Document ID: FERC-2015-0209-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Environmental Regulations and Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy Infrastructure; Technical Conferences
Posted Date: 2015-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 9716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03642]

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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 Conferences

    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 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 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 conference. The 
agenda and list of speakers for the Western Region technical conference 
is attached to this Supplemental Notice of Technical Conferences.
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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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    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. Those interested in attending the 
Western region conference are encouraged to register by close of 
business February 16, 2015.
    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) 502-8659 (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: February 13, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-03642 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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