[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4361-4362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-953]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER05-1410-000; and EL05-148-000]


PJM Interconnection, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Commission 
Technical Conference

January 19, 2006.
    As announced in the Notice of Commission Technical Conference 
issued on December 8, 2005, the Commission will hold a technical 
conference on February 3, 2006 at the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC, on the matters 
raised by the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) filed in the above-
captioned dockets by PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM). This supplemental 
notice provides additional information and an agenda for the 
conference. Members and staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission are expected to participate. The conference will be open for 
the public to attend. The conference will be held in the Commission 
Meeting Room, with overflow to Hearing Room One.
    The conference will be transcribed. A transcript of the conference 
will be immediately available from Ace Reporting Company (202) 347-3700 
or (800) 336-6646 for a fee. It will be available for the public on the 
Commission's eLibrary system seven calendar days after FERC receives 
the transcript.
    A free webcast of this event is available through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who wishes to view this event 
may 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.
    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 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with the 
required accommodations.
    For further information regarding this conference, contact John 
McPherson at [email protected] or Katherine Waldbauer at 
[email protected].

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Reliability Pricing Model in PJM Commission Technical Conference Agenda 
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February 3, 2006.
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    \1\ Both this schedule and the list of panelists may change. The 
Commission will issue a further notice of such changes if time 
permits.
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Welcome from Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher:
    10 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
Introduction:
    10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

    The Commission requests that PJM present a brief factual overview 
of PJM's current infrastructure. This presentation will include 
information regarding location, age and efficiency of

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generation, transmission constraints, proposed new transmission 
construction, demand response and new generation projects as they 
relate to PJM's current and forecasted reliability needs. The 
Commission further requests that PJM summarize the main components of 
RPM. (A representative of PJM will be present during each subsequent 
panel to answer questions, but PJM will not make any further 
independent presentation.)

PJM Interconnection, LLC: Audrey A. Zibelman, Executive Vice President 
& Chief Operating Officer, and Andrew L. Ott, Vice President--Markets.
Panel 1:
    10:45 a.m.-1 p.m.

    Whether the current capacity obligation construct within PJM's 
market design provides for just and reasonable wholesale power prices 
in the PJM footprint, at levels that provide adequate assurance that 
necessary resources will be provided to assure reliability, or whether 
changes must be made to that capacity obligation construct.

Dayton Power and Light Company: Gary Stephenson, Vice President, 
Commercial Operations.
Edison Mission Companies: Reem Fahey, Vice President, Market Policy.
Exelon Corporation: John F. Young, Executive Vice President, Finance 
and Markets and Chief Financial Officer.
FirstEnergy Service Company: Michael R. Beiting, Associate General 
Counsel.
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio: Hon. Alan R. Schriber, Chair.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission: Andrew S. Tubbs, Counsel.
Maryland Office of People's Counsel: William Fields, Senior Assistant 
People's Counsel.
Lunch
    1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Panel 2:
    2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

    Whether PJM's RPM proposal would provide for just and reasonable 
wholesale power prices in the PJM footprint, at levels that provide 
adequate reliability, or whether changes must be made to the proposal 
to meet those goals.

PSEG Companies: Gary R. Sorenson, Managing Director, Energy Operations, 
PSEG Power LLC.
Reliant Energy, Inc.: Neal A. Fitch, Senior Regulatory Specialist.
Mirant Parties/NRG Companies/Williams: Robert B. Stoddard, Vice 
President, Charles River Associates, International.
Constellation Energy Group: Marjorie R. Philips, Vice President, 
Regulatory Affairs.
National Grid USA: Mary Ellen Paravalos, Director of Regulatory Policy.
PJM Industrial Customer Coalition: Robert A. Weishaar, McNees, Wallace 
and Nurick, LLC.
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities: Hon. Frederick T. Butler, 
Commissioner.
Virginia Office of the Attorney General: Seth W. Brown, Manager of 
Transmission Services, GDS Associates, Inc.
Panel 3:
    3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

    Whether an alternative approach to RPM is necessary to ensure just 
and reasonable wholesale power prices in the PJM footprint.

American Electric Power Service Co.: J. Craig Baker, Senior Vice 
President, Regulatory Services.
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.: James Sheffield, Vice President.
Coalition of Consumers for Reliability: Edward D. Tatum, Jr., Assistant 
Vice President, Rates and Regulation, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative 
(ODEC).
PPL Parties: Thomas Hyzinski, Manager, ISO Markets Development and 
Regulatory Policy.
Delaware Public Service Commission: Hon. Arnetta McRae, Chair.
Closing remarks by Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher:
    4:45 p.m.-5 p.m.

    Each panelist should provide a presentation of no more than five 
minutes, and the Commissioners may ask questions at the conclusion of 
each presentation. If time permits, the audience may also ask questions 
of the panelists at the conclusion of the Commissioners' questions. 
Panelists wishing to distribute copies of their presentation should 
bring 100 or more hard copies to the conference for distribution. Any 
such presentation will be placed into the record for these dockets. Any 
panelist requiring particular software or other technical facilities 
for a presentation should contact FERC staff no later than January 27, 
2006. All parties to this proceeding may file comments on the technical 
conference by close of business on February 23, 2006.

[FR Doc. E6-953 Filed 1-25-06; 8:45 am]
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