Duke Power Company, LLC; Notice of Intention To Hold a Public Meeting To Discuss the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Tuckasegee Hydroelectric Projects, 29950 [E6-7898]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. ER05–1410–000; and EL05–
148–000]
[P–2601–007—North Carolina; P–2602–
007—North Carolina; P–2686–032—North
Carolina; P–2698–033—North Carolina]
Duke Power Company, LLC; Notice of
Intention To Hold a Public Meeting To
Discuss the Draft Environmental
Assessment for the Tuckasegee
Hydroelectric Projects
May 17, 2006.
On May 10, 2006, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
staff issued a Draft Environmental
Assessment (DEA) for the relicensing of
the Bryson, East Fork, and West Fork
Hydroelectric Projects and for the
surrender of the Dillsboro Hydroelectric
Project.
The DEA was noticed in the Federal
Register on May 17, 2006, and
comments are due June 9, 2006. The
DEA evaluates the environmental
consequences of the operation and
maintenance of the Tuckasegee
Hydroelectric Projects in North
Carolina. The DEA also evaluates the
environmental effects of implementing
the applicant’s proposals, agency and
non-governmental organization
recommendations, staff’s modifications,
and the no-action alternative.
A public meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, June 8, 2006, from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m. at the Jackson County Justice and
Administration Building, Courtroom #2,
401 Grindstaff Cove Road; Sylva, NC
28779.
At this meeting, resource agency
personnel and other interested persons
will have the opportunity to provide
oral and written comments and
recommendations regarding the DEA for
the Commission’s public record. These
meetings will be recorded by an official
stenographer.
For further information, please
contact Carolyn Holsopple at (202) 502–
6407, or by e-mail at
carolyn.holsopple@ferc.gov.
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–7898 Filed 5–23–06; 8:45 am]
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PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.;
Supplemental Notice of Staff Technical
Conference
May 17, 2006.
As announced in the Notice of Staff
Technical Conference issued on May 1,
2006 and in the Commission’s April 20,
2006 Order,1 the Commission staff will
hold a technical conference on
Wednesday, June 7 and Thursday, June
8, 2006 at the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC. The purpose of the
conference will be to address specific
issues relating to the mechanisms to be
used by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
(PJM) to enable customers to satisfy
reliability requirements. This
conference is intended to be an informal
working session focused solely on
determining the appropriate parameters
for the variable resource requirement,
and the long term fixed resource
adequacy requirement accepted in
principle by the Commission in the
April 20 Order. On June 7, the
discussion will focus on the parameters
of the variable resource requirement,
and on June 8, the discussion will shift
to the issue of long term fixed resource
adequacy requirement. This
supplemental notice provides additional
information and an agenda for both
days. The conference will be open for
the public to attend. The conference
will be held in the Commission Meeting
Room.
All attendees will be welcome to
participate to the extent possible. Parties
who will participate in a conference
panel will be asked to submit written
comments of their position on the issues
set forth above by May 30, 2006. In
place of preliminary presentations from
the panelists, staff will present
questions to the panelists and ask for
responses and discussion. To the extent
that time permits during each panel,
staff will also take questions or
comments from the floor. Facilities for
real-time PowerPoint presentations will
not be available. All parties may file
post-conference comments on or before
June 22, 2006.
The conference will be transcribed.
Transcripts of the conference will be
immediately available from Ace
Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or
1 PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C., 115 FERC ¶ 61,079
(2006) (April 20 Order).
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1–800–336–6646) for a fee. They will be
available for the public on the
Commission’s eLibrary seven calendar
days after FERC receives the transcript.
The eLibrary is accessible to the public
on the Internet at https://ferc.fed.us/
docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
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 further information regarding this
conference, contact John McPherson at
John.McPherson@ferc.gov.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
Attachment—Reliability Pricing Model
in PJM
[Docket Nos. ER05–1410–000 and EL05–148–
000]
June 7–8, 2006.
Technical Conference Agenda 2
June 7, 2006 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST))
Panel I: Variable Resource Requirement
Panelists:
• Mr. Hisham Choueiki, Senior
Energy Specialist, Public Utilities
Commission of Ohio.
• Dr. Benjamin Hobbs on behalf of
PJM.
• Mr. Ezra Hausman on behalf of the
Coalition of Consumers for Reliability
(CCR).
• Mr. Andrew Ott, Vice President of
Market Services, PJM.
• Mr. Seth Parker on behalf of
Midwest Generation, Edison Mission
Energy, Consolidated Edison Energy,
Conectiv Energy Supply and
Constellation Energy Commodities
Group.
• Mr. Raymond Pasteris on behalf of
PJM.
• Mr. Matthew Picardi on behalf of
Coral Power L.L.C.
• Mr. Robert Stoddard on behalf of
Mirant parties.
• Mr. Jonathan Wallach on behalf of
CCR.
Issues:
A. How should the height and slope
of the downward sloping demand curve
be determined? Should the curve be
based on the net cost of new generation
entry, or on other factors such as the
value to customers of alternative levels
of capacity?
B. If the demand curve is based on the
cost of new generation entry, what is the
2 Both this schedule and the list of panelists may
change. The Commission will issue a further notice
of such changes if time permits.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[P-2601-007--North Carolina; P-2602-007--North Carolina; P-2686-032--
North Carolina; P-2698-033--North Carolina]
Duke Power Company, LLC; Notice of Intention To Hold a Public
Meeting To Discuss the Draft Environmental Assessment for the
Tuckasegee Hydroelectric Projects
May 17, 2006.
On May 10, 2006, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) staff issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for
the relicensing of the Bryson, East Fork, and West Fork Hydroelectric
Projects and for the surrender of the Dillsboro Hydroelectric Project.
The DEA was noticed in the Federal Register on May 17, 2006, and
comments are due June 9, 2006. The DEA evaluates the environmental
consequences of the operation and maintenance of the Tuckasegee
Hydroelectric Projects in North Carolina. The DEA also evaluates the
environmental effects of implementing the applicant's proposals, agency
and non-governmental organization recommendations, staff's
modifications, and the no-action alternative.
A public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 8, 2006, from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Jackson County Justice and Administration
Building, Courtroom 2, 401 Grindstaff Cove Road; Sylva, NC
28779.
At this meeting, resource agency personnel and other interested
persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments
and recommendations regarding the DEA for the Commission's public
record. These meetings will be recorded by an official stenographer.
For further information, please contact Carolyn Holsopple at (202)
502-6407, or by e-mail at carolyn.holsopple@ferc.gov.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-7898 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
