[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 179 (Monday, September 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52874-52875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18208]


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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; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conferences

September 10, 2007.
    On August 28, 2007, the Commission issued notices scheduling staff 
technical conferences in the above-captioned proceeding. As stated in 
the August 28 notice, these technical conferences will review and 
discuss the draft proposals regarding processes for transmission 
planning required by the ``Order Extending Compliance Action Date and 
Establishing Technical Conferences'' issued in this proceeding on July 
27, 2007.\1\ The Commission hereby provides

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the following additional information and instruction regarding these 
conferences, including the hotel conference sites.
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    \1\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, 120 FERC ] 61,103 at P 2 & 5 (2007) (July 27 
Order).
    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. 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.
    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, the agenda for which is 
being set in this notice, for the purpose of stakeholder review of 
those drafts. 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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    The attached agenda details the dates and times of the technical 
conferences and identifies the companies presenting their draft 
proposals, and the customer and industry groups to be represented in 
the stakeholder panels. To the extent a transmission provider is not 
listed or otherwise represented by a planning group as detailed on the 
attached agendas, it should contact the staff members listed below as 
soon as possible. In addition, each transmission provider should e-mail 
Commission staff with an electronic link to its draft proposal at 
[email protected] as soon as such proposal is posted on the 
transmission provider's Web site. The Commission will provide access to 
links to all draft proposals in the OATT Reform section of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/oatt-reform/draft-attachment-k.asp.
    As provided for in the August 28 notice, those wishing to 
participate as a panelist and provide feedback on the draft proposals 
should submit a request form located at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/transmission-planning-speaker-form.asp by the close of 
business on September 21, 2007 (Atlanta, GA conference), September 28, 
2007 (Boston, MA conference), and October 5, 2007 (Denver, CO 
conference). In the event a transmission provider or interested party 
is uncertain as to which technical conference is relevant, such persons 
should contact staff in advance to discuss the matter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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. E7-18208 Filed 9-14-07; 8:45 am]
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