[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28858-28859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7548]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM06-16-000]


Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System; Notice 
of Comment Period

May 11, 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).
    Concurrent with this notice, the Commission today released a staff 
preliminary assessment of the proposed Reliability Standards. This 
assessment is a preliminary technical analysis by staff and does not 
offer legal conclusions or recommend any particular action to be taken 
by the Commission. The Commission will issue a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NOPR) with its proposals on each Reliability Standard after 
receiving comments on the staff preliminary assessment. Interested 
persons will also have an opportunity to file comments on the NOPR.
    NERC should respond to this preliminary assessment by June 26, 
2006. We also invite other interested persons to file comments on the 
staff preliminary assessment by the comment date. Comments should 
respond to individual Reliability Standards in the format used in the 
preliminary assessment.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of comments using 
the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 
electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of their 
comments to the Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The staff preliminary assessment is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link

[[Page 28859]]

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.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on June 26, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-7548 Filed 5-17-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P