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[Proposed Rules]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Parts 35 and 37

[Docket Nos. RM05-17-002 and RM05-25-002]

 
Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission 
Service

Issued July 27, 2007.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice allowing Post-Technical Conference comments.

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SUMMARY: On July 30, 2007, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
convened a technical conference addressing issues related to lead-time 
for undesignated network resources in order to make firm third-party 
sales and the eligibility of on-system seller's choice and system sales 
to be designated as network resources. This notice provides an 
opportunity for interested parties to file written comments in relation 
to the issues that were the subject of the technical conference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas E. Dautel, Office of Energy 
Markets and Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Notice Allowing Post-Technical Conference Comments

August 1, 2007.
    Pursuant to the Commission's June 26, 2007 Order in this 
proceeding, 119 FERC ] 61,322 (2007), a staff technical conference was 
convened on Monday, July 30, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the offices 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The technical conference 
addressed issues related to the minimum lead-time for undesignating 
network resources in order to make firm third-party sales and the 
eligibility of on-system seller's choice and system sales to be 
designated as network resources, as clarified in Order No. 890.\1\
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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 PP 1483 and 1557-59 (2007), reh'g 
pending.
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    All interested persons are invited to file written comments no 
later than August 13, 2007 in relation to the issues that were the 
subject of the technical conference. Those filing comments are 
specifically encouraged to identify alternative ways to address the 
minimum lead-time for undesignating network resources in order to make 
firm third-party sales and the eligibility of on-system seller's choice 
and system sales to be designated as a network resource without 
impairing the ability of transmission providers to calculate available 
transfer capability (ATC) or unduly discriminating among classes of 
transmission customers. Comments may either be filed on paper or 
electronically via the eFiling link on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.ferc.gov.

    For further information, please contact Tom Dautel at (202) 502-
6196 or e-mail at thomas.dautel@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-15401 Filed 8-7-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
