[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17505]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD20-14-000]


Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets; 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued in this 
proceeding on June 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) will convene a Commissioner-led technical conference in 
the above-referenced proceeding on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The conference will 
be held either in-person--at the Commission's headquarters at 888 First 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 in the Commission Meeting Room (with a 
webcast option available)--or electronically.
    The purpose of this conference is to discuss considerations related 
to state-adoption of mechanisms to price carbon dioxide emissions, 
commonly referred to as carbon pricing, in regions with Commission-
jurisdictional organized wholesale electricity markets (i.e., regions 
with regional transmission organizations/independent system operators, 
or RTOs/ISOs). This conference will address carbon pricing approaches 
where a state (or group of states) sets an explicit carbon price, 
whether through a price-based or quantity-based approach, and how that 
carbon price intersects with RTO/ISO-administered markets, addressing 
both legal and technical issues.
    A high-level agenda for this conference is attached. The Commission 
will issue a further supplemental notice with a full agenda that 
includes questions for each panel and the list of panelists, and 
further details regarding whether this conference will be held in-
person or electronically. There is no fee for attendance, and the 
conference will be webcast as an option for the public to attend 
electronically. Information on this technical conference, including a 
link to the webcast, will also be posted on this conference's event 
page on the Commission's website, www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/technical-conference-regarding-carbon-pricing-organized-wholesale-electricity, prior to the event. The conference will be transcribed. 
Transcripts will be available for a fee from Ace Reporting, (202) 347-
3700.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an email to [email protected], call toll-free (866) 208-3372 
(voice) or (202) 208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 with 
the required accommodations. This notice is issued and published in 
accordance with 18 CFR 2.1 (2019).
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact:

John Miller (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market 
Regulation, (202) 502-6016, [email protected]
Anne Marie Hirschberger (Legal Information), Office of the General 
Counsel, (202) 502-8387, [email protected]
Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, 
(202) 502-8004, [email protected]

    Dated: August 5, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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