[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 53886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21661]


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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 Tuesday, September 25, 
2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This conference will be led by Commission 
staff and will be held in the ERCOT Metro Center, 7620 Metro Center 
Drive, Austin, Texas 78744. 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 whether sufficient 
safeguards have been implemented to avert a repeat of the loss of 
generation due to severe cold weather issues that led to rolling 
blackouts affecting over 4 million customers and natural gas 
curtailments affecting an additional 50,000 customers.
    Those interested in attending a conference are encouraged to 
register by close of business, September 18, 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 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. 2012-21661 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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