[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28022-28023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11739]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD10-12-001]


Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved 
Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-
Ahead Market Efficiency Through Improved Software

    Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical 
conference on June 28-30, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to discuss 
opportunities for increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency 
through improved software.
    This conference will bring together diverse experts from ISOs/RTOs, 
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market utilities, the software industry, government, research centers 
and academia for the purposes of stimulating discussion and sharing of 
information about the technical aspects of these issues and identifying 
fruitful avenues for research. This conference is intended to build on 
the discussions initiated in the Commission's June 2010 staff technical 
conferences on increasing market and planning efficiency through 
improved software. As a result of the June 2010 conferences and 
progress over the past year, Commission staff is focusing in this 
conference on the following specific topics.
    On June 28-29, presentations will focus on improving performance of 
day-ahead markets, including general unit-commitment software and 
algorithm advancements, asset flexibility, potential improvements to 
pricing, efficient modeling of uncertainty, optimal transmission 
switching, and large-scale test problem development, as well as other 
related topics.
    On June 29-30, presentations will focus on improving performance of 
real-time optimal power flow modeling, including general real-time 
optimal power flow software and algorithm advancements, adaptive 
transmission ratings and generator modeling, full or partial AC optimal 
power flow models, preventive and corrective resource and transmission 
dispatch, improved regulation services, dynamic line ratings, and 
large-scale test problem development, as well as other related topics.
    Through these presentations, Commission staff seeks to explore 
advancements related to these technologies, the potential benefits or 
costs associated with these advancements, and how such advancements may 
be incorporated into power market operations.
    The technical conference will be held in the Commission Meeting 
Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. All interested participants are invited to 
attend, and participants with ideas for relevant presentations are 
invited to nominate themselves to speak at the conference.
    Speaker nominations must be submitted on or before May 26, 2011 
through the Commission's Web site \1\ by providing the proposed 
speaker's contact information along with a title and abstract of the 
proposed presentation. Proposed presentations should be directly or 
closely related to the topics discussed above. Speakers and 
presentations will be selected to ensure relevant topics and to 
accommodate time constraints.
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    Although registration is not required for general attendance, we 
encourage those planning to attend the conference to register through 
the Commission's Web site.\2\ We will provide printed nametags for 
those who register on or before June 23, 2011.
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    A detailed agenda with the list of and times for the selected 
speakers will be published on the Commission's Increasing Market and 
Planning Efficiency Web site \3\ by May 31, 2011. Following the 
conferences, a comment date will be set for the filing of post-
conference comments.
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    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.
    A free webcast of this event will be available through the FERC Web 
site. Webcast viewers will not be able to participate during the 
technical conference. Anyone with Internet access interested in viewing 
the webcast of this conference can do so by navigating to Calendar of 
Events at http://www.ferc.gov. The events will contain a link to the 
Webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the 
webcasts 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.
    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.
    For further information about these conferences, please contact:

Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, 
(202) 502-8004, [email protected].
Eric Krall (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-6214, [email protected].
Tom Dautel (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-6196, [email protected].

    Dated: May 6, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-11739 Filed 5-12-11; 8:45 am]
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