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

1Wholesale 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 future 

to 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 


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