[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23910-23911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6148]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM06-16-000]


Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System; 
Meeting Announcement

Issued April 18, 2006.
    On April 4, 2006, the North American Electric Reliability Council, 
on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiary, the North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation (NERC), filed 102 proposed Reliability 
Standards for Commission approval, subject to its application for 
certification as the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) pursuant 
to section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA).
    The Commission is opening the above referenced rulemaking docket 
for processing the proposed Reliability Standards submitted by NERC. 
The Commission anticipates issuing a Notice

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of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on the Reliability Standards in July. 
However, prior to issuance of a NOPR, Commission staff will release its 
preliminary assessment of the proposed Reliability Standards. Further 
the Commission intends to hold a technical conference on the proposed 
standards and preliminary assessment. The Commission will provide an 
opportunity to comment on the preliminary assessment and technical 
conference.
    This pre-NOPR process will allow industry participants to help the 
Commission to determine which of the Reliability Standards the 
Commission should propose to accept, remand or conditionally accept, 
and the type of guidance and appropriate timelines we should propose 
for revising and improving standards as we transition to the new 
mandatory Reliability Standard regime.
    This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.

    By direction of the Commission.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-6148 Filed 4-24-06; 8:45 am]
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