Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act; Second Supplemental Notice of Workshop, 51347-51348 [2021-19900]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 15, 2021 / Notices cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2021–19815 Filed 9–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of Previously Approved Collection U.S. Election Assistance Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (‘‘PRA’’), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (‘‘EAC’’) gives notice that it is requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) an extension (without change) of its currently approved National Mail Voter Registration form (OMB Control No. 3265–0015). 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RM20–10–000; AD19–19–000] Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act; Second Supplemental Notice of Workshop As announced in the Notice of Workshop issued on April 15, 2021, and in the Supplemental Notice of Workshop issued on August 13, 2021, in the above-referenced proceedings, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff will convene a workshop to discuss certain shared savings incentive approaches that may foster deployment of transmission technologies. The workshop will be held on Friday, September 10, 2021, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The workshop will be held virtually via WebEx. Commissioners may attend and participate. Transmission technologies, as deployed in certain circumstances, may enhance reliability, efficiency, and capacity, and improve the operation of new or existing transmission facilities. The workshop will discuss issues related to shared savings approaches 1 for transmission technologies seeking incentives under Federal Power Act section 219.2 The workshop will focus on how to calculate ex ante and ex post benefit analyses for transmission technologies seeking incentives. Specifically, the workshop will explore the maturity of the modeling approaches for various transmission technologies; the data needed to study the benefits/ costs of such technologies; issues pertaining to access to or confidentiality of this data; the time horizons that should be considered for such studies; and other issues related to verifying forecasted benefits. The workshop may also discuss other issues, including whether and how to account for circumstances in which benefits do not materialize as anticipated. Attached to this Supplemental Notice is an updated agenda for the workshop, which includes the final workshop program and speakers. The workshop will be open for the public to attend virtually. Information on the workshop will also be posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission’s website, https://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The workshop will be transcribed. 1 See, e.g., WATT Coalition and Advanced Energy Economy September 3, 2021 Comments. 2 16 U.S.C. 824s(b)(3). E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1 51348 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 15, 2021 / Notices Transcripts of the workshop will be available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. (202–347–3700). For more information about this workshop, please contact David Borden, 202–502–8734, david.borden@ferc.gov or Samin Peirovi, 202–502–8080, samin.peirovi@ferc.gov for technical questions; Meghan O’Brien, 202–502– 6137, meghan.o’brien@ferc.gov for legal questions; and Sarah McKinley, 202– 502–8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov for logistical issues. Dated: September 9, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–19900 Filed 9–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. IC21–32–000] Commission Information Collection Activities; FERC–917 & FERC–918; Comment Request; Extension Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE. ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments. AGENCY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the information collections, FERC–917 (Electric Transmission Facilities) and FERC–918 (Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities), which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the information collection requirements. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due October 15, 2021. ADDRESSES: Send written comments on FERC–917 and/or FERC–918) to OMB through www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the OMB Control Number (1902–0233) in the subject line of your comments. Comments should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ do/PRAMain. Please submit copies of your comments to the Commission. You may submit copies of your comments (identified by Docket No. IC21–32–000) by one of the following methods: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:08 Sep 14, 2021 Jkt 253001 Electronic filing through https:// www.ferc.gov, is preferred. • Electronic Filing: Documents must be filed in acceptable native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or picture format. • For those unable to file electronically, comments may be filed by USPS mail or by hand (including courier) delivery. Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: Addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Æ Hand (including courier) Delivery: Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. Instructions: OMB submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with submission guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Using the search function under the ‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’ to the right of the subject collection. FERC submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For user assistance, contact FERC Online Support by email at ferconlinesupport@ ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502–8663. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: FERC–917, Electric Transmission Facilities and FERC–918, Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities. OMB Control No.: 1902–0233. Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC–917 and FERC–918 information collection requirements with no changes to the reporting requirements. Type of Respondents: Public utilities transmission providers. Abstract: On February 17, 2007, the Commission issued Order No. 890 1 to address and remedy opportunities for undue discrimination under the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff 1 Order No. 890, Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Service, 18 FERC ¶ 31,096 (2007), 72 FR 12,266 (2007). PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (OATT) adopted in 1996 by Order No. 888.2 Through Order No. 890, the Commission: 1. Adopted pro forma OATT provisions necessary to keep imbalance charges closely related to incremental costs. 2. Increased nondiscriminatory access to the grid by requiring public utilities, working through the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), to develop consistent methodologies for available transfer capability (ATC) calculation and to publish those methodologies to increase transparency. 3. Required an open, transparent, and coordinated transmission planning process thereby increasing the ability of customers to access new generating resources and promote efficient utilization of transmission. 4. Gave the right to customers to request from transmission providers, studies addressing congestion and/or integration of new resource loads in areas of the transmission system where they have encountered transmission problems due to congestion or where they believe upgrades and other investments may be necessary to reduce congestion and to integrate new resources. 5. Required both the transmission provider’s merchant function and network customers to include a statement with each application for network service or to designate a new network resource that attests, for each network resource identified, that the transmission customer owns or has committed to purchase the designated network resource and the designated network resource comports with the requirements for designated network resources. The network customer includes this attestation in the customer’s comment section of the request when it confirms the request on the Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS). 6. Required with regard to capacity reassignment that: (a) All sales or assignments of capacity be conducted through or otherwise posted on the transmission provider’s OASIS on or before the date the reassigned service 2 Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, Order No. 888, 61 FR 21540 (May 10, 1996), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996), order on reh’g, Order No. 888–A, 62 FR 12274 (Mar. 14, 1997), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,048 (1997), order on reh’g, Order No. 888–B, 81 FERC ¶ 61,248 (1997), order on reh’g, Order No. 888–C, 82 FERC ¶ 61,046 (1998), aff’d in relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 2000), aff’d sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002). E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 15, 2021)]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-19900]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM20-10-000; AD19-19-000]


Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the 
Federal Power Act; Second Supplemental Notice of Workshop

    As announced in the Notice of Workshop issued on April 15, 2021, 
and in the Supplemental Notice of Workshop issued on August 13, 2021, 
in the above-referenced proceedings, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) staff will convene a workshop to discuss 
certain shared savings incentive approaches that may foster deployment 
of transmission technologies. The workshop will be held on Friday, 
September 10, 2021, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern 
Time. The workshop will be held virtually via WebEx. Commissioners may 
attend and participate.
    Transmission technologies, as deployed in certain circumstances, 
may enhance reliability, efficiency, and capacity, and improve the 
operation of new or existing transmission facilities. The workshop will 
discuss issues related to shared savings approaches \1\ for 
transmission technologies seeking incentives under Federal Power Act 
section 219.\2\ The workshop will focus on how to calculate ex ante and 
ex post benefit analyses for transmission technologies seeking 
incentives. Specifically, the workshop will explore the maturity of the 
modeling approaches for various transmission technologies; the data 
needed to study the benefits/costs of such technologies; issues 
pertaining to access to or confidentiality of this data; the time 
horizons that should be considered for such studies; and other issues 
related to verifying forecasted benefits. The workshop may also discuss 
other issues, including whether and how to account for circumstances in 
which benefits do not materialize as anticipated.
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    \1\ See, e.g., WATT Coalition and Advanced Energy Economy 
September 3, 2021 Comments.
    \2\ 16 U.S.C. 824s(b)(3).
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    Attached to this Supplemental Notice is an updated agenda for the 
workshop, which includes the final workshop program and speakers. The 
workshop will be open for the public to attend virtually. Information 
on the workshop will also be posted on the Calendar of Events on the 
Commission's website, https://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The 
workshop will be transcribed.

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Transcripts of the workshop will be available for a fee from Ace-
Federal Reporters, Inc. (202-347-3700).
    For more information about this workshop, please contact David 
Borden, 202-502-8734, [email protected] or Samin Peirovi, 202-502-
8080, [email protected] for technical questions; Meghan O'Brien, 
202-502-6137, meghan.o'[email protected] for legal questions; and Sarah 
McKinley, 202-502-8368, [email protected] for logistical issues.

    Dated: September 9, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-19900 Filed 9-14-21; 8:45 am]
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