63618 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 206 / Friday, October 24, 2014 / Notices 

1 Joint Technical Conference on New York 

Markets & Infrastructure, Docket No. AD14–00018– 

000 (September 17, 2014). 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on November 7, 2014. 

Dated: October 17, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD14–18–000] 

Joint Technical Conference on New 

York Markets & Infrastructure; 

Supplemental Notice of Technical 

Conference 

As announced in the Notice issued on 

September 17, 2014,1 the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission), 

jointly with the New York Public 

Service Commission will hold a 

technical conference on November 5, 

2014 from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 

4:00 p.m., to discuss issues of mutual 

interest and concern regarding the 

installed capacity market and energy 

infrastructure in New York and review 

the role of New York’s centralized 

capacity market in attracting investment 

and ensuring resource adequacy and 

reliability. The conference will be held 

in the New York Institute of Technology 

Auditorium located at 1871 Broadway, 

between 61st and 62nd Streets, New 

York, NY 10023. A preliminary agenda 

for this conference is attached. 

Conference panelists will be identified 

in a subsequent notice. This conference 

is free of charge and open to the public. 

The technical conference will be 

transcribed. The conference will also be 

Webcast. The Webcast will allow 

persons to listen to the technical 

conference, but not participate. Further 

details on the Webcast, including the 

link, will be provided in a subsequent 

notice. 

Information on the technical 

conference will be posted on the Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/ 

EventDetails.aspx?ID=7531&

CalType=%20&CalendarID=116&

Date=11/05/2014&View=Listview, as 

well as the Calendar of Events on the 

Commission’s Web site, http://

www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) 

or 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a FAX 

to 202–208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about the 

technical conference, please contact: 

Kathleen Schnorf (Technical 

Information), Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8547, Kathleen.Schnorf@ferc.gov. 

Betty Watson (Technical Information), 

Office of Energy Policy and 

Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8552, Betty.Watson@ferc.gov. 

Kate Hoke (Legal Information), Office of 

General Counsel, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8404, Katheryn.Hoke@

ferc.gov. 

Sarah McKinley (Logistical 

Information), Office of External 

Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8004, Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov. 

Dated: October 10, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Joint FERC–NYPSC Technical 

Conference on New York Markets & 

Infrastructure 

Docket No. AD14–18–000 

November 5, 2014 

Preliminary Agenda 

8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Registration 

9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Opening remarks by 

Commissioners 

9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m. NYISO and 

Independent Market Monitor 

presentation 

NYISO and the Independent Market 

Monitor will report on the recent 

performance of NYISO’s capacity 

market. NYISO will also describe 

current initiatives it is undertaking, and 

hurdles it is facing, as it seeks to 

improve performance of its capacity 

market to attract adequate investment in 

resources and infrastructure to 

efficiently meet New York State’s 

reliability/resource adequacy needs. 

NYISO will provide information on 

recent investments made in resources 

and infrastructure through NYISO’s 

markets and transmission planning 

efforts, and discuss the implementation 

of the new capacity zone in the Lower 

Hudson Valley. NYISO will provide a 

brief update on preparedness for the 

upcoming winter. Finally, the 

Independent Market Monitor will 

provide its recommendations for 

improved performance of NYISO’s 

capacity market. 

10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Panel One: 

Assessing the performance of 

NYISO’s capacity market design in 

attracting investment in resources 

and infrastructure to meet 

reliability/resource adequacy needs 

This session will discuss the role of 

NYISO’s capacity market in attracting 

investment in both resources and 

infrastructure in order to meet New 

York State’s reliability and/or resource 

adequacy needs. In particular, panelists 

should discuss the particular capacity 

market design features that encourage 

merchant investment in resources and 

infrastructure. Panelists will be asked to 

discuss how the capacity market is 

addressing local and state-wide resource 

adequacy and reliability issues at just 

and reasonable rates. Finally, panelists 

should discuss what changes, if any, 

should be considered going forward to 

improve the performance of NYISO’s 

capacity market. 

Panelists should be prepared to 

discuss the following questions: 

a. How do particular market design 

features impact infrastructure 

investment decisions by merchant 

entities? How can these market design 

aspects best address the interests of both 

buyers and sellers? How do buyer-side 

mitigation measures affect investment? 

Should the NYISO capacity market 

provide a longer revenue certainty 

period (e.g., 3, 5, or 10 years)? Does the 

existing NYISO capacity market 

appropriately incent investment as 

compared with three-year forward 

market designs in other capacity 

markets (e.g., PJM, ISO–NE)? Are longterm bilateral contracts a feasible 

alternative procurement mechanism for 

New York (e.g., California model)? 

b. Are changes to NYISO’s capacity 

market necessary to better ensure 

resource performance during peak 

demand conditions (summer or winter)? 

c. Why are Reliability Support 

Services (RSS) needed? What is the 

effect of RSS agreements on the ability 

of the NYISO capacity market to 

efficiently meet the intended goal of 

incentivizing investment in resources 

and infrastructure? Are there other 

market and infrastructure impacts of the 

use of RSS agreements? 

d. How does NYISO coordinate its 

planning processes and its capacity 

market? Are there possible 

improvements in the coordination 

efforts? 


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e. How is the planning of 

transmission, generation and other 

resources coordinated between retail 

and wholesale markets? 

12:15 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch Break 

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Panel Two: Role of 

NYISO’s capacity market in 

attracting investment in resources 

and infrastructure needed to meet 

public policy objectives 

This session will focus on whether, 

and to what extent, NYISO’s capacity 

market should play a role in attracting 

investment in resources and 

infrastructure to meet public policy 

objectives. There may be a range of 

public policy objectives, including 

increasing renewable resources; 

maintaining or increasing clean energy 

resources to meet emission reduction 

goals; increasing distributed resources; 

increasing energy efficiency and 

demand response resources; 

maintaining fuel diversity; maintaining 

price stability for customers (wholesale, 

retail, commercial and industrial); 

economic development; and spurring 

investment in resources and 

infrastructure (both power lines and gas 

pipelines). Panelists should address 

whether these objectives are 

appropriately addressed through the 

NYISO capacity market. If so, this 

session will also include a discussion of 

whether certain aspects of the current 

NYISO capacity market design—in 

particular the capacity market product 

definition—need to change to achieve 

the requisite public policy objectives. 

The discussion may also explore 

whether some of these objectives are 

complementary or in conflict with other 

objectives. 

Panelists should be prepared to 

discuss the following questions: 

a. Are changes to the capacity market 

needed to account for fuel availability/ 

firmness of fuel, or to differentiate the 

value of capacity resources based on the 

‘‘firmness’’ of fuel arrangements? 

b. Should the capacity market 

specifically account for or otherwise 

value resources that are intended to 

meet current or future public policy 

goals (e.g., fuel diversity or emission 

reduction goals)? How should there be 

modifications to the buyer-side 

mitigation rules to help achieve those 

goals? 

c. What price signals and tariff 

changes may be needed to achieve the 

objectives under discussion in the PSC’s 

Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) 

proceeding? 

d. Are there market, environmental, or 

other barriers to entry in certain 

locations or for certain kinds of 

resources (e.g., repowering assets in 

New York City)? 

e. Are there broader market design 

features outside of the capacity market 

(e.g., scarcity and shortage pricing) that 

could be adjusted to account for public 

policy objectives (e.g., increasing 

renewables)? 

3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Break 

3:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Roundtable 

discussion among Commissioners/

Wrap up 

Discussion of possible paths forward 

for identified issues and solutions. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket. No. AD14–14–000] 

Price Formation in Energy and 

Ancillary Services, Markets Operated 

by Regional Transmission, 

Organizations and Independent 

System Operators: Supplemental 

Notice of Workshop on Price 

Formation: Scarcity and Shortage 

Pricing, Offer Mitigation, and Offer 

Caps in RTO and ISO Markets 

As announced in a Notice issued on 

September 5, 2014, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

will hold a workshop on Tuesday, 

October 28, 2014 to commence a 

discussion with industry on scarcity 

and shortage pricing, offer mitigation, 

and offer caps in energy and ancillary 

service markets operated by the 

Regional Transmission Organizations 

and Independent System Operators 

(RTOs/ISOs). The workshop will 

commence at 8:45 a.m. and conclude at 

5 p.m. and will be held at the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

This workshop is free of charge and 

open to the public. Commission 

members may participate in the 

workshop. 

The agenda and a list of participants 

for this workshop are attached. Those 

who plan to attend the workshop are 

encouraged to complete the registration 

form located at https://www.ferc.gov/

whats-new/registration/10-28-14- 

form.aspx. There is no registration 

deadline. 

The workshop will be transcribed. 

Transcripts of the workshop will be 

available for a fee from Ace-Federal 

Reporters, Inc. (202–347–3700 or 1– 

800–336–6646). Additionally, there will 

be a free webcast of the workshop. The 

webcast will allow persons to listen to 

the workshop but not participate. 

Anyone with Internet access who wants 

to listen to the workshop can do so by 

navigating to the Calendar of Events at 

www.ferc.gov, locating the technical 

workshop in the Calendar, and clicking 

on the webcast link. The Capitol 

Connection provides technical support 

for the webcast and offers the option of 

listening to the meeting via phonebridge for a fee. If you have any 

questions, visit 

www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703– 

993–3100. 

While this workshop is not for the 

purpose of discussing specific cases, the 

workshop may address matters at issue 

in the following Commission 

proceedings that are pending: Astoria 

Generating Company L.P. v. New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc., 

Docket Nos. EL11–42 and EL11–50; 

California Independent System Operator 

Corporation, Docket No. ER14–1386 and 

ER14–2484; Hudson Transmission 

Partners, LLC v. New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc., Docket No. 

EL12–98; Independent Power Producers 

of New York, Inc. v. New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc., 

Docket No. EL13–62; ISO New England, 

Inc. and New England Power Pool, 

Docket Nos. EL14–52, ER 14–1050, 

ER14–2419, and ER14–2929; 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc., Docket Nos. ER14–2156, 

and ER11–4081; PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C., Docket Nos. ER14–1144 and 

ER14–1145; New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc., Docket No. 

EL07–39; Old Dominion Electric 

Cooperative, Docket No. ER14–2242; 

Seneca Power Partners, L.P. v. New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc., 

Docket No. EL12–6; and Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc., Docket No. ER15–21. 

Commission workshops are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an email 

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 requested 

accommodations. 

For more information about the 

workshop, please contact: 

Logistical information: Sarah 

McKinley, Office of External Affairs, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426, (202) 502–8368, 

sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. 

Scarcity/shortage pricing: Bob 

Hellrich-Dawson, Office of Energy 

Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

6360, bob.hellrich-dawson@ferc.gov. 


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