
[Federal Register: December 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 232)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD10-2-000]

 
Guidance on Simultaneous Transmission Import Limit Studies; 
Notice of Technical Conference

November 25, 2009.
    Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical 
conference in the above-referenced proceeding on Wednesday, December 
16, 2009 at 9 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) in the Commission Meeting 
Room at the Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    On November 19, 2009, in Carolina Power & Light Company, 129 FERC ] 
61,152 (2009) (November 19 Order), the Commission directed Commission 
staff to convene a technical conference to provide guidance for 
performing Simultaneous Transmission Import Limit (SIL) studies. As 
described in the November 19 Order, among other things, the topics to 
be discussed at the technical conference may include development of 
seasonal benchmark cases, completeness of SIL study support data files 
(monitor, contingency, and subsystem files), scaling methodologies, 
identification of energy transfer limits, transfer distribution 
factors, OASIS practices, methods to identify available uncommitted 
generation, application of net area interchange, and alternative 
methods to adjust net area interchange for a study area with two non-
contiguous first-tier areas.
    The December 16, 2009 technical conference will focus on how a SIL 
study should be conducted and is intended to provide guidance to the 
industry so that prospective SIL studies will produce more consistent 
results.
    The technical conference is open to all interested persons. 
Interested persons planning on attending the technical conference are 
strongly encouraged to submit in writing any questions that they would 
like addressed during the technical conference. Questions should be 
submitted to both alfred.corbett@ferc.gov and david.hunger@ferc.gov by 
Monday, December 7, 2009 and include ``AD10-2-000 Questions'' in the 
subject line.
    Any person planning to attend the technical conference is strongly 
encouraged to register by close of business on Monday, December 7, 
2009. Registration may be submitted either online at https://
www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/tech-conf-12-16-09-form.asp or by 
faxing a copy of the form (found at the referenced online link) to 202-
208-0353.
    For further information, please contact Alfred Corbett at (202) 
502-8454 or e-mail alfred.corbett@ferc.gov.
    A free Web cast of the technical conference will be available. 
Registration to view the Web cast is not required. Web cast viewers 
will not be permitted to participate during the technical conference. 
Anyone with Internet access interested in viewing this conference can 
do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and 
locating the appropriate event in the Calendar. The events will contain 
a link to the applicable Web cast option. The Capitol Connection 
provides technical support for the Web casts and offers the option of 
listening to the conferences via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have 
any questions, visit

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http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-993-3100.
    FERC 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) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 
with the required accommodations.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-28916 Filed 12-3-09; 8:45 am]

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