
[Federal Register: October 29, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 209)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM11-2-000]

 
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards; Notice of Technical 
Conference

October 22, 2010.
    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) will convene a conference on November 14, 2010, from 10:30 
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Eastern time in conjunction with the NARUC/FERC 
Collaborative on Smart Response (Collaborative), in the International D 
Ballroom at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, GA. The technical 
conference will be open to the public and advance registration is not 
required. The Commission is holding this conference together with a 
number of State regulatory authorities that also are considering the 
adoption of Smart Grid Interoperability Standards (Standards) in their 
States.
    On October 6, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST) informed the Commission by letter of the posting of 
several groups of Standards which NIST identified as ready for 
consideration by regulators. Commissioners from State public utility 
commissions and the Commission will receive briefings on the first set 
of Standards posted by NIST at the technical conference.
    Interested regulators may consider these Standards because they 
include emerging technology standards that may affect all electric 
facilities including generation, transmission, and distribution 
facilities as well as metering and communications at all levels. This 
technical conference provides an opportunity for both the Commission 
and interested State regulatory authorities to hear directly from NIST 
and others involved in the standards development process. The 
Commission will issue an agenda at a later date.
    Transcripts of the technical conference will be made available. 
Instructions for obtaining transcripts will be published at a later 
date.
    Prior to the technical conference other topics will be discussed by 
the Collaborative. Visit NARUC's Web site, http://
annual.narucmeetings.org/, for detailed information on the agenda for 
that portion of the meeting, which begins at 8:15 a.m. Following the 
technical conference, from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., the 
Collaborative will hold an informal, off-the-record discussion about 
the Standards, the Standards setting process, and the issues that their 
adoption may present. These portions of the meeting will also be open 
to the public, but will not be recorded.
    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 (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 Sandra 
Waldstein at (202) 502-8092 or sandra.waldstein@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-27405 Filed 10-28-10; 8:45 am]
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