[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 112 (Thursday, June 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 32523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1337]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL00-95-000 and EL00-98-000]


San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Complainant; v. Sellers of 
Energy and Ancillary Services Into Markets Operated by the California 
Independent System Operator and the California Power Exchange, 
Respondents; Investigation of Practices of the California Independent 
System Operator and the California Power Exchange; Notice of Conference

June 4, 2004.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is convening 
a conference to discuss potential settlements in the above captioned 
proceedings (collectively, Refund Proceeding). The conference will be 
held on Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, at 10 a.m. 
(EST).
    The purpose of the conference is to encourage all interested 
parties to attempt to resolve these proceedings short of protracted and 
expensive litigation and appeals to the extent possible. In that 
regard, the California Parties (Southern California Edison Company, 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, 
the People of the State of California, ex rel. Bill Lockyer, Attorney 
General, the California Department of Water Resources, the California 
Public Utilities Commission, and the California Electricity Oversight 
Board) have committed to devoting extensive time and resources by their 
key personnel to pursuing settlements over the next three months. 
Representatives from each of the California Parties will be present at 
the conference and the California Parties intend to present a template 
for settlements with each of the parties that will owe refunds in the 
Refund Proceeding. The Commission supports this effort and is similarly 
committing time and resources from its Office of Market Oversight and 
Investigations (OMOI) to assist in the settlement process. Accordingly, 
the Commission encourages all parties to attend this conference and try 
to achieve settlements of the Refund Proceeding. With respect to 
parties that are already in active settlement discussions with the 
California Parties, the June 30 conference is not intended to disrupt 
those discussions or substitute for them, and the Commission fully 
encourages those discussions to continue.
    The conference will be governed by Rule 602 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedures, 18 CFR 385.602 (2003).
    For additional information concerning the conference, parties or 
their counsel may contact Robert Pease at [email protected] or Lee 
Ann Watson at [email protected].

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-1337 Filed 6-9-04; 8:45 am]
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