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in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
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deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is October 30,
2008.
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interventions in lieu of paper, using the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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[Docket No. ER08–1574–000]
ORNI 18, LLC; Supplemental Notice
That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing
Includes Request for Blanket Section
204 Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of ORNI
18, LLC’s application for market-based
rate authority, with an accompanying
rate tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is October 30,
2008.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First St., NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an eSubscription link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
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dockets(s). For assistance with any
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Secretary.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD08–13–000]
Transmission Barriers to Entry;
Supplemental Notice of Technical
Conference
October 10, 2008.
On October 3, 2008, the Commission
issued a Supplemental Notice of the
technical conference in the abovecaptioned proceeding, with an agenda
attached. The technical conference will
be held on October 14, 2008, from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. (EST), in the Commission
Meeting Room at the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The
conference will be open for the public
to attend and advance registration is not
required. Members of the Commission
may attend the conference.
An updated agenda for this
conference is attached. In addition, this
conference will be transcribed as
described below.
Transcripts of the conference 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 Calendar of
Events approximately one week after the
conference.
A free webcast of this event is
available through https://www.ferc.gov.
Anyone with Internet access who
desires to view this event can do so by
navigating to the Calendar of Events at
https://www.ferc.gov and locating this
event in the Calendar. The event will
contain a link to its webcast. The
Capitol Connection provides technical
support for the free webcasts. It also
offers access to this event via television
in the Washington, DC area and via
phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any
questions, visit https://
www.CapitolConnection.org or contact
Danelle Springer or David Reininger at
(703) 993–3100.
All interested persons may file
written comments following the
technical conference on or before
November 13, 2008.
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Commission 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 1–866–208–3372 (voice)
or 202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX
to 202–208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about this
conference, please contact: Katie
Detweiler, 202–502–6424,
katie.detweiler@ferc.gov or Sarah
McKinley, 202–502–8368,
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Transmission Barriers to Entry
Technical Conference; October 14, 2008
Agenda
The purpose of this conference is to
hear from transmission developers,
transmission owners, and others on the
issues they encounter when trying to
build transmission. In particular, the
Commission is interested in hearing
from persons involved with various
forms of transmission including
independent transmission, merchant
transmission, joint ownership
arrangements, and long-distance
transmission projects crossing multiple
corporate boundaries or that are regional
in nature regarding the barriers to
transmission entry due to the
Commission’s tariffs, policies, and
regulations.
In response to the nation’s growing
transmission needs, the Commission not
only supports more ‘‘traditional’’ forms
of investment, such as that of investorowned utilities, but also encourages the
formation of ‘‘alternative’’ transmission
models. In the June 2005 Policy
Statement Regarding Evaluation of
Independent Ownership and Operation
of Transmission, the Commission
clarified its willingness to accept
proposals from independent
transmission companies, including
those that have market participants as
passive minority equity owners, and
stated its willingness to allow
innovative rate treatments both to
facilitate the creation of independent
transmission companies and to
stimulate investment in transmission
infrastructure.1 Furthermore, in recent
years new entities have emerged to
build transmission, such as merchant
transmission companies. There is
increased interest in joint (i.e., public1 Policy Statement Regarding Evaluation of
Independent Ownership and Operation of
Transmission, 111 FERC ¶ 61,473 (2005).
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private) transmission development. As
more states have adopted renewable
portfolio standards, proposals have
arisen to move remote generation long
distances to load.
In Order No. 890, the Commission
stated its belief that there are benefits to
joint ownership of transmission
facilities, particularly large backbone
facilities, both in terms of increasing
opportunities for investment as well as
ensuring nondiscriminatory access.
Order No. 890 also required all
transmission providers to submit
processes for regional planning.
However, questions have been raised as
to incumbent and new entrant rights,
whether merchant transmission projects
should be required to coordinate with
an Order No. 890 regional planning
process and coordination across
boundaries.
Since 2005, the Commission has acted
on a number of requests regarding
affiliated or independent transmission;
merchant transmission; and joint
ownership. Among other things, the
Commission is interested in gaining a
better understanding of the rights,
obligations, and challenges afforded
these entities as compared to traditional
transmission investment and whether
there are barriers to comparable
treatment of these entities in the
wholesale/interstate transmission
market.
Panel Discussions:
While there may be common obstacles
to the building of transmission, at the
same time it appears that the challenges
may differ in some respects regionally.
Thus, the panels of this conference will
be divided geographically. While the
basic topics of discussion will be the
same in both panels, the individual
problems and solutions identified may
vary by region, e.g., Eastern and Western
Interconnection.
The Commission hopes to learn from
each panel of the experiences parties
have faced in trying to build
transmission, with particular focus on
regulatory and economic issues, and
discuss how they differ by transmission
business model. With regard to both
problems and solutions, the focus
should also be on matters that are
within the Commission’s control or
ability to affect. The discussion should
focus on specific areas of the
Commission’s regulations and policies
that may present barriers to comparable
treatment. Among the issues of interest
to the Commission are:
• The impact on transmission
providers regarding rights of first refusal
to build and own transmission;
• Whether all transmission
investment (e.g., upgrades, greenfield
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lines) are treated comparably in the
award of rights (e.g., financial or
physical rights);
• Whether the Commission’s policies
regarding the provision of ancillary
services are appropriate as applied to
transmission-only entities;
• Whether there are specific
processes in RTO/ISO rules and markets
that present barriers to alternative
transmission business models;
• Development opportunities for the
different transmission business models;
• The benefits of and the peculiar
challenges faced by alternative business
models (e.g., merchant transmission
doesn’t have a rate base from which to
obtain cost recovery); and
• Whether there should be different
approaches to projects with differing
scope, e.g., long-distance backbone
projects with long lead lines vs.
incremental upgrades to existing
facilities.
Transmission Barriers to Entry
Technical Conference; October 14, 2008
Agenda
Opening Remarks
1 p.m.–1:15 p.m.
Panel I: Western Interconnect
1:15 p.m.–3 p.m.
Richard Hayslip, Associate General
Manager, SALT RIVER PROJECT,
representing the LARGE PUBLIC
POWER COUNCIL
Tom Wray, Project Manager, SUNZIA
TRANSMISSION PROJECT
Robert van Beers, Chief Operating
Officer, TONBRIDGE POWER INC.,
representing Montana Alberta Tie Ltd.
Paul McCoy, President, TRANS-ELECT
Marc S. Lipschultz, Member,
KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO.
Karl ‘‘Fritz’’ Schlopy, Managing
Director, MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
GLOBAL ENERGY & POWER,
representing Real Estate Investment
Trusts
Roy Jones, Vice President, Transmission
Development, LS POWER
DEVELOPMENT
Break
3 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Panel II: Eastern Interconnect
3:15 p.m.–5 p.m.
Sharon M. Reishus, Chairman, MAINE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Roy Thilly, President & CEO,
WISCONSIN PUBLIC POWER INC.,
representing the Transmission Access
Policy Study Group
Susan Tomasky, President—AEP
Transmission, AMERICAN ELECTRIC
POWER
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Joseph L. Welch, Chairman, President &
CEO, ITC HOLDINGS
Raymond Hepper, Vice President,
General Counsel & Corporate
Secretary, ISO NEW ENGLAND INC.
Edward M. Stern, President & CEO,
NEPTUNE REGIONAL
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM & CEO,
HUDSON TRANSMISSION
PARTNERS
Robert J. Patrylo, CEO, STRATEGIC
TRANSMISSION LLC
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For
more information on how to submit
these types of filings please go to the
Commission’s Web site located at
https://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about
this project can be viewed or printed on
the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s
Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–12585) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
call toll-free 1–866–208–3372.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Golden Gate Energy Company; Notice
of Preliminary Permit Applications
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comment, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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October 9, 2008.
[Docket No. CP08–482–000]
On October 1, 2008, Golden Gate
Energy Company filed an application,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of the San Francisco Bay
Tidal Project, to be located on the San
Francisco Bay in San Francisco and
Marin Counties, California.
The proposed San Francisco Bay
Tidal Project consists of: (1) 5 to 40
proposed Tides Hydrokinetic generating
units having a total installed capacity of
5 to 10 megawatts, (2) a proposed
transmission line, and (3) appurtenant
facilities. The Golden Gate Energy
Company project would have an average
annual generation of 8.7 gigawatt-hours
and be sold to a local utility.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Mike Hoover,
Golden Gate Energy Company, 1785
Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 100,
Washington, DC 20036, phone (202)
772–0099.
FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 502–
6062.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Comments, motions to intervene,
notices of intent, and competing
applications may be filed electronically
via the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site under the
‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;
Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
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October 9, 2008.
Take notice that on September 30,
2008, National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National Fuel), 6363 Main
Street, Williamsville, New York 14221,
filed in Docket No. CP08–482–000, a
prior notice request pursuant to sections
157.205 and 157.208 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
regulations under the Natural Gas Act
for authorization to increase the
certificated Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure (MAOP) of Line Y–
M57, located in Allegany County, New
York, and to thereafter operate this line
up to and including the higher MAOP,
all as more fully set forth in the
application, which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may also be
viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
502–8659.
Specifically, National Fuel proposes
to uprate the MAOP of Line Y–M57
from the current MAOP of 1,000 psig to
the requested MAOP of 1,260 psig.
National Fuel states that the uprating of
the MAOP will allow it to deliver gas to
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Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
National Fuel estimates the cost of
construction to be $25,000.
Any questions regarding the
application should be directed to David
W. Reitz, Deputy General Counsel,
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation,
6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New
York 14221, at (716) 857–7949.
Any person may, within 60 days after
the issuance of the instant notice by the
Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214
of the Commission’s Procedural Rules
(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene
or notice of intervention. Any person
filing to intervene or the Commission’s
staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of
the Commission’s Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205)
file a protest to the request. If no protest
is filed within the time allowed
therefore, the proposed activity shall be
deemed to be authorized effective the
day after the time allowed for protest. If
a protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the time allowed
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests,
and interventions via the Internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Commission
[Docket No. CP08–481–000]
Petal Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of
Request Under Blanket Authorization
October 8, 2008.
Take notice that on September 29,
2008, Petal Gas Storage, LLC (Petal),
1100 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX
77002, filed in docket number CP08–
481–000, a prior notice request pursuant
to sections 157.205 and 157.214 of the
Commission’s Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act, and Petal’s blanket
certificate issued in Docket No. CP95–
14–000, for authorization to increase its
maximum storage capacity in Cavern
No. 8 of Petal’s storage facility located
in Forrest County, Mississippi. Petal
proposes to increase the capacity of the
cavern from 7.9 Bcf to 9.058 Bcf. The
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD08-13-000]
Transmission Barriers to Entry; Supplemental Notice of Technical
Conference
October 10, 2008.
On October 3, 2008, the Commission issued a Supplemental Notice of
the technical conference in the above-captioned proceeding, with an
agenda attached. The technical conference will be held on October 14,
2008, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EST), in the Commission Meeting Room at
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The conference will be open for the public to
attend and advance registration is not required. Members of the
Commission may attend the conference.
An updated agenda for this conference is attached. In addition,
this conference will be transcribed as described below.
Transcripts of the conference 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 Calendar of Events approximately one week after the conference.
A free webcast of this event is available through https://
www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this
event can do so by navigating to the Calendar of Events at https://
www.ferc.gov and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will
contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides
technical support for the free webcasts. It also offers access to this
event via television in the Washington, DC area and via phone-bridge
for a fee. If you have any questions, visit https://
www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Springer or David
Reininger at (703) 993-3100.
All interested persons may file written comments following the
technical conference on or before November 13, 2008.
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Commission 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 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with
the required accommodations.
For more information about this conference, please contact: Katie
Detweiler, 202-502-6424, katie.detweiler@ferc.gov or Sarah McKinley,
202-502-8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Attachment
Transmission Barriers to Entry Technical Conference; October 14, 2008
Agenda
The purpose of this conference is to hear from transmission
developers, transmission owners, and others on the issues they
encounter when trying to build transmission. In particular, the
Commission is interested in hearing from persons involved with various
forms of transmission including independent transmission, merchant
transmission, joint ownership arrangements, and long-distance
transmission projects crossing multiple corporate boundaries or that
are regional in nature regarding the barriers to transmission entry due
to the Commission's tariffs, policies, and regulations.
In response to the nation's growing transmission needs, the
Commission not only supports more ``traditional'' forms of investment,
such as that of investor-owned utilities, but also encourages the
formation of ``alternative'' transmission models. In the June 2005
Policy Statement Regarding Evaluation of Independent Ownership and
Operation of Transmission, the Commission clarified its willingness to
accept proposals from independent transmission companies, including
those that have market participants as passive minority equity owners,
and stated its willingness to allow innovative rate treatments both to
facilitate the creation of independent transmission companies and to
stimulate investment in transmission infrastructure.\1\ Furthermore, in
recent years new entities have emerged to build transmission, such as
merchant transmission companies. There is increased interest in joint
(i.e., public-private) transmission development. As more states have
adopted renewable portfolio standards, proposals have arisen to move
remote generation long distances to load.
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\1\ Policy Statement Regarding Evaluation of Independent
Ownership and Operation of Transmission, 111 FERC ] 61,473 (2005).
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In Order No. 890, the Commission stated its belief that there are
benefits to joint ownership of transmission facilities, particularly
large backbone facilities, both in terms of increasing opportunities
for investment as well as ensuring nondiscriminatory access. Order No.
890 also required all transmission providers to submit processes for
regional planning. However, questions have been raised as to incumbent
and new entrant rights, whether merchant transmission projects should
be required to coordinate with an Order No. 890 regional planning
process and coordination across boundaries.
Since 2005, the Commission has acted on a number of requests
regarding affiliated or independent transmission; merchant
transmission; and joint ownership. Among other things, the Commission
is interested in gaining a better understanding of the rights,
obligations, and challenges afforded these entities as compared to
traditional transmission investment and whether there are barriers to
comparable treatment of these entities in the wholesale/interstate
transmission market.
Panel Discussions:
While there may be common obstacles to the building of
transmission, at the same time it appears that the challenges may
differ in some respects regionally. Thus, the panels of this conference
will be divided geographically. While the basic topics of discussion
will be the same in both panels, the individual problems and solutions
identified may vary by region, e.g., Eastern and Western
Interconnection.
The Commission hopes to learn from each panel of the experiences
parties have faced in trying to build transmission, with particular
focus on regulatory and economic issues, and discuss how they differ by
transmission business model. With regard to both problems and
solutions, the focus should also be on matters that are within the
Commission's control or ability to affect. The discussion should focus
on specific areas of the Commission's regulations and policies that may
present barriers to comparable treatment. Among the issues of interest
to the Commission are:
The impact on transmission providers regarding rights of
first refusal to build and own transmission;
Whether all transmission investment (e.g., upgrades,
greenfield lines) are treated comparably in the award of rights (e.g.,
financial or physical rights);
Whether the Commission's policies regarding the provision
of ancillary services are appropriate as applied to transmission-only
entities;
Whether there are specific processes in RTO/ISO rules and
markets that present barriers to alternative transmission business
models;
Development opportunities for the different transmission
business models;
The benefits of and the peculiar challenges faced by
alternative business models (e.g., merchant transmission doesn't have a
rate base from which to obtain cost recovery); and
Whether there should be different approaches to projects
with differing scope, e.g., long-distance backbone projects with long
lead lines vs. incremental upgrades to existing facilities.
Transmission Barriers to Entry Technical Conference; October 14, 2008
Agenda
Opening Remarks
1 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
Panel I: Western Interconnect
1:15 p.m.-3 p.m.
Richard Hayslip, Associate General Manager, SALT RIVER PROJECT,
representing the LARGE PUBLIC POWER COUNCIL
Tom Wray, Project Manager, SUNZIA TRANSMISSION PROJECT
Robert van Beers, Chief Operating Officer, TONBRIDGE POWER INC.,
representing Montana Alberta Tie Ltd.
Paul McCoy, President, TRANS-ELECT
Marc S. Lipschultz, Member, KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO.
Karl ``Fritz'' Schlopy, Managing Director, MERRILL LYNCH & CO. GLOBAL
ENERGY & POWER, representing Real Estate Investment Trusts
Roy Jones, Vice President, Transmission Development, LS POWER
DEVELOPMENT
Break
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Panel II: Eastern Interconnect
3:15 p.m.-5 p.m.
Sharon M. Reishus, Chairman, MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Roy Thilly, President & CEO, WISCONSIN PUBLIC POWER INC., representing
the Transmission Access Policy Study Group
Susan Tomasky, President--AEP Transmission, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
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Joseph L. Welch, Chairman, President & CEO, ITC HOLDINGS
Raymond Hepper, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary,
ISO NEW ENGLAND INC.
Edward M. Stern, President & CEO, NEPTUNE REGIONAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
& CEO, HUDSON TRANSMISSION PARTNERS
Robert J. Patrylo, CEO, STRATEGIC TRANSMISSION LLC
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