Document ID: FERC-2019-0108-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Security Investments for Energy Infrastructure Technical Conference
Posted Date: 2019-02-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3440-3441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02013]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD19-12-000]

Security Investments for Energy Infrastructure Technical 
Conference; Notice of Technical Conference

    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) will co-
host a Security Investments for Energy Infrastructure Technical 
Conference (conference) on Thursday, March 28, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. to 
4:00 p.m. This Commissioner- and DOE senior official-led conference 
will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The 
purpose of the conference is to discuss current cyber and physical 
security practices used to protect energy infrastructure and will 
explore how federal and state authorities can provide incentives and 
cost recovery for security investments in energy infrastructure, 
particularly the electric and natural gas sectors.
    The conference will address two high-level topics. The first topic 
will include discussion of types of current and emerging cyber and 
physical security threats. Specifically, the conference will explore 
factors that the private sector considers when evaluating energy 
infrastructure security threats and vulnerabilities, as well as the 
availability of resources and challenges associated with evaluating 
these issues. In addition, the conference will discuss cyber and 
physical security best practices and mitigation strategies.
    The second topic will center on how federal and state authorities 
can facilitate investments to improve the cyber and physical security 
of energy infrastructure. The conference will concentrate on federal 
and state authorities' current cost recovery policies. In addition, 
this panel will also look at how security investments are presently 
incentivized and what type of incentives would be most effective to 
facilitate security investment (e.g., accelerated depreciation, adders 
to return on equity, etc.).
    Further details of this conference will be provided in a 
supplemental notice.
    The conference will be open and free to the public; however, 
interested attendees are encouraged to preregister online at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/03-28-19-form.asp.
    Information regarding the conference will be posted on the Calendar 
of Events on the Commission's website, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to 
the event. The conference will also be webcast and transcribed. Anyone 
with internet access who desires to listen to this event can do so by 
navigating to the Calendar of Events at http://www.ferc.gov and 
locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to 
the webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for 
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 
technical conference will be available for a fee from Ace-Federal 
Reporters, Inc. at (202) 347-3700.

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    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 Carolyn Templeton by phone at (202) 502-8785 or by email at 
carolyn.templeton@ferc.gov. For information related to logistics, 
please contact Sarah McKinley at (202) 502-8368 or by email at 
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

    Dated: February 4, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02013 Filed 2-11-19; 8:45 am]
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