[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30103-30104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2610]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER05-134-001, ER05-134-002, and EL05-91-000]


ISO New England Inc.; Notice of Technical Conference

May 18, 2005

    .Take notice that the Commission will convene a technical 
conference on Thursday, June 9, 2005, at 9 a.m. (EST), at the offices 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426 in conference room 3M-2A.
    The purpose of the conference is to explore the issues raised, gain 
an understanding of the facts, and obtain additional information about 
the positions of the parties regarding Schedule 3 of the ISO New 
England Inc.'s Tariff for Transmission Dispatch and Power 
Administration Services, through which it collects its administrative 
costs for providing Reliability Administration Service

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(RAS). The Commission directed its staff to convene this technical 
conference in an April 19, 2005 Order.\1\ Issues the participants will 
be asked to address include but are not limited to:
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    \1\ ISO New England Inc., 111 FERC ] 61,096 (2005).
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    (1) What is the rationale underlying the assignment of RAS costs 
based on load obligation? How well does the current cost allocation 
match the costs of the RAS with the benefits received from the service? 
How many and what type of market participants (e.g., financial 
marketers, generators, etc.) are negatively affected by the current 
rate design?
    (2) What is the rationale for assigning RAS costs as proposed under 
the alternative cost allocation? How well does the alternative cost 
allocation match the costs of the RAS with the benefits received from 
the service? Explain why exports should be treated differently from all 
other load obligations?
    (3) Quantify the impact that the asserted ``seam'' caused by the 
current RAS rate design has had (and would have) on cross-border 
transactions? Assess the overall impact of both rate designs on the 
liquidity and efficiency of New England markets.
    (4) Are the rate designs used by NYISO and PJM for similar 
reliability services the same as the alternative rate design proposed 
here? If not, how do they differ and what effect would the differences 
have on the costs assessed for a participant with the same load profile 
obligation in each of the RTO/ISOs? Would seams still exist if the 
alternative rate design were adopted by ISO-NE?
    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an e-mail to [email protected] or call toll free (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-01659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    All interested persons are permitted to attend. There will be no 
transcript of the conference. For further information please contact 
Elizabeth Arnold at (202) 502-8818 or e-mail [email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2610 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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