Document ID: FERC-2011-1294-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Staff Informational Conferences: Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities
Posted Date: 2011-08-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53450-53451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21801]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM10-23-000]

Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning 
and Operating Public Utilities; Notice of Staff Informational 
Conferences

    Take notice that Commission staff will convene three informational 
conferences to discuss the requirements of Order No. 1000.\1\ The 
Commission directed its staff to hold the informational conferences to 
assist public utility transmission providers in their efforts to comply 
with Order No. 1000.\2\
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    \1\ Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission 
Owning and Operating Public Utilities, Order No. 1000, 76 FR 49,842 
(Aug. 11, 2011), 136 FERC ] 61,051 (2011).
    \2\ Id. P 14.
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    The first informational conference will be held on Monday, 
September 12, 2011, beginning at 1 p.m. (EDT) and will focus on 
compliance issues related to Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) 
and Independent System Operators (ISOs). The first informational 
conference is scheduled to end by 4 p.m. (EDT).
    The second informational conference will be held on Tuesday, 
September 13, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. (EDT) and will

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focus on compliance issues related to non-RTO/ISO regions in the 
Eastern Interconnection. The second informational conference is 
scheduled to end by 12 p.m. (EDT).
    The third informational conference will also be held on Tuesday, 
September 13, 2011, beginning at 1 p.m. (EDT) and will focus on 
compliance issues related to non-RTO/ISO regions in the Western 
Interconnection. The third informational conference is scheduled to end 
by 4 p.m. (EDT).
    All of the informational conferences will be held in the Commission 
Meeting Room at the Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, 888 First 
Street, NE. Commission staff will lead the informational conferences 
and give presentations on various aspects of Order No. 1000. All 
interested parties are invited to attend and there will be an 
opportunity to ask questions.
    A free webcast of the informational conferences will be available 
through the FERC Web site. Anyone with Internet access that is 
interested in viewing the webcast of an informational conference can do 
so by navigating to Calendar of Events at http://www.ferc.gov. The 
events will contain a link to the webcast. The Capitol Connection 
provides technical support for the webcasts and offers the option of 
listening to the conferences via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have 
any questions, visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 
993-3100. The conferences will not be transcribed.
    Interested parties may also participate at the informational 
conferences by phone. There is no fee to participate by phone, but 
registration is required. To participate by phone, please complete the 
teleconference registration form at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/trans-plan-9-12-11-form.asp. Dial-in information will be 
e-mailed to registered teleconference participants. No registration is 
required to attend the informational conferences in-person or to watch 
the webcast.
    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 (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 
with the required accommodations.
    For further information about this conference, please contact:

Partha Malvadkar, Office of Energy Market Regulation, (202) 502-6332, 
partha.malvadkar@ferc.gov.
Zeny Magos, Office of Energy Market Regulation, (202) 502-8244, 
zeny.magos@ferc.gov.

    Dated: August 18, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-21801 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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