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d. Are there market, environmental, or
other barriers to entry in certain
locations or for certain kinds of
resources (e.g., repowering assets in
New York City)?
e. Are there broader market design
features outside of the capacity market
(e.g., scarcity and shortage pricing) that
could be adjusted to account for public
policy objectives (e.g., increasing
renewables)?
Panelists:
Kevin Lang—City of New York
Jackson Morris—Natural Resources
Defense Council
John Reese—USPowerGen
James Holodak Jr.—National Grid
Patricia Stanton—Conservation
Services Group
Scott Harvey—FTI Consulting
3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.—Break
3:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m.—Roundtable
discussion among Commissioners/
Wrap up
Discussion of possible paths forward
for identified issues and solutions.
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Commission staff will hold a technical
conference on November 20, 2014. The
technical conference will focus on
discussing the information and studies
needed to evaluate downstream passage
of juvenile American shad and adult
American eel at the Vernon Project,
including the methods proposed in
TransCanada’s Vernon Hydroacoustic
Study Plan. Discussion topics for the
technical conference are included in
Appendix A.
In addition to the technical
conference, Commission staff will hold
an environmental site review of the
Vernon Project on November 19, 2014.
All local, state, and federal agencies,
Indian tribes, and other interested
parties are invited to attend the site
review and technical conference. The
technical conference will be transcribed
by a court reporter. If the number of
participants wishing to speak at the
technical conference creates time
constraints, Commission staff may, at its
discretion, limit the speaking time of
participants. The dates, times, and
meeting locations for the site review and
technical conference are listed below.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Site Review
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: 152 Governor Hunt Road,
Vernon, VT 05354.
[Project No. 1904–073]
Technical Conference
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TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.;
Notice of Technical Conference and
Environmental Site Review
TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.
(TransCanada) is currently using the
Integrated Licensing Process to prepare
an application for a new license (due to
be filed on April 30, 2016) for the
Vernon Hydroelectric Project No. 1904–
73 (Vernon Project). The 32.4-megawatt
Vernon Project is located on the
Connecticut River in Cheshire County,
New Hampshire and Windsor and
Windham Counties, Vermont. On
February 21, 2014, the Director of the
Office of Energy Projects issued a Study
Plan Determination requiring
TransCanada to conduct 21 studies,
including the development of a plan to
conduct hydroacoustic studies of
downstream passage of juvenile
American shad and adult American eel.
On March 24, 2014, TransCanada filed
a request for rehearing of the
requirement to conduct hydroacoustic
studies, which is currently pending
before the Commission.
On September 15, 2014, TransCanada
filed its proposed Vernon Hydroacoustic
Study Plan. To gather additional
information and assist the Commission
in its review of the proposed study,
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Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Place: The Emerson Room, Courtyard
Keene Downtown, 75 Railroad Street,
Keene, NH 03431.
If you plan to attend the site review,
you must call or email John Ragonese
(phone: (603) 225–5528; email: john_
ragonese@transcanada.com) by
November 17, 2014, and identify the
number of individuals in your group.
During the site review, participants will
be required to wear steel-toed shoes. A
limited number of toe protection
devices will be available, but
participants are strongly encouraged to
bring their own.
If you have any questions, please
contact Bill Connelly at 202–502–8587.
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
APPENDIX A
Technical Conference Discussion Topics
Information Needs
1. Timing of juvenile American shad and
adult American eel runs.
2. Relative abundance and/or magnitude of
juvenile American shad and adult American
eel runs.
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3. Delay of juvenile American shad and
adult American eel downstream passage.
4. Downstream passage route selection by
juvenile American shad and adult American
eel.
Study Methods
1. Radio telemetry or other individual
tracking technologies: What information can
be obtained with these methods? What are
the benefits of using these methods? What are
the drawbacks?
2. Hydroacoustics and other fixed
recording technologies: What information
can be obtained with these methods? What
are the benefits of using these methods? What
are the drawbacks?
3. Other study methods: Are there other
study methods that could be used to obtain
information about downstream passage of
juvenile American shad and adult American
eel? What are the benefits of using these
methods? What are the drawbacks?
[FR Doc. 2014–26572 Filed 11–7–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL14–37–000]
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of
Technical Conference
By order issued in this proceeding on
August 29, 2014,1 the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
directed its staff to convene a technical
conference concerning the justness and
reasonableness of PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.’s (PJM) existing tariff provisions
related to the Financial Transmission
Rights (FTR) forfeiture rule and uplift
allocations as applied to Up-to
Congestion (UTC) transactions and
virtual (INC/DEC) transactions.2 The
technical conference will explore
whether: (1) PJM’s FTR forfeiture rules
as they apply to UTC transactions and
INCs/DECs are just and reasonable; and
(2) PJM’s current uplift allocation rules
associated with UTC transactions and
INCs/DECs are just and reasonable. Take
notice that the technical conference will
be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST in the
Commission Meeting Room at the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426. Commission members may
participate in the technical conference.
The technical conference will be open
for the public to attend. Advance
1 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 148 FERC ¶ 61,144
(2014).
2 An INC is a virtual offer to sell energy at a
specified source bus in the PJM day-ahead market.
A DEC is a virtual bid to purchase energy at a
specified sink bus in the PJM day-ahead market. See
id. P 1, n.3.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1904-073]
TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.; Notice of Technical Conference
and Environmental Site Review
TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc. (TransCanada) is currently using
the Integrated Licensing Process to prepare an application for a new
license (due to be filed on April 30, 2016) for the Vernon
Hydroelectric Project No. 1904-73 (Vernon Project). The 32.4-megawatt
Vernon Project is located on the Connecticut River in Cheshire County,
New Hampshire and Windsor and Windham Counties, Vermont. On February
21, 2014, the Director of the Office of Energy Projects issued a Study
Plan Determination requiring TransCanada to conduct 21 studies,
including the development of a plan to conduct hydroacoustic studies of
downstream passage of juvenile American shad and adult American eel. On
March 24, 2014, TransCanada filed a request for rehearing of the
requirement to conduct hydroacoustic studies, which is currently
pending before the Commission.
On September 15, 2014, TransCanada filed its proposed Vernon
Hydroacoustic Study Plan. To gather additional information and assist
the Commission in its review of the proposed study, Commission staff
will hold a technical conference on November 20, 2014. The technical
conference will focus on discussing the information and studies needed
to evaluate downstream passage of juvenile American shad and adult
American eel at the Vernon Project, including the methods proposed in
TransCanada's Vernon Hydroacoustic Study Plan. Discussion topics for
the technical conference are included in Appendix A.
In addition to the technical conference, Commission staff will hold
an environmental site review of the Vernon Project on November 19,
2014. All local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other
interested parties are invited to attend the site review and technical
conference. The technical conference will be transcribed by a court
reporter. If the number of participants wishing to speak at the
technical conference creates time constraints, Commission staff may, at
its discretion, limit the speaking time of participants. The dates,
times, and meeting locations for the site review and technical
conference are listed below.
Site Review
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: 152 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT 05354.
Technical Conference
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Place: The Emerson Room, Courtyard Keene Downtown, 75 Railroad
Street, Keene, NH 03431.
If you plan to attend the site review, you must call or email John
Ragonese (phone: (603) 225-5528; email: john_ragonese@transcanada.com)
by November 17, 2014, and identify the number of individuals in your
group. During the site review, participants will be required to wear
steel-toed shoes. A limited number of toe protection devices will be
available, but participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own.
If you have any questions, please contact Bill Connelly at 202-502-
8587.
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
APPENDIX A
Technical Conference Discussion Topics
Information Needs
1. Timing of juvenile American shad and adult American eel runs.
2. Relative abundance and/or magnitude of juvenile American shad
and adult American eel runs.
3. Delay of juvenile American shad and adult American eel
downstream passage.
4. Downstream passage route selection by juvenile American shad
and adult American eel.
Study Methods
1. Radio telemetry or other individual tracking technologies:
What information can be obtained with these methods? What are the
benefits of using these methods? What are the drawbacks?
2. Hydroacoustics and other fixed recording technologies: What
information can be obtained with these methods? What are the
benefits of using these methods? What are the drawbacks?
3. Other study methods: Are there other study methods that could
be used to obtain information about downstream passage of juvenile
American shad and adult American eel? What are the benefits of using
these methods? What are the drawbacks?
[FR Doc. 2014-26572 Filed 11-7-14; 8:45 am]
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