Document ID: FERC-2013-0633-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Coordination between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets
Posted Date: 2013-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 28583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11544]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD12-12-000]

 Coordination Between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets; Notice 
of Commission Meeting

    Take notice that, pursuant to the Commission order issued on 
November 15, 2012,\1\ a representative from each regional transmission 
organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) will appear 
before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) on May 16, 
2013, from 1:30 p.m. (EST) to 3:30 p.m. (EST), to share information 
related to natural gas and electric coordination. The meeting will be 
held at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. All interested persons are invited to attend the 
meeting, and no advance registration is necessary. Commission members 
will be present.
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    \1\ Coordination between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets, 
141 FERC ] 61,125, at P 11 (2012) (November 15 Order).
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    Following a series of regional technical conferences conducted in 
August 2012, the Commission issued an order directing further 
conferences and reports in the above captioned docket on November 15, 
2012. In the November 15 Order, the Commission directed each RTO and 
ISO to appear before the Commission on May 16, 2013 to share its 
experiences from the winter and spring and describe the progress it has 
made in refining existing practices to provide better coordination 
between the natural gas and electric industries and ensure adequate 
fuel supplies. The Commission also directed RTOs and ISOs to address 
any natural gas transportation concerns that emerged during the winter 
heating season and identify any fuel-related generator outages during 
the winter and spring.
    This meeting will not be transcribed. However, there will be a free 
webcast of the meeting. The webcast will allow persons to listen to the 
meeting, but not participate. Anyone with Internet access who wants to 
listen to the meeting can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov's 
Calendar of Events and locating the meeting in the Calendar. The 
meeting will contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection 
provides technical support for the webcast and offers the option of 
listening to the meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any 
questions, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-993-3100.\2\
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    \2\ The webcast will continue to be available on the Calendar of 
Events on the Commission's Web site www.ferc.gov for three months 
after the meeting.
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    Information on the meeting will also be posted on the Web site 
http://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/electric-coord.asp, 
as well as the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the meeting.
    Commission meetings 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 (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 meeting, please contact:
    Caroline Daly (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8931, Caroline.Daly@ferc.gov.
    Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External 
Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8004, Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov.

    Dated: May 9, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11544 Filed 5-14-13; 8:45 am]
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