
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72962-72963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29756]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM15-23-000]


Collection of Connected Entity Data from Regional Transmission 
Organizations and Independent System Operators; Notice of Technical 
Conference

    By order dated November 10, 2015,\1\ the Commission directed staff 
to convene a technical conference

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regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Collection of 
Connected Entity Data from Regional Transmission Organizations and 
Independent System Operators (NOPR) issued on September 17, 2015. This 
NOPR proposes to amend the Commission's regulations to require each 
regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system 
operator (ISO) to electronically deliver to the Commission, on an 
ongoing basis, data required from its market participants that would 
(i) identify the market participants by means of a common alpha-numeric 
identifier; (ii) list their ``Connected Entities,'' which includes 
entities that have certain ownership, employment, debt, or contractual 
relationships to the market participants, as specified in the NOPR; and 
(iii) describe in brief the nature of the relationship of each 
Connected Entity. The Commission also postponed the due date for 
comments on the NOPR until 45 days after the technical conference. 
Therefore, comments will now be due on January 22, 2016.
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    \1\ Collection of Connected Entity Data from Regional 
Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, 153 
FERC ] 61,162 (2015).
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    Take notice that such conference will be held on December 8, 2015, 
at the Commission's headquarters at 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426 between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm (Eastern Time) in the Commission 
Meeting Room. The technical conference will be led by Commission staff 
and may be attended by one or more Commissioners. Those who would like 
to submit questions related to the NOPR for staff to address during the 
technical conference should email their questions to CENOPR@ferc.gov no 
later than December 1, 2015. Additional information regarding the 
conference program will be provided in a subsequent supplemental notice 
of technical conference.
    The technical conference will be webcast, but not be transcribed. 
The free webcast will allow persons to listen to the technical 
conference, but not participate. Anyone with internet access who wants 
to listen to the conference can do so by navigating to the Calendar of 
Events at www.ferc.gov and locating the technical conference in the 
Calendar. The technical conference will contain a link to its webcast. 
The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the webcast and 
offers the option of listening to the meeting via phone-bridge for a 
fee. If you have any questions, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call 
703-993-3100. The webcast will be available on the Calendar of Events 
on the Commission's Web site www.ferc.gov for three months after the 
conference.
    The conference is open to the public. 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 1-866-208-3372 (voice) or 202-
502-8659 (TTY); or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with the required 
accommodations.
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact Kathryn Kuhlen, 202-502-6855, Kathryn.Kuhlen@ferc.gov; Jamie 
Marcos, 202-502-6628, Jamie.Marcos@ferc.gov; or David Pierce, 202-502-
6454, David.Pierce@ferc.gov.

    Dated: November 17, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29756 Filed 11-20-15; 8:45 am]
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