[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38889-38890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1441]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER04-699-000, ER03-1272-002, ER98-4410-000, ER98-4410-001, 
ER98-4410-002, EL02-101-000, EL02-101-001, and EL02-101-002]


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

June 21, 2004.
    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on May 
12, 2004, a technical conference will be held on July 29-30, 2004, in 
New Orleans, Louisiana, to discuss with States and market participants 
issues related to Entergy Services, Inc.'s filing to establish 
independent oversight over certain transmission system activities. The 
conference will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (central time) on July 
29th and from 9 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. (central time) on July 
30th. The conference will be held at the City of New Orleans' City 
Council Chambers, located on the First Floor of 1300 Perdido Street, 
New Orleans, Louisiana

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70112. Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are expected 
to participate, along with Entergy's State and local utility 
regulators.
    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 by close of business on Monday, July 26, 2004 at 
http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/entergy-0729-form.asp.
    The Commission believes that there may be issues that overlap in 
these proceedings which may affect the overall provision of 
transmission service on the Entergy System. The Commission intends that 
the technical conference it ordered in these dockets will enable 
regulators and interested parties to discuss issues raised by Entergy's 
various proposals in the above dockets.
    The Commission asks that the participants in the technical 
conference address the reasonableness of Entergy's proposal in Docket 
No. ER04-699-000 to establish an Independent Coordinator of 
Transmission (ICT) to provide oversight over Entergy's transmission 
system as opposed to the reasonableness and feasibility of alternative 
arrangements to provide oversight or control over Entergy's 
transmission system. The Commission would like Entergy and parties to 
the various referenced proceedings to address the issues raised in 
those proceedings as they relate to the broader issue of transmission 
service on the Entergy System. As such, the Commission expects to 
discuss how the following Entergy cases pending at the Commission in 
relation to Entergy's ICT proposal: The Available Flowgate Capability 
proceeding in Docket Nos. ER03-1272-000, et al.; the Capacity Benefit 
Margin proceeding in Docket Nos. ER01-4410-000, et al.; and the 
transmission expansion pricing and Weekly Procurement Process (WPP) 
contained in Docket No. ER04-699-000.
    The Commission would also like to consider the issues raised by 
Indicated Stakeholders \1\ in Docket Nos. EL02-101-000, et al. in its 
filed response to the announcement of the SeTrans Sponsors that efforts 
to establish a Regional Transmission Organization in the Southeastern 
United States, including Entergy's transmission facilities, were 
suspended.
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    \1\ The Indicated Stakeholders are: Alabama Municipal Electric 
Authority; Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation; ChevronTexaco; 
Electricities of North Carolina, Inc.; Lafayette Utilities System; 
Louisiana Energy and Power Authority; NRG Energy; Shell Trading Gas 
and Power Company; Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc.; and Williams 
Power Company, Inc.
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    The Commission expects that other issues may be added after the 
Commission receives comments in Docket No. ER04-699-000 and will 
publish an additional supplemental notice with a detailed agenda. As a 
preliminary matter, the general issues to be addressed at each session 
of the conference are discussed below.
    Day One of the conference will focus on issues regarding Entergy's 
oversight proposal, including whether the ICT's duties and 
responsibilities are adequate to ensure non-discriminatory access on 
the Entergy Transmission System; actual independence of the ICT; 
independent third party administration of Entergy's OASIS; and broad 
Entergy System Agreement issues. Additional issues may include 
feasibility of SPP serving as the ICT and the possibility of Entergy 
joining the SPP RTO.
    Day Two of the conference will focus on transmission access issues 
arising from Entergy's proposed WPP, participation in the WPP, the 
roles of the EMO, Entergy Transmission Function--Weekly Operations, re-
dispatch costs and impacts on AFC. Entergy's proposed transmission 
pricing and expansion pricing proposal will also be discussed.
    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 for remote 
listening of 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 Anna 
Cochrane at (202) 502-6357 or at [email protected].

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-1441 Filed 6-28-04; 8:45 am]
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