Document ID: FERC-2011-1747-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Workshops: Voltage Coordination on High Voltage Grids
Posted Date: 2011-11-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 70721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29404]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD12-5-000]

 Voltage Coordination on High Voltage Grids; Notice of Staff 
Workshop

    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold 
a Workshop on Voltage Coordination on High Voltage Grids on Thursday, 
December 1, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This staff-led workshop will 
be held at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The workshop will be open for the public to 
attend and advance registration is not required.
    The Commission is interested in better understanding the 
interaction between voltage control, reliability, and economic 
dispatch. In addition, the Commission will consider how improvements to 
dispatch and voltage control software could improve reliability and 
market efficiency. The workshop will address how entities currently 
coordinate economic dispatch and voltage control and the capability of 
existing and emerging software to improve coordination and optimization 
of transfer capability across the Bulk-Power System from a reliability 
and economic perspective.
    The agenda for this workshop will be issued at a later date. 
Information will be posted on the calendar page for this event on the 
Commission's web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. This 
event will not be Web cast nor transcribed.
    Commission workshops 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) 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, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8368, 
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

    Dated: November 8, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-29404 Filed 11-14-11; 8:45 am]
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