[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 16, 2008)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD08-8-000]


Demand Response in Organized Electric Markets; Notice of 
Technical Conference

April 10, 2008.
    Take notice that on May 21, 2008, Commission staff will convene a 
technical conference to consider issues related to demand response in 
organized electric markets, as discussed in the Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking issued in Docket Nos. RM07-19-000 and AD07-7-000. Wholesale 
Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets, 122 FERC ] 
61,167, at P 95 (2007). The technical conference will be held from 9 am 
to 5 pm (EDT), in the Commission Meeting Room at the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. All 
interested persons are invited to attend. Telephone participation will 
not be available.
    Issues that will be examined at the technical conference include: 
the value of demand response in organized markets; comparable 
compensation of demand response in organized markets; barriers to 
comparable treatment of demand response that have not previously been 
identified; solutions to eliminate such barriers; and the need for and 
the ability to standardize terms, practices, rules and procedures 
associated with demand response. A further notice with detailed 
information will be issued in advance of the conference.
    Commission staff is now soliciting nominations for speakers at the 
technical conference. Persons wishing to nominate themselves as 
speakers should do so using the following electronic link: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/demand-response-05-21-speaker-form.asp. Such nominations must be made before the close of business on 
April 23, 2008, so that an agenda for the technical conference can be 
drafted and published.
    A free webcast of this event is available through www.ferc.gov. 
Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by 
navigating to the Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov and locating this 
event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its webcast. 
The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the free 
webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in the 
Washington, DC area and 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 conference 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 Calendar of Events approximately one week after the conference.
    Commission conferences 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 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For more information about this conference, please contact:
Ryan Irwin, Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-6454, [email protected].
Elizabeth Arnold, Office of the General Counsel--Energy Markets, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8818, [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-8151 Filed 4-15-08; 8:45 am]
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