

[Federal Register: October 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 209)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER06-615-002]

 
California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of 
Technical Conference

October 24, 2006.
    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will host 
a technical conference on Thursday and Friday, December 14-15, 2006 to 
address issues related to the California Independent System Operator 
Corporation's (CAISO) electric tariff, which reflects the Market 
Redesign and Technology Upgrade (MRTU). The conference will be held at 
the Biltmore Hotel at 2400 East Missouri in Phoenix, Arizona. The 
conference is scheduled for Thursday, December 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. and 
Friday, December 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain Standard 
Time. Commissioners will attend, and the conference is open to the 
public.
    The purpose of the technical conference is to assist the CAISO and 
parties outside the CAISO Control Area to identify alleged seams issues 
that require resolution, in accordance with the directive of the 
Commission's September 21, 2006 order conditionally accepting the 
CAISO's proposed MRTU electric tariff.\1\
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    \1\ See Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 116 FERC ] 61,274 at P 
490 (2006).
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    The technical conference will be a forum for participants to 
identify specific alleged seams issues they will face upon MRTU 
implementation and to offer solutions to remedy those seams. 
Participants should be prepared to discuss technical and operational 
issues. Participants are encouraged to file comments with the 
Commission on or before November 15, 2006 that identify specific 
alleged operational seams issues (particularly quantitative examples) 
and possible solutions for discussion at the conference. These comments 
should be filed in Docket No. ER06-615-002.
    The Commission is now soliciting nominations for speakers at the 
technical conference. Persons wishing to nominate themselves as 
speakers should do so using this electronic link: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/caiso-12-14-speaker-form.asp.
 Such nominations 

must be made before the close of business, Thursday, November 9, 2006, 
so that an agenda for the technical conference can be drafted and 
published.

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    All interested persons may attend the conference, and registration 
is not a strict requirement. However, in-person attendees are 
encouraged to register on-line at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/caiso-12-14-form.asp
 by close of business on Thursday, 

November 30, 2006.
    For more information about the conference, please contact Sarah 
McKinley at 202-502-8004, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-18136 Filed 10-27-06; 8:45 am]

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