[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21163]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM06-16-010; RM06-16-011]


 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System; 
Notice of Technical Conference

August 19, 2010.
    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff 
will hold a Technical Conference on Frequency Response in the Wholesale 
Electric Grid on Thursday, September 23, from 10 a.m. to approximately 
4 p.m. This staff-led conference will be held in the Commission Meeting 
Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The conference will be open for the public 
to attend and advance registration is not required. Members of the 
Commission may attend the conference.
    The purpose of the conference is to discuss technical issues 
pertaining to frequency response. In Order No. 693 the Commission 
approved Reliability Standard BAL-003-0 as mandatory and enforceable 
and directed the ERO to develop a modification to BAL-003-0 through the 
Reliability Standards development process that ``defines the necessary 
amount of Frequency Response needed for Reliable Operation for each 
balancing authority with methods of obtaining and measuring that the 
frequency response is achieved.'' \1\ In a March 18, 2010 order, the 
Commission set a compliance deadline for NERC to comply with this 
Commission directive. Several parties sought rehearing of the March 18, 
2010 order,\2\ and on May 13, 2010, the Commission directed Commission 
staff to ``convene a technical conference to provide an opportunity for 
a public discussion regarding technical issues pertaining to the 
development of a frequency response requirement.'' \3\
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    \1\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, 
Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,242, at P 375, order on 
reh'g, Order No. 693-A, 120 FERC ] 61,053 (2007).
    \2\ Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System, 
130 FERC ] 61,218, order granting reh'g for further consideration 
and scheduling technical conference, 131 FERC ] 61,136 (2010) (May 
13, 2010 Order).
    \3\ May 13, 2010 Order, 131 FERC ] 61,136 at P 14.
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    The agenda for this conference will be issued at a later date. 
Information on this event will be posted on the Calendar of Events on 
the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event.
    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: Sarah 
McKinley, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8368, [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-21163 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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