[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49376-49377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23289]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD09-10-000]


National Action Plan on Demand Response; Notice of Technical 
Conferences

September 18, 2009.
    Take notice that Commission Staff will hold two technical 
conferences to support the development of the National Action Plan on 
Demand Response. The first technical conference will take place on 
October 22, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time in the Commission 
Meeting Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The second technical conference will 
take place on October 27, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time in 
Portland, OR. Commissioners may attend. The conferences will be open to 
the public, and all interested persons are invited to participate. For 
logistical purposes, staff requests those planning to attend pre-
register via an electronic form: for Washington, https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/nap-10-22-form.asp; for Portland, https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/nap-10-27-form.asp. Advance 
registration is not required to participate.

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    Section 529 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(EISA) \1\ directed the Commission to develop a National Action Plan on 
Demand Response (National Action Plan). The purpose of these technical 
conferences is to elicit further input from interested stakeholders on 
the possible elements of the National Action Plan as discussed in the 
Discussion Draft on Possible Elements of a National Action Plan on 
Demand Response (Discussion Draft) to be released for comment prior to 
the technical conferences. The Discussion Draft will be noticed at 
http://www.ferc.gov when it is available. In addition, the Commission 
seeks input from a broad range of industry stakeholders, state 
regulatory utility commissioners, and non-governmental groups regarding 
the best ways to meet the objectives that Congress identified for the 
National Action Plan: (1) Identification of requirements for technical 
assistance to States to allow them to maximize the amount of demand 
response resources that can be developed and deployed; (2) design and 
identification of requirements for implementation of a national 
communications program that includes broad-based customer education and 
support; (3) development or identification of analytical tools, 
information, model regulatory provisions, model contracts, and other 
support materials for use by customers, States, utilities and demand 
response providers.\2\ Commission Staff will draw on the comments 
received and the discussion at the technical conferences to prepare a 
draft of the National Action Plan.
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    \1\ Public Law 110-140, Sec.  529, 121 Stat. 1492, 1664 (to be 
codified at National Energy Conservation Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 8241-
8287d, 8279).
    \2\ Id.
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    There will be panel sessions in the morning of the technical 
conferences to discuss the overall approach to and scope of the 
National Action Plan, followed by afternoon breakout sessions that will 
focus on each of the three statutory objectives above. A closing 
plenary session will summarize the break-out discussions to identify 
possible areas of consensus.
    Those interested in speaking on the morning panels at the 
conferences should notify the Commission by September 25, 2009 by 
completing an online form describing the elements that they will 
address: for Washington, https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/nap-10-22-speaker-form.asp; for Portland, https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/nap-10-27-speaker-form.asp. Due to time constraints, 
we may not be able to accommodate all those interested in speaking on 
panels. Panel speakers will be invited so as to balance stakeholder 
interests. However, all conference attendees are invited to participate 
in the break-out session discussions and the plenary session. A 
detailed agenda, including panel speakers, will be published at a later 
date.
    The technical conferences represent one of the means for 
stakeholders to provide input on the National Action Plan. Those 
interested will also have an opportunity to submit comments on the 
Discussion Draft and the technical conferences. The Commission will 
establish the comment period and provide instructions for submitting 
comments at a later date.
    The morning panel sessions and the plenary session of the 
conferences will be transcribed. Transcripts of the conferences will be 
immediately available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. (202-
347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646). A free Web cast of the morning panel 
sessions and the closing plenary session of the Washington conference 
will be available. A free Web cast (audio only) of the morning panel 
sessions and the closing plenary session of the Portland conference 
will be also available. Anyone with Internet access interested in 
listening to the Washington conference or Portland conference can do so 
by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and locating 
the appropriate event in the Calendar. The events will contain a link 
to the applicable Web cast option. The Capitol Connection provides 
technical support for the Washington Web casts and offers the option of 
listening to the conferences via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have 
any questions, visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-993-
3100. The transcripts will be available for free on the Commission's 
eLibrary system and on the Calendar of Events approximately one week 
after the conference.
    There is an ``eSubscription'' link on the Web site that enables 
subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to 
a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, 
please e-mail [email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll 
free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    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 (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to (202) 208-2106 
with the required accommodations.
    For further information about these conferences, please contact:

Caroline Daly (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502-8931. [email protected].
Christina Switzer (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel--
Energy Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502-6379. [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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