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Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on July 17, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16166 Filed 7–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of FERC Staff Attendance at 

Southwest Power Pool Independent 

Coordinator of Transmission (ICT) 

Stakeholder Policy Committee Meeting 

June 30, 2009. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission hereby gives notice that 

members of its staff may attend the 

meeting noted below. Their attendance 

is part of the Commission’s ongoing 

outreach efforts. 

ICT Stakeholder Policy Committee 

Meeting 

July 23, 2009 (8 a.m.–2 p.m.), Sheraton 

New Orleans, 500 Canal Street, New 

Orleans, LA 70130, 504–525–2500. 

The discussions may address matters 

at issue in the following proceedings: 

Docket No. OA07–32 ......................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. OA08–59 ......................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. OA08–61 ......................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. OA08–75 ......................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. OA08–92 ......................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. OA08–149 ....................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL00–66 .......................................... Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL01–88 .......................................... Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL05–15 .......................................... Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Entergy Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. EL07–52 .......................................... Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL08–59 .......................................... ConocoPhillips v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL08–60 .......................................... Union Electric v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL09–35 .......................................... Cottonwood Energy LLP v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL09–43 .......................................... Arkansas Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL09–61 .......................................... Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER03–583 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER05–1065 ...................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER07–682 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER07–956 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER07–985 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–513 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–515 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–767 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–774 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–1056 ...................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–1057 ...................................... Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–555 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–636 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–659 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–833 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–877 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–878 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–882 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–985 ........................................ Entergy Services, Inc. 


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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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