[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54840-54841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27959]


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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 (Pub. L. No. 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, November 6, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: ANA Hotel, Ballroom I, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20037.

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, November 6, 1997

8:30-8:45 AM  Opening Remarks & Objectives--Philip Sharp, ESR Task 
Force Chairman.
8:45-9:45 AM  Briefing: Reliability Council Progress in Addressing Key

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Issues--David Nevius, Vice President, NERC.
9:45-10:00 AM  Break.
10:00-11:30 AM  Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper 
on a Self-Regulating Reliability Organization.
11:30-12:00 PM  Public Comment Period.
12:00-1:15 PM  Lunch.
1:15-2:30 PM  Working Session: Discussion of Draft Outline of 
Technology Issues Affecting Reliability.
2:30-3:45 PM  Panel Discussion: The Role of ISOs in Maintaining 
Reliability.
3:45-4:00 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 Washington, D.C., 
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, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 
20585.

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://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, D.C., on October 17, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-27959 Filed 10-21-97; 8:45 am]
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