[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 158 (Thursday, August 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 46697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17796]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM20-10-000; AD19-19-000]


Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the 
Federal Power Act; Supplemental Notice of Workshop

    As announced in the Notice of Workshop issued in the above-
captioned proceedings on April 15, 2021, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) staff will convene a workshop to discuss 
certain shared savings incentive approaches that may foster deployment 
of transmission technologies. The workshop will be held on Friday, 
September 10, 2021, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern 
Time. The workshop will be held virtually via WebEx. Commissioners may 
attend and participate.
    Transmission technologies, as deployed in certain circumstances, 
may enhance reliability, efficiency, and capacity, and improve the 
operation of new or existing transmission facilities. The workshop will 
discuss issues related to shared savings approaches \1\ for 
transmission technologies seeking incentives under Federal Power Act 
section 219.\2\ The workshop will focus on how to calculate ex ante and 
ex post benefit analyses for transmission technologies seeking 
incentives. Specifically, the workshop will explore the maturity of the 
modeling approaches for various transmission technologies; the data 
needed to study the benefits/costs of such technologies; issues 
pertaining to access to or confidentiality of this data; the time 
horizons that should be considered for such studies; and other issues 
related to verifying forecasted benefits. The workshop may also discuss 
other issues, including whether and how to account for circumstances in 
which benefits do not materialize as anticipated.
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    \1\ See, e.g., WATT Coalition and Advanced Energy Economy July 
1, 2020 Comments.
    \2\ 16 U.S.C. 824s(b)(3).
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    Attached to this Supplemental Notice is an agenda for the workshop, 
which includes the final workshop program and expected speakers. The 
workshop will be open for the public to attend virtually. Information 
on the workshop will also be posted on the Calendar of Events on the 
Commission's website, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The 
workshop will be transcribed. Transcripts of the workshop will be 
available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. (202-347-3700).
    For more information about this workshop, please contact David 
Borden, 202-502-8734, [email protected] or Samin Peirovi, 202-502-
8080, [email protected] for technical questions; Meghan O'Brien, 
202-502-6137, meghan.o'[email protected] for legal questions; and Sarah 
McKinley, 202-502-8368, [email protected] for logistical issues.

    Dated: August 13, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17796 Filed 8-18-21; 8:45 am]
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