[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47938-47939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22471]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM06-16-000]


Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System; Notice 
of Public Meeting

September 10, 2009.
    Take notice that on September 22, 2009, the Commission Staff will 
hold a public meeting to present research conducted by the faculty of 
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, sponsored by the Commission, on 
Topological and Impedance Element Ranking (TIER) of the Bulk-Power 
System. Commission Staff will convene this meeting, beginning at 10 
a.m. and ending at 12 noon (EDT), at the offices of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Office of Electric Reliability (OER) initiated 
this project to develop, for purposes of section 215 of the Federal 
Power Act, a methodology to aid in identifying and ranking the

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elements of the Bulk-Power System in the United States. Specifically, 
OER staff is seeking: (1) Develop a process to distinguish those 
facilities that should not be considered part of the Bulk-Power System 
from those facilities that should be considered part of the Bulk-Power 
System; (2) identify the elements needed to operate each of the 
electric interconnections; and (3) rank the importance of those 
elements. This project may lead to a methodology that could be utilized 
in future proceedings to aid in refining the scope of what constitutes 
the Bulk-Power System subject to section 215 of the Federal Power Act.
    The University of Wisconsin-Madison, in conjunction with OER staff, 
has developed and tested a mathematically-based model intended to 
reflect the physics of the Bulk-Power System. Dr. B. Lesieutre, Dr. C. 
DeMarco and Mr. D. Schwarting, faculty of the University of Wisconsin-
Madison, will give the presentation.
    The TIER report will be made available on the FERC Web calendar 
page for this event and on eLibrary when it is released. The Commission 
will accept comments on this report within 30 days after it is posted 
on the FERC Web site. An agenda and Power Point presentation will be 
posted on the FERC Web calendar page closer to the time of the 
presentation.
    FERC 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 (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 
with the required accommodations.
    A free Web cast of this event is available through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with internet access who desires to view this 
event can do so by navigating to the Calendar of Events at http://www.ferc.gov and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will 
contain a link to its Web cast. The Capitol Connection provides 
technical support for the free Web casts. 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 http://www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David 
Reininger at (703) 993-3100.
    Transcripts of the presentation will be available immediately for a 
fee from Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646).
    For further technical information please contact Robert V. Snow at 
(202) 502-6716.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22471 Filed 9-17-09; 8:45 am]
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