Document ID: FERC-2010-1897-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Techincal Conferences: Smart Grid Interoperability Standards
Posted Date: 2010-12-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 81605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32640]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM11-2-000]

Smart Grid Interoperability Standards; Notice of Technical 
Conference

December 21, 2010.
    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold 
a Technical Conference on Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Commission's 
headquarters at 888 First Street, Washington, DC 20426, beginning at 1 
p.m. (EST) in the Commission Meeting Room. The technical conference 
will be led by Commission staff. Commissioners may attend the 
conference.
    The conference will be open for the public to attend and advance 
registration is not required. The purpose of the technical conference 
is to obtain further information to aid the Commission's determination 
of whether there is ``sufficient consensus'' that the five families of 
standards posted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
and included in this proceeding are ready for Commission consideration 
in a rulemaking proceeding, as directed by section 1305(d) of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
    A subsequent notice will be issued by the Commission providing an 
agenda of the conference. Information on this event will be posted on 
the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The conference will be Webcast. 
Anyone with Internet access who desires to listen to this event can do 
so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events 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.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY); or send a Fax to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For more information on this conference, please contact Sandra 
Waldstein at Sandra.Waldstein@ferc.gov or (202) 502-8092, Ray Palmer at 
Ray.Palmer@ferc.gov or (202) 502-6569, or Annabelle Lee at 
Annabelle.Lee@ferc.gov or (202) 502-8709.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-32640 Filed 12-27-10; 8:45 am]
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