[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21934-21937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08597]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD12-12-000]
Coordination Between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets;
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference
As announced in the Notice issued on March 5, 2013,\1\ the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff will hold a technical
conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to approximately
5:00 p.m. to discuss natural gas and electric scheduling, and issues
related to whether and how natural gas and electric industry schedules
and practices could be harmonized in order to achieve the most
efficient scheduling systems for both industries. The conference will
be held at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The agenda and list of roundtable
participants for this conference are attached. This conference is free
of charge and open to
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the public. Commission members may participate in the conference.
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\1\ Coordination between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets,
Docket No. AD12-12-000 (Mar. 5, 2013) (Notice of Technical
Conference) (http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/File_list.asp?document_id=14095482).
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If you have not already done so, those who plan to attend the
technical conference are strongly encouraged to complete the
registration form located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/nat-gas-elec-mkts-form-04-25-13.asp. There is no deadline
to register to attend the conference.
The technical conference will not be transcribed. However, there
will be a free webcast of the conference. The webcast will allow
persons to listen to the technical conference, but not participate.
Anyone with Internet access who wants to listen to the conference can
do so by navigating to the Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov and
locating the technical conference in the Calendar. The technical
conference will contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection
provides technical support for the webcast and offers the option of
listening to the meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any
questions, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-993-3100.\2\
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\2\ The webcast will continue to be available on the Calendar of
Events on the Commission's Web site www.ferc.gov for three months
after the conference.
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Notice is also hereby given that the discussions at the conference
may address matters at issue in the following Commission proceeding(s)
that are either pending or within their rehearing period: East
Tennessee Natural Gas, L.L.C., Docket No. RP13-676-000; Gulf South
Pipeline Company, LP, Docket No. RP13-294-001; ISO New England Inc. and
New England Power Pool, Docket No. ER13-895-000, -001; Saltville Gas
Storage Company L.L.C., Docket No. RP13-677-000; Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company, L.L.C., Docket No. RP12-514-000; Trailblazer Pipeline Company
LLC, RP13-240-000; and Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC, Docket No.
RP13-404-001.
Information on the technical conference will be posted on the Web
site http://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/electric-coord.asp, as well as the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web
site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference.
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 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
For more information about the technical conference, please
contact:
Elizabeth Topping (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6731, [email protected].
Anna Fernandez (Legal Information), Office of General Counsel, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426, (202) 502-6682, [email protected].
Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426, (202) 502-8004, [email protected].
Dated: April 3, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Coordination between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets
Docket No. AD12-12-000
April 25, 2013
Agenda
9:00-9:20 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
The purpose of this technical conference is to further explore
concerns regarding gas-electric scheduling conflicts, consider whether
adjustments to scheduling or capacity release rules or practices are
needed, and identify specific areas in which additional guidance or
regulatory changes could be considered. The conference will explore
whether potential modifications in these areas would facilitate more
efficient use of existing electric or natural gas infrastructure.
9:20-9:35 a.m. Opening Staff Presentation
Staff will make a presentation on the gas and electric days, the
gas scheduling timeline and electric scheduling timelines.
9:35-12:30 p.m. Coordination of Gas and Electric Schedules
The morning roundtable will address how to best align the gas and
electric schedules, including whether and on what geographic footprint
an ``energy day'' \3\ and the scheduling for that day should be
pursued, and whether there is a need for interregional or regional gas
or electric scheduling modifications. This roundtable session will
address whether and to what extent the electric and natural gas
scheduling practices need to be aligned, what scheduling practices need
to be revised (gas, electric or both), and whether alignment should be
national, regional, or interconnection-wide. Recognizing that the
electric markets vary by region, this roundtable session will also
explore how electric markets are responding to the needs of gas-fired
generators.
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\3\ The term ``energy day'' in this context refers to a
simultaneous 24-hour time period when gas flow and electric
generator commitments are effective. Currently, the ``day'' for
purposes of measuring natural gas flows begins at 9:00 a.m. Central
time; however, the ``day'' for purposes of measuring electricity
flows begins at midnight local time.
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Roundtable panelists should be prepared to discuss the following:
What would be the consequences of implementing a single
``energy day'' that combines the gas and electric days and the
scheduling for that day?
If an interregional or regional approach to harmonizing
gas or electric scheduling would improve efficient use of existing
infrastructure, how could the different gas and electric geographic
footprints be reconciled? How would this work for organized and
bilateral electric markets?
Some have proposed to integrate gas and electric
scheduling on an interregional basis through a coordinated Eastern
Interconnection gas and electric schedule and a coordinated Western
Interconnection gas and electric schedule. What are the consequences of
such a proposal?
How could such interregional electric schedules be
harmonized with the natural gas schedule?
Would coordination of the gas nomination and electric
bidding and commitment schedules on an interregional basis result in
more efficient use of existing infrastructure?
If gas or electric schedules were adjusted on a regional
basis, should the adjustments be limited to day-ahead schedules, or
also include changes to intraday (gas) and real-time (electric)
schedules? What are the benefits and costs to each approach?
Given technological advances, are there opportunities to
reduce the time between electric offers and resource commitment? What
would the benefits and costs be to implementing such a change?
Given the increasing reliance on gas-fired generation, are
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required to the current schedules used in wholesale electric markets to
commit gas-fired generation in the Day-Ahead market?
Is there a need to sequence the timing of electric market
clearing across adjacent wholesale electric markets? If so, how can the
market clearing in adjacent regions be sequenced to promote efficient
use of infrastructure? What are the costs and benefits of adjusting the
electric market scheduling timeline across adjacent wholesale markets?
Could electric scheduling modifications allow gas-fired
generators to make or adjust gas commitments to avoid periods of gas
illiquidity?
Should electric system operators provide an opportunity
for generators to adjust their offers after commitments have been
posted or during the operating day to account for changes in gas or
transportation costs?
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-4:30 p.m. Natural Gas Pipeline Flexibility and Potential
Scheduling Adjustments
The afternoon roundtable will address suggestions regarding
incremental changes to gas scheduling and explore the services already
provided by pipelines, marketers and capacity release markets and
whether these services could be expanded to provide additional use of
existing infrastructure.
Roundtable panelists should be prepared to discuss questions
including:
As some parties have suggested, should additional natural
gas nomination opportunities be provided within the scheduling
timeline? For example, would an additional nomination period during the
night or early morning provide flexibility that would be used by
shippers? What are the costs and benefits of doing so?
Is it sufficient to permit enhanced pipeline nomination
opportunities by individual pipelines given the need to coordinate such
nominations with upstream and downstream parties?
Given technological advances, are there opportunities to
reduce the time between gas nominations and confirmations for intraday
nominations? What would be the benefits and costs of implementing such
a change?
The current business practice standards (NAESB Standard
1.3.80) permit shippers with scheduled gas past the point of a
constraint to sell or transfer that gas supply to others without the
need to reschedule. How do pipelines implement this requirement? What
revisions, if any, are needed to provide more flexibility? How can
marketers use this standard to help transfer gas?
Should the no-bump rule be eliminated or the timing
adjusted if additional nomination period(s) are added?
Do changes need to be made to Commission policies to
permit third parties to offer virtual storage or other balancing
services? What are the advantages or disadvantages of such a change?
What tools and services do generators use to manage
procuring gas and transportation outside the common trading periods and
over weekends? Could existing tools be expanded? Are any additional
tools needed to manage difficulties with fuel supply arrangements
outside standard trading periods?
Pre-arranged capacity release transactions can be
scheduled at every nomination opportunity on a pipeline. Are there any
changes to the capacity release program that would make capacity
release more efficient?
To what extent and how do shippers use redirect options
and flexible delivery point nominations? How might this be improved?
4:30-5:00 p.m. Closing
Recap of what staff heard throughout the day
Participant feedback
Areas for further consideration, including issues outside
of scheduling
Roundtable Participants
Morning Session
Robert Hayes, Vice President, Physical Trading and Operation, Calpine
Corporation
Georgia Carter, Senior Vice President, Rates & Regulatory Affairs,
Columbia Pipeline Group
Jim Ginnetti, Senior Vice President, EquiPower Resources Corp.
Lin Franks, Senior Strategist, RTO, FERC & Compliance Initiatives,
Indianapolis Power & Light Company
Scott Rupff, Vice President, Marketing, Development & Commercial
Operations, Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company
Peter Brandien, Vice President of System Operations, ISO-NE
Ray Miller, Vice President, Pipeline Management, Kinder Morgan
Wes Yeomans, Vice President, Operations/Kelli Joseph, Gas & Electric
Analyst, NYISO
Joe Gardner, Vice President, Forward Markets & Operations Services
Midwest ISO
Michael Frey, Vice President, Gas Supply & Operations, Municipal Gas
Authority of Georgia
James Stanzione, Director of Federal Regulatory National Grid Policy
Donald Sipe, Attorney (On behalf of American Forest & Paper
Association), PretiFlaherty
Todd Snitchler, Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Doug Rephlo, Senior Wholesale Originator, Shell Energy North America
(U.S.), L.P.
Greg Lander, President, Skipping Stone
Carl Haga, Gas Services Director, Southern Company
Bruce Rew, Vice President, Operations, Southwest Power Pool
Richard Kruse, Vice President, Regulatory, Spectra Energy
Afternoon Session
Daniel Buckner, Director of Fuels Origination and Strategic
Development, ACES
John Fortman, Director, Commercial Services, AGL Resources
Patrick Dinkel, Vice President, Resource Management, Arizona Public
Service Company
Mark Evans, Vice President, North America Gas and Power Market, BG
Energy Merchants, LLC
Kathy Kirk, Senior VP, Marketing & Origination/Adina Owen, Corporate
Counsel, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP
Tina Burnett, Senior Energy Analyst (On behalf of Process Gas Consumers
Group), The Boeing Corporation
Kevin Holder, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer,
Cardinal Gas Storage Partners
Chris Ditzel, Division Vice President, Commercial Operations,
CenterPoint Energy
John Rudiak, Senior Director, Energy Supply, CT Natural Gas & So. CT
Gas
Mary Nelson, Devon Energy Corporation
Brad Holmes, Vice President, Market Services, Energy Transfer
Michelle Thiry, Director Energy Management Organization, Entergy
Jim Ginnetti, Senior Vice President, EquiPower Resources Corp.
Gene Nowak, Vice President, Transportation & Storage Services, Kinder
Morgan
Rick Smead, Director (On behalf of America's Natural Gas Alliance),
Navigant Consulting
Jim Dauer, Director, Natural Gas Trading, NRG Energy, Inc.
Doug Rephlo, Senior Wholesale Originator, Shell Energy North America
(U.S.), L.P.
Richard Kruse, Vice President, Regulatory, Spectra Energy
Valerie Crockett, Senior Program Manager Regulatory Policy, TVA
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Curt Dallinger, Director Gas Resource Planning, Xcel Energy
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