[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12472-12473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05388]
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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 a Central 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 Central region. The
Commission will hold the Central region technical conference on March
31, 2015, from approximately 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Renaissance
St. Louis Airport Hotel, 9801 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63134
(Phone: (314) 429-1100). This conference is free of charge and open to
the public. Commission members may participate in the conference. The
agenda for the Central 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 Central Region includes
the following Commission-approved Order No. 1000 planning regions:
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) and Southwest
Power Pool, Inc. (SPP). This region also includes the Electric
Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
\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/2014-13726.pdf.
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Those interested in speaking at the technical conference should
notify the Commission by March 9, 2015, by completing the online form
at the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/03-31-15-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/03-31-15-form.asp. There is no registration deadline or
fee to attend the conference.
The Commission will post information on the technical conference on
the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site,
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http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference. The Central 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 audio cast of the conference. The audio cast will allow persons
to listen to the Central region technical conference, but not
participate. Anyone with internet access who desires to watch the
Central 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 Central region technical conference in the Calendar. The Central
region technical conference will contain a link to its audio cast.\5\
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\5\ The audio cast 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) 208-1659 (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].
Legal Information: Alan Rukin, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8502,
[email protected].
Technical Information: Jessica L. Cockrell, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8190,
[email protected].
Technical Information: Michael Gildea, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8420,
[email protected].
Dated: March 3, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-05388 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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