[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24512]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting.

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given 
of the following advisory committee meeting:
    Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Electric System 
Reliability Task Force.

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, September 25, 1997, 8:30 am-4:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Inn, Grand Ballroom, 180 Water Street, Plymouth, 
Massachusetts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-1709 or (202) 586-6279 
(fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition 
to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the 
structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it. This 
transition raises many reliability issues, as new entities emerge in 
the power markets and as generation becomes less integrated with 
transmission.

Purpose of the Task Force

    The purpose of the Electric System Reliability Task Force is to 
provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy Advisory 
Board regarding the critical institutional, technical, and policy 
issues that need to be addressed in order to maintain the reliability 
of the nation's bulk electric system in the context of a more 
competitive industry.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, September 25, 1997
8:30-8:45 am--Opening Remarks & Objectives--Philip Sharp, ESR Task 
Force Chairman
8:45-9:15 am--Working Session: Discussion of the ESR Task Force Work 
Plan
9:15-10:15 am--Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper on 
the Roles of Reliability Organizations
10:15-10:30 am--Break
10:30-11:30 am--Working Session: Review of a Draft Position Paper on 
the Roles of Reliability Organizations
11:30-12:00 pm--Public Comment Period
12:00-1:15 pm--Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm--Working Session: Discussion of Technology Issues 
Affecting Reliability
2:15-3:30 pm--Panel Discussion: The Need to Extend FERC Jurisdiction to 
All Entities In Order to Provide Reliability Oversight
3:30-4:00 pm--Public Comment Period
4:00 pm Adjourn.

    This tentative agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will 
be available at the meeting.

Public Participation

    The Chairman of the Task Force is empowered to conduct the meeting 
in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in Plymouth, 
Massachusetts, the Task Force welcomes public comment. Members of the 
public will be heard in the order in which they sign up at the 
beginning of the meeting. The Task Force will make every effort to hear 
the views of all interested parties. Written comments may be submitted 
to Skila Harris, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory 
Board, AB-1, US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20585. This notice is being published less than 15 
days before the date of the meeting due to programmatic issues that had 
to be resolved prior to publication.

Minutes

    Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available for 
public review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting 
at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 Forrestal 
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C., between 9:00 
am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays. 
Information on the Electric System Reliability Task Force and the Task 
Force's interim report may be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory 
Board's web site, located at http://vm1.hqadmin.doe.gov:80/seab/.

    Issued at Washington, D.C., on September 10, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-24512 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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