California Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference, 65600-65601 [E8-26191]

Download as PDF 65600 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 4, 2008 / Notices Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is 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 document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on November 19, 2008. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–26252 Filed 11–3–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is 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 document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–26256 Filed 11–3–08; 8:45 am] [Docket No. PR08–21–003] Regency Intrastate Gas LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing BILLING CODE 6717–01–P dwashington3 on PRODPC61 with NOTICES October 29, 2008. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Take notice that on October 23, 2008, Regency Intrastate Gas LLC filed a Statement of Operating Conditions, including a Statement of Rates page, pursuant to section 284.123(e) of the Commission’s regulations and to comply with the Commission’s letter order issued on September 23, 2008, in Docket Nos. PR08–21–000, PR08–21– 001, and PR08–21–002. Any person desiring to participate in this proceeding must file a motion to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene Federal Energy Regulatory Commission VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:23 Nov 03, 2008 Jkt 217001 [Docket Nos. EL08–88–000; ER08–1178– 000] California Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference October 28, 2008. On October 21, 2008, the Commission issued a notice of a staff technical conference in the above-captioned proceedings to further explore the justness and reasonableness of the California Independent System Operator Corporation’s (CAISO) Exceptional Dispatch mechanism and proposed mitigation plan. The technical conference will be held on November 6, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and November 7, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The room location has been changed from the Commission Meeting Room to Hearing Room 1. The Commission hereby provides the following additional information and instruction regarding the conference. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The technical conference will focus on the compensation provided to nonResource Adequacy resources that receive Exceptional Dispatch instructions and the constraints, which are not fully modeled, that may result in a more frequent than originally expected use of the Exceptional Dispatch mechanism. This conference is not intended to address broader issues concerning the overall Market Redesign and Technology Upgrade (MRTU) implementation. Specifically, Commission staff is interested in obtaining information related to the following questions and concerns: 1. Compensation for non-Resource Adequacy resources under Exceptional Dispatch in light of the October 16, 2008 order in this docket including consideration of: • How such compensation compares to compensation for non-Resource Adequacy resources committed under other backstop capacity mechanisms, e.g., ICPM, TCPM and RCST; • The Commission’s proposed pricing remedy including its proposed means to avoid the potential for ‘‘double payment’’ of certain resources; • Whether mitigation is appropriate and, if so, under what circumstances and at what level; and • How should partial non-resource adequacy resources and self-scheduled resources that are exceptionally dispatched be compensated. 2. Reliability requirements that the CAISO describes as ‘‘transitory’’ in nature.1 3. Why the full network cannot be modeled, as well as issues related to known constraints (e.g., Path 26, San Francisco Bay Area/Delta Dispatch), and the costs, benefits, and practicality of addressing these reliability requirements with Exceptional Dispatch. 4. The anticipated frequency and trend of Exceptional Dispatch instructions, especially for nonResource Adequacy resources, as well as all additional scenarios that may require Exceptional Dispatch instructions that were not specifically referenced in the CAISO’s original proposal in ER08– 1178–000, including Forbidden Operating Regions. Staff expects the CAISO to prepare a brief presentation (approximately 15 minutes) to address each question. Following the presentation, staff will have the opportunity to ask follow-up questions and participants will then 1 CAISO’s June 27, 2008 Amendment to Revise Exceptional Dispatch Provisions of the MRTU Tariff, Docket No. ER08–1178–000, Transmittal Letter at 21–22. E:\FR\FM\04NON1.SGM 04NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 4, 2008 / Notices have the opportunity to ask questions and offer brief comments. Staff asks that if a coalition of participants has common questions or perspectives to present, a single spokesperson be designated to speak for the group in order to efficiently address the relevant issues and minimize repetition of issues already discussed. The technical conference will be open for the public to attend and advance registration is not required. Although staff encourages all interested parties to attend in person, the conference will be accessible via telephone on a listen-only basis. For information regarding telephone access to the conference, please e-mail sarah.crawford@ferc.gov no later than 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Monday, November 3, 2008 and specify whether you will be dialing into to the conference on one or both days. You will then receive a confirmation e-mail containing the dial-in number and password. Staff requests that, to the extent possible, individuals calling from the same location share a single telephone line. All interested persons may file written comments following the technical conference on or before November 24, 2008. Reply comments will be due on or before December 2, 2008. 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: Sarah McKinley, 202.502.8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov, for logistical issues, and Sarah Crawford, 202.502.8241, sarah.crawford@ferc.gov, or Saeed Farrokhpay, 916.294.0322, saeed.farrokhpay@ferc.gov, for other concerns. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–26191 Filed 11–3–08; 8:45 am] dwashington3 on PRODPC61 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:23 Nov 03, 2008 Jkt 217001 For more information about this conference, please contact: Natalie Leech, (202) 502–6396, natalie.leech@ferc.gov or Sarah McKinley, (202) 502–8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD08–11–000] Ensuring Dam Safety in the United States; Notice of Technical Conference October 29, 2008. Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold a technical conference on December 5, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 1 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 will attend and participate in the conference. The purpose of this conference is to explore issues related to dam safety with federal, state and industry dam safety representatives. Specifically, the participants will discuss the major components of the FERC Dam Safety Program as well as current state and industry assistance efforts. They will also explore the challenges facing state dam safety offices to identify needed technical and resource assistance. The agenda for this conference will published at a later time. 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 Perkowski or David Reininger at (703) 993–3100. 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. 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. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 65601 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–26257 Filed 11–3–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. ER08–637–000; ER08–637– 001; ER08–637–004; ER08–637–005] Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Technical Conference October 29, 2008. As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on September 9, 2008, and discussed further in the Commission’s October 10 Order in the above-captioned proceedings,1 the Commission will hold a technical conference on November 12, 2008 in the Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC, regarding the proposed Market Coordination Service (Market Service) provisions set forth in Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc.’s (Midwest ISO) Western Markets Proposal. The technical conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (ET). This supplemental notice provides additional information including an agenda for the conference and the speakers at the conference.2 The conference is open to the public to attend, and registration is not required. Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from Ace Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or 800–336–6646) for a fee. The transcripts will also be available for the public on the Commission’s eLibrary system ten calendar days after the Commission receives the transcript. A free webcast of the Policy Session during the morning of the technical conference will be available through https://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by navigating to https://www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its 1 Midwest Indep. Transmission Sys. Operator, Inc., 125 FERC ¶ 61,029 (2008). 2 See Attachment to this Notice. E:\FR\FM\04NON1.SGM 04NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65600-65601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26191]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL08-88-000; ER08-1178-000]


California Independent System Operator Corporation; Supplemental 
Notice of Technical Conference

October 28, 2008.
    On October 21, 2008, the Commission issued a notice of a staff 
technical conference in the above-captioned proceedings to further 
explore the justness and reasonableness of the California Independent 
System Operator Corporation's (CAISO) Exceptional Dispatch mechanism 
and proposed mitigation plan. The technical conference will be held on 
November 6, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and November 7, 2008 from 9 
a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The room 
location has been changed from the Commission Meeting Room to Hearing 
Room 1. The Commission hereby provides the following additional 
information and instruction regarding the conference.
    The technical conference will focus on the compensation provided to 
non-Resource Adequacy resources that receive Exceptional Dispatch 
instructions and the constraints, which are not fully modeled, that may 
result in a more frequent than originally expected use of the 
Exceptional Dispatch mechanism. This conference is not intended to 
address broader issues concerning the overall Market Redesign and 
Technology Upgrade (MRTU) implementation. Specifically, Commission 
staff is interested in obtaining information related to the following 
questions and concerns:
    1. Compensation for non-Resource Adequacy resources under 
Exceptional Dispatch in light of the October 16, 2008 order in this 
docket including consideration of:
     How such compensation compares to compensation for non-
Resource Adequacy resources committed under other backstop capacity 
mechanisms, e.g., ICPM, TCPM and RCST;
     The Commission's proposed pricing remedy including its 
proposed means to avoid the potential for ``double payment'' of certain 
resources;
     Whether mitigation is appropriate and, if so, under what 
circumstances and at what level; and
     How should partial non-resource adequacy resources and 
self-scheduled resources that are exceptionally dispatched be 
compensated.
    2. Reliability requirements that the CAISO describes as 
``transitory'' in nature.\1\
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    \1\ CAISO's June 27, 2008 Amendment to Revise Exceptional 
Dispatch Provisions of the MRTU Tariff, Docket No. ER08-1178-000, 
Transmittal Letter at 21-22.
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    3. Why the full network cannot be modeled, as well as issues 
related to known constraints (e.g., Path 26, San Francisco Bay Area/
Delta Dispatch), and the costs, benefits, and practicality of 
addressing these reliability requirements with Exceptional Dispatch.
    4. The anticipated frequency and trend of Exceptional Dispatch 
instructions, especially for non-Resource Adequacy resources, as well 
as all additional scenarios that may require Exceptional Dispatch 
instructions that were not specifically referenced in the CAISO's 
original proposal in ER08-1178-000, including Forbidden Operating 
Regions.
    Staff expects the CAISO to prepare a brief presentation 
(approximately 15 minutes) to address each question. Following the 
presentation, staff will have the opportunity to ask follow-up 
questions and participants will then

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have the opportunity to ask questions and offer brief comments. Staff 
asks that if a coalition of participants has common questions or 
perspectives to present, a single spokesperson be designated to speak 
for the group in order to efficiently address the relevant issues and 
minimize repetition of issues already discussed.
    The technical conference will be open for the public to attend and 
advance registration is not required. Although staff encourages all 
interested parties to attend in person, the conference will be 
accessible via telephone on a listen-only basis. For information 
regarding telephone access to the conference, please e-mail 
sarah.crawford@ferc.gov no later than 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Monday, 
November 3, 2008 and specify whether you will be dialing into to the 
conference on one or both days. You will then receive a confirmation e-
mail containing the dial-in number and password. Staff requests that, 
to the extent possible, individuals calling from the same location 
share a single telephone line.
    All interested persons may file written comments following the 
technical conference on or before November 24, 2008. Reply comments 
will be due on or before December 2, 2008.
    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: Sarah 
McKinley, 202.502.8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov, for logistical issues, 
and Sarah Crawford, 202.502.8241, sarah.crawford@ferc.gov, or Saeed 
Farrokhpay, 916.294.0322, saeed.farrokhpay@ferc.gov, for other 
concerns.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-26191 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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