Document ID: FERC-2016-0658-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; Technical Conference
Posted Date: 2016-05-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 92 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29553-29554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11222]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP16-618-000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Technical 
Conference

    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on April 
15, 2016 in the above-captioned proceeding, a technical conference will 
be held in this proceeding on Monday, May 9, 2016, beginning at 10:00 
a.m. and ending at approximately 3:30 p.m., at the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The 
purpose of the technical conference is to examine the issues raised in 
the protests and comments regarding the February 19, 2016 filing made 
by Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (Algonquin). In that filing, 
Algonquin proposed to exempt from the capacity release bidding 
requirements certain types of capacity releases of firm transportation 
by electric distribution companies that are participating in state-
regulated electric reliability programs.\1\ Issues to be examined at 
the technical conference include concerns raised regarding the basis 
and need for the waiver.
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    \1\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 154 FERC ] 61,269 (2016).
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    The agenda for this technical conference is attached. Due to the 
number of parties requesting to make presentations, each presentation 
will be limited to fifteen minutes to provide sufficient time for 
discussion. We have allotted time between each presentation for 
questions and comments from staff, panelists, and the audience. Parties 
may file in this docket longer presentations or other materials prior 
to the technical conference. A schedule for post-

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technical comments will be established at the technical conference.
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact Anna Fernandez at Anna.Fernandez@ferc.gov or (202) 502-6682. 
For information related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley at 
Sarah.Mckinley@ferc.gov or (202) 502-8368.

    Dated: May 5, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-11222 Filed 5-11-16; 8:45 am]
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