Document ID: FERC-2011-0099-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Smart Grid Interoperability Standards; Technical Conference
Posted Date: 2011-01-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 24, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 15)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM11-2-000]

 
 Smart Grid Interoperability Standards; Supplemental Notice of 
Technical Conference

January 13, 2011.
    On December 21, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
announced that a Technical Conference on Smart Grid Interoperability 
Standards will be held on Monday, January 31, 2011, beginning at 1 p.m. 
(EST). The staff-led conference will be held in the Commission Meeting 
Room at the Commission's headquarters at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The conference will be open for the public to 
attend and advance registration is not required. Members of the 
Commission may attend the conference.
    As described in the earlier notice, the purpose of the technical 
conference is to obtain further information to aid the Commission's 
determination of whether there is ``sufficient consensus'' that the 
five families of standards posted by the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology are ready for Commission consideration in a 
rulemaking proceeding, as directed by section 1305(d) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007.
    Attached to this supplemental notice is an agenda for the 
conference. If any changes are made, the revised agenda will be posted 
prior to the event on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web 
site, http://www.ferc.gov.
    The conference will be Webcast. Anyone with Internet access who 
desires to listen to this event can do so by navigating to the Calendar 
of Events on the Commission's web site and locating this event in the 
Calendar. The event will contain a link to the webcast. The Capitol 
Connection provides technical support for webcasts and offers the 
option of listening to the meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If you 
have any questions, visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-
993-3100.
    A transcript of the conference will be immediately available from 
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee.
    All interested parties are invited to file written comments on or 
before March 2, 2011 that relate to the issues discussed during the 
technical conference. Commenters are encouraged to use the questions 
presented in the attached agenda for the conference to organize their 
comments. Reply comments may be submitted on or before March 16, 2011.
    Commission 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 more information on this conference, please contact Sandra 
Waldstein at Sandra.Waldstein@ferc.gov or (202) 502-8092, Ray Palmer at 
Ray.Palmer@ferc.gov or (202) 502-6569, or Annabelle Lee at 
Annabelle.Lee@ferc.gov or (202) 502-8709.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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