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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD06-9-000]

 
RTO Border Utility Issues; Notice of Technical Conference on RTO 
Border Utility Issues

June 8, 2006.
    Take notice that on July 10, 2006, staff of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission will convene a technical conference on RTO border 
utility issues. The conference will be held at the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The 
conference will be open to the public. Commission staff will lead the 
conference and the Commissioners plan to attend.
    In a recent Commission proceeding, parties raised the issue of an 
electric utility's ability to benefit from an RTO/ISO's regional 
markets while avoiding some or all of the costs attributable to 
membership in the RTO/ISO.\1\ The Commission found that the issues 
raised ``generic concerns with implications applicable to all RTOs and 
ISOs and to all market participants with whom they interact, whether 
directly or indirectly.'' The Commission then announced its intention 
to establish a technical conference to hear from interested parties 
concerning this issue.
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    \1\ Louisville Gas and Electric Company, et al., 114 FERC ] 
61,282 (2006) at P 64-65.
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    Conference participants are asked to identify discrete concerns and 
contrasting views, establish which specific market services, 
reliability functions, and other features of RTO/ISO markets provide 
non-members with benefits for which they may not bear an appropriate 
share of the respective costs, or otherwise should not be entitled to, 
and propose solutions to identified problems. The Commission wishes to 
be informed about this issue across the country and invites 
representatives of all regions to participate.
    Persons wishing to participate as panelists in the conference are 
asked to e-mail the following information to Commission staff by June 
15, 2006: Name, organizational affiliation name and mailing address, 
title, voice and fax telephone numbers, e-mail address, brief bio, and 
a description of the proposed topic of presentation. Persons interested 
in attending the conference as a member of the audience are encouraged 
to e-mail their name and affiliation to facilitate security check in 
and to estimate meeting room needs. Both prospective panelists and 
audience members should e-mail their information to 
Kristine.Bailey@ferc.gov. In the body of the e-mail, please identify 

yourself as a potential panelist or audience member, and use ``RTO 
Border UtilityConference'' on the e-mail subject line. If you do not 
have access to e-mail, you may call Ms. Bailey at 202-502-6072.
    An agenda will be issued prior to the conference. You may use the 
Commission's e-subscription service to be notified of future notices in 
this proceeding. Please visit http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp
.

    A free webcast of this event will be available through http://www.ferc.gov.
 Anyone with Internet access who desires to view 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 its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical 
support for the webcasts. It also offers access to open meetings via 
television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. Visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org
 or contact Danelle Perkowski or David 

Reininger at 703-993-3100.
    During the summer months, Commission employees adopt business 
casual dress, and the Commission encourages conference participants and 
attendees to do the same.
    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 866-208-3372 
(voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a Fax to 202-208-2106 with the 
required accommodations.
    For further information on this conference, please contact: Udi 
Helman, Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,Washington, DC 20426. 202-
502-8080. Udi.Helman@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-9383 Filed 6-15-06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
