[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52664-52665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20489]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM21-17-000]


Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission 
Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection; Notice of 
Technical Conference

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will convene 
a staff-led technical conference regarding regional transmission 
planning in the above-referenced proceeding on Monday, November 15, 
2021, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The 
technical conference will seek to examine in detail issues and 
potential reforms related to regional transmission planning as 
described in the July 15, 2021 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
in this proceeding.\1\ Specifically, the technical conference will 
examine issues related to incorporating sufficiently long-term and 
comprehensive forecasts of future transmission needs during regional 
transmission planning processes, including considering the needs of 
anticipated future generation in identifying needed transmission 
facilities. This may include: approaches to planning regional 
transmission facilities that identify transmission needs for 
anticipated future generation, e.g., use in regional transmission 
planning of future scenarios or geographic zones where future 
generation is anticipated to locate; factors shaping future 
transmission needs that are appropriate to consider as inputs into 
transmission planning studies; and evaluation criteria used by the 
transmission planning regions to identify and select the more efficient 
or cost-effective regional transmission facilities.
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    \1\ Building for the Future Through Electric Regional 
Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator 
Interconnection, 176 FERC ] 61,024 (2021).
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    The conference will be held remotely. The Commission will issue a 
supplemental notice providing the agenda for the technical conference.
    Individuals interested in participating as panelists should submit 
a self-nomination email by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 30, 
2021, to [email protected]. Each nomination should state the 
proposed panelist's name, contact information, organizational 
affiliation, and what topics the proposed panelist would speak on.

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    The conference will be open for the public to attend remotely. 
There is no fee for attendance. Information on this event will be 
posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's website, 
www.ferc.gov, prior to the event.
    The conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available 
for a fee from Ace Reporting at (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] or call toll free (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 Tobenkin at [email protected] or (202) 502-6445. 
For legal information, please contact Lina Naik at [email protected] 
or (202) 502-8882. For information related to logistics, please contact 
Sarah McKinley at [email protected] or (202) 502-8368.

    Dated: September 16, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20489 Filed 9-21-21; 8:45 am]
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