[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34373-34374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13581]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD13-5-000]
Flexible and Local Resources Needed for Reliability in the
California Wholesale Electric Market; Notice of Staff Technical
Conference
This notice establishes the location and date for the technical
conference directed by the Commission in an Order on California
Independent System Operator Corporation's (CAISO) proposal to implement
an interim flexible capacity and local reliability resource retention
mechanism.\1\ The technical conference is intended to facilitate a
structured dialogue on flexible and local resources at risk of
retirement for CAISO and its stakeholders to focus on the development
of a market-based mechanism to provide incentives to ensure that the
reliability needs are met. The technical conference will be held on
July 31, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on August 1, 2013 from 9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) in the Auditorium at the California
Natural Resources Agency, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, California,
95814. The technical conference will be led by FERC staff, with
presentations from panelists. A subsequent notice detailing the topics
to be discussed and agenda will be issued in advance of the conference.
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\1\ Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 142 FERC ] 61,248 (2013)
(March 29 Order).
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Those interested in participating in panel discussions should
notify the Commission by close of business on June 14 by completing the
online form at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/elec-markets-07-31-13-speaker-form.asp. Due to time constraints, staff may
not be able to accommodate all of those interested in speaking. After
June 14 staff will notify those who are selected to speak at the
conference. A supplemental notice will be issued prior to the technical
conference with information about the agenda and organization of the
technical conference.
There is no fee to attend, and no deadline to register to attend
the conference. However, because there will be limited seating for the
conference, those attending the conference are encouraged to pre-
register by July 17 by filling out the on-line registration form
located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/elec-markets-07-31-13-form.asp.
The technical conference will not be transcribed. However, there
will be a free audiocast of the conference. The audiocast will allow
persons to listen to the conference, but not participate. Anyone with
Internet access who wants to listen can do so by navigating to the
Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov and locating the technical
conference in the Calendar. The FERC Web site's link to the technical
conference will contain a link to the audiocast. The Capitol Connection
provides technical support for the audiocast. If you have questions,
visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-992-3100.
FERC 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 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
For more information on this conference, please contact Colleen
Farrell at [email protected] or (202) 502-6751; or Katheryn Hoke
at [email protected] or (202) 502-8404.
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Dated: May 28, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-13581 Filed 6-6-13; 8:45 am]
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