
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12817-12818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05545]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD15-4-000]


Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and Electric 
Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy Infrastructure; 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conferences issued on 
December 9, 2014 \1\ and the Supplemental Notice of Technical 
Conferences issued on January 6, 2015,\2\ the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) staff will hold an Eastern region \3\ technical 
conference to discuss implications of compliance approaches to the 
Clean Power Plan proposed rule, issued by the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) on June 2, 2014.\4\ The technical conference will focus on 
issues related to electric reliability, wholesale electric markets and 
operations, and energy infrastructure in the Eastern region. The 
Commission will hold the Eastern region technical conference on March 
11, 2015, from approximately 9:30 a.m.

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to 5:15 p.m. at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC. This conference is free of charge and open 
to the public. Commission members may participate in the conference. 
The agenda for the Eastern region technical conference is attached to 
this Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference.
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    \1\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and 
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy 
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Dec. 9, 2014) (Notice of 
Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20141209165657-AD15-4-000TC.pdf.
    \2\ Technical Conference on Environmental Regulations and 
Electric Reliability, Wholesale Electricity Markets, and Energy 
Infrastructure, Docket No. AD15-4-000, (Jan. 6, 2015) (Supplemental 
Notice of Technical Conferences), available at http://www.ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/20150106170115-AD15-4-000TC1.pdf.
    \3\ For purposes of this conference, the Eastern region includes 
the following Commission-approved Order No. 1000 planning regions: 
ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE), PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), 
New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Southeastern Regional 
Transmission Planning (SERTP), South Carolina Regional Transmission 
Planning (SCRTP), and Florida Reliability Coordinating Council 
(FRCC). This region also includes the Northern Maine Independent 
System Administrator (NMISA).
    \4\ Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary 
Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, 79 FR 34,830 (2014) 
(Proposed Rule), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-18/pdf/2014-13726.pdf.
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    If you have not already done so, those who plan to attend the 
technical conference are strongly encouraged to complete the 
registration form located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/03-11-15-eastern-form.asp. Those interested in attending 
the Eastern region conference are encouraged to register by close of 
business March 6, 2015.
    The Commission will post information on the technical conference on 
the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the conference. The Eastern region technical 
conference will also be transcribed. Transcripts of the technical 
conference will be available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. 
((202) 347-3700 or (800) 336-6646). There will also be a free webcast 
of the conference. The webcast will allow persons to watch the Eastern 
region technical conference, but not participate. Anyone with Internet 
access who desires to watch the Eastern region conference can do so by 
navigating to the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, 
http://www.ferc.gov, and locating the Eastern region technical 
conference in the Calendar. The Eastern region technical conference 
will contain a link to its webcast.\5\
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    \5\ The webcast will continue to be available on the Calendar of 
Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, for three 
months after the conference.
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    Commission 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 (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to (202) 208-2106 
with the required accommodations.
    For more information about the technical conferences, please 
contact:

Logistical Information, Sarah McKinley, Office of External Affairs, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426, (202) 502-8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov
Legal Information, Alan Rukin, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8502, 
alan.rukin@ferc.gov
Technical Information, Matthew Jentgen, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8725, 
matthew.jentgen@ferc.gov
Technical Information, Michael Gildea, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8420, 
michael.gildea@ferc.gov

    Dated: March 4, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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