[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9715-9716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03643]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD15-4-000]
Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and Electric
Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy Infrastructure;
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference
As announced in the Notice of Technical Conferences issued on
December 9, 2014 \1\ and the Supplemental Notice of Technical
Conferences issued on January 6, 2015,\2\ the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) staff will hold an Eastern region \3\ technical
conference to discuss implications of compliance approaches to the
Clean Power Plan proposed rule, issued by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) on June 2, 2014.\4\ The technical conference will focus on
issues related to electric reliability, wholesale electric markets and
operations, and energy infrastructure in the Eastern region. The
Commission will hold the Eastern region technical conference on March
11, 2015, from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC.
This conference is free of charge and open to the public. Commission
members may participate in the conference. The agenda for the Eastern
region technical conference is attached to this Supplemental Notice of
Technical Conference.
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\1\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Dec. 9, 2014) (Notice of
Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20141209165657-AD15-4-000TC.pdf.
\2\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Jan. 6, 2015) (Supplemental
Notice of Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20150106170115-AD15-4-000TC1.pdf.
\3\ For purposes of this conference, the Eastern region includes
the following Commission-approved Order No. 1000 planning regions:
ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE), PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM), New
York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Southeastern Regional
Transmission Planning (SERTP), South Carolina Regional Transmission
Planning (SCRTP), and Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
(FRCC). This region also includes the Northern Maine Independent
System Administrator (NMISA).
\4\ Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary
Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, 79 FR 34,830 (2014)
(Proposed Rule), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-18/pdf/2014-13725.pdf.
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Those interested in speaking at the technical conference should
notify the Commission by February 18, 2015, by completing the online
form at the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/03-11-15-speaker-form.asp. At this Web page, please
provide an abstract (700 character limit) of the issue(s) you propose
to address. Due to time constraints, we expect to not be able to
accommodate all those interested in speaking. Selected speakers will be
notified as soon as possible.
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/03-11-15-eastern-form.asp. Those interested in attending
the Eastern region conference are encouraged to register by close of
business March 2, 2015.
The Commission will post information on the technical conference on
the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference. The Eastern region technical
conference will also be transcribed. Transcripts of the technical
conference will be available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc.
((202) 347-3700 or (800) 336-6646). There will also be a free webcast
of the conference. The Webcast will allow persons to watch the Eastern
region technical conference, but not participate. Anyone with Internet
access who desires to watch the Eastern region conference can do so by
navigating to the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site,
http://www.ferc.gov, and locating the Eastern region technical
conference in the Calendar. The Eastern region technical conference
will contain a link to its webcast.\5\
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\5\ The Webcast will continue to be available on the Calendar of
Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, for three
months after the conference.
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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) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to (202) 208-2106
with the required accommodations.
For more information about the technical conferences, please
contact:
Logistical Information
Sarah McKinley, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502-8368, [email protected].
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Legal Information
Alan Rukin, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8502, [email protected].
Technical Information
Matthew Jentgen, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8725,
[email protected].
Technical Information
Michael Gildea, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8420,
[email protected].
Dated: February 13, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-03643 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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