Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency and Enhancing Resilience Through Improved Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market Efficiency and Enhancing Resilience Through Improved Software, 11068-11069 [2020-03795]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 11068 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 38 / Wednesday, February 26, 2020 / Notices being built in accordance with Order No. 860 (MBR Database).1 The meeting will take place on February 27, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.2 (EST) in the Commission Meeting Room, at 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. All interested persons are invited to attend. For those unable to attend in person, access to the meeting will be available via webcast. Commission staff is hereby supplementing the January 22, 2020 notice with the agenda for discussion. During the meeting Commission staff will provide an overview of the MBR Database, discuss how the MBR Database will fit into the market-based rate program; and answer questions presented live or via email to mbrdatabase@ferc.gov. Please note that matters pending before the Commission and subject to ex parte limitations cannot be discussed at this meeting. An agenda of the meeting is attached. Due to the nature of the discussion, those interested in participating are encouraged to attend in person. All interested persons (whether attending in person or via webcast) are asked to register at https://www.ferc.gov/whatsnew/registration/02-27-20-form.asp. There is no registration fee. Anyone with internet access can listen to the meeting by navigating to www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events, locating the MBR Data Technical Workshop, and clicking on the link to the webcast. The webcast will allow persons to listen to the technical conference and email questions during the meeting to mbrdatabase@ferc.gov. Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov, call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202–208–2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about the technical workshop, please contact Ryan Stertz at 202–502–6473, or send an email to mbrdatabase@ferc.gov. For logistics, contact Sarah McKinley at 202–502–8368 or sarah.mckinley@ ferc.gov. 1 Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes, Order No. 860, 168 FERC 61,039 (2019). 2 Please note that the technical workshop was originally scheduled to end at 12:30 p.m. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 250001 Dated: February 14, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Agenda MBR Database Technical Workshop, Commission Meeting Room, February 27, 2020 9:00–9:10 a.m. Welcome and Introductions 9:10–9:35 a.m. Purpose of Database 9:35–10:15 a.m. Overview of MBR Portal and Features 10:15–11:15 a.m. Data Dictionary Walk-Through 11:15–11:45 a.m. Making submissions into the MBR database 11:45–12:00 p.m. Market-Based Rate Filing Process 12:00–12:30 p.m. Break 12:30–2:30 p.m. Question and Answer session [FR Doc. 2020–03794 Filed 2–25–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD10–12–011] Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency and Enhancing Resilience Through Improved Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market Efficiency and Enhancing Resilience Through Improved Software Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical conference on June 23, 24, and 25, 2020 to discuss opportunities for increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency and enhancing the resilience of the bulk power system through improved software. A detailed agenda with the list of and times for the selected speakers will be published on the Commission’s website 1 after May 22, 2020. Staff has held similar conferences in this proceeding in the past years, focused on enhancing market and planning efficiency and the resilience of the bulk power system. As in past conferences, this conference will bring together experts from diverse backgrounds and experiences, including electric system operators, software developers, and those from government, research centers and academia for the purposes of stimulating discussion, sharing information, and identifying fruitful avenues for research concerning the technical aspects of improved 1 https://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indusact/market-planning.asp. PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 software for increasing efficiency and resilience of the bulk power system. This conference is intended to build on those previous discussions. Staff will be facilitating discussions to explore research and operational advances with respect to market modeling that appear to have significant promise for potential efficiency or resilience improvements. Broadly, such topics fall into the following categories: (1) Improvements to the representation of physical constraints that are either not currently modeled or currently modeled using mathematical approximations (e.g., voltage and reactive power constraints, stability constraints, fuel delivery constraints, and constraints related to contingencies); (2) Consideration of uncertainty to better maximize economic efficiency (expected market surplus) and better understand events that could impact resilience of the bulk power system, e.g., stochastic modeling, or other improved modeling approaches to energy and reserve dispatch and system planning that efficiently manage uncertainty; (3) Software related to grid-enhancing technologies, such as those described in the notices for Docket No. AD19–19, Grid-enhancing Technologies, and Docket No. AD19–15, Managing Transmission Line Ratings, including optimal transmission switching, dynamic line ratings, distributed energy resources, and software for forecasting and enhancing visibility into changing system conditions. (4) Improvements to the ability to identify and use flexibility in the existing systems in ways that improve bulk power system resilience and economic efficiency, e.g., transmission constraint relaxation practices, and ramp management; (5) Improvements to the duality interpretations of the economic dispatch model, with the goal of enabling the calculation of prices which represent better equilibrium and incentives for efficient entry and exit; (6) Limitations of current electricity market software due to its interaction with hardware, for example, parallel computing and better cache management; (7) Other improvements in algorithms, model formulations, or hardware that may allow for increases in market efficiency and enhanced bulk power system resilience. Within these or related topics, we encourage presentations that discuss best modeling practices, existing modeling practices that need improvement, any advances made, or related perspectives on increasing E:\FR\FM\26FEN1.SGM 26FEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 38 / Wednesday, February 26, 2020 / Notices market efficiency and resilience through improved power systems modeling. The technical conference will be held at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission headquarters, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. All interested participants are invited to attend, and participants with ideas for relevant presentations are invited to nominate themselves to speak at the conference. Speaker nominations must be submitted on or before April 17, 2020 through the Commission’s website 2 by providing the proposed speaker’s contact information along with a title, abstract, and list of contributing authors for the proposed presentation. Proposed presentations should be related to the topics discussed above. Speakers and presentations will be selected to ensure relevant topics and to accommodate time constraints. Although registration is not required for general attendance by United States citizens, we encourage those planning to attend the conference to register through the Commission’s website.3 We will provide nametags for those who register on or before June 5, 2020. We strongly encourage attendees who are not citizens of the United States to register for the conference by April 24, 2020, in order to avoid any delay associated with being processed by FERC security. The Commission will accept comments following the conference, with a deadline of July 31, 2020. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Commission’s website that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. WebEx streaming of this conference will be available. Off-site participants interested in listening via teleconference or listening and viewing the presentations through WebEx must register at by 5:00 p.m. EST on June 12, 2020. WebEx and teleconferencing may not be available to those who do not register. FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502– 2 https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/ real-market-6-23-20-speaker-form.asp. 3 The registration form is located at https:// www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/real-market-623-20-form.asp. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Feb 25, 2020 Jkt 250001 8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208– 2106 with the required accommodations. For further information about these conferences, please contact: Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, (202) 502–8004, Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov Alexander Smith (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, (202) 502–6601, Alexander.Smith@ferc.gov Dated: February 14, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–03795 Filed 2–25–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0450; FRL–10004– 82] Final Designation of Low-Priority Substances Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Notice of Availability Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: As required by the Frank R. 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For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@ epa.gov. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11069 Additional instructions on visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary A. Does this action apply to me? This action is directed to the public in general and may be of interest to entities that currently or may manufacture (including import) a chemical substance regulated under TSCA (e.g., entities identified under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes 325 and 324110). The action may also be of interest to chemical processors, distributors in commerce, and users; non-profit organizations in the environmental and public health sectors; state and local government agencies; and members of the public. Because interest in this notice may be broad, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities and corresponding NAICS codes for entities that may be interested in or affected by this action. B. What action is the Agency taking? EPA is designating 20 chemical substances as Low-Priority Substances pursuant to section 6(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2605(b). This document includes the final designation for each of the chemical substances and instructions on how to access the chemical-specific information, analysis and basis used by EPA to make the final designation for each chemical substance. C. Why is the Agency taking this action? As required by TSCA section 6(b)(2)(B), EPA is designating 20 chemical substances as Low-Priority Substances. EPA initiated the prioritization process required by TSCA section 6(b) on March 21, 2019 (Ref. 1) and published screening reviews supporting their proposed designation as Low-Priority Substances on August 15, 2019 (Ref. 2). D. What is the Agency’s authority for taking this action? This document is issued pursuant to TSCA section 6(b). E. What are the estimated incremental impacts of this action? This document identifies 20 chemical substances as Low-Priority Substances. This document does not establish any requirements on persons or entities outside of the Agency. No incremental impacts are therefore anticipated, and E:\FR\FM\26FEN1.SGM 26FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-03795]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD10-12-011]


Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency and Enhancing 
Resilience Through Improved Software; Notice of Technical Conference: 
Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market Efficiency and Enhancing 
Resilience Through Improved Software

    Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical 
conference on June 23, 24, and 25, 2020 to discuss opportunities for 
increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency and enhancing the 
resilience of the bulk power system through improved software. A 
detailed agenda with the list of and times for the selected speakers 
will be published on the Commission's website \1\ after May 22, 2020.
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    \1\ https://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/market-planning.asp.
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    Staff has held similar conferences in this proceeding in the past 
years, focused on enhancing market and planning efficiency and the 
resilience of the bulk power system. As in past conferences, this 
conference will bring together experts from diverse backgrounds and 
experiences, including electric system operators, software developers, 
and those from government, research centers and academia for the 
purposes of stimulating discussion, sharing information, and 
identifying fruitful avenues for research concerning the technical 
aspects of improved software for increasing efficiency and resilience 
of the bulk power system.
    This conference is intended to build on those previous discussions. 
Staff will be facilitating discussions to explore research and 
operational advances with respect to market modeling that appear to 
have significant promise for potential efficiency or resilience 
improvements. Broadly, such topics fall into the following categories:
    (1) Improvements to the representation of physical constraints that 
are either not currently modeled or currently modeled using 
mathematical approximations (e.g., voltage and reactive power 
constraints, stability constraints, fuel delivery constraints, and 
constraints related to contingencies);
    (2) Consideration of uncertainty to better maximize economic 
efficiency (expected market surplus) and better understand events that 
could impact resilience of the bulk power system, e.g., stochastic 
modeling, or other improved modeling approaches to energy and reserve 
dispatch and system planning that efficiently manage uncertainty;
    (3) Software related to grid-enhancing technologies, such as those 
described in the notices for Docket No. AD19-19, Grid-enhancing 
Technologies, and Docket No. AD19-15, Managing Transmission Line 
Ratings, including optimal transmission switching, dynamic line 
ratings, distributed energy resources, and software for forecasting and 
enhancing visibility into changing system conditions.
    (4) Improvements to the ability to identify and use flexibility in 
the existing systems in ways that improve bulk power system resilience 
and economic efficiency, e.g., transmission constraint relaxation 
practices, and ramp management;
    (5) Improvements to the duality interpretations of the economic 
dispatch model, with the goal of enabling the calculation of prices 
which represent better equilibrium and incentives for efficient entry 
and exit;
    (6) Limitations of current electricity market software due to its 
interaction with hardware, for example, parallel computing and better 
cache management;
    (7) Other improvements in algorithms, model formulations, or 
hardware that may allow for increases in market efficiency and enhanced 
bulk power system resilience.
    Within these or related topics, we encourage presentations that 
discuss best modeling practices, existing modeling practices that need 
improvement, any advances made, or related perspectives on increasing

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market efficiency and resilience through improved power systems 
modeling.
    The technical conference will be held at the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission headquarters, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 
20426. All interested participants are invited to attend, and 
participants with ideas for relevant presentations are invited to 
nominate themselves to speak at the conference.
    Speaker nominations must be submitted on or before April 17, 2020 
through the Commission's website \2\ by providing the proposed 
speaker's contact information along with a title, abstract, and list of 
contributing authors for the proposed presentation. Proposed 
presentations should be related to the topics discussed above. Speakers 
and presentations will be selected to ensure relevant topics and to 
accommodate time constraints.
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    \2\ https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/real-market-6-23-20-speaker-form.asp.
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    Although registration is not required for general attendance by 
United States citizens, we encourage those planning to attend the 
conference to register through the Commission's website.\3\ We will 
provide nametags for those who register on or before June 5, 2020.
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    \3\ The registration form is located at https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/real-market-6-23-20-form.asp.
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    We strongly encourage attendees who are not citizens of the United 
States to register for the conference by April 24, 2020, in order to 
avoid any delay associated with being processed by FERC security.
    The Commission will accept comments following the conference, with 
a deadline of July 31, 2020.
    There is an ``eSubscription'' link on the Commission's website that 
enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is 
added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online 
service, please email [email protected], or call (866) 208-
3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    WebEx streaming of this conference will be available. Off-site 
participants interested in listening via teleconference or listening 
and viewing the presentations through WebEx must register at by 5:00 
p.m. EST on June 12, 2020. WebEx and teleconferencing may not be 
available to those who do not register.
    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an email to [email protected] 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.
    For further information about these conferences, please contact:

Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, 
(202) 502-8004, [email protected]
Alexander Smith (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-6601, [email protected]

    Dated: February 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-03795 Filed 2-25-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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