[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38768-38769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16012]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Smart Grid Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Committee) will 
hold a meeting via teleconference on Friday, July 27, 2012 from 11 a.m. 
to 2 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The primary purposes of this meeting are 
to review updates on the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel transition 
plan, review the status of the research subcommittee and the August 
Smart Grid Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, and plan for a fall meeting. 
Interested members of the public will be able to participate in the 
meeting from remote locations by calling into a central phone number.

DATES: The SGAC will hold a meeting via teleconference on Friday, July 
27, 2012, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding the meeting should be sent to Office of 
the National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 
8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200. For instructions on how to 
participate in the meeting, please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. George W. Arnold, National 
Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200; telephone 301-975-2232, fax 301-975-4091; 
or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
    Background information on the Committee is available at http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/committee.cfm.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the SGAC will hold a meeting 
via teleconference on Friday, July 27, 2012, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. 
Eastern Time (ET). There will be no central meeting location. The 
public is invited to participate in the meeting by calling in from 
remote locations. The primary purposes of this meeting are to review 
updates on the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel transition plan, 
review the status of the research subcommittee and the August Smart 
Grid Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, and plan for a fall meeting.
    All participants of the meeting are required to pre-register to be 
admitted. Anyone wishing to participate must register by close of 
business on Friday, July 20, 2012, in order to be admitted. Please 
submit your name, email address, and phone number to Cuong Nguyen at 
[email protected] or (301) 975-2254. After registering, 
participants will be provided with detailed instructions on how to dial 
in from a remote location in order to participate.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs are 
invited to request detailed instructions on how to dial in from a 
remote location to participate in the meeting by contacting Cuong 
Nguyen at [email protected] or (301) 975-2254 no later than July 
20, 2012. Approximately fifteen minutes will be reserved from 1:45 
p.m.-2 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) for public comments, and speaking times 
will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. The amount of time 
per speaker will be determined by the number of requests received, but 
is likely to be about 3 minutes each. Questions from the public will 
not be considered during this period. Speakers

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who wish to expand upon their oral statements, those who had wished to 
speak but could not be accommodated, and those who were unable to 
participate are invited to submit written statements to the Office of 
the National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 
8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200, via fax at 301-975-4091, or 
electronically by email to [email protected].

    Dated: June 26, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-16012 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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