Principles for Efficient and Reliable Reactive Power; Notice of Technical Conference, 11238 [E5-965]

Download as PDF 11238 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 8, 2005 / Notices Additional Conditions It is critical that new sales of STF transmission service not degrade the value of the conditional firm transmission product. All CF contract amounts will be treated as firm obligations when determining the amounts of STF and nonfirm transmission available for future periods. The renewable generators propose that CF customers be upgraded to firm service during conditional months when firm service is determined available on a monthly, weekly, daily or hourly basis. Once CF customers are upgraded to firm, additional STF could then be sold during the same time frame and without gaining the reduction in capacity availability priority over CF customers. If there is more than one conditional-firm customer impacting a constrained path, and the available STF on that path is less than the combination of CF customer requests, the available STF must be allocated among those customers in a fair and reasonable way. Customers offered new CF Agreements will be provided clear guidance on the risk of reductions in the capacity availability based on historic transmission usage data. Price Renewable generators and other independent power producers who have expressed interest in this product believe that the price should reflect the fact that customers of conditional-firm are more likely to experience reductions in capacity availability than customers with firm transmission. Given this increased curtailment potential, there is an expectation on the renewable generator’s part that the resulting cost would be less than a full year of firm transmission. In order to avoid the need for a rate case, the renewable generators propose a pricing structure that uses current TBL transmission rates. The proposal is that CF customers pay firm transmission rates for the percentage of the year that they are guaranteed to receive firm transmission. For example, if a customer is offered a CF product that will be firm 95% of the year, this customer will pay 95% of the cost of a year of PTP service. We invite other opinions and suggestion on this pricing issue. [FR Doc. E5–963 Filed 3–7–05; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD05–1–000] Principles for Efficient and Reliable Reactive Power; Notice of Technical Conference March 2, 2005. As announced in a Notice of Technical Conference issued on January 31, 2005, in the above referenced proceeding, a technical conference will be held on March 8, 2005, from approximately 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. (EST), 19:54 Mar 07, 2005 Jkt 205001 Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. Reactive Power Conference March 8, 2005—Agenda BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate jul<14>2003 in the Commission Meeting Room on the second floor of the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC. All interested persons may attend, and registration is not required. Commissioners are expected to participate. Attached is the agenda for the conference. Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from Ace Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or 1–800–336–6646) for a fee. They will be available for the public on the Commission’s eLibrary system seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally, Capitol Connection offers the opportunity for remote listening and viewing of the conference. It is available for a fee, live over the Internet, by phone or via satellite. Persons interested in receiving the broadcast, or who need information on making arrangements should contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection (703–993–3100) as soon as possible or visit the Capitol Connection Web site at https:// www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and click on ‘‘FERC.’’ 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 202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202–208–2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about the conference, please contact Derek Bandera at (202) 502–8031 (Derek.bandera@ferc.gov) or Sarah McKinley at (202) 502–8004 (sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov). 9 a.m.—Opening Remarks Richard O’Neill, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 9:15 a.m.—Panel I—Reliability and Technical Issues Panelists: Donald Benjamin, NERC Philip Fedora, Northeast Power Coordinating Council Michael Connolly, CenterPoint Energy Ronald Snead, Cinergy Services (MISO Transmission Owners) Michael Calimano, New York ISO Anjan Bose, Washington State University Robert O’Connell, Williams Power Company, Inc. Terry Winter, American Superconductor Eric John, ABB Inc. 11:15 a.m.—Panel II—Short-Term Reactive Power Issues Panelists: PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dennis Bethel, American Electric Power Allen Mosher, American Public Power Association David Bertagnolli, ISO New England Steve Wofford, Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. John Lucas, Southern Company John Simpson, Reliant Energy, Inc. Scott Helyer, Tenaska, Inc. 1 p.m.—Lunch Break 2 p.m.—Panel III—Prospective Reactive Power Solutions Panelists: Fernando Alvarado, IEEE–USA Energy Policy Committee Michael Calviou, National Grid USA Mayer Sasson, Consolidated Edison of New York Steven Naumann, Exelon Corporation David Clarke, Navigant Consulting, Inc. Harry Terhune, American Transmission Company LLC Robert D’Aquila, GE Energy Kris Zadlo, Calpine Andy Ott, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 4 p.m.—Adjourn [FR Doc. E5–965 Filed 3–7–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PL04–3–000] Natural Gas Interchangeability; Notice Seeking Comments March 2, 2005. On February 28, 2005, the Natural Gas Council filed two reports in the captioned docket: White Paper on Liquid Hydrocarbon Drop Out in Natural Gas Infrastructure and White Paper on Natural Gas Interchangeability and Non-Combustion End Use: Representatives of the Natural Gas Council summarized the reports at the Commission’s March 2 open meeting. The Commission has posted these reports on its Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov and is soliciting public comment on them. In addition, the reports are accessible on-line at https:// www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and are available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. The Commission will use the reports and comments received to inform its decisions as to how it should address issues of natural gas quality and natural gas interchangeability. Comments should be filed no later than thirty days from the date of this Notice, as indicated by the comment date below. The Commission encourages electronic submission of comments in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E5-965]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD05-1-000]


Principles for Efficient and Reliable Reactive Power; Notice of 
Technical Conference

March 2, 2005.
    As announced in a Notice of Technical Conference issued on January 
31, 2005, in the above referenced proceeding, a technical conference 
will be held on March 8, 2005, from approximately 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. 
(EST), in the Commission Meeting Room on the second floor of the 
offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC. All interested persons may attend, and 
registration is not required. Commissioners are expected to 
participate. Attached is the agenda for the conference.
    Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from 
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee. They 
will be available for the public on the Commission's eLibrary system 
seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally, 
Capitol Connection offers the opportunity for remote listening and 
viewing of the conference. It is available for a fee, live over the 
Internet, by phone or via satellite. Persons interested in receiving 
the broadcast, or who need information on making arrangements should 
contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection 
(703-993-3100) as soon as possible or visit the Capitol Connection Web 
site at https://www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and click on ``FERC.''
    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 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with the 
required accommodations.
    For more information about the conference, please contact Derek 
Bandera at (202) 502-8031 (Derek.bandera@ferc.gov) or Sarah McKinley at 
(202) 502-8004 (sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov).

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.

Reactive Power Conference

March 8, 2005--Agenda

9 a.m.--Opening Remarks
    Richard O'Neill, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
9:15 a.m.--Panel I--Reliability and Technical Issues
    Panelists:
    Donald Benjamin, NERC
    Philip Fedora, Northeast Power Coordinating Council
    Michael Connolly, CenterPoint Energy
    Ronald Snead, Cinergy Services (MISO Transmission Owners)
    Michael Calimano, New York ISO
    Anjan Bose, Washington State University
    Robert O'Connell, Williams Power Company, Inc.
    Terry Winter, American Superconductor
    Eric John, ABB Inc.
11:15 a.m.--Panel II--Short-Term Reactive Power Issues
    Panelists:
    Dennis Bethel, American Electric Power
    Allen Mosher, American Public Power Association
    David Bertagnolli, ISO New England
    Steve Wofford, Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc.
    John Lucas, Southern Company
    John Simpson, Reliant Energy, Inc.
    Scott Helyer, Tenaska, Inc.
1 p.m.--Lunch Break
2 p.m.--Panel III--Prospective Reactive Power Solutions
    Panelists:
    Fernando Alvarado, IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee
    Michael Calviou, National Grid USA
    Mayer Sasson, Consolidated Edison of New York
    Steven Naumann, Exelon Corporation
    David Clarke, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
    Harry Terhune, American Transmission Company LLC
    Robert D'Aquila, GE Energy
    Kris Zadlo, Calpine
    Andy Ott, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
4 p.m.--Adjourn

[FR Doc. E5-965 Filed 3-7-05; 8:45 am]
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