[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53886-53887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21660]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD11-9-000]


February 2011 Southwest Cold Weather Event Follow-up Technical 
Conference; Notice of Technical Conference

    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) will hold a Technical Conference on Thursday, September 
27, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This conference will be led by 
Commission staff and will be held in the African American Performing 
Arts Center 310 San Pedro Drive Northeast, Albuquerque, New Mexico 
87108. The conference will be open for the public to attend.
    The purpose of the conference is to discuss actions taken in 
response to the August 16, 2011 Report on Outages and Curtailments 
During the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011 that was 
prepared by the staffs of the Commission and the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation. The conference will explore the 
progress made on the Report's recommendations and to determine if 
sufficient safeguards have been implemented to avert a repeat of the 
loss of approximately 700 megawatts of generation in WECC due to severe 
cold weather issues. This resulted in 1,000 megawatts of load shedding 
which affected over 250,000 customers in the WECC region. In addition, 
the conference will cover the disruption of natural gas supply to over 
30,000 customers in New Mexico.
    Those interested in attending a conference are encouraged to 
register by close of business, September 20, 2012. You may register at 
the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/rt-09-27-12-form.asp.
    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, 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 email to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX

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to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations.
    For more information about this conference, please contact: Mark 
Hershfield, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8597, 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 27, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-21660 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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