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1 16 U.S.C. 824e (2006). 

2 74 FR 13428 (2009). 

which would not be adequately 

represented by any other parties. You do 

not need intervenor status to have your 

comments considered. 

Additional information about the 

projects is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs 

at 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC 

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) 

using the eLibrary link. Click on the 

eLibrary link, then on ‘‘General Search’’ 

and enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field (i.e., CP09–68). Be sure 

you have selected an appropriate date 

range. For assistance, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link on 

the FERC Internet Web site also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notifications of these filings, document 

summaries and direct links to the 

documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22477 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL09–40–000] 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice 

Pursuant to Section 206(b) of the 

Federal Power Act 

September 11, 2009. 

On March 19, 2009, pursuant to 

section 206 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA),1 the Commission instituted a 

proceeding in Docket No. EL09–40–000. 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 126 FERC ¶ 

61,243 (2009). The refund effective date 

for the proceeding instituted in Docket 

No. EL09–40–000 is March 27, 2009, the 

date of publication in the Federal 

Register 2 of notice of the Commission’s 

action in this proceeding. 

Under section 206 of the FPA, if no 

final decision is rendered by the 

conclusion of the 180-day period 

commencing upon initiation of a 

proceeding pursuant to section 206, the 

Commission must state why it has failed 

to render a final decision. In that event 

the Commission must also provide its 

best estimate as to when it reasonably 

expects to make such a decision. 

The Commission will be unable to 

render a final decision by the refund 

effective date because additional time is 

needed to analyze the issues. The 

Commission estimates that it will be 

able to issue a decision by December 31, 

2009. This estimate is influenced by the 

complexity of the issues in the 

proceeding. 

The Secretary of the Commission 

issues this notice pursuant to section 

375.302(w) of the Commission’s rules, 

18 CFR 375.302(w) (2009). 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22474 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL09–74–000] 

Green Energy Express LLC ; Notice of 

Filing 

September 11, 2009. 

Take notice that on September 9, 

2009, Green Energy Express LLC (Green 

Energy) filed a Petition for Declaratory 

Order requesting that the Commission 

approve certain rate incentives for 

Green Energy Transmission Line Project 

(Project). The Project includes a 70-mile 

double-circuit 500kV alternating current 

transmission line and a new 500 

kilovolt/230 kV substation, as well as an 

advanced technology fast-acting phase 

shifter that will enable the transport of 

up to 2,000 megawatts of power from 

otherwise location-constrained 

renewable generation resources near 

and around the existing Eagle Mountain 

Substation in eastern Riverside County, 

California to load centers in Southern 

California. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on October 9, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22475 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM06–16–000] 

Mandatory Reliability Standards for the 

Bulk-Power System; Notice of Public 

Meeting 

September 10, 2009. 

Take notice that on September 22, 

2009, the Commission Staff will hold a 

public meeting to present research 

conducted by the faculty of the 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 

sponsored by the Commission, on 

Topological and Impedance Element 

Ranking (TIER) of the Bulk-Power 

System. Commission Staff will convene 

this meeting, beginning at 10 a.m. and 

ending at 12 noon (EDT), at the offices 

of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Office of Electric 

Reliability (OER) initiated this project to 

develop, for purposes of section 215 of 

the Federal Power Act, a methodology 

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1Preventing Undue Discrimination and 

Preference in Transmission Service, Order No. 890, 

FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,241, order on reh’g, Order 

No. 890–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,261 (2007), 

order on reh’g, Order No. 890–B, 123 FERC ¶ 61,299 

(2008), order on reh’g, Order No. 890–C, 126 FERC 

¶ 61,228 (2009). 

2The Philadelphia conference will address 

transmission planning for entities located within 

the Midwest Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc., PJM Interconnection, LLC, New York 

Independent System Operator, and ISO New 

England Inc. footprints, Mid-Continent Area Power 

Pool/MAPP Participants, and adjacent areas. In the 

event a transmission provider is uncertain as to 

which technical conference is the appropriate 

forum for discussion of its planning process, such 

transmission providers should contact Commission 

staff in advance to discuss the matter. Lastly, a 

comment date will be set at a later date allowing 

for the filing of post-conference comments. 

elements of the Bulk-Power System in 

the United States. Specifically, OER 

staff is seeking: (1) Develop a process to 

distinguish those facilities that should 

not be considered part of the BulkPower System from those facilities that 

should be considered part of the BulkPower System; (2) identify the elements 

needed to operate each of the electric 

interconnections; and (3) rank the 

importance of those elements. This 

project may lead to a methodology that 

could be utilized in future proceedings 

to aid in refining the scope of what 

constitutes the Bulk-Power System 

subject to section 215 of the Federal 

Power Act. 

The University of WisconsinMadison, in conjunction with OER staff, 

has developed and tested a 

mathematically-based model intended 

to reflect the physics of the Bulk-Power 

System. Dr. B. Lesieutre, Dr. C. DeMarco 

and Mr. D. Schwarting, faculty of the 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, will 

give the presentation. 

The TIER report will be made 

available on the FERC Web calendar 

page for this event and on eLibrary 

when it is released. The Commission 

will accept comments on this report 

within 30 days after it is posted on the 

FERC Web site. An agenda and Power 

Point presentation will be posted on the 

FERC Web calendar page closer to the 

time of the presentation. 

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. 

A free Web cast 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 the Calendar of Events at 

http://www.ferc.gov and locating this 

event in the Calendar. The event will 

contain a link to its Web cast. The 

Capitol Connection provides technical 

support for the free Web casts. It also 

offers access to this event via television 

in the Washington, DC area and via 

phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any 

questions, visit http:// 

www.CapitolConnection.org or contact 

Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at 

(703) 993–3100. 

Transcripts of the presentation will be 

available immediately for a fee from Ace 

Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or 

1–800–336–6646). 

For further technical information 

please contact Robert V. Snow at (202) 

502–6716. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22471 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD09–8–000] 

Transmission Planning Processes 

Under Order No. 890; Notice 

Announcing Panelists and Final 

Agenda for the September 21, 2009 

Technical Conference in Philadelphia, 

PA 

September 11, 2009. 

On June 30, 2009, the Commission 

issued a notice (June 30 Notice) 

scheduling staff technical conferences to 

examine the transmission planning 

processes that are being conducted 

pursuant to Order No. 890.1 As stated in 

the June 30 Notice, these technical 

conferences are intended to meet the 

Commission’s commitment that its staff 

would conduct an assessment of the 

Order No. 890 transmission planning 

processes. 

On August 3, 2009, the Commission 

issued a supplemental notice (August 3 

Notice) with an agenda providing 

details on the topics that will be 

discussed on the panels at each of the 

three conferences as well as the topics 

panelists should be prepared to address. 

The August 3 Notice also reiterated that 

those wishing to participate as panelists 

should submit a request form describing 

the topic(s) they wish to address. In 

addition, those wishing to attend each 

conference were asked to complete a 

registration form. The August 3 Notice 

stated that a final notice with a list of 

the panelists for each conference would 

be issued in advance of the conferences. 

On August 7, 2009, the Commission 

issued an errata notice shortening the 

due date for all requests from those 

wishing to participate as a panelist at 

any of the three technical conferences to 

August 13, 2009. 

The attached agenda contains the 

panelists chosen for the September 21, 

2009 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

technical conference to be held at: 

Marriott Philadelphia Airport, One 

Arrivals Road, Philadelphia, PA 19153, 

(215) 492–9000. 

Please note that the Philadelphia 

conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. 

Additional panelists may be added 

prior to the date of the conference. 

If they have not already done so, those 

that plan to attend the Philadelphia 

conference should submit the 

registration form, located at: https:// 

www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/ 

trans-09-21-form.asp.2

Panelists will provide introductory 

remarks to begin the discussion of each 

topic identified in the August 3 notice. 

The purpose of the introductory remarks 

is to introduce the topics of discussion, 

and Staff intends to facilitate a 

constructive dialogue among all the 

attendees involved in the planning 

process and will actively seek to 

incorporate input from non-panelists 

and audience members into that 

dialogue. We strongly encourage all 

attendees to actively participate in the 

conference. 

For further information about this 

conference, please contact: 

Zeny Magos, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8244. zeny.magos@ferc.gov. 

John Yakobitis, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8512. john.yakobitis@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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