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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD10–12–000] 

Improving Market and Planning 

Efficiency Through Improved Software; 

Notice of Agenda and Procedures for 

Staff Technical Conference 

June 10, 2010. 

This notice establishes the agenda and 

procedures for the staff technical 

conference to be held on June 23 and 

June 24, 2010 to discuss issues related 

to enhanced optimal power flow models 

and software. The technical conference 

will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. e.d.t. 

on June 23, 2010, and from 9 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. e.d.t. on June 24, 2010 at the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426, in the Commission Meeting 

Room. All interested persons are invited 

to attend, and registration is not 

required. 

The agenda for this conference is 

attached. The presentations will be 

technical in nature, and the session 

times shown on the agenda include 

approximately 10 minutes for questions 

or discussion after each presentation. 

Equipment will be available for 

computer presentations. Presenters who 

wish to include comments, 

presentations, or handouts in the record 

for this proceeding should file their 

comments with the Commission. 

Comments may either be filed on paper 

or electronically via the eFiling link on 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. 

A free webcast of this event is 

available through http://www.ferc.gov. 

Anyone with Internet access who 

desires to view this event can do so by 

navigating to http://www.ferc.gov’s 

Calendar of Events and locating this 

event in the calendar. The event will 

contain a link to its webcast. The 

Capitol Connection provides technical 

support for the free webcasts. It also 

offers access to this event via television 

in the DC area and via phone bridge for 

a fee. If you have any questions, visit 

http://www.CapitolConnection.org or 

call (703) 993–3100. 

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 

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202–208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For further information about this 

conference, please contact: 

Tom Dautel (Technical Information), 

Office of Energy Policy and 

Innovation, (202) 502–6196, 

Thomas.Dautel@ferc.gov. 

Eric Krall (Technical Information), 

Office of Energy Policy and 

Innovation, (202) 502–6214, 

Eric.Krall@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Agenda for AD10–12 Staff Technical 

Conference on Enhanced Power Flow 

Models 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 

9 a.m. Welcome and introduction, 

Richard O’Neill, FERC. 

9:20 a.m. Session A. 

Rick Gonzales, New York ISO, Voltage 

and Reactive Management. 

Slava Maslennikov, ISO New 

England, Enhancement of Dispatch 

by Utilization of Adaptive 

Transmission Rates. 

10:30 a.m. Break. 

10:45 a.m. Session B. 

Andy Ott, PJM, Development of 

Enhanced Generation/Demand 

Response Control Algorithm. 

Vladimir Brandwajn and Show 

Chang, ABB, Optimal Power Flow 

in Energy Markets: Current 

Practices and Future Directions. 

Noon Lunch. 

1:15 p.m. Session C. 

David Sun, Alstom, Challenges with 

Practical Usage of Large-Scale 

Optimal Power Flow. 

Herminio Pinto, Nexant, AC Optimal 

Power Flow for Day-Ahead Reactive 

Planning. 

2:25 p.m. Break. 

2:40 p.m. Session D. 

Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon 

University and NETSS, Inc., Jeffrey 

Lang, Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology, NETSSWorks 

Software: An Extended AC Optimal 

Power Flow (AC XOPF) for 

Managing Available System 

Resources. 

3:40 p.m. Break. 

3:50 p.m. Session E. 

Malcolm Metcalfe, Sempa Power 

Systems, Low-Cost Fast Regulation 

with Load-Based Regulation 

Services Network. 

Franz Franchetti, Carnegie Mellon 

University, Trends in HighPerformance Computing for Power 

Grid Applications. 

5 p.m. Day 1 Conclusion, 

Richard O’Neill, FERC. 

Thursday, June 24, 2010 

9 a.m. Day 2 Welcome, 

Richard O’Neill, FERC. 

9:20 a.m. Session F. 

Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon 

University and NETSS, Inc., AC 

Optimal Power Flow and Smart 

Grids. 

Cong Liu, Argonne National 

Laboratory, Large-Scale Power Grid 

Simulation. 

10:30 a.m. Break. 

10:45 a.m. Session G. 

Sven Leyffer, Argonne National 

Laboratory, AC Networks and 

Mixed-Discrete Global 

Optimization. 

Srinivas Musunuri, AREVA T&D, 

Enhanced LP–Based Optimal Power 

Flow for Transmission Operations. 

Noon Lunch. 

1:15 p.m. Session H. 

Ray Zimmerman, Cornell University, 

SuperOPF Framework. 

Sandy Aivaliotis, The Valley Group, 

Dynamic Line Ratings. 

2:25 p.m. Break. 

2:40 p.m. Session I. 

Herminio Pinto, Nexant, SecurityConstrained Economic Dispatch 

with Post-Contingency Corrective 

Actions. 

3:15 p.m. Day 2 Conclusion, 

Richard O’Neill, FERC. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2010–0255–201017; FRL– 

9163–9] 

Adequacy Status of the Kentucky 

Portion of the Huntington-Ashland TriState Area 1997 Annual PM2.5

Attainment Demonstration 

Insignificance Finding for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that EPA has made 

an insignificance finding through the 

transportation conformity adequacy 

process for directly emitted fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) emissions as contained in 

the 1997 PM2.5 attainment 

demonstration for the Kentucky portion 

of the tri-state Huntington-Ashland 

nonattainment area. The tri-state 

Huntington-Ashland 1997 annual PM2.5

nonattainment area is comprised of 

Boyd County, Kentucky; Cabell and 

Wayne Counties, West Virginia; 

Lawrence and Scioto Counties, Ohio; 


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and the partial Counties of Lawrence in 

Kentucky; Mason in West Virginia; and 

Adams and Gallia in Ohio. On 

December 5, 2008, the Commonwealth 

of Kentucky, through the Division of Air 

Quality (DAQ), submitted an attainment 

demonstration for the 1997 annual PM2.5

standard for the Kentucky portion of the 

tri-state Huntington-Ashland area 

(hereafter referred to as the Ashland 

Area). As a result of EPA’s 

insignificance finding, the Ashland Area 

is no longer required to perform regional 

emissions analyses for either directly 

emitted PM2.5 or NOX as part of future 

PM2.5 conformity determinations for the 

1997 annual PM2.5 air quality standard. 

This finding only relates to the 

Kentucky portion of the tri-state 

Huntington-Ashland 1997 PM2.5

nonattainment area. In a letter dated 

October 23, 2009, EPA informed the 

State of Ohio that regional mobile 

emissions of direct PM2.5 and NOX are 

insignificant for transportation 

conformity purposes as well. That 

insignificance finding took effect on 

December 22, 2009. EPA will review the 

adequacy of the West Virginia submittal 

in a separate action. 

DATES: This insignificance finding for 

direct PM2.5 and NOX is effective July 6, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dianna Smith, Environmental Scientist, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, Air Planning Branch, Air 

Quality Modeling and Transportation 

Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, 

Georgia 30303. Ms. Smith can also be 

reached by telephone at (404) 562–9207, 

or via electronic mail at 

smith.dianna@epa.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is simply an announcement of a 

finding that EPA has already made. EPA 

sent a letter to DAQ on March 23, 2010, 

stating that regional direct PM2.5 and 

NOX emissions are insignificant from 

mobile sources as provided in the 

Kentucky portion of the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 attainment demonstration for the 

tri-state Huntington-Ashland area. The 

Commonwealth of Kentucky submitted 

the 1997 annual PM2.5 attainment 

demonstration for the Ashland Area on 

December 5, 2008. Ohio and West 

Virginia provided separate submittals 

for their portion of this Area and EPA 

is addressing these submissions in 

actions separate from today’s action. 

EPA posted the availability of the 

insignificance finding for the Ashland 

Area on EPA’s Web site on September 

8, 2009, as part of the adequacy process, 

for the purpose of soliciting comments. 

The comment period for Kentucky’s 

submission ran from September 8, 2009, 

through October 8, 2009. During EPA’s 

adequacy comment period for 

Kentucky’s submission, no comments 

were received on the insignificance 

finding for the Ashland Area. Through 

this notice, EPA is informing the public 

of the insignificance finding for direct 

PM2.5 and NOX for the purpose of 

implementing transportation conformity 

in the Ashland Area for the 1997 PM2.5

standard. EPA’s findings have also been 

announced on EPA’s conformity Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, 

as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity 

rule requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to State 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria and procedures 

for determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. On March 

2, 1999, the District of Columbia Circuit 

Court ruled that submitted State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be 

used for transportation conformity 

determinations until EPA has 

affirmatively found them adequate. 

The criteria by which EPA determines 

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle budget is 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes are outlined in 40 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) 93.118(e)(4). 

The Transportation Conformity Rule in 

40 CFR 93.109(k) states that a regional 

emissions analysis is no longer 

necessary if EPA finds through the 

adequacy or approval process that a SIP 

demonstrates that regional motor 

vehicle emissions are an insignificant 

contributor to the air quality problem 

for that pollutant/precursor. A finding 

of insignificance does not change the 

requirement for a regional analysis for 

other pollutants/precursors; the area’s 

obligation to meet other transportation 

conformity requirements (i.e., other than 

the regional emissions analysis); and 

does not change the requirement for hotspot analysis. (See 73 FR 4419, January 

24, 2008.) Please note that an adequacy 

review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it also should 

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the attainment 

demonstration plan for the Ashland 

Area. Even if EPA finds the 

insignificance finding for direct PM2.5

and NOX adequate, the attainment 

demonstration plan could later be 

disapproved. 

Transportation partners should note 

this insignificance finding in future 

transportation conformity 

determinations. Additionally, while this 

insignificance finding waives the 

requirements for regional emissions 

analyses for direct PM2.5 and NOX for 

the Ashland Area for the 1997 PM2.5

standard, as mentioned above, it does 

not waive other conformity 

requirements for the 1997 PM2.5

standard for the Ashland Area, nor does 

it waive transportation conformity 

requirements for other pollutants/ 

precursors for which the Area may be 

designated nonattainment or 

redesignated to attainment with a 

maintenance plan. 

EPA has described the process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in a May 14, 1999, 

memorandum entitled ‘‘Conformity 

Guidance on Implementation of March 

2, 1999, Conformity Court Decision.’’ 

EPA has followed this guidance in 

making this adequacy determination. 

This guidance is incorporated into 

EPA’s July 1, 2004, final rulemaking 

entitled ‘‘Transportation Conformity 

Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour 

Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards and Miscellaneous 

Revisions for Existing Areas; 

Transportation Conformity Rule 

Amendments: Response to Court 

Decision and Additional Rule Changes’’ 

(69 FR 40004). 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: June 9, 2010. 

Beverly H. Banister, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2010–0260–201019; FRL– 

9164–1] 

Adequacy Status of the Alabama 

Portion (Jackson County) of the 

Chattanooga, Tennessee Tri-State Area 

1997 Annual PM2.5 Attainment 

Demonstration Insignificance Finding 

for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that EPA has made 

an insignificance finding through the 

transportation conformity adequacy 


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