

[Federal Register: April 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 72)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 18880]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Parts 35 and 37

[Docket Nos. RM05-17-000 and RM05-25-000; Order No. 890]

 
Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission 
Service

Issued April 6, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Final Rule; Notice of Technical Conferences.

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SUMMARY: On February 16, 2007, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
issued Order No. 890, which amended the regulations and the pro forma 
open access transmission tariff (OATT). The Commission's staff is 
convening technical conferences to review and discuss the ``strawman'' 
proposals regarding the processes for transmission planning required by 
the Final Rule.

DATES: Conference dates:
    June 4-7, 2007, Little Rock, Arkansas.
    June 13, 2007, Park City, Utah.
    June 28-29, 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Daniel Hedberg (Technical Information), Office of Energy Markets 
and Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6243.
    W. Mason Emnett (Legal Information), Office of the General 
Counsel--Energy Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Notice of Technical Conferences

    Take notice that Commission staff will convene technical 
conferences on the following dates in the following cities to review 
and discuss the ``strawman'' proposals regarding processes for 
transmission planning required by the Final Rule issued in this 
proceeding on February 16, 2007.\1\ Staff expects all transmission 
providers and/or regional representatives to participate in the 
technical conference for their particular region, although all 
interested persons, including other transmission providers, are invited 
to attend each conference.
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    \1\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in 
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, 72 FR 12266 (March 15, 2007), 
FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241 at P 443 (2007), reh'g pending.

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                  Date                              Location               Transmission provider participants
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June 4-7, 2007..........................  Little Rock, AR............  Entities located in the states
                                                                        represented in the Southeastern
                                                                        Association of Regulatory Utility
                                                                        Commissioners (SEARUC) and entities
                                                                        located in the Southwest Power Pool
                                                                        footprint, presenting on June 4-5 and 6-
                                                                        7, respectively.
June 13, 2007...........................  Park City, Utah............  Entities located within the ColumbiaGrid
                                                                        and Northern Tier Transmission Group
                                                                        footprints and other northern WECC
                                                                        regions.\2\
June 28-29, 2007........................  Pittsburgh, PA.............  Entities located within the Midwest ISO,
                                                                        PJM, New York ISO, and ISO New England
                                                                        footprints and adjacent areas.
TBD.....................................  TBD........................  Entities located in the West other than
                                                                        those attending the June 13, 2007
                                                                        conference in Park City, Utah.\2\
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    A further notice with a detailed agenda for each conference will be 
issued in advance of the conferences. In the event a transmission 
provider is uncertain as to which technical conference is the 
appropriate forum for discussion of its ``strawman'' proposal, such 
transmission providers should contact Commission staff in advance to 
discuss the matter.
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    \2\ Staff also requests that a representative of WECC's 
Transmission Expansion Planning Policy Committee attend these 
technical conferences.
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    For further information about these conferences, please contact:
    W. Mason Emnett, Office of the General Counsel--Energy Markets, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6461, Mason.Emnett@ferc.gov.
    Daniel Hedberg, Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-6243, Daniel.Hedberg@ferc.gov.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-7085 Filed 4-13-07; 8:45 am]

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