[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60506-60508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16966]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Docket No. AD06-11-000]


Transparency Provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; Program 
for the Technical Conference

October 6, 2006.
    On September 5, 2006 and on September 29, 2006, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) announced that a conference will be 
held in the above-referenced proceeding on October 13, 2006, at the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426 in the Commission Meeting Room from 9:30 a.m. 
until 3 p.m. (EDT). The Chairman and Commissioners are expected to 
attend.

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    All interested persons are invited to attend. There is no 
registration or fee to attend.
    Sections 316 and 1281 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005,\1\ 
respectively, added section 23 to the Natural Gas Act \2\ and section 
220 to the Federal Power Act.\3\ These sections provide that the 
Commission may act to facilitate price transparency in wholesale 
natural gas and electricity markets, and authorize the Commission to 
adopt such rules as may be necessary to assure the timely dissemination 
of information about the availability and prices of natural gas and 
electric energy and transmission service in such markets.
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    \1\ Energy Policy Act of 2005, Sec. Sec.  316 and 1281, Pub. L. 
No. 109-59, 119 Stat. 594, 691-92 and 978-79 (2005).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. Sec.  717t-2 (2005).
    \3\ 16 U.S.C. Sec.  824t (2005).
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    The conference will consist of two panels. The morning panel will 
focus on natural gas and the afternoon panel will focus on electric 
energy. Each panel will include representatives from across the 
relevant industry, with as broad representation as possible (industry 
representatives). In addition, representatives from the index 
publishers, relevant markets, and other market information providers 
will in attendance and available to answer questions or respond to 
points during the discussion (information providers). The Commission 
regrets that all requests to be panelists could not be accommodated 
because of time limitations. Any interested persons may submit comments 
into the docket, preferably by November 1, 2006.
    Each panel will begin with short statements (no longer than three 
minutes) by the industry representatives related to the questions 
published in the September 29, 2006 notice. Following those initial 
statements, the industry representatives and, as needed, the 
information providers will engage in discussion led by questions from 
the Commissioners and staff. Before the end of the panel, the 
information providers will be permitted a short statement (no longer 
than two minutes) to respond to issues discussed or to summarize how 
their services support the goals of market transparency.
    The morning panel will focus on facilitating price transparency in 
markets for the sale or transportation of physical natural gas in 
interstate commerce.

Panel 1 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

     Christopher Conway, President, Conoco/Phillips Gas and 
Power, and Chairman of Natural Gas Supply Association.
     Donald Santa, President, Interstate Natural Gas 
Association of America.
     Jane R. Lewis-Raymond, Vice President, General Counsel, 
Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer-Piedmont Natural Gas 
Co., representing the American Gas Association.
     Les Fyock, Vice President, American Public Gas 
Association.
     Alex Strawn, Senior Purchasing Manager, Proctor & Gamble, 
and Chairman of Process Gas Consumers.
     Paul Cicio, Executive Director, Industrial Energy 
Consumers of America
     Sheila Rappazzo, Chief, Gas Policy Office of Gas & Water, 
NY State Department of Public Service.
    To respond to comments and questions from the Commissioners, staff, 
or industry representatives listed above, the following information 
providers will be present:
     Michael Prokop, Executive Vice President, Amerex Brokers, 
LLC.
     Porter Bennett, President, Bentek Data.
     Bob Anderson, Executive Director of CCRO and President of 
Energy Data. Hub, representing Committee of Chief Risk Officers.
     Sean O'Leary, Chief Executive Officer, Genscape.
     Chuck Vice, President & Chief Operating Officer, 
InterContinental Exchange (ICE).
     Larry Foster, Global Editorial Director, Power, McGraw 
Hill Platts.
     Dexter Steiss, Executive Publisher, Natural Gas 
Intelligence.
     Robert Levin, Senior Vice President, Research Department 
NYMEX.
     Andrew Ott, Vice President of Market Services, PJM, on 
behalf of PJM and the ISO/RTO Council.
     Randy Rischard, Publisher, SNL Energy.
    The afternoon panel will focus on facilitating price transparency 
in markets for the sale and transmission of electric energy in 
interstate commerce.

Panel 2 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

     John E. Shelk, President and Chief Executive Officer, 
Electric Power Supply Association.
     Gloria Halstead, Director, Federal Agency Relations, 
Edison Electric Institute.
     Howard Spinner, Virginia State Corporation Commission.
     Jeffrey L. Walker, Senior Vice President President & Chief 
Risk Officer ACES Power Marketing.
    To respond to comments and questions from the Commissioners, staff 
or industry representatives listed above, the following information 
providers will be present:
     Michael Prokop, Executive Vice President, Amerex Brokers, 
LLC.
     Bob Anderson, Executive Director of CCRO and President of 
Energy Data Hub, representing Committee of Chief Risk Officers.
     Sean O'Leary, Chief Executive Officer, Genscape.
     Chuck Vice, President & Chief Operating Officer, 
InterContinental Exchange (ICE).
     Brian Jordan, McGraw Hill Platts.
     Ron McNamara, Vice President, Market Management & Chief 
Economist, MISO.
     Robert Levin, Senior Vice President, Research Department 
NYMEX.
     Andrew Ott, Vice President of Market Services, on behalf 
of PJM Interconnection and the ISO/RTO Council.
     Randy Rischard, Publisher, SNL Energy.
    The sessions will be dedicated, for the most part, to a discussion 
of the availability of information that the market deems necessary to 
transact business effectively and efficiently, how should it be 
disseminated, what necessary data is in abundance and what data is 
either hard to acquire or unavailable, and what more (if anything) 
should the Commission do.
    As previously announced, a free webcast of this event will be 
available through www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires 
to view this event can do so by navigating to 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 and offers access to the meeting via 
phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit 
www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David 
Reininger at 703-993-3100.
    Transcripts of the meeting will be available immediately for a fee 
from Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646). They will 
be available for free on the Commission's eLibrary system and on the 
events calendar approximately one week after the meeting.
    FERC conferences and meetings 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 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    Questions about the conference should be directed to Saida Shaalan, 
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e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 202-502-8278.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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