[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 25009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08964]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD22-8-000]


Transmission Planning and Cost Management; Notice of Technical 
Conference

    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) will convene a Commissioner-led technical conference 
regarding transmission planning and cost management for transmission 
facilities developed through local or regional transmission planning 
processes in the above-captioned proceeding on October 6, 2022, from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
    The technical conference will explore measures to ensure sufficient 
transparency into and cost effectiveness of local and regional 
transmission planning decisions, including: (1) The role of cost 
management measures in ensuring the cost effective identification of 
local transmission needs (e.g., planning criteria) and solutions to 
address identified local transmission and regional reliability-related 
transmission needs; and (2) cost considerations and the processes 
through which transmission developers recover their costs to ensure 
just and reasonable transmission rates. The technical conference will 
also consider potential approaches to providing enhanced cost 
management measures and greater transparency and oversight if needed to 
ensure just and reasonable transmission rates, such as a role for an 
independent transmission monitor to the extent it is consistent with 
the Commission's authority.
    Specific topics for discussion at the technical conference may 
include: (1) How transmission owners establish local transmission 
planning criteria and use their local transmission planning criteria to 
identify local transmission needs, and the effectiveness of cost 
management, transparency, and oversight measures in those processes; 
(2) how public utility transmission providers identify transmission 
projects in local and regional reliability transmission planning 
processes; and (3) whether enhanced cost management, transparency, and 
oversight measures over: (a) Local and regional transmission planning 
processes, (b) the costs transmission owners expend on transmission 
facilities, (c) and the recovery of those costs through rates could 
help to ensure just and reasonable transmission rates.
    Individuals interested in participating as panelists should submit 
a self-nomination email by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 16, 2022, 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.
    The technical conference will be open to the public and there is no 
fee for attendance. An additional supplemental notice will be issued 
with further details regarding the technical conference agenda and 
logistics, as well as any changes in timing. Information will also be 
posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's website, 
www.ferc.gov, prior to the event.
    The workshop will be transcribed and webcast. Transcripts will be 
available 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 
workshop via phone-bridge for a fee. For additional information, visit 
www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 993-3100.
    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.
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact John Riehl at [email protected] or (202) 502-6026. For 
information related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley at 
[email protected] or (202) 502-8368.

    Dated: April 21, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08964 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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