Document ID: FERC-2007-1323-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Preventing undue discrimination and preference in transmission service; technical conference
Posted Date: 2007-07-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 146)]
[Notices]               
[Page 41743-41744]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 Docket Nos. RM05-17-002; RM05-25-002]

 
Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission 
Service; Notice of Agenda and Procedures for Staff Technical Conference

July 23, 2007.
    This notice establishes the agenda and procedures for the staff 
technical conference to be held on July 30, 2007,\1\ to discuss issues 
raised in requests for clarification and rehearing to Order No. 890 
with regard to (1) the minimum lead-time for undesignating network 
resources in order to make firm third-party sales and (2) the 
eligibility of on-system seller's choice and system sales to be 
designated as network resources.\2\ The technical conference will be 
held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (EDT) at the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in the 
Commission Meeting Room. All interested persons are invited to attend, 
and registration is not required.
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    \1\ The initial notice establishing the date of this technical 
conference was issued on July 12, 2007. The technical conference was 
directed in the Commission Order Establishing Technical Conference 
and Providing Guidance issued June 26, 2007, in this proceeding.
    \2\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, 72 FR 12266 (March 15, 2007), 
FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241 at PP 1483 and 1557-59 (2007), reh'g 
pending.
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    The agenda for this conference is attached. In order to allot 
sufficient time for questions and responses, each speaker will be 
provided with ten minutes for prepared remarks. Presenters who want to 
distribute copies of their prepared remarks or handouts should bring 
100 double-sided copies to the technical conference. Equipment will 
also be available for computer presentations, if requested.\3\ 
Presenters who wish to include comments, presentations, or handouts in 
the record for this proceeding should file their comments with the 
Commission. Comments may either be filed on paper or electronically via 
the eFiling link on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov.

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    \3\ In order to facilitate discussion, we ask panelists to limit 
their use of electronic presentation equipment during the conference 
to the display of graphics, charts or other materials aside from 
outlines of their comments.
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    A free webcast of this event is available through http://www.ferc.gov.
 Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this 

event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and 

locating this event in the calendar. The event will contain a link to 
its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the 
free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in 
the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, 
visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Springer or 

David Reininger at 703-993-3100.
    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For further information about this conference, please contact:

Tom Dautel, Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-6196, Thomas.Dautel@ferc.gov.
W. Mason Emnett, Office of the General Counsel--Energy Markets, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-6540, Mason.Emnett@ferc.gov.

Kimberly E. Bose,
Secretary.

Attachment A--Agenda for Order No. 890 Staff Technical Conference

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    July 30, 2007.
    9 a.m. Opening remarks and introductions.
    9:15 a.m. Panel I--Eligibility of on-system seller's choice and 
system sales to be designated as network resources.

Barry Bennett, Attorney, Bonneville Power Administration.
Charlotte Glassman, Transmission Contracts Manager, Duke Energy 
Carolinas, LLC.
Jeff Guldner, Director, Federal Regulation and Compliance, Arizona 
Public Service Company.
Tom Haymaker, Vice President, Power Supply, PNGC Power.
Robert Lafferty, Manager, Wholesale Marketing & Contracts, Avista 
Corporation.
Jim Sheffield, Vice President, Morgan Stanley.

    11:45 a.m. Lunch.
    12:30 p.m. Panel II--Minimum lead-time for undesignating network 
resources in order to make firm third-party sales.

Jeff Atkinson, Manager of Power Planning and Marketing, Grant County 
PUD.
Michael Beer, Vice President, Federal Regulation and Policy, E.ON U.S.
Jeff Guldner, Director, Federal Regulation and Compliance, Arizona 
Public Service Company.
Tom Haymaker, Vice President, Power Supply, PNGC Power.
Robert Lafferty, Manager, Wholesale Marketing & Contracts, Avista 
Corporation.
Jim Sheffield, Vice President, Morgan Stanley.

    3 p.m. Adjourn.

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    Note: all times are local.

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