Energy Infrastructure and Investment in California; California Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental Notice of Conference, 32324-32325 [E5-2776]

Download as PDF 32324 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 105 / Thursday, June 2, 2005 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. AD05–11–000 and ER02–1656– 000] Energy Infrastructure and Investment in California; California Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental Notice of Conference May 25, 2005. As previously announced, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) in conjunction with the state agencies will hold a conference on energy infrastructure and investment on Thursday, June 2, 2005 in San Francisco, California. Attached is a more detailed agenda and list of panelists. The one-day meeting will begin at 9 a.m. (PST), and conclude shortly after 3 p.m. All interested parties are invited to attend. Although registration is not a strict requirement, in-person attendees are asked to register for the conference online by close of business on May 31, 2005 at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/ registration/infra-06-02-form.asp. There is no registration fee. For additional information, please contact Sarah McKinley in the Office of External Affairs at sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from Ace Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or 1–800–266–6646) for a fee. They will be available for the public on the Commission’s eLibrary system and on the calendar page posting for this event seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally, Capitol Connection offers the opportunity for remote listening of the conference via Real Audio or a Phone Bridge Connection for a fee. Persons interested in making arrangements should contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at Capitol Connection (703–933–3100) as soon as possible or visit the Capitol Connection Web site at https:// www.capitolconnection.org and click on ‘‘FERC.’’ Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. Conference Agenda—California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, California June 2, 2005 9–9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introductions: Chairman Pat Wood, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, VerDate jul<14>2003 16:54 Jun 01, 2005 Jkt 205001 FERC Commissioner Joseph T. Kelliher, FERC President Michael R. Peevey, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Commissioner Dian Grueneich, CPUC Commissioner John Bohn, CPUC Commissioner Susan P. Kennedy, CPUC Chairman Joe Desmond, California Energy Commission (CEC) Commissioner John L. Geesman, CEC President and Chief Executive Officer Yakout Mansour, California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) 9:45—10 a.m. Presentation: Current Infrastructure and Supply and Demand, Jeff Wright, Office of Energy Projects, FERC 10—10:45 a.m. Presentation: Grid Operations and Transmission Expansion Planning, Jim Detmers, Vice President of Grid Operations, CAISO • CAISO outlook for 2005 and 2006 • CAISO grid operations  Seasonal import/export considerations and coordination  Magnitude and variability of system and localized constraints  Generation deliverability 10:45–11 a.m. Break 11–12:30 p.m. Roundtable: Supply and Demand Side: Investment and Infrastructure This panel will address the regulatory and market structures needed for an end-state market that provides signals for investment. After remarks by the opening panelist, other panelists will each have an opportunity to give a prepared 3 minute presentation. With the completion of all presentations, there will be an opportunity for question and answer and panel discussion. Panelists should address: • Projected California Resource Additions for 2006–2010—Who is building?  Technology and Communications infrastructure to incent Demand Response  Renewable Energy Resources  Conventional Generation • Capacity markets  How do capacity markets contribute to a stable investment environment? Are capacity markets facilitating investment in other regions of the United States? • Current Investment Climate  What is the perception of California from Wall Street as it relates to investing in generation resources? • Credit and Contracting PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703  What are appropriate/standard credit requirements on contracts for physical generating facilities?  How should requirements vary depending on the seller’s financial condition?  Should credit requirements for energy-only contracts differ from credit requirements for contracts for physical generating facilities. If so, how?  Are there standards developing in the market of which parties should be aware? Panelists: Steven Stoft, Consultant to the CPUC Mike Florio, Senior Staff Attorney, The Utility Reform Network Gary Ackerman, Executive Director, Western Power Trading Forum Brian Chin, Energy Merchant Equity Analyst, Smith Barney Citigroup Steve Schleimer, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Western Region, Calpine Pedro Pizarro, Vice President of Power Procurement, SoCal Edison Brian Silverstein, VP, Operations & Planning & Chief Engineer, Bonneville Power Administration Curtis Kebler, Vice President, U.S. Power Trading, Goldman Sachs & Co. 12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30–3 p.m. Roundtable: Transmission After brief presentations by the opening 3 panelists describing their respective agencies’ roles in the transmission expansion and planning process, other panelists will each have an opportunity to give a prepared 3 minute presentation. With the completion of all presentations, there will be an opportunity for question and answer session and panel discussion. Panelists will address: • Who is building and why? • What are the biggest hurdles to expansion and what are the ways to overcome them? • Ownership: individual or joint and implications for cost recovery • Who is funding: private/public partnerships? • Does the availability of long term rights impact investment? • The role of the CAISO and the impact of the CAISO’s TEAM • Cost recovery Panelists: Armando J. Perez, Director of Grid Planning, CAISO Tom Flynn, Deputy Director, Office of Governmental Affairs, CPUC Don Kondoleon, Manager, Transmission Evaluation Program, CEC David Parquet, Vice President, Babcock & Brown Power Operating Partners, LLC E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 105 / Thursday, June 2, 2005 / Notices Steve Metague, Director of Electric Transmission Rates, PG&E Christopher J. Leslie, Executive Director, Macquarie Securities (USA) Inc. Jerry Smith, Electric Utility Engineer, Arizona Corporation Commission Jim Avery, Senior Vice President of Electric Transmission, SDG&E Nancy Day, Board of Directors, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation 3 p.m. Closing [FR Doc. E5–2776 Filed 6–1–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OAR–2003–0052, FRL–7920–7] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Risk Management Program Requirements and Petitions To Modify the List of Regulated Substances Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, EPA ICR Number 1656.12, OMB Control Number 2050– 0144 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. 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Burden to sources that are currently covered by part 68, for initial rule compliance, including rule familiarization and program implementation were accounted for in ICR 1656.03. Sources submitted their first RMPs on June 21, 1999. The next compliance deadline was June 21, 2004, five years after the first submission. Some of the sources revised and submitted their RMPs between the mandatory deadlines. These sources were then assigned a five-year compliance deadline based on the date of their revised plan submission. The next submission of RMPs for all sources is by June 21, 2009. The period covered by this ICR is between the two mandatory deadlines (2004 and 2009). Therefore, in this ICR, EPA has accounted for only on-going program implementation costs for all sources that are currently covered by part 68 requirements, compliance costs for new sources that may become subject to the regulations, and burden for sources that re-submit RMP before the next compliance deadline. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32324-32325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2776]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. AD05-11-000 and ER02-1656-000]


Energy Infrastructure and Investment in California; California 
Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental Notice of 
Conference

May 25, 2005.
    As previously announced, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC or Commission) in conjunction with the state agencies will hold a 
conference on energy infrastructure and investment on Thursday, June 2, 
2005 in San Francisco, California. Attached is a more detailed agenda 
and list of panelists.
    The one-day meeting will begin at 9 a.m. (PST), and conclude 
shortly after 3 p.m. All interested parties are invited to attend.
    Although registration is not a strict requirement, in-person 
attendees are asked to register for the conference on-line by close of 
business on May 31, 2005 at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/
infra-06-02-form.asp. There is no registration fee. For additional 
information, please contact Sarah McKinley in the Office of External 
Affairs at sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
    Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from 
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-266-6646) for a fee. They 
will be available for the public on the Commission's eLibrary system 
and on the calendar page posting for this event seven calendar days 
after FERC receives the transcript. Additionally, Capitol Connection 
offers the opportunity for remote listening of the conference via Real 
Audio or a Phone Bridge Connection for a fee. Persons interested in 
making arrangements should contact David Reininger or Julia Morelli at 
Capitol Connection (703-933-3100) as soon as possible or visit the 
Capitol Connection Web site at https://www.capitolconnection.org and 
click on ``FERC.''

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.

Conference Agenda--California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness 
Ave, San Francisco, California

    June 2, 2005

9-9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introductions:
    Chairman Pat Wood, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
    Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, FERC
    Commissioner Joseph T. Kelliher, FERC
    President Michael R. Peevey, California Public Utilities Commission 
(CPUC)
    Commissioner Dian Grueneich, CPUC
    Commissioner John Bohn, CPUC
    Commissioner Susan P. Kennedy, CPUC
    Chairman Joe Desmond, California Energy Commission (CEC)
    Commissioner John L. Geesman, CEC
    President and Chief Executive Officer Yakout Mansour, California 
Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO)
9:45--10 a.m. Presentation: Current Infrastructure and Supply and 
Demand, Jeff Wright, Office of Energy Projects, FERC
10--10:45 a.m. Presentation: Grid Operations and Transmission Expansion 
Planning, Jim Detmers, Vice President of Grid Operations, CAISO

     CAISO outlook for 2005 and 2006
     CAISO grid operations

    [check] Seasonal import/export considerations and coordination
    [check] Magnitude and variability of system and localized 
constraints
    [check] Generation deliverability
10:45-11 a.m. Break
11-12:30 p.m. Roundtable: Supply and Demand Side: Investment and 
Infrastructure
    This panel will address the regulatory and market structures needed 
for an end-state market that provides signals for investment.
    After remarks by the opening panelist, other panelists will each 
have an opportunity to give a prepared 3 minute presentation. With the 
completion of all presentations, there will be an opportunity for 
question and answer and panel discussion.
    Panelists should address:

     Projected California Resource Additions for 2006-2010--Who 
is building?
    [] Technology and Communications 
infrastructure to incent Demand Response
    [] Renewable Energy Resources
    [] Conventional Generation
     Capacity markets
    [] How do capacity markets contribute 
to a stable investment environment? Are capacity markets facilitating 
investment in other regions of the United States?
     Current Investment Climate
    [] What is the perception of California 
from Wall Street as it relates to investing in generation resources?
     Credit and Contracting
    [] What are appropriate/standard credit 
requirements on contracts for physical generating facilities?
    [] How should requirements vary 
depending on the seller's financial condition?
    [] Should credit requirements for 
energy-only contracts differ from credit requirements for contracts for 
physical generating facilities. If so, how?
    [] Are there standards developing in 
the market of which parties should be aware?

    Panelists:

Steven Stoft, Consultant to the CPUC
Mike Florio, Senior Staff Attorney, The Utility Reform Network
Gary Ackerman, Executive Director, Western Power Trading Forum
Brian Chin, Energy Merchant Equity Analyst, Smith Barney Citigroup
Steve Schleimer, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Western 
Region, Calpine
Pedro Pizarro, Vice President of Power Procurement, SoCal Edison
Brian Silverstein, VP, Operations & Planning & Chief Engineer, 
Bonneville Power Administration
Curtis Kebler, Vice President, U.S. Power Trading, Goldman Sachs & Co.

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-3 p.m. Roundtable: Transmission

    After brief presentations by the opening 3 panelists describing 
their respective agencies' roles in the transmission expansion and 
planning process, other panelists will each have an opportunity to give 
a prepared 3 minute presentation. With the completion of all 
presentations, there will be an opportunity for question and answer 
session and panel discussion.
    Panelists will address:
     Who is building and why?
     What are the biggest hurdles to expansion and what are the 
ways to overcome them?
     Ownership: individual or joint and implications for cost 
recovery
     Who is funding: private/public partnerships?
     Does the availability of long term rights impact 
investment?
     The role of the CAISO and the impact of the CAISO's TEAM
     Cost recovery

    Panelists:

    Armando J. Perez, Director of Grid Planning, CAISO
    Tom Flynn, Deputy Director, Office of Governmental Affairs, CPUC
    Don Kondoleon, Manager, Transmission Evaluation Program, CEC
    David Parquet, Vice President, Babcock & Brown Power Operating 
Partners, LLC

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    Steve Metague, Director of Electric Transmission Rates, PG&E
    Christopher J. Leslie, Executive Director, Macquarie Securities 
(USA) Inc.
    Jerry Smith, Electric Utility Engineer, Arizona Corporation 
Commission
    Jim Avery, Senior Vice President of Electric Transmission, SDG&E
    Nancy Day, Board of Directors, Los Angeles Economic Development 
Corporation
3 p.m. Closing

[FR Doc. E5-2776 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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