Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software, 11700-11701 [2022-04376]

Download as PDF 11700 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Notices Dated: February 25, 2022. Stephanie Valentine, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2022–04360 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD10–12–013] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical conference on June 21, 22, and 23, 2022 to discuss opportunities for increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency 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 and in eLibrary after May 20, 2022. This conference will bring together and encourage discussion between experts from diverse backgrounds, including electric power system operators, software developers, and professionals from government, research centers, and academia. The conference will bring these experts together for the purposes of stimulating discussion, sharing information, and identifying fruitful avenues for research on improving software for increased efficiency and reliability of the bulk power system. This conference will build on discussions at prior conferences in this proceeding by focusing on topics identified as important to market efficiency in those conferences. Broadly, such topics fall into the following categories: (1) Software for better modeling and computation of storage resources and distributed energy resources (DERs), especially software that addresses challenges such resources pose to current market-clearing and dispatch algorithms. (2) Software advances to help with the transition to increased use of 1 https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/electric/ power-sales-and-markets/increasing-efficiencythrough-improved-software. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 256001 probabilistic models in system planning, whether scenario-based or stochastic, to better account lowprobability, high-impact events, such as extreme weather events, which are increasingly common. (3) Improvements to the ability to identify and use flexibility in the existing systems in ways that improve bulk power system reliability and economic efficiency, including transmission constraint relaxation practices, ramp management, and improving resources’ responsiveness to dispatch instructions. (4) Representations of uncertainty that increase market efficiency and lead to better understanding of events that could impact reliability of the bulk power system, including: 15-Minute unit-commitment and day-ahead market intervals; stochastic modeling; software for forecasting and enhancing visibility into changing system conditions; improved modeling approaches to energy and reserve dispatch; and software for managing uncertainties in variable energy resource output. (5) Software related to grid-enhancing technologies, such as those described in Docket Nos. AD19–19 2 and AD19–15,3 including optimal transmission switching, dynamic transmission line ratings, power flow controls, and any software related to implementing the Commission’s recent rulemaking regarding line ratings in Order No. 881.4 (6) Software for better modeling and computation of resources with distinct operating characteristics such as storage resources, multi-stage/multiconfiguration resources, hybrid resources, aggregations of DERs, and others. Presentations on this topic should focus on alternative formulations and solution methods for market models. (7) Improvements to the representation of physical constraints that are either not currently modeled or currently modeled using mathematical approximations, including voltage and reactive power constraints, stability constraints, fuel delivery constraints, and constraints related to contingencies. (8) Software that enables the calculation of prices that better reflect costs of operation and that provide better incentives for efficient market entry and market exit. (9) Other improvements in algorithms, model formulations, or hardware that 2 Electric Transmission Incentives Policy under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act, Docket No. AD19–19–000. 3 Managing Transmission Line Ratings, Docket No. AD19–15–000. 4 Managing Transmission Line Ratings, Order No. 881, 177 FERC ¶ 61,179 (2021). PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 may allow for increases in market efficiency and enhanced bulk power system reliability. Within these or related topics, we encourage presentations that discuss modeling best practices, existing modeling practices that need improvement, any modeling advances newly achieved, or perspectives on increasing market efficiency through improved power systems modeling. The conference will take place virtually via WebEx, with remote participation from both presenters and attendees. Further details on remote attendance and participation will be released prior to the conference. Attendees must register through the Commission’s website on or before June 10, 2022.5 WebEx connections may not be available to those who do not register. Speaker nominations must be submitted on or before April 22, 2022 through the Commission’s website 6 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. The Commission will accept comments following the conference, with a deadline of July 29, 2022. 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. 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– 8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208– 2106 with the required accommodations. This notice is issued and published in accordance with 18 CFR 2.1. 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 5 The attendee registration form is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SHFLFKV. 6 The speaker nomination form is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S3M89MK. E:\FR\FM\02MRN1.SGM 02MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Notices and Innovation, (202) 502–6601, Alexander.Smith@ferc.gov. Dated: February 24, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–04376 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER22–1103–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 BRP Capital & Trade LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of BRP Capital & Trade LLC’s application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes a request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with regard to the applicant’s request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability, is March 16, 2022. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 256001 Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Dated: February 24, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–04377 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP22–579–000. Applicants: Stagecoach Pipeline & Storage Company LLC. Description: Compliance filing: Conversion to DART System and Other Housekeeping Tariff Changes to be effective 4/1/2022. Filed Date: 2/23/22. Accession Number: 20220223–5041. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–580–000. Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Amendment to a Negotiated Rate Agreement Filing-Mercuria Energy America, LLC to be effective 2/23/2022. Filed Date: 2/23/22. Accession Number: 20220223–5043. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–581–000. Applicants: Arlington Storage Company, LLC. Description: Compliance filing: Conversion to DART System and Other PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11701 Housekeeping Tariff Changes to be effective 4/1/2022. Filed Date: 2/23/22. Accession Number: 20220223–5045. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–582–000. Applicants: East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate—Amended CNX 410344 to be effective 3/1/2022. Filed Date: 2/23/22. Accession Number: 20220223–5074. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–583–000. Applicants: Millennium Pipeline Company, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: RAM 2022 to be effective 4/1/2022. Filed Date: 2/23/22. Accession Number: 20220223–5081. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/22. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: February 24, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD10-12-013]


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

    Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical 
conference on June 21, 22, and 23, 2022 to discuss opportunities for 
increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency 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\ and in eLibrary after May 20, 2022.
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    \1\ https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/electric/power-sales-and-markets/increasing-efficiency-through-improved-software.
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    This conference will bring together and encourage discussion 
between experts from diverse backgrounds, including electric power 
system operators, software developers, and professionals from 
government, research centers, and academia. The conference will bring 
these experts together for the purposes of stimulating discussion, 
sharing information, and identifying fruitful avenues for research on 
improving software for increased efficiency and reliability of the bulk 
power system.
    This conference will build on discussions at prior conferences in 
this proceeding by focusing on topics identified as important to market 
efficiency in those conferences. Broadly, such topics fall into the 
following categories:
    (1) Software for better modeling and computation of storage 
resources and distributed energy resources (DERs), especially software 
that addresses challenges such resources pose to current market-
clearing and dispatch algorithms.
    (2) Software advances to help with the transition to increased use 
of probabilistic models in system planning, whether scenario-based or 
stochastic, to better account low-probability, high-impact events, such 
as extreme weather events, which are increasingly common.
    (3) Improvements to the ability to identify and use flexibility in 
the existing systems in ways that improve bulk power system reliability 
and economic efficiency, including transmission constraint relaxation 
practices, ramp management, and improving resources' responsiveness to 
dispatch instructions.
    (4) Representations of uncertainty that increase market efficiency 
and lead to better understanding of events that could impact 
reliability of the bulk power system, including: 15-Minute unit-
commitment and day-ahead market intervals; stochastic modeling; 
software for forecasting and enhancing visibility into changing system 
conditions; improved modeling approaches to energy and reserve 
dispatch; and software for managing uncertainties in variable energy 
resource output.
    (5) Software related to grid-enhancing technologies, such as those 
described in Docket Nos. AD19-19 \2\ and AD19-15,\3\ including optimal 
transmission switching, dynamic transmission line ratings, power flow 
controls, and any software related to implementing the Commission's 
recent rulemaking regarding line ratings in Order No. 881.\4\
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    \2\ Electric Transmission Incentives Policy under Section 219 of 
the Federal Power Act, Docket No. AD19-19-000.
    \3\ Managing Transmission Line Ratings, Docket No. AD19-15-000.
    \4\ Managing Transmission Line Ratings, Order No. 881, 177 FERC 
] 61,179 (2021).
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    (6) Software for better modeling and computation of resources with 
distinct operating characteristics such as storage resources, multi-
stage/multi-configuration resources, hybrid resources, aggregations of 
DERs, and others. Presentations on this topic should focus on 
alternative formulations and solution methods for market models.
    (7) Improvements to the representation of physical constraints that 
are either not currently modeled or currently modeled using 
mathematical approximations, including voltage and reactive power 
constraints, stability constraints, fuel delivery constraints, and 
constraints related to contingencies.
    (8) Software that enables the calculation of prices that better 
reflect costs of operation and that provide better incentives for 
efficient market entry and market exit.
    (9) Other improvements in algorithms, model formulations, or 
hardware that may allow for increases in market efficiency and enhanced 
bulk power system reliability.
    Within these or related topics, we encourage presentations that 
discuss modeling best practices, existing modeling practices that need 
improvement, any modeling advances newly achieved, or perspectives on 
increasing market efficiency through improved power systems modeling.
    The conference will take place virtually via WebEx, with remote 
participation from both presenters and attendees. Further details on 
remote attendance and participation will be released prior to the 
conference.
    Attendees must register through the Commission's website on or 
before June 10, 2022.\5\ WebEx connections may not be available to 
those who do not register.
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    \5\ The attendee registration form is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SHFLFKV.
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    Speaker nominations must be submitted on or before April 22, 2022 
through the Commission's website \6\ 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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    \6\ The speaker nomination form is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S3M89MK.
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    The Commission will accept comments following the conference, with 
a deadline of July 29, 2022.
    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.
    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. This notice is issued and published 
in accordance with 18 CFR 2.1.
    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

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and Innovation, (202) 502-6601, [email protected].

    Dated: February 24, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04376 Filed 3-1-22; 8:45 am]
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