[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 172 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 51223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17551]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM05-17-000; RM05-25-000]


Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission 
Service; Notice of Technical Conferences

August 28, 2007.
    Take notice that Commission staff will convene technical 
conferences on the following dates in the following cities to review 
and discuss the draft proposals regarding transmission planning 
required by the ``Order Extending Compliance Action Date and 
Establishing Technical Conferences'' issued in this proceeding on July 
27, 2007.\1\ Staff expects all transmission providers to participate in 
the technical conference for their particular region, although all 
interested persons, including other transmission providers, regional 
representatives, and transmission customers are invited to attend each 
conference. In the July 27 Order, the Commission extended until 
December 7, 2007 the date for transmission providers to submit an 
Attachment K to their Open Access Transmission Tariff incorporating the 
transmission planning principles and concepts adopted in Order No. 
890.\2\ To facilitate the development of these filings, the Commission 
also required transmission providers to post a draft of their 
Attachment K on or before September 14, 2007, and established a second 
round of staff technical conferences,\3\ which is being scheduled in 
this notice, for the purpose of stakeholder review of those drafts.\4\
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    \1\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, 120 FERC ] 61,103 (2007) at P 2 & 5 (July 27 
Order).
    \2\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, 72 FR 12266 (March 15, 2007), 
FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241 at p 444-602 (2007), reh'g pending.
    \3\ The first round of staff technical conferences were held on: 
June 4-7, 2007 in Little Rock, AR, covering the southeast including 
Southwest Power Pool and its members; June 13, 2007 in Park City, 
UT, covering the northwest; June 26, 2007 in Phoenix, AZ, covering 
the southwest and California; and June 28-29, 2007 in Pittsburgh, 
PA, covering the ISO New England, New York ISO, PJM Interconnection, 
Midwest ISO, and Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) subregions.
    \4\ Additionally, on August 2, 2007, Commission staff placed in 
the record of this proceeding a White Paper to assist transmission 
providers in their development of tariff language consistent with 
the requirements of Order No. 890.

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                 Date                          Location                Transmission provider participants
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October 1-2, 2007....................  Atlanta, GA............  Entities located in the states represented in
                                                                 the Southeastern Association of Regulatory
                                                                 Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) and entities
                                                                 located in the Southwest Power Pool footprint.
                                                                Those wishing to participate as a panelist and
                                                                 provide feedback on the proposals should submit
                                                                 a request form by close of business on
                                                                 September 21, 2007, located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/transmission-planning-speaker-form.asp.
October 15-16, 2007..................  Boston, MA.............  Entities located within the Midwest ISO, PJM,
                                                                 New York ISO, and ISO New England footprints,
                                                                 MAPP/MAPP Participants, and adjacent areas.
                                                                Those wishing to participate as a panelist and
                                                                 provide feedback on the proposals should submit
                                                                 a request form by close of business on
                                                                 September 28, 2007, located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/transmission-planning-speaker-form.asp.
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    A further notice with a detailed agenda for each conference will be 
issued in advance of the conferences. Details about locations of 
meetings will be provided at that time. In the event a transmission 
provider is uncertain as to which technical conference is the 
appropriate forum for discussion of its draft proposal, such 
transmission providers should contact Commission staff in advance to 
discuss the matter.
    For further information about these conferences, please contact:

Tony Ingram (Technical Information), Office of Energy Markets and 
Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8938. [email protected].
John Cohen (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel--Energy 
Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8705. [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-17551 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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