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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. 

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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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