Document ID: FERC-2009-0310-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Conference: Integrating Renewable Resources Into the Wholesale Electric Grid
Posted Date: 2009-02-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 38)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD09-4-000]

 
Integrating Renewable Resources Into the Wholesale Electric Grid: 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

February 20, 2009.
    In a Notice of Technical Conference issued February 4, 2009, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it would host a 
technical conference on March 2, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST) in 
the Commission Meeting Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The conference 
will be open for the public to attend and advance registration is not 
required. Members of the Commission will attend and participate in the 
conference.
    The purpose of this conference is to seek information on the 
challenges posed by integration of large amounts of variable renewable 
generation into wholesale markets and grids as well as on innovative 
solutions to these challenges. Attached with this supplemental notice 
is an agenda with a list of questions for the panel discussions and the 
names of panelists.
    The Commission welcomes industry comments on this subject. The 
deadline for comments under this docket is April 30, 2009.
    A free webcast of the meeting/conference is available through 
http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to listen 
to this event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar 
of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will 
contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides 
technical support for the webcasts and offers the option of listening 
to the meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, 
visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-993-3100.
    Transcripts of the conference will be available immediately for a 
fee from Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646). They 
will be available for free on the Commission's eLibrary system and on 
the Calendar of Events approximately one week after the conference.
    Commission 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 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 this conference, please contact: Sarah 
McKinley at sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov, (202) 502-8368.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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