[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4774]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
Notice of Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby
given of the following advisory committee meeting:
NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Electric System Reliability
Task Force.
DATES AND TIMES: Tuesday, March 10, 1998, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM.
ADDRESSES: ANA Hotel, Ballroom I, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
20037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-1709 or (202) 586-6279
(fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition
to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the
structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it. This
transition raises many reliability issues, as new entities emerge in
the power markets and as generation becomes less integrated with
transmission.
Purpose of the Task Force
The purpose of the Electric System Reliability Task Force is to
provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy Advisory
Board regarding the critical institutional, technical, and policy
issues that need to be addressed in order to maintain the reliability
of the Nation's bulk electric system in the context of a more
competitive industry.
Tentative Agenda
Tuesday, March 10, 1998
8:30-8:45 AM Opening Remarks & Objectives--Philip Sharp, ESR Task
Force Chairman
8:45-10:15 AM Working Session: Discussion of Draft Position Paper on
Technical Issues in Transmission System Reliability--Facilitated by
Philip Sharp
10:15-10:30 AM Break
10:30-11:45 AM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on the Role and Shape of the Independent System Operator--Facilitated
by Philip Sharp
11:45-12:45 PM Lunch
12:45-1:45 PM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper on
Ancillary Services and Bulk-Power Reliability--Facilitated by Wm.
Newman
1:45-2:45 PM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper on
Incentives for Transmission Enhancement--Facilitated by Susan Tierney
2:45-3:30 PM Working Session: Guest Presentation & Discussion of State
and Regional Reliability Issues--Philip Carver, Oregon Office of Energy
and Facilitated by Roger Hamilton
3:30-4:00 PM Public Comment Period
4:00 PM Adjourn
This tentative agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will
be available at the meeting.
Public Participation
The Chairman of the Task Force is empowered to conduct the meeting
in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the
orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in Washington, D.C.,
the Task Force welcomes public comment. Members of the public will be
heard in the order in which they sign up at the beginning of the
meeting. The Task Force will make every effort to hear the views of all
interested parties. Written comments may be submitted to Skila Harris,
Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
20585.
Minutes
Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available for
public review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting
at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C., between 9:00
AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.
Information on the Electric System Reliability Task Force and the Task
Force's interim report may be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory
Board's web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.
Issued at Washington, D.C., on February 20, 1998.
Althea T. Vanzego,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-4774 Filed 2-24-98; 8:45 am]
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