Document ID: FERC-2015-0279-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Environmental Regulations and Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy Infrastructure Technical Conference
Posted Date: 2015-03-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12472-12473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05388]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD15-4-000]

Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and Electric 
Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy Infrastructure; 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conferences issued on 
December 9, 2014 \1\ and the Supplemental Notice of Technical 
Conferences issued on January 6, 2015,\2\ the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) staff will hold a Central region \3\ technical 
conference to discuss implications of compliance approaches to the 
Clean Power Plan proposed rule, issued by the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) on June 2, 2014.\4\ The technical conference will focus on 
issues related to electric reliability, wholesale electric markets and 
operations, and energy infrastructure in the Central region. The 
Commission will hold the Central region technical conference on March 
31, 2015, from approximately 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Renaissance 
St. Louis Airport Hotel, 9801 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63134 
(Phone: (314) 429-1100). This conference is free of charge and open to 
the public. Commission members may participate in the conference. The 
agenda for the Central region technical conference is attached to this 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference.
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    \1\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and 
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy 
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Dec. 9, 2014) (Notice of 
Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20141209165657-AD15-4-000TC.pdf.
    \2\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and 
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy 
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Jan. 6, 2015) (Supplemental 
Notice of Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20150106170115-AD15-4-000TC1.pdf.
    \3\ For purposes of this conference, the Central Region includes 
the following Commission-approved Order No. 1000 planning regions: 
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) and Southwest 
Power Pool, Inc. (SPP). This region also includes the Electric 
Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
    \4\ Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary 
Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, 79 FR 34,830 (2014) 
(Proposed Rule), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-18/pdf/2014-13726.pdf.
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    Those interested in speaking at the technical conference should 
notify the Commission by March 9, 2015, by completing the online form 
at the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/03-31-15-speaker-form.asp. At this Web page, please provide an abstract 
(700 character limit) of the issue(s) you propose to address. Due to 
time constraints, we expect to not be able to accommodate all those 
interested in speaking. Selected speakers will be notified as soon as 
possible.
    If you have not already done so, those who plan to attend the 
technical conference are strongly encouraged to complete the 
registration form located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/03-31-15-form.asp. There is no registration deadline or 
fee to attend the conference.
    The Commission will post information on the technical conference on 
the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site,

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http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference. The Central region 
technical conference will also be transcribed. Transcripts of the 
technical conference will be available for a fee from Ace-Federal 
Reporters, Inc. ((202) 347-3700 or (800) 336-6646). There will also be 
a free audio cast of the conference. The audio cast will allow persons 
to listen to the Central region technical conference, but not 
participate. Anyone with internet access who desires to watch the 
Central region conference can do so by navigating to the Calendar of 
Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, and locating 
the Central region technical conference in the Calendar. The Central 
region technical conference will contain a link to its audio cast.\5\
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    \5\ The audio cast will continue to be available on the Calendar 
of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, for 
three months after the conference.
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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 (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 the technical conferences, please 
contact:

Logistical Information: Sarah McKinley, Office of External Affairs, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426, (202) 502-8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
Legal Information: Alan Rukin, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8502, 
alan.rukin@ferc.gov.
Technical Information: Jessica L. Cockrell, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8190, 
jessica.cockrell@ferc.gov.
Technical Information: Michael Gildea, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8420, 
michael.gildea@ferc.gov.

    Dated: March 3, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-05388 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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