[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06896]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

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                                                     Docket Nos.
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Participation of Distributed Energy         RM18-9-000.
 Resource, Aggregations in Markets
 Operated by Regional Transmission
 Organizations and Independent System
 Operators.
Distributed Energy Resources-Technical      AD18-10-000.
 Considerations for the Bulk Power System.
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    As announced in a Notice of Technical Conference issued on February 
15, 2018, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff will 
hold a technical conference on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 and Wednesday, 
April 11, 2018, to discuss the participation of distributed energy 
resource (DER) aggregations in Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) 
and Independent System Operator (ISO) markets and to more broadly 
discuss the potential effects of DERs on the bulk power system. On 
April 10, 2018, the conference will commence at 10:15 a.m. and end at 
4:45 p.m. On April 11, 2018, the conference will commence at 9:00 a.m. 
and end at 5:00 p.m. The conference will be held at the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 
Commissioners will lead the second panel of the technical conference. 
Commission staff will lead the other six panels, and Commissioners may 
attend.
    The agenda for this technical conference is attached. As stated in 
the Notice of Technical Conference, Commission staff seeks to discuss 
two broad sets of issues related to DERs. First, the technical 
conference will gather additional information to help the Commission 
determine what action to take on the DER aggregation reforms proposed 
in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Electric Storage Participation 
in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and 
Independent System Operators (NOPR).\1\ In the NOPR, the Commission 
proposed to require each RTO/ISO to define DER aggregators as a type of 
market participant that can participate in the RTO/ISO markets under 
the participation model that best accommodates the physical and 
operational characteristics of its DER aggregation.\2\ As discussed in 
Order No. 841, the Commission is taking no further action in Docket No. 
RM16-23-000 regarding the proposed DER aggregation reforms.\3\ Instead, 
the Commission will continue to explore the proposed DER aggregation 
reforms under Docket No. RM18-9-000. All comments previously filed in 
response to the NOPR in Docket No. RM16-23-000 are incorporated by 
reference into Docket No. RM18-9-000, and any further comments 
regarding the proposed DER aggregation reforms, including discussion of 
those reforms during this technical conference, should be filed 
henceforth in Docket No. RM18-9-000.\4\ Second, the technical 
conference will explore issues related to the potential effects of DERs 
on the bulk power system and any comments related to these issues 
should be filed in Docket No. AD18-10-00. A schedule for submitting 
post-technical conference comments will be discussed at the technical 
conference.
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    \1\ See Electric Storage Participation in Markets Operated by 
Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System 
Operators, FERC Stats. & Regs. 32,718 (2016) (NOPR).
    \2\ Id. P 1.
    \3\ See Electric Storage Participation in Markets Operated by 
Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System 
Operators, Order No. 841, FERC Stats. & Regs. 31,398 (2018) 
(crossed-referenced at 162 FERC 61,127).
    \4\ Further comments regarding the proposed DER aggregation 
reforms should no longer be filed in Docket No. RM16-23-000.
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    All interested persons may attend the conference, and registration 
is not required. However, in-person attendees are encouraged to 
register on-line by April 3, 2018 at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/04-10-18-form.asp. In-person attendees should allow time 
to pass through building security procedures before the start time of 
the technical conference.
    The Commission will transcribe and webcast this conference. 
Transcripts will be available immediately for a fee from Ace Reporting 
(202-347-3700). A link to the webcast of this event will be available 
in the Commission Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov. The Capitol 
Connection provides technical support for the webcasts and offers the 
option of listening to the conference via phone-bridge for a fee. For 
additional information, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 
993-3100.
    While this conference is not for the purpose of discussing specific 
cases, it may address matters at issue in the following Commission 
proceedings that are pending:

 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.: See Advanced Energy Economy, 
Docket No. EL17-75-001

    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 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact David Kathan at (202) 502-6404, [email protected], or 
Louise Nutter at (202) 502-8175, [email protected]. For 
information related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley at 
(202) 502-8368, [email protected].

    Dated: March 29, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-06896 Filed 4-3-18; 8:45 am]
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