[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3287-3288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-611]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. AD06-2-000; ER06-406-000; ER02-2330-040; ER03-345-006; 
ER01-3001-014]


Assessment of Demand Respose Resources; PJM Interconnection, 
L.L.C.; ISO New England Inc.; ISO New England Inc.; New York 
Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Agenda and 
Procedures for Technical Conference on Demand Response and Advanced 
Metering

January 13, 2006.
    This notice establishes the agenda and procedures for the technical 
conference to be held on Wednesday, January 25, 2006, at 9:00 am 
(EST),\1\ on demand response and advanced metering regarding issues 
raised by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) section

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1252(e)(3).\2\ This notice includes additional dockets numbers because 
those filings all contain issues associated with demand response and 
those issues may be discussed within presentations. The technical 
conference will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. The conference will be open for the public to attend and advance 
registration is not required. This will be a staff conference, but 
Commissioners may attend.
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    \1\ The initial notice setting the date of this technical 
conference was issued on December 12, 2005. 70 Fed. Reg. 74,804 
(2005).
    \2\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, Sec.  
1252(e)(3), 119 Stat. 594, (2005) (EPAct section 1252(e)(3)). 
Section 1252(e)(3) requires the Commission, not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of the EPAct 2005, to draft and publish 
a report, by appropriate region, that assesses demand response 
resources, including those available from all consumer classes. 
Specifically, the Commission must identify and review:
    (A) Saturation and penetration rates of advanced meters and 
communications technologies, devices and systems;
    (B) existing demand response programs and time-based rate 
programs;
    (C) the annual resource contribution of demand resources;
    (D) the potential for demand response as a quantifiable, 
reliable resource for regional planning purposes;
    (E) steps taken to ensure that, in regional transmission 
planning and operations, demand resources are provided equitable 
treatment as a quantifiable, reliable resource relative to the 
resource obligations of any load-serving entity, transmission 
provider, or transmitting party; and
    (F) regulatory barriers to improved customer participation in 
demand response, peak reduction and critical period pricing 
programs.
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    The agenda for this conference is attached. In order to allot 
sufficient time for questions and responses, each speaker will be 
provided with five minutes for prepared remarks. Due to the limitation 
of time, slides and graphic displays (i.e, PowerPoint[reg] 
presentations) will not be permitted during the conference. Presenters 
who want to distribute copies of their prepared remarks or handouts 
should bring 100 double-sided copies to the technical conference. 
Presenters who wish to include comments, presentations, or handouts in 
the record for this proceeding should file their comments with the 
Commission. Comments may either be filed on paper or electronically via 
the eFiling link on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov.
    A free webcast of this event will be available through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this 
event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of 
Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain 
a link to its Webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical 
support for the webcasts. It also offers access to this event via 
television in the Washington, DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. 
Visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or 
David Reininger at the Capitol Connection 703-993-3100 for information 
about this service.
    Commission 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 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with the 
required accommodations.
    For further information on the technical conference, please 
contact:

David Kathan (Technical Information), Office of Markets, Tariffs and 
Rates, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6404, [email protected].

Aileen Roder (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6022, [email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-611 Filed 1-19-06; 8:45 am]
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