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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). 2Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,241 at 

P 418–602. 3A small number of transmission providers were 

granted extensions. 

4Staff also requests that a representative of 

WECC’s Transmission Expansion Planning Policy 

Committee attend this technical conference. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. 

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5937 or 

patrick.clarey@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16258 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD09–8–000] 

Transmission Planning Processes 

Under Order No. 890; Notice of 

Technical Conferences 

June 30, 2009. 

Take notice that Commission staff 

will convene technical conferences on 

the following dates in the following 

cities to examine the planning processes 

that are being conducted pursuant to 

Order No. 890.1 Staff expects all 

transmission providers to participate in 

the technical conference for their 

particular region, although all interested 

persons, including transmission 

providers in other regions, regional 

representatives, transmission customers, 

developers of merchant transmission 

and distributed generation, and other 

resource developers are also invited to 

participate in each conference. 

In Order No. 890, the Commission 

directed all transmission providers to 

develop a transmission planning 

process that satisfies nine principles 

and to clearly describe that process in 

a new attachment to their open access 

transmission tariffs.2 On December 7, 

2007, pursuant to Order No. 890, most 

public utility transmission providers 

and several non-public utility 

transmission owners submitted their 

proposed transmission planning 

processes.3 The Commission 

subsequently addressed these filings in 

a series of orders that were issued 

throughout 2008. Generally, the 

Commission accepted each of the 

transmission planning processes to be 

effective December 7, 2007, subject to 

further compliance filings required to 

meet the nine planning principles 

(Initial Planning Orders). The 

Commission also noted that its staff 

would periodically monitor the 

implementation of these processes, and 

it stated its intent to convene regional 

technical conferences in 2009 to assess 

them. 

Recently, the Commission issued a 

series of orders addressing the further 

transmission planning process 

compliance filings (Compliance Filing 

Orders). In each of the Compliance 

Filing Orders, the Commission 

emphasized that it remains interested in 

the development of transmission 

planning processes and will continue to 

examine the adequacy of the processes 

accepted to date. The Commission 

reiterated the encouragement made in 

prior orders for further refinements and 

improvements to the planning processes 

as transmission providers, their 

customers, and other stakeholders gain 

more experience through actual 

implementation of the processes. The 

Commission also re-stated that, as part 

of its ongoing evaluation of the 

implementation of the planning 

processes, it intended to convene 

regional technical conferences this year 

to determine if further refinements to 

these processes are necessary. 

The conferences scheduled in this 

notice are intended to meet the 

Commission’s commitment made in the 

Initial Planning Orders and Compliance 

Filing Orders that its staff would 

conduct an assessment of the Order No. 

890 transmission planning processes. 

Consistent with these orders, the focus 

of the 2009 regional technical 

conferences will be: (1) To determine 

the progress and benefits realized by 

each transmission provider’s 

transmission planning process, obtain 

customer and other stakeholder input, 

and discuss any areas that may need 

improvement; (2) to examine whether 

existing transmission planning 

processes adequately consider needs 

and solutions on a regional or 

interconnection-wide basis to ensure 

adequate and reliable supplies at just 

and reasonable rates; and (3) to explore 

whether existing processes are sufficient 

to meet emerging challenges to the 

transmission system, such as the 

development of interregional 

transmission facilities, the integration of 

large amounts of location-constrained 

generation, and the interconnection of 

distributed energy resources. 

Date Location Transmission provider participants 

September 3, 2009 ......................... Phoenix Airport Marriott, 1101 

North 44th Street, Phoenix, AZ 

85008.

Entities located within the ColumbiaGrid, Northern Tier Transmission 

Group, WestConnect, and CAISO footprints, and other entities in 

the WECC region that are not a part of any of these subregional 

groups.4

Those wishing to participate as a panelist and provide feedback on 

the planning issues described above should submit a request form 

by close of business on August 13, 2009, located at: https:// 

www.ferc.gov/whatsnew/registration/trans0903speakerform.asp. 

September 10, 2009 ....................... Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta 

Airport, 1900 Sullivan Road, Atlanta, GA 30337.

Entities located in the states represented in the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and entities located in 

the Southwest Power Pool footprint. 

Those wishing to participate as a panelist and provide feedback on 

the planning issues described above should submit a request form 

by close of business on August 20, 2009 located at: https:// 

www.ferc.gov/whatsnew/registration/trans0910speakerform.asp 

September 21, 2009 ....................... Marriott Philadelphia Airport, One 

Arrivals Road, Philadelphia, PA 

19153.

Entities located within the Midwest ISO, PJM, New York ISO, and 

ISO New England footprints, MAPP/MAPP Participants, and adjacent areas. 


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1 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Date Location Transmission provider participants 

Those wishing to participate as a panelist and provide feedback on 

the planning issues described above should submit a request form 

by close of business on August 31, 2009, located at: https:// 

www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/trans 09 21 speaker form.

asp. 

A further notice with a detailed 

agenda for each conference will be 

issued in advance of the conferences. 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. 

For further information about these 

conferences, please contact: 

Zeny Magos (Technical Information), 

Office of Energy Markets and 

Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8244, Zeny.Magos@ferc.gov. 

John Cohen (Legal Information), Office 

of the General Counsel—Energy 

Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8705, John.Cohen@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16170 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER06–615–000; ER07–1257– 

000; ER08–1113–000; ER08–1178–000; 

ER09–241–000; ER09–1048–000; ER09– 

1281–000] 

California Independent System 

Operator Corporation; Notice of FERC 

Staff Attendance 

June 29, 2009. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that on the following dates 

members of its staff will participate in 

teleconferences and meetings to be 

conducted by the California 

Independent System Operator (CAISO). 

The agenda and other documents for the 

teleconferences and meetings are 

available on the CAISO’s Web site, 

http://www.caiso.com. 

June 30, 2009—Market Surveillance 

Committee. 

July 1, 2009—Settlements and Market 

Clearing User Group. Congestion 

Revenue Rights. 

July 2, 2009—Market Issues. 

July 7, 2009—Systems Interface User 

Group. 

July 8, 2009—Congestion Revenue 

Rights. Settlements and Market Clearing 

User Group. 

July 9, 2009—Market Issues. 

Convergence Bidding Meeting. 

July 14, 2009—Systems Interface User 

Group. 

July 15, 2009—Settlements and 

Market Clearing User Group. Congestion 

Revenue Rights. 

July 16, 2009—Market Issues. 

Transmission Maintenance 

Coordination Committee Meeting. 

Sponsored by the CAISO, the 

teleconferences and meetings are open 

to all market participants, and 

Commission staff’s attendance is part of 

the Commission’s ongoing outreach 

efforts. The teleconferences and 

meetings may discuss matters at issue in 

the above captioned dockets. 

For further information, contact Saeed 

Farrokhpay at 

saeed.farrokhpay@ferc.gov; (916) 294– 

0322 or Maury Kruth at 

maury.kruth@ferc.gov, (916) 294–0275. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16155 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12615–001—Alaska Soule River 

Hydroelectric Project] 

Alaska Power & Telephone Company; 

Notice of Proposed Restricted Service 

List for a Programmatic Agreement for 

Managing Properties Included in or 

Eligible for Inclusion in the National 

Register of Historic Places 

June 30, 2009. 

Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) 

Rules of Practice and Procedure 

provides that, to eliminate unnecessary 

expense or improve administrative 

efficiency, the Secretary may establish a 

restricted service list for a particular 

phase or issue in a proceeding.1 The 

restricted service list should contain the 

names of persons on the service list 

who, in the judgment of the decisional 

authority establishing the list, are active 

participants with respect to the phase or 

issue in the proceeding for which the 

list is established. 

The Commission staff is consulting 

with the Alaska State Historic 

Preservation Officer (hereinafter, SHPO) 

and the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (hereinafter, Council) 

pursuant to the Council’s regulations, 36 

CFR part 800, implementing section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation 

Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 470f), to 

prepare and execute a programmatic 

agreement for managing properties 

included in, or eligible for inclusion in, 

the National Register of Historic Places 

at the Soule River Hydroelectric Project 

No. 12615–001. 

The programmatic agreement, when 

executed by the Commission and the 

SHPO, would satisfy the Commission’s 

section 106 responsibilities for all 

individual undertakings carried out in 

accordance with the license until the 

license expires or is terminated (36 CFR 

800.13[e]). The Commission’s 

responsibilities, pursuant to section 106 

for the Soule River Hydroelectric 

Project, would be fulfilled through the 

programmatic agreement, which the 

Commission proposes to draft in 

consultation with certain parties listed 

below. The executed programmatic 

agreement would be incorporated into 

any Order issuing a license. 

Alaska Power & Telephone Company, 

as applicant for the Soule River 

Hydroelectric Project No. 12615–001, is 

invited to participate in consultations to 

develop the programmatic agreement. 

For the purpose of commenting on the 

programmatic agreement, we propose to 

restrict the service list for the 

aforementioned project as follows: 


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