Document ID: FERC-2017-0619-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Developments in Natural Gas Index Liquidity and Transparency, etc.; Technical Conference
Posted Date: 2017-05-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 22664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09938]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Technical Conference

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                                                   Docket Nos.
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Developments in Natural Gas Index       AD17-12-000
 Liquidity and Transparency.
Price Discovery in Natural Gas and      PL03-3-000
 Electric Markets.
Natural Gas Price Formation...........  AD03-7-000
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    Take notice that on June 29, 2017, the staff of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) will hold a technical conference on 
Developments in Natural Gas Index Liquidity and Transparency from 9:00 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT), in the Commission Meeting Room at 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. A detailed agenda will be issued and 
published on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site \1\ 
prior to the conference. Commission members may participate in the 
conference.
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    The purpose of this technical conference is to understand the state 
of liquidity in the physical natural gas markets, to explore current 
trends in physical natural gas trading and price reporting and how the 
use of natural gas indices have evolved over time, to obtain industry's 
views on the current level of confidence in natural gas indices and 
price formation, and finally, to consider whether there is a need to 
improve natural gas market liquidity and price reporting and, if so, 
how. Staff plans to discuss these issues with buyers and sellers of 
physical natural gas, natural gas pipelines, ISO/RTOs or public 
utilities that use natural gas indices in their tariffs, market 
monitors, index developers, energy exchanges, academics and market 
experts. Staff recognizes that a number of factors influence market 
liquidity, and encourages the participation of interested parties to 
speak about price discovery, liquidity evaluation, and market activity 
measurement in the physical natural gas markets, among other things 
influencing the natural gas markets.
    All attendees are encouraged to preregister at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/06-29-17-form.asp. There is no fee 
to register or attend.
    The technical conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be 
available from Ace Reporting Company and may be purchased online at 
www.acefederal.com, or by phone at (202) 347-3700. In addition, there 
will be a free webcast of the conference. The webcast will allow 
persons to listen, but not participate, and will be accessible at 
www.ferc.gov Calendar of Events. The Capitol Connection provides 
technical support for the webcast and offers the option of listening to 
the technical conference via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any 
questions, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 993-3100.
    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 conference, please 
contact:

Sarah McKinley (Logistics), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8368, 
Sarah.Mckinley@ferc.gov
Eric Primosch (Technical), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6483, 
Eric.Primosch@ferc.gov
Omar Bustami (Legal), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6214, Omar.Bustami@ferc.gov

    Dated: May 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09938 Filed 5-16-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P