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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD07–12–000]
Reliability Standard Compliance and
Enforcement in Regions With
Independent System Operators and
Regional Transmission Organizations;
Final Notice and Agenda for the
Technical Conference
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September 13, 2007.
As announced on June 15, 2007 and
August 2, 2007, the staff of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission will
hold a technical conference in the
above-referenced proceeding on
September 18, 2007, at the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington DC. It will
be held in the Commission Meeting
Room (Room 2C) from 9:30 a.m. until 1
p.m. (EDT).
All interested persons are invited, and
there is no registration fee to attend.
The conference will explore issues
associated with the cost recovery of
penalties for Reliability Standard
violations assessed against independent
system operators (ISOs) and regional
transmission organizations (RTOs), as
set forth in Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc.,
119 FERC ¶ 61,222 (May 31, 2007) in
Docket Nos. ER07–701–000 and AD07–
12–000. In that Order, the following
topics were identified for discussion:
1. How each ISO’s or RTO’s regional
tariffs and other operational agreements
and protocols allocate reliability
responsibilities among the parties;
2. What provisions exist in those
tariffs, agreements, and protocols to
establish responsibility for penalty costs
associated with Reliability Standard
violations;
3. What provisions exist that may
prevent an entity from being registered
for compliance with relevant Reliability
Standards if its failure to perform under
such tariffs, agreements, and protocols
leads to a violation of Reliability
Standards; and
4. What policies for any pass-through
of penalty costs associated with
Reliability Standard violations by ISOs
and RTOs would both best provide due
process for entities that would
ultimately be required to pay these
penalty costs and also avoid redundant
investigations and litigation of
Reliability Standard violations.
The agenda, panelists and topics for
the conference will be as follows:
Welcome and Introduction to the
conference: 9:30–9:45 a.m.
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Panel One: 9:45–10:45 a.m.
New York ISO: Mark Lynch, Chief
Executive Officer.
PJM Interconnection, LLC. (PJM):
Steven Pincus, Senior Counsel for
PJM.
ERCOT: Mike Grable, Assistant
General Counsel.
California ISO: Anthony Ivancovich,
Assistant General Council—
Regulatory.
Southwest Power Pool (SPP): Les
Dillahunty, Vice President,
Regulatory Policy.
Midwest Independent Transmission
System Operator, Inc. (MISO):
Stephen G. Kozey, Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary.
Panelists should be prepared to
address Commission Topics 1, 2, 3 and
4 above. In addition, panelists are
requested to consider the following
topics:
A. Should an RTO or ISO be
permitted to allocate to its customers or
members reliability penalties assessed
against it pursuant to section 215 of the
FPA? If so, should this be handled by
tariff or by contract? What allocation
method would fairly apportion the cost
burden?
B. If an RTO or ISO is permitted to
pass on to its customers or members the
reliability penalties assessed against it,
how should the Commission ensure that
the RTO/ISO has adequate incentives to
comply with the Reliability Standards?
C. Should an RTO or ISO be permitted
to directly assign to specific customers,
market participants or members
reliability penalties assessed against it,
and if so, how should duplicative
proceedings be avoided and due process
ensured?
Break: 10:45–11a.m.
Panel Two: 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Dale Landgren, Vice President and
Chief Strategic Officer, American
Transmission Company.
Brian F. Thumm, P.E., Manager, ERO/
Regional Affairs, ITC Holdings.
Maureen Borkowski, Vice President of
Transmission, Ameren Services.
Tamara Linde, Vice President—
Regulatory, PSEG Services
Corporation.
Bary K. Warren, Director of
Transmission Policy and
Compliance, Empire District
Electric Company.
John A. Anderson, President and
CEO, Electricity Consumers
Resource Council (ELCON).
Panelists should be prepared to
address Commission Topics 1, 2, 3 and
4 above. In addition, panelists are
requested to consider the following
topics:
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A. Should an RTO or ISO be
permitted to allocate to its customers or
members reliability penalties assessed
against it pursuant to section 215 of the
FPA? If so, should this be handled by
tariff or by contract? What allocation
method would fairly apportion the cost
burden?
B. If an RTO or ISO is not permitted
to pass on reliability penalty costs
assessed against it, what source of funds
is suggested for payment?
C. Should an RTO or ISO be permitted
to directly assign to specific customers,
market participants or members
reliability penalties assessed against it,
and if so, how should duplicative
proceedings be avoided and due process
ensured?
Panel Three: 12–1 p.m.
NERC: David Whiteley, Executive
Vice President.
ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC):
Raymond Palmieri, Vice President
and Director of Compliance.
Texas Regional Entity (TRE): Larry
Grimm, Director of Compliance.
Northeast Power Coordinating
Council (NPCC): Edward Schwerdt,
President and CEO.
Midwest Reliability Organization
(MRO): Dan Skaar, President.
Panelists should be prepared to
address Commission Topics 3 and 4
above. In addition, panelists are
requested to consider the following
topics:
A. How would Regional Entities and
NERC address in enforcement
proceedings assessment of penalties for
matters in which an RTO or ISO and
one or more customers or members
violated the same Reliability Standard
or different Reliability Standards?
B. If an RTO or ISO asserts that an
entity that is not listed in NERC’s
compliance registry is responsible for
the RTO’s or ISO’s violation of a
Reliability Standard, in an enforcement
hearing pursuant to section 215 of the
FPA, will Regional Entities or NERC
inquire if the root cause of the violation
lies with that entity and provide the
entity an opportunity to participate in
the proceeding?
Closing Remarks: 1 p.m.
A free Web cast of this event will be
available through www.ferc.gov. Anyone
with Internet access who desires to view
this event can do so by navigating to
www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and
locating this event in the Calendar. The
event will contain a link to its Web cast.
The Capitol Connection provides
technical support for the Web casts and
offers access to the meeting via a phone
bridge for a fee. If you have any
questions, visit
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Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at
703–993–3100.
Transcripts of the meeting will be
available immediately for a fee from Ace
Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or
1–800–336–6646). They will be
available for free on the Commission’s
eLibrary system and on the events
calendar approximately one week after
the conference.
FERC conferences and meetings 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 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to
202–208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
Questions about the conference
should be directed to Don LeKang by e-
mail at donald.lekang@ferc.gov or by
phone at 202–502–8127.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
September 13, 2007.
The following notice of meeting is
published pursuant to section 3(a) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.
L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b:
AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission.
DATE AND TIME: September 20, 2007, 10
a.m.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone
(202) 502–8400.
For a recorded message listing items
struck from or added to the meeting, call
(202) 502–8627.
This is a list of matters to be
considered by the Commission. It does
not include a listing of all documents
relevant to the items on the agenda. All
public documents, however, may be
viewed on-line at the Commission’s
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using
the eLibrary link, or may be examined
in the Commission’s Public Reference
Room.
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REGULAR MEETING
[September 20, 2007, 10 a.m.]
Item No.
Docket No.
Company
ADMINISTRATIVE
A–1 .....................
A–2 .....................
A–3 .....................
AD02–1–000 ....
AD02–7–000 ....
AD06–3–000 ....
Agency Administrative Matters.
Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations.
Energy Market Update.
ELECTRIC
E–1 .....................
RR06–1–008 ....
RR07–1–001 ....
RR07–2–001 ....
RR07–3–001 ....
RR07–4–001 ....
RR07–5–001 ....
RR07–6–001 ....
RR07–7–001 ....
RR07–8–001 ....
E–4 .....................
E–5 .....................
E–6 .....................
E–7 .....................
E–8 .....................
E–9 .....................
E–10 ...................
RR06–3–003 ....
RR06–1–009 ....
EL07–56–000 ...
EL07–58–000 ...
RM01–8–006 ....
ER07–1192–000
ER07–1142–000
EF07–2021–000
ER02–2330–047
EL07–81–000 ...
EL01–93–012 ...
E–11 ...................
E–12 ...................
ER03–631–003
EL00–66–007 ...
QM07–4–001 ....
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E–3 .....................
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North American Electric Reliability Council
North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Texas Regional
Entity, a division of ERCOT.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Midwest Reliability Organization.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Northeast Power
Coordinating Council: Cross Border Regional Entity, Inc.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and ReliabilityFirst
Corporation.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and SERC Reliability
Corporation.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Western Electricity Coordinating Council.
Delegation Agreement Between the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Florida Reliability
Coordinating Council.
North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
North American Electric Reliability Corp.
Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., et al. v. PJM Interconnection LLC; Organization of PJM States, Inc.,
et al. v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements for Electric Quarterly Reports.
Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
Arizona Public Service Company.
United States Department of Energy—Bonneville Power Administration.
ISO New England Inc.
NSTAR Electric Company v. ISO New England Inc.
Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, L.P., Mirant New England, LLC, Mirant Kendall, LLC and Mirant
Canal, LLC v. ISO New England Inc.
ISO New England Inc.
Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Council of the City of New Orleans v. Entergy Corporation.
American Electric Power Service Corporation, Appalachian Power Company, Columbus Southern Power
Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company,
Ohio Power Company and Wheeling Power Company.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD07-12-000]
Reliability Standard Compliance and Enforcement in Regions With
Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations;
Final Notice and Agenda for the Technical Conference
September 13, 2007.
As announced on June 15, 2007 and August 2, 2007, the staff of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold a technical conference
in the above-referenced proceeding on September 18, 2007, at the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington
DC. It will be held in the Commission Meeting Room (Room 2C) from 9:30
a.m. until 1 p.m. (EDT).
All interested persons are invited, and there is no registration
fee to attend.
The conference will explore issues associated with the cost
recovery of penalties for Reliability Standard violations assessed
against independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission
organizations (RTOs), as set forth in Midwest Independent Transmission
System Operator, Inc., 119 FERC ] 61,222 (May 31, 2007) in Docket Nos.
ER07-701-000 and AD07-12-000. In that Order, the following topics were
identified for discussion:
1. How each ISO's or RTO's regional tariffs and other operational
agreements and protocols allocate reliability responsibilities among
the parties;
2. What provisions exist in those tariffs, agreements, and
protocols to establish responsibility for penalty costs associated with
Reliability Standard violations;
3. What provisions exist that may prevent an entity from being
registered for compliance with relevant Reliability Standards if its
failure to perform under such tariffs, agreements, and protocols leads
to a violation of Reliability Standards; and
4. What policies for any pass-through of penalty costs associated
with Reliability Standard violations by ISOs and RTOs would both best
provide due process for entities that would ultimately be required to
pay these penalty costs and also avoid redundant investigations and
litigation of Reliability Standard violations.
The agenda, panelists and topics for the conference will be as
follows:
Welcome and Introduction to the conference: 9:30-9:45 a.m.
Panel One: 9:45-10:45 a.m.
New York ISO: Mark Lynch, Chief Executive Officer.
PJM Interconnection, LLC. (PJM): Steven Pincus, Senior Counsel for
PJM.
ERCOT: Mike Grable, Assistant General Counsel.
California ISO: Anthony Ivancovich, Assistant General Council--
Regulatory.
Southwest Power Pool (SPP): Les Dillahunty, Vice President,
Regulatory Policy.
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (MISO):
Stephen G. Kozey, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
Panelists should be prepared to address Commission Topics 1, 2, 3
and 4 above. In addition, panelists are requested to consider the
following topics:
A. Should an RTO or ISO be permitted to allocate to its customers
or members reliability penalties assessed against it pursuant to
section 215 of the FPA? If so, should this be handled by tariff or by
contract? What allocation method would fairly apportion the cost
burden?
B. If an RTO or ISO is permitted to pass on to its customers or
members the reliability penalties assessed against it, how should the
Commission ensure that the RTO/ISO has adequate incentives to comply
with the Reliability Standards?
C. Should an RTO or ISO be permitted to directly assign to specific
customers, market participants or members reliability penalties
assessed against it, and if so, how should duplicative proceedings be
avoided and due process ensured?
Break: 10:45-11a.m.
Panel Two: 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Dale Landgren, Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer, American
Transmission Company.
Brian F. Thumm, P.E., Manager, ERO/Regional Affairs, ITC Holdings.
Maureen Borkowski, Vice President of Transmission, Ameren Services.
Tamara Linde, Vice President--Regulatory, PSEG Services
Corporation.
Bary K. Warren, Director of Transmission Policy and Compliance,
Empire District Electric Company.
John A. Anderson, President and CEO, Electricity Consumers Resource
Council (ELCON).
Panelists should be prepared to address Commission Topics 1, 2, 3
and 4 above. In addition, panelists are requested to consider the
following topics:
A. Should an RTO or ISO be permitted to allocate to its customers
or members reliability penalties assessed against it pursuant to
section 215 of the FPA? If so, should this be handled by tariff or by
contract? What allocation method would fairly apportion the cost
burden?
B. If an RTO or ISO is not permitted to pass on reliability penalty
costs assessed against it, what source of funds is suggested for
payment?
C. Should an RTO or ISO be permitted to directly assign to specific
customers, market participants or members reliability penalties
assessed against it, and if so, how should duplicative proceedings be
avoided and due process ensured?
Panel Three: 12-1 p.m.
NERC: David Whiteley, Executive Vice President.
ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC): Raymond Palmieri, Vice
President and Director of Compliance.
Texas Regional Entity (TRE): Larry Grimm, Director of Compliance.
Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC): Edward Schwerdt,
President and CEO.
Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO): Dan Skaar, President.
Panelists should be prepared to address Commission Topics 3 and 4
above. In addition, panelists are requested to consider the following
topics:
A. How would Regional Entities and NERC address in enforcement
proceedings assessment of penalties for matters in which an RTO or ISO
and one or more customers or members violated the same Reliability
Standard or different Reliability Standards?
B. If an RTO or ISO asserts that an entity that is not listed in
NERC's compliance registry is responsible for the RTO's or ISO's
violation of a Reliability Standard, in an enforcement hearing pursuant
to section 215 of the FPA, will Regional Entities or NERC inquire if
the root cause of the violation lies with that entity and provide the
entity an opportunity to participate in the proceeding?
Closing Remarks: 1 p.m.
A free Web cast of this event will be available through
www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this
event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and
locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to
its Web cast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the
Web casts and offers access to the meeting via a phone bridge for a
fee. If you have any questions, visit
[[Page 53558]]
www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David
Reininger at 703-993-3100.
Transcripts of the meeting will be available immediately for a fee
from Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646). They will
be available for free on the Commission's eLibrary system and on the
events calendar approximately one week after the conference.
FERC conferences and meetings 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 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
Questions about the conference should be directed to Don LeKang by
e-mail at donald.lekang@ferc.gov or by phone at 202-502-8127.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-18429 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]
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