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1 New Source Performance Standards for 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, 

and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 

Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil 

Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of 

the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, 88 FR 33,240 

(proposed May 23, 2023) (to be codified at 40 CFR 

part 60). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD23–9–000] 

Reliability Technical Conference; 

Second Supplemental Notice of 

Technical Conference 

As announced in the Notice of 

Technical Conference issued in this 

proceeding on August 3, 2023, the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) will convene its annual 

Reliability Technical Conference in the 

above-referenced proceeding on 

Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 

approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern time. The conference will 

include Commissioner-led and staff-led 

panels. The conference will be held inperson at the Commission’s 

headquarters at 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426 in the 

Commission Meeting Room. 

The purpose of this conference is to 

discuss policy issues related to the 

reliability and security of the BulkPower System. The conference will also 

discuss the impact of the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s proposed rule 

under section 111 of the Clean Air Act 

on electric reliability.1

While the conference is not for the 

purpose of discussing any specific 

matters before the Commission, some 

panel discussions may involve issues 

raised in proceedings that are currently 

pending before the Commission. These 

proceedings include, but are not limited 

to: 

Complaint of Michael Mabee .................................................................... Docket No. EL21–99–000. 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C ...................................................................... Docket Nos. ER24–99–000, ER24–98–000. 

N. Am. Electric Reliability Corp ................................................................ Docket No. RR23–1–000. 

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc ..................................... Docket No. ER23–2977–000, ER22–1640–000. 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc ...................................................................... Docket No. ER22–1697–000. 

The conference will be open for the 

public to attend, and there is no fee for 

attendance. Information on this 

technical conference will also be posted 

on the Calendar of Events on the 

Commission’s website, www.ferc.gov, 

prior to the event. 

The conference will also be 

transcribed. Transcripts will be 

available for a fee from Ace Reporting, 

(202) 347–3700. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov, 

call toll-free (866) 208–3372 (voice) or 

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

(202) 208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about this 

technical conference, please contact 

Michael Gildea at Michael.Gildea@

ferc.gov or (202) 502–8420. For 

information related to logistics, please 

contact Sarah McKinley at 

Sarah.Mckinley@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

8368. 

Dated: October 30, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

2023 Reliability Technical Conference 

Docket No. AD23–9–000 

November 9, 2023 

9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. 

Morning Session: Bulk Power System 

Reliability and the Evolving Grid 

9:00–9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks and 

Introductions 

9:15–11:00 a.m. Morning Panel 1: State 

of Bulk Power System Reliability with 

a Focus on the Changing Resource 

Mix and Resource Adequacy 

(Commission Led) 

The transformation of the Bulk-Power 

System is resulting in significant 

changes to the nation’s power supply 

portfolio. These changes include 

increased penetrations of inverter-based 

resources, the increased use and 

importance of natural gas generating 

units for system balancing, and the 

participation of distributed energy 

resources. Ensuring the adequate supply 

of electric energy to service loads during 

peak hours and during extreme weather 

conditions is also becoming more 

challenging in many regions of North 

America. This panel will explore the 

current state of grid reliability, and 

resource and energy adequacy, and 

efforts that can be undertaken to 

improve them. 

The panel will begin with a 

presentation by NERC of the findings, 

conclusions, and recommendations 

from its annual State of Reliability 

report. 

This panel may include a discussion 

of the following topics and questions: 

(1) What should the Commission’s top 

reliability priorities be for the next one 

to three years? What are potential 

actions the Commission could take to 

improve reliability regarding these 

priorities? 

(2) What trends and risks identified in 

NERC’s 2023 State of Reliability Report 

and the 2023 ERO Reliability Risk 

Priorities Report warrant the most 

attention and effort? 

(3) Resource adequacy traditionally 

has been characterized in terms of 

planning reserve margin, which assesses 

the excess generating capacity required 

to meet peak load. NERC and industry 

have recently been discussing the 

notion of energy adequacy, which 

assesses whether there is sufficient 

energy—power over time—to meet 

customers’ energy needs. Is energy 

adequacy a more appropriate metric to 

characterize reliability risks given the 

changing grid? 

(4) NERC has highlighted essential 

reliability services (e.g., frequency 

response, voltage control, and ramping 

capability) as core to maintaining 


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reliable operation of the grid. How does 

the changing resource mix and 

characteristics of load affect the needed 

amount and provision of these essential 

reliability services? What actions, and 

by whom, are necessary to ensure 

adequate levels of these services? 

(5) The electric grid is undergoing its 

most significant changes in a century. 

How should reliability oversight adapt 

to this change? Is the existing reliability 

oversight model flexible and agile 

enough to help lead the change? 

(6) In recent years, reliance on natural 

gas as a fuel for electric generation has 

steadily increased. At the Commission’s 

recommendation, the North American 

Energy Standards Board (NAESB) held 

forums between August 2022 and July 

2023 to discuss the growing 

interdependence between the natural 

gas and electric sectors. NAESB issued 

recommendations to enhance market 

coordination to address challenges 

posed by this growing interdependence. 

Should the Commission prioritize 

pursuing any specific NAESB 

recommendation? 

(7) Wildfires are no longer considered 

only a California or Western states issue 

for grid reliability, as drought 

conditions are expanding into 

additional regions including MISO, 

ERCOT and SPP creating further 

reliability impacts. What preparations 

have you taken (or are you considering) 

to address emerging wildfire and 

drought reliability risks in your region? 

Panelists: 

• James Robb, President & CEO, North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation 

• Nancy Bagot, Senior Vice President, 

Electric Power Supply Association 

• Adrianne Collins, Senior Vice 

President for Power Delivery, 

Southern Company, on behalf of 

Edison Electric Institute 

• Andrew Dressel, Director of Risk, 

Compliance & Security, Guidehouse 

• Patricia Jagtiani, Executive Vice 

President, National Gas Supply 

Association 

• Clair J. Moeller, President & COO, 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator 

• Abram Klein, Managing Partner, 

Appian Way Energy Partners 

• Robert W. Bradish, Senior Vice 

President, Regulated Infrastructure 

Investment Planning, American 

Electric Power 

• Pam Sporborg, Director of 

Transmission and Market Services, 

Portland General Electric 

11:00–11:10 a.m. Break 

11:10–12:30 p.m. Morning Panel 2: CIP 

Reliability Standards and the Evolving 

Grid (Commission Led) 

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and 

threats continue to evolve at a pace that 

tests utility cybersecurity programs. 

These quickly evolving threats present a 

challenge when assessing whether 

security controls, including the CIP 

Reliability Standards, adequately 

respond to the latest cyber risks. Most 

utilities and other electric sector 

stakeholders with mature cybersecurity 

programs implement an overarching 

cybersecurity program to oversee all 

aspects of their cybersecurity activities, 

including identification of the assets to 

be protected, staffing, technology 

selection and procurement, and 

compliance with the CIP Reliability 

Standards. However, ongoing and 

anticipated changes to the 

interconnected electric grid, such as the 

shift in the types of energy sources used 

to generate electricity may disrupt cyber 

programs. Utilities are digitizing their 

grids while managing an increasing 

number of grid-connected devices. As a 

consequence, utilities require more 

advanced tools to process and analyze 

large amounts of data for grid planning, 

operations, and security. These changes 

are also leaving uncertainty as to where 

these digital assets will fit into the 

cybersecurity regulatory framework and 

what tools can be used to effectively 

manage them or even what the future 

may bring as cyberattacks continue to 

grow in sophistication. This panel will 

discuss how the evolving grid affects 

cybersecurity, the CIP Reliability 

Standards and compliance, as well as 

best practices; the challenges of 

implementing appropriate oversight; 

and ways in which industry can address 

these challenges to improve its response 

to evolving vulnerabilities and threats to 

reduce the risk to the Bulk-Power 

System. 

(1) Discuss the primary security issues 

facing electric utilities and describe the 

prioritization of resources and 

investment. What are some lessons 

learned and best practices? 

(2) With regard to evolving cyber 

threats, describe how your cybersecurity 

program identifies and responds to such 

conditions. When responding, how do 

you assess the risk posed to your 

systems by the threats? 

(3) Describe the benefits and 

challenges of implementing and 

maintaining a cybersecurity program as 

the resource mix continues to evolve. 

How does this program interact with 

actions to comply with the CIP 

Reliability Standards? How does such a 

program help to identify and prioritize 

security concerns, and what actions are 

taken to address those concerns, 

including the application of best 

practices? 

(4) Describe how supply chain 

security and the use of third-party 

systems, such as cloud services, are 

addressed in your risk assessments and 

implemented in the cybersecurity 

program. What concerns still exist 

related to supply chain and third-party 

systems? 

(5) What additional actions can the 

Commission, NERC, and industry take 

to further protect the grid from security 

threats, both physical and cyber? 

Panelists: 

• Scott Aaronson, Vice President of 

Security and Preparedness, Edison 

Electric Institute 

• Jason Blake, President & CEO, SERC 

• Manny Cancel, Senior Vice President 

& CEO, Electricity Information 

Sharing and Analysis Center 

• Joseph Mosher, Portfolio Manager, 

EDF Renewables 

• Rudolf Pawul, Vice President of 

Information & Cyber Security 

Services, ISO New England 

• Maggy Powell, Security Assurance for 

Power & Utility Sector, Amazon Web 

Services 

• Jonathan Tubb, Director of Industrial 

Cyber Security for North America, 

Siemens Energy 

12:30—1:15 p.m. Lunch Break 

Afternoon Session: Reliability 

Implications of EPA’s Proposed Rule on 

‘‘Greenhouse Gas Standards and 

Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power 

Plants’’ 

On May 23, 2023 the EPA issued a 

notice of proposed rulemaking under 

section 111 of the Clean Air Act. Several 

comments submitted to EPA on the 

proposed rule indicated that 

implementation of the proposal would 

affect electric reliability. The afternoon 

panels will discuss the possible 

reliability impacts of the rule and 

possible mitigations. 

1:15–2:15 p.m. Afternoon Panel 1: EPA 

Presentation of EPA Section 111 

Proposed Rule (Commission Led) 

Joseph Goffman, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Administrator for the Office of 

Air and Radiation (OAR), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), accompanied by EPA staff, will 

provide an overview of the Section 111 

Proposed Rule, and highlight specific 

issues relevant to the reliable operation 

of the electric system. 

2:15–4:50 p.m. Afternoon Panels 2 and 

3: Discussion of the Proposed Rule 

(Staff Led) 

Afternoon Panels 2 and 3 will present 

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proposed rule, followed by an 

opportunity for questions and answers. 

Panelists for both Panels 2 and 3 should 

be prepared to discuss the following 

topics and questions: 

(1) Will the rule, if implemented as 

proposed, affect electric reliability? In 

what ways? 

(2) What tools and processes should 

the Commission, other federal and state 

agencies, and industry consider in order 

to implement the proposed rule? What 

authority should the Commission and 

other federal and state agencies have in 

order to address potential reliability 

issues that could arise during 

implementation of the proposed rule? 

(3) What existing processes for 

coordination will enable federal and 

state agencies, planning entities, and 

industry stakeholders to share ongoing 

developments relevant to the 

implementation of the proposed rule? 

(4) What specific tools are currently 

available to agencies to consider 

impacts to retail consumers? Are there 

additional tools that should be 

developed to consider these issues? 

2:15—3:30 p.m. Electric Industry 

Stakeholders Panel 

Panelists: 

• Michael Bryson, Senior Vice 

Presisdent of Operations, PJM 

Interconnection 

• Susan Tierney, Senior Advisor, 

Analysis Group 

• Anthony Campbell, President & CEO, 

East Kentucky Power Cooperative on 

behalf of NRECA and East Kentucky 

Power Cooperative 

• Emily Fisher, Executive Vice 

President for Clean Energy & General 

Counsel, Edison Electric Institute 

• Ric O’Connell, Executive Director, 

GridLab 

• Bobby Olsen, Associate General 

Manager, SRP on behalf of Large 

Public Power Council 

• Michelle Bloodworth, President & 

CEO, America’s Power 

3:30–3:40 p.m. Break 

3:40–4:50 p.m. Regional, State, and 

Local Regulatory Entities Panel 

Panelists: 

• Julie Fedorchak, Commissioner, North 

Dakota Public Service Commission 

• Miles E. Keogh, Executive Director, 

National Association of Clean Air 

Agencies 

• Mary Throne, Chairman, Wyoming 

Public Service Commission and 

Western Interconnection Regional 

Advisory Board 

• Will Toor, Executive Director, 

Colorado Energy Office 

• Jehmal Hudson, Commissioner, 

Virginia State Corporation 

Commission 

4:50–5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks 

[FR Doc. 2023–24327 Filed 11–2–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER24–230–000] 

New England Power and Light LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of New 

England Power and Light LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is November 

20, 2023. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: October 30, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24322 Filed 11–2–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER24–233–000] 

Progressive Light and Power LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Progressive Light and Power LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 


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