Document ID: FERC-2012-1272-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Conferences: Coordination Between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets
Posted Date: 2012-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 45600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18734]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD12-12-000]

Coordination Between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets; 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

    As announced in the Notices issued on July 5, 2012 \1\ and July 17, 
2012,\2\ the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff 
will hold a technical conference on Monday, August 6, 2012, from 9:00 
a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. to discuss gas-electric coordination 
issues in the Central region. The agenda and list of roundtable 
participants for this conference is attached. This conference is free 
of charge and open to the public. Commission members may participate in 
the conference.
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    \1\ Coordination between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets, 
Docket No. AD12-12-000 (July 5, 2012) (Notice of Technical 
Conferences) (http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=13023450); 77 FR 41184 (July 12, 2012) (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-07-12/pdf/2012-16997.pdf).
    \2\ Coordination between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets, 
Docket No. AD12-12-000 (July 17, 2012) (Supplemental Notice of 
Technical Conferences) (http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=13029403).
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    The Central region technical conference will be held at the 
following venue: St. Louis, MO, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, 1 
South Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA, Tel (reservations and other 
information): 1-314-421-1776, 1-877-845-7354 (toll free).
    If you have not already done so, those who plan to attend the 
Central region technical conference are strongly encouraged to complete 
the registration form located at: www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/nat-gas-elec-mkts-form.asp. There is no deadline to register to attend 
the conference. The dress code for the conference will be business 
casual. The agenda and roundtable participants for the remaining four 
technical conferences will be issued in supplemental notices at later 
dates.
    The Central region technical conference will not be transcribed. 
However, there will be a free audiocast of the conference. The 
audiocast will allow persons to listen to the Central region technical 
conference, but not participate. Anyone with Internet access who 
desires to listen to the Central region conference can do so by 
navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and locating the 
Central region technical conference in the Calendar. The Central region 
technical conference will contain a link to its audiocast. The Capitol 
Connection provides technical support for audiocasts 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.\3\
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    \3\ The audiocast will continue to be available on the Calendar 
of Events on the Commission's Web site www.ferc.gov for three months 
after the conference.
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    Information on this and the other regional technical conferences 
will also be posted on the Web site www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/electric-coord.asp, as well as the Calendar of Events on the 
Commission's Web site www.ferc.gov. Changes to the agenda or list of 
roundtable participants for the Central region technical conference, if 
any, will be posted on the Web site www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/electric-coord.asp prior to the conference.
    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 and the other regional technical 
conferences, please contact:

Pamela Silberstein, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8938,
    Pamela.Silberstein@ferc.gov
Sarah McKinley, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8004, Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov

    Dated: July 24, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-18734 Filed 7-31-12; 8:45 am]
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