Document ID: FERC-2020-1462-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: American Electric Power Service Corp. v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc./Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; City of Prescott, AR v. Southwestern Electric Power Co./Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.: Technical Conference
Posted Date: 2020-11-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 71649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24927]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL17-89-000; EL19-60-000]

American Electric Power Service Corporation v. Midcontinent 
Independent System Operator, Inc. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; City of 
Prescott, Arkansas v. Southwestern Electric Power Company Midcontinent 
Independent System Operator, Inc.; Supplemental Notice of Technical 
Conference

    By order dated August 27, 2020,\1\ the Commission directed 
Commission staff to convene a technical conference regarding issues 
raised in these dockets about the extent of overlapping congestion 
charges assessed on pseudo-tie transactions at the Midcontinent 
Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO)/Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 
(SPP) interface and possible measures that could be taken to eliminate 
any such overlapping charges. As announced in the Notice of Technical 
Conference issued on October 1, 2020, Commission staff will hold this 
technical conference remotely, as further described below, on Tuesday, 
November 10, 2020, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). Commissioners 
may participate in the technical conference.
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    \1\ Am. Elec. Power Serv. Corp. v. Midcontinent Indep. Sys. 
Operator, Inc., 172 FERC ] 61,163 (2020) (August 2020 Further 
Briefing Order).
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    The conference will include discussions between Commission staff 
and panelists representing MISO, SPP, American Electric Power Service 
Corporation, and the City of Prescott, Arkansas. These panelists should 
be prepared to discuss the record in this proceeding, particularly the 
questions posed in the August 2020 Further Briefing Order and the 
briefs responding thereto. If time permits, there may be an opportunity 
for other attendees to the technical conference to submit questions for 
discussion among the parties during the technical conference. Following 
the technical conference, parties to these proceedings may submit 
written post-technical conference comments on or before December 8, 
2020, which will be included in the formal record of the proceeding.
    The technical conference is open to the public by using the WebEx 
platform for those who have registered pursuant to the requirements of 
the October 1, 2020 Notice in these dockets. The agenda and information 
about the technical conference is posted on the Events Calendar 
available at the following link: https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events. The agenda is also attached to this Notice. Procedures to be 
followed at the technical conference and any changes to the proposed 
agenda will be announced by staff at the opening of the technical 
conference. The technical conference will be transcribed.
    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 this technical conference, please 
contact Yasmine Jamnejad, yasmine.jamnejad@ferc.gov for technical 
information, and Colin Beckman, colin.beckman@ferc.gov, for legal 
information. For information related to logistics, please contact Sarah 
McKinley, 202-502-8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

    Dated: November 4, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-24927 Filed 11-9-20; 8:45 am]
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