Document ID: FERC-2021-0305-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Inviting Post-Technical Conference Comments: Offshore Wind Integration in RTOs/ISOs
Posted Date: 2021-03-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14622-14623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05495]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD20-18-000]

Offshore Wind Integration in RTOs/ISOs; Notice Inviting Post-
Technical Conference Comments

    On October 27, 2020, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) staff convened a technical conference to discuss whether 
and how existing transmission planning, interconnection, and merchant 
transmission facility frameworks in Regional Transmission 
Organizations/Independent System Operators (RTOs/ISOs) can accommodate 
anticipated growth in offshore wind generation in an efficient and 
cost-effective manner that safeguards open access transmission 
principles, and to consider possible changes or improvements to the 
current frameworks should they be needed to accommodate such growth.
    All interested persons are invited to file post-technical 
conference comments on the questions listed in the attachment to this 
Notice. Commenters need not answer all of the questions but are 
encouraged to organize responses using the numbering and sequencing in 
the attached questions. Commenters may also respond to the questions 
outlined in the October 22, 2020 supplemental notice of technical 
conference.\1\ Commenters need not answer all of the questions included 
in the October 22, 2020 notice, but, to the extent that commenters 
respond to any of those questions, please utilize the question 
numbering included in that notice. In addition, commenters are invited 
to reference material previously filed in this docket, including the 
technical conference transcript and submitted opening remarks, but are 
encouraged to avoid repetition or replication of previous material. 
Comments must be submitted on or

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before 60 days from the date of this Notice.
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    \1\ Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference, Docket No. 
AD20-18-000 (October 22, 2020), https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/AD20-18-000-Tech-Conf-Errata.pdf.
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    Comments may be filed electronically via the internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's website 
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please 
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 
at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and five copies to: Kimberly D. 
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    For more information about this Notice, please contact:
    David Rosner (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-8479, david.rosner@ferc.gov.
    Rishi Garg (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 
(202) 502-8667, rishi.garg@ferc.gov.

    Dated: March 11, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-05495 Filed 3-16-21; 8:45 am]
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