Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference, 55009-55010 [2020-19484]

Download as PDF jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 172 / Thursday, September 3, 2020 / Notices Filed Date: 8/28/20. Accession Number: 20200828–5120. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/18/20. Docket Numbers: ER20–2763–000. Applicants: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: WPC Sched B Modification Filing to be effective 11/1/2020. Filed Date: 8/28/20. Accession Number: 20200828–5111. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/18/20. Docket Numbers: ER20–2764–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc, Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2020–08–28_SA 3552 NSP–GRE–OTP– WMMPA–CMMPA T–T (Steep Bank) to be effective 9/30/2019. Filed Date: 8/28/20. Accession Number: 20200828–5115. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/18/20. Docket Numbers: ER20–2765–000. Applicants: Alabama Power Company. 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[FR Doc. 2020–19486 Filed 9–2–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 55009 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD20–14–000] Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued in this proceeding on June 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will convene a Commissioner-led technical conference in the above-referenced proceeding on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. The conference will be held electronically. The purpose of this conference is to discuss considerations related to stateadoption of mechanisms to price carbon dioxide emissions, commonly referred to as carbon pricing, in regions with Commission-jurisdictional organized wholesale electricity markets (i.e., regions with regional transmission organizations/independent system operators, or RTOs/ISOs). This conference will focus on carbon pricing approaches where a state (or group of states) sets an explicit carbon price, whether through a price-based or quantity-based approach, and how that carbon price intersects with RTO/ISOadministered markets, addressing both legal and technical issues. The agenda and list of panelists for this conference are attached. There is no fee for attendance, and the conference will be webcast for the public to attend electronically. Information on this technical conference, including a link to the webcast, will also be posted on this conference’s event page on the Commission’s website, www.ferc.gov/ news-events/events/technicalconference-regarding-carbon-pricingorganized-wholesale-electricity, prior to the event. The conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available for a fee from Ace Reporting, (202) 347–3700. 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 (866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208–2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about this technical conference, please contact: E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1 55010 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 172 / Thursday, September 3, 2020 / Notices John Miller (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market Regulation, (202) 502–6016, john.miller@ferc.gov Anne Marie Hirschberger (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, (202) 502–8387, annemarie.hirschberger@ferc.gov Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, (202) 502–8004, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov Dated: August 28, 2020. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–19484 Filed 9–2–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project—Rate Order No. WAPA–192 Western Area Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Notice of rate order extending Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project transmission service rates. AGENCY: The extension of existing Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project transmission service rates has been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The existing transmission service rates under Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 were set to expire on September 30, 2020. This rate extension makes no change to the existing transmission service rates and extends them through September 30, 2023. DATES: The extended transmission service rates under Rate Schedules INT– FT5 and NFT–4 will be placed into effect on an interim basis on October 1, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey A. LeBeau, Regional Manager, Desert Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, telephone (602) 605–2525, or email: dswpwrmrk@ wapa.gov; or Tina Ramsey, Rates Manager, Desert Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, telephone (602) 605–2565, or email: ramsey@wapa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Legal Authority By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, effective November 19, 2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to the Western Area VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Sep 02, 2020 Jkt 250001 Power Administration’s (WAPA) Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve on a final basis, remand, or disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In Delegation Order No. 00–002.00S, effective January 15, 2020, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Under Secretary of Energy. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10E, effective February 14, 2020, the Under Secretary of Energy further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10– 05, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant Secretary for Electricity further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to WAPA’s Administrator. This rate action is issued under the Redelegation Order No. 00– 002.10–05 and Department of Energy’s (DOE) rate extension procedures set forth at 10 CFR 903.23(a).1 Following DOE’s review of WAPA’s proposal, I hereby confirm, approve, and place Rate Order No. WAPA–192 into effect on an interim basis. This extends, without adjustment, existing Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 through September 30, 2023. WAPA will submit Rate Order No. WAPA–192 and the extended rate schedules to FERC for confirmation and approval on a final basis. Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 25, 2020, by Mark A. Gabriel, Administrator, Western Area Power Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document, with the original signature and date, is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. 1 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 (Feb. 21, 2019). PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Signed in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2020. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. Department of Energy Administrator, Western Area Power Administration In the Matter of: Western Area Power Administration Extension of Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project Transmission Service Rate Schedules, Rate Order No. WAPA–192. ORDER CONFIRMING, APPROVING, AND PLACING THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE RATES FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST– PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTERTIE PROJECT INTO EFFECT ON AN INTERIM BASIS The transmission service rates in Rate Order No. WAPA–192 are established following section 302 of the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152).2 By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, effective November 19, 2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to the Western Area Power Administration’s (WAPA) Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect such rates on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve on a final basis, remand, or disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). By Delegation Order No. 00–002.00S, effective January 15, 2020, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Under Secretary of Energy. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10E, effective February 14, 2020, the Under Secretary of Energy further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10– 05, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant Secretary for Electricity further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to WAPA’s Administrator. This extension is issued under the Redelegation Order No. 00– 002.10–05 and DOE’s rate extension 2 This Act transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s); and other acts that specifically apply to the projects involved. E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 172 (Thursday, September 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55009-55010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19484]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD20-14-000]


Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets; 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued in this 
proceeding on June 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) will convene a Commissioner-led technical conference in 
the above-referenced proceeding on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. The conference will 
be held electronically.
    The purpose of this conference is to discuss considerations related 
to state-adoption of mechanisms to price carbon dioxide emissions, 
commonly referred to as carbon pricing, in regions with Commission-
jurisdictional organized wholesale electricity markets (i.e., regions 
with regional transmission organizations/independent system operators, 
or RTOs/ISOs). This conference will focus on carbon pricing approaches 
where a state (or group of states) sets an explicit carbon price, 
whether through a price-based or quantity-based approach, and how that 
carbon price intersects with RTO/ISO-administered markets, addressing 
both legal and technical issues.
    The agenda and list of panelists for this conference are attached. 
There is no fee for attendance, and the conference will be webcast for 
the public to attend electronically. Information on this technical 
conference, including a link to the webcast, will also be posted on 
this conference's event page on the Commission's website, www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/technical-conference-regarding-carbon-pricing-organized-wholesale-electricity, prior to the event. The conference 
will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available for a fee from Ace 
Reporting, (202) 347-3700.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an email to [email protected], call toll-free (866) 208-3372 
(voice) or (202) 208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact:

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John Miller (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market 
Regulation, (202) 502-6016, [email protected]
Anne Marie Hirschberger (Legal Information), Office of the General 
Counsel, (202) 502-8387, [email protected]
Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, 
(202) 502-8004, [email protected]

    Dated: August 28, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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