99-1215. Regional Transmission Organizations; Notice of Dates and Locations for Consultation Sessions With State Commissions

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3082-3083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1215]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM99-2-000]


Regional Transmission Organizations; Notice of Dates and 
Locations for Consultation Sessions With State Commissions

January 13, 1999.
    On November 24, 1998, the Commission issued notice in this docket 
if its intent to consult with State commissions pursuant to section 
202(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824a(a) 1994).\1\ The 
Commission stated that the purpose of this initial consultation is to 
afford State commissions a reasonable opportunity to present their 
views and recommendations with respect to the potential implementation 
of section 202(a) as part of a broader initiative involving the 
establishment of regional transmission organizations (RTOs).
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    \1\ See Notice of Intent to Consult Under Section 202(a), 63 FR 
66,158, December 1, 1998.
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    The Commission has now identified three dates and locations for the 
initial consultations announced in the November 24 notice. The 
consultation sessions will be:
     February 11, 1999 in St. Louis, Missouri.
     February 12, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
     February 17, 1999 in Washington, DC.

Any State commission that wishes to participate in one of the 
consultation sessions should advise the Commission, by no later than 
January 28, 1999, as to which one of the sessions it wishes to send a 
representative(s). It is the Commission's preference that State 
commissions participate in the session

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nearest their geographic location. The contact person at the Commission 
for this purpose is James Apperson, [phone]. The Commission will 
issue another notice prior to the consultation sessions with further 
details about the participants and format of the sessions.
    As we stated in our November 24 notice, after these initial 
consultation sessions, there will be additional opportunities for 
consultation during which the Commission will solicit and consider the 
views of the States, and others, in a rulemaking or other generic 
proceeding on RTOs.

    By direction of the Commission.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1215 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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