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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Technical Conference and Extension of Comment Date

October 9, 2007.
    Direct Energy Services, LLC, Docket No. RC07-4-000.
    Sempra Energy Solutions LLC, Docket No. RC07-6-000.
    Strategic Energy, L.L.C., Docket No. RC07-7-000.
    Take notice that on October 12, 2007, a technical conference will 
be held at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to discuss appeals 
of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) 
compliance registry determinations regarding Direct Energy Services, 
LLC (Direct), Sempra Energy Solutions LLC (Sempra) and Strategic 
Energy, L.L.C. (Strategic). This technical conference was established 
in an Order Establishing Technical Conference in the above dockets, 
issued September 26, 2007.\1\ It will be held at the headquarters of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (EST).
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    \1\ Direct Energy Services, LLC, et al., 120 FERC ] 61,280 
(2007).
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    The technical conference will consist of a discussion between 
Commission staff and representatives of NERC and ReliabilityFirst 
Corporation (ReliabilityFirst). Direct, Sempra and Strategic are also 
invited to participate. The primary question to be addressed is whether 
NERC has adequately justified its determination that ReliabilityFirst 
properly registered Direct, Sempra and Strategic as load-serving 
entities (LSEs).
    NERC and ReliabilityFirst will be asked to address issues 
concerning the decision to register Direct, Sempra and Strategic, 
including but not limited to: the nature and extent of any gap in 
reliability that may result from their not being registered as an LSE; 
the circumstances within the ReliabilityFirst region that justify their 
registration as LSEs, while other Regional Entities have registered 
retail power marketers only as purchasing-selling entities; the 
identification of the Reliability Standard requirements that would 
apply to a retail power marketer registered as an LSE; support for the 
conclusions (i) that the loads served by Direct, Sempra and Strategic 
are directly connected to the Bulk-Power System and (ii) that retail 
power marketers within the ReliabilityFirst region, in the aggregate, 
impact Bulk-Power System reliability; and alternative solutions for 
addressing any reliability gaps that may be identified.
    The conference is open for the public to attend. The conference 
will not be transcribed and telephone participation will not be 
available.
    The Commission will accept written comments on the discussion at 
this technical conference no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 
29, 2007. Further, in notices of filing issued September 17, 2007, in 
the above-captioned dockets, the Commission set an October 11, 2007 
comment date for the submission of interventions, comments and 
protests. The Commission is extending the comment date for the 
submission of interventions, comments and protests in the above-
captioned dockets until October 29, 2007, to coincide with the comment 
due date for comments on the discussion at the technical conference.
    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 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For more information about this conference, please contact: Sarah 
McKinley, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, (202) 502-8004, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-20316 Filed 10-15-07; 8:45 am]

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