[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53886-53887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21660]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD11-9-000]
February 2011 Southwest Cold Weather Event Follow-up Technical
Conference; Notice of Technical Conference
Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) will hold a Technical Conference on Thursday, September
27, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This conference will be led by
Commission staff and will be held in the African American Performing
Arts Center 310 San Pedro Drive Northeast, Albuquerque, New Mexico
87108. The conference will be open for the public to attend.
The purpose of the conference is to discuss actions taken in
response to the August 16, 2011 Report on Outages and Curtailments
During the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011 that was
prepared by the staffs of the Commission and the North American
Electric Reliability Corporation. The conference will explore the
progress made on the Report's recommendations and to determine if
sufficient safeguards have been implemented to avert a repeat of the
loss of approximately 700 megawatts of generation in WECC due to severe
cold weather issues. This resulted in 1,000 megawatts of load shedding
which affected over 250,000 customers in the WECC region. In addition,
the conference will cover the disruption of natural gas supply to over
30,000 customers in New Mexico.
Those interested in attending a conference are encouraged to
register by close of business, September 20, 2012. You may register at
the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/rt-09-27-12-form.asp.
The agenda for this conference will be issued at a later date.
Information on this event will be posted on the Calendar of Events on
the Commission's Web site, www.ferc.gov, prior to the event.
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 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX
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to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations.
For more information about this conference, please contact: Mark
Hershfield, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8597,
[email protected].
Dated: August 27, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-21660 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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