[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19437-19438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1719]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM01-10-006, EL01-118-005, and RM03-10-002]


Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers; Investigation of 
Terms and Conditions of Public Utility Market-Based Rate 
Authorizations; Amendments to Blanket Sales Certificate; Notice of 
Technical Conference and Workshop

April 5, 2005.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will hold a 
technical conference and workshop on Standards of Conduct for 
Transmission Providers and Market Behavior Rules on May 6, 2005, at the 
Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting will 
begin at 10 a.m. (CST) and conclude late afternoon. All interested 
persons are invited to attend.
    The purpose of the conference and workshop is to discuss: (1) 
Critical steps and best practices for complying with the Standards of 
Conduct for Transmission Providers under Order No. 2004 \1\; and (2) 
the impact of the market behavior rules \2\ on wholesale energy markets 
and steps that must be taken by entities subject to the market behavior 
rules to ensure compliance. The conference and workshop will address, 
but not be limited to, the following general topics:
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    \1\ Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No. 
2004, FERC Stats. & Regs., Regulations Preambles ] 31,155 (2003), 
order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-A, III FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,161 
(2004), 107 FERC ] 61,032 (2004), order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-B, 
III FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,166 (2004), 108 FERC ] 61,118 (2004), 
order on reh'g, Order No. 2004-C, 109 FERC ] 61,325 (2004), order on 
reh'g, Order No. 2004-D, 110 FERC ] 61,320 (2005).
    \2\ Order Amending Market-Based Rate Tariffs and Authorizations, 
105 FERC ] 61,218 (2003), reh'g denied, 107 FERC ] 61,175 (2004); 
Order No. 644, Amendment to Blanket Sales Certificates, FERC Stats. 
& Regs. ] 31,153 (2003), reh'g denied, 107 FERC ] 61,174 (2004).
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     The duties and responsibilities of a Chief Compliance 
Officer.
     Techniques for ensuring separation of transmission 
function employees from energy and marketing affiliate employees 
required by the Standards of Conduct.
     Best practices for complying with the information sharing 
prohibitions of the Standards of Conduct.
     Impact of the market behavior rules on energy markets.
     Best practices for implementing and ensuring compliance 
with the market behavior rules.
    The Commission is hosting this conference and workshop to help 
provide guidance on complying with the Standards of Conduct that have 
been in effect since September 2004 and the market behavior rules that 
have been in effect since December 2003. Interested persons are invited 
to submit specific questions that they would like to be addressed at 
the conference and workshop or other suggestions for the content of the 
program. Prospective attendees and participants are urged to watch for 
further notices; a detailed agenda will be issued in advance of the 
conference and workshop.
    Hotel rooms at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 East Walton 
Place, Chicago, Illinois, can be reserved by calling 1 (800) 621-8140 
or 1 (312) 751-8100.
    There is no registration fee to attend this conference. However, we 
request that those planning to attend the conference register online on 
the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/comp-05-06-form.asp
    Prospective participants and interested parties are encouraged to

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submit questions, suggestions and requests to participate by Wednesday, 
April 13, 2005. Questions about the conference and workshop, including 
requests to participate, should be directed as follows:
    Regarding Standards of Conduct: Demetra Anas, Office of Market 
Oversight and Investigations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 202-502-8178, 
[email protected].
    Regarding market behavior rules: Ted Gerarden, Office of Market 
Oversight and Investigations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6187, 
[email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-1719 Filed 4-12-05; 8:45 am]
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