its November 3, 2003 Report on 
GOLs
    Questions and Discussion of November 3, 2003 GOL Report

    This session will include a discussion of Entergy's GOL Report. 
Topics will be discussed in the following order:

    The Implementation Period
    Standard of Review
    Non-Discriminatory Application (including analytical framework, 
source data and results/conclusions)
    Availability of Transfer Capability
    Sufficiency of Transfer Capability (including analytical framework, 
source data and results/conclusions)
    Increased Availability of Transfer Capability (including analytical 
framework, source data and results/conclusions)
    Potential to Withhold Transfer Capability (including analytical 
framework, source data and results/conclusions).
    Intervenor Presentations
    Modifications to GOL Process and Summary of Parties' Positions
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.--Lunch
1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.--Discussion of Entergy's Available Flowgate Capability 
(AFC) Proposal
    Entergy presentation: Overview and steps of AFC process; 
differences with GOL/ATC
    Questions and Discussion of Entergy's AFC Proposal. Topics will be 
discussed in the following order:
    Flowgate Criteria: Identification of specific criteria to be used 
and justification for them. Use of existing studies to identify the 
base set of flowgates. Specification of and justification for criteria 
to be used to add and delete monitored flowgates. (See Entergy's 
November 12, 2003 response (November response) to question no. 1 in the 
Division Director Letter issued in Docket No. ER03-1272-000 on October 
22, 2003 (Division Director Letter).)
    Base case models and assumptions for AFC process and comparison to 
GOL process. (See November response to question no. 3 in the Division 
Director Letter.)
    Importance of Response Factors in AFC process and support for 
Threshold level chosen by Entergy. (See November response to question 
nos. 4, 5, and 6 in the Division Director Letter.)
    Transparency of process, implementation timetable and other issues. 
(See November response to question nos. 7, 8, and 9 in the Division 
Director Letter.)

December 9, 2003

10:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.--Continuation of Discussion on AFCs, if needed; 
Discussion of Entergy's Weekly Procurement Process (WPP)
    [sbull] Staff Summary of the Commission Order issued in ER04-35-000 
and issues raised.
    [sbull] Entergy's presentation on the WPP
    I. Overview
    II. Structure of WPP
    III. Role of Independent Oversight
    IV. WPP Products
    V. Redispatch
    VI. Interaction with GOLs/AFCs
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.--Lunch
1:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.--Questions and Discussion of Entergy's WPP
    [sbull] Topics will be discussed in the following order; the 
questions are intended to facilitate discussion and are not limitations 
to the discussion:
    1. Structure of the Weekly Procurement Process--What type of entity 
is appropriate for managing the WPP? Which entity will manage the WPP?
    2. Role of Independent Procurement Monitor (IPM)--What are the 
roles, functions, and responsibilities of the IPM?
    3. WPP Products including redispatch
    4. Effect of WPP on GOLs/AFCs--What is the effect of the WPP on 
transfer capabilities?
    5. Future Developments-- How will AFC and WPP operate within the 
SeTrans RTO?
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m.--Closing Remarks
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