
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34373-34374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13581]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD13-5-000]


Flexible and Local Resources Needed for Reliability in the 
California Wholesale Electric Market; Notice of Staff Technical 
Conference

    This notice establishes the location and date for the technical 
conference directed by the Commission in an Order on California 
Independent System Operator Corporation's (CAISO) proposal to implement 
an interim flexible capacity and local reliability resource retention 
mechanism.\1\ The technical conference is intended to facilitate a 
structured dialogue on flexible and local resources at risk of 
retirement for CAISO and its stakeholders to focus on the development 
of a market-based mechanism to provide incentives to ensure that the 
reliability needs are met. The technical conference will be held on 
July 31, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on August 1, 2013 from 9 a.m. 
to 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) in the Auditorium at the California 
Natural Resources Agency, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, California, 
95814. The technical conference will be led by FERC staff, with 
presentations from panelists. A subsequent notice detailing the topics 
to be discussed and agenda will be issued in advance of the conference.
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    \1\ Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 142 FERC ] 61,248 (2013) 
(March 29 Order).
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    Those interested in participating in panel discussions should 
notify the Commission by close of business on June 14 by completing the 
online form at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/elec-markets-07-31-13-speaker-form.asp. Due to time constraints, staff may 
not be able to accommodate all of those interested in speaking. After 
June 14 staff will notify those who are selected to speak at the 
conference. A supplemental notice will be issued prior to the technical 
conference with information about the agenda and organization of the 
technical conference.
    There is no fee to attend, and no deadline to register to attend 
the conference. However, because there will be limited seating for the 
conference, those attending the conference are encouraged to pre-
register by July 17 by filling out the on-line registration form 
located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/elec-markets-07-31-13-form.asp.
    The technical conference will not be transcribed. However, there 
will be a free audiocast of the conference. The audiocast will allow 
persons to listen to the conference, but not participate. Anyone with 
Internet access who wants to listen can do so by navigating to the 
Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov and locating the technical 
conference in the Calendar. The FERC Web site's link to the technical 
conference will contain a link to the audiocast. The Capitol Connection 
provides technical support for the audiocast. If you have questions, 
visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-992-3100.
    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For more information on this conference, please contact Colleen 
Farrell at colleen.farrell@ferc.gov or (202) 502-6751; or Katheryn Hoke 
at katheryn.hoke@ferc.gov or (202) 502-8404.


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    Dated: May 28, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-13581 Filed 6-6-13; 8:45 am]
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