### 5779 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 23 / Thursday, February 4, 2010 / Notices

1 Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Market, Order No. 719, 73 FR 64,100 (Oct. 28, 2008), FERC Stats & Regs. ¶ 31,281 (2008); order onreh’g, 74 FR 37,772 (July 29, 2009), 128 FERC ¶ 61,059 (2009) (Order No. 719–A). **DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Proposed Emergency Agency Information Collection** 

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice and request for
comments.

**SUMMARY :**  Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed emergency collection of information that DOE is developing for management of financial assistance grants funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. **DATES :**  Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before February 18, 2010. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in
**ADDRESSES** as soon as possible.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments may be sent to: Matthew Grosso, U.S. Department of Energy, OE/Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202– 586–5860, or by e-mail at matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov and DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Matthew Grosso at matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This emergency information collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Recovery Act Smart Grid Grant Program Status Report; (3) Type of Review: Emergency; (4) Purpose: To collect information on the status of grantee activities, expenditures, and results, to ensure that program funds are being used appropriately, effectively and expeditiously (especially important for Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 132; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,312; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $621,000 for the first year, $138,000 each subsequent year.

Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA; Pub. L. 110–140).

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 28,
2010. Terri T. Lee, Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010–2422 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**Notice Providing Agenda for Technical Conference on RTO/ISO**  **Responsiveness**

January 27, 2010.

California Independent System Operator Corporation ............................. Docket No. ER09–1048–000. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc ..................... Docket No. ER09–1049–000. Southwest Power Pool, Inc ...................................................................... Docket Nos. ER09–1050–000, ER09–1192–000. ISO New England, Inc. and New England Power Pool ........................... Docket No. ER09–1051–000. PJM Interconnection, LLC ........................................................................ Docket No. ER09–1063–000. New York Independent System Operator, Inc ......................................... Docket No. ER09–1142–000.

On November 13, 2009, the Commission issued a notice announcing that the Commission staff would hold a technical conference in the near futureto address issues raised in the abovereferenced Order No. 719 compliance proceedings. 1 The notice indicated that the date, time, and agenda for the conference would be announced in a subsequent notice. On January 8, 2010, the Commission issued a notice providing an agenda for the conference. The notice indicated that the panelists were subject to change. Attached is an up-dated agenda with the panelists as of the date of this notice. The staff technical conference will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2010, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST) in the Commission Meeting Room at the Commission’s Washington, D. headquarters, 888 First Street, NE.

This conference will be webcast. All interested parties are invited, and there is no registration fee to attend.

FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov 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.

Questions about the technical conference may be directed to Kurt Longo at kurt.longo@ferc.gov, (202)
502–8048.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Agenda—Technical Conference on RTO/ISO Responsiveness February 4, 2010

12:30 Panel 1—Stakeholder Process

Bill Fields, Maryland Office of

People’s Counsel Paul Williams, Portland Cement

Association (Industrial Consumers) John Anderson, Electric Consumers

Resource Council Patrick E. McCullar, Delaware

Municipal Electric Corporation, on behalf of American Public Power Association Tamara Linde, Public Service Electric

& Gas