Document ID: FERC-2015-0126-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Conferences: Environmental Regulations and Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy Infrastructure
Posted Date: 2015-02-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6073-6074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02118]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD15-4-000]

Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and Electric 
Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy Infrastructure; 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conferences issued on 
December 9, 2014 \1\ and the Supplemental Notice of Technical 
Conferences issued on January 6, 2015,\2\ the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) staff will hold a Western Region \3\ technical 
conference to discuss implications of compliance approaches to the 
Clean Power Plan proposed rule, issued by the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) on June 2, 2014.\4\ The technical conference will focus on 
issues related to electric reliability, wholesale electric markets and 
operations, and energy infrastructure in the Western region. The 
Commission will hold the Western Region technical conference on 
February 25, 2015, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the 
Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec Street, Denver, CO 80207 (Phone: 
(303) 399-7500). This conference is free of charge and open to the 
public. Commission members may participate in the

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conference. The agenda for the Western Region technical conference is 
attached to this Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference.
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    \1\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and 
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy 
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Dec. 9, 2014) (Notice of 
Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20141209165657-AD15-4-000TC.pdf.
    \2\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and 
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy 
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Jan. 6, 2015) (Supplemental 
Notice of Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20150106170115-AD15-4-000TC1.pdf.
    \3\ For purposes of this conference, the Western Region includes 
all the areas in the Western Interconnection, including the 
California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
    \4\ Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary 
Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, 79 FR 34,830 (2014) 
(Proposed Rule), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-18/pdf/2014-13725.pdf.
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    Those interested in speaking at the technical conference should 
notify the Commission by January 30, 2015 by completing the online form 
at the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/02-25-15-speaker-form.asp. At this Web page, please provide an abstract 
(700 character limit) of the issue(s) you propose to address. Due to 
time constraints, we expect to not be able to accommodate all those 
interested in speaking. Selected speakers will be notified as soon as 
possible.
    If you have not already done so, those who plan to attend the 
technical conference are strongly encouraged to complete the 
registration form located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/02-25-15-form.asp. There is no registration deadline to 
attend the conference.
    The Commission will post information on the technical conference on 
the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference. The Western Region technical 
conference will also be transcribed. Transcripts of the technical 
conference will be available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 
((202) 347-3700 or 1 (800) 336-6646). There will also be a free 
audiocast of the conference. The audiocast will allow persons to listen 
to the Western region technical conference, but not participate. Anyone 
with Internet access who desires to listen to the Western region 
conference can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events 
and locating the Western region technical conference in the Calendar. 
The Western region technical conference will contain a link to its 
audiocast.\5\
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    \5\ The audiocast will continue to be available on the Calendar 
of Events on the Commission's Web site www.ferc.gov for three months 
after the conference.
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    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) 208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to (202) 208-2106 
with the required accommodations.
    For more information about the technical conferences, 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.
Legal Information: Alan Rukin, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8502, 
alan.rukin@ferc.gov.
Technical Information, Matthew Jentgen, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8725, 
matthew.jentgen@ferc.gov.
Technical Information: Michael Gildea, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8420, 
michael.gildea@ferc.gov.

     Dated: January 26, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-02118 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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