[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54840-54841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27959]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby
given of the following advisory committee meeting:
NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Electric System Reliability
Task Force.
DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, November 6, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: ANA Hotel, Ballroom I, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
20037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-1709 or (202) 586-6279
(fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition
to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the
structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it. This
transition raises many reliability issues, as new entities emerge in
the power markets and as generation becomes less integrated with
transmission.
Purpose of the Task Force
The purpose of the Electric System Reliability Task Force is to
provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy Advisory
Board regarding the critical institutional, technical, and policy
issues that need to be addressed in order to maintain the reliability
of the nation's bulk electric system in the context of a more
competitive industry.
Tentative Agenda
Thursday, November 6, 1997
8:30-8:45 AM Opening Remarks & Objectives--Philip Sharp, ESR Task
Force Chairman.
8:45-9:45 AM Briefing: Reliability Council Progress in Addressing Key
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Issues--David Nevius, Vice President, NERC.
9:45-10:00 AM Break.
10:00-11:30 AM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on a Self-Regulating Reliability Organization.
11:30-12:00 PM Public Comment Period.
12:00-1:15 PM Lunch.
1:15-2:30 PM Working Session: Discussion of Draft Outline of
Technology Issues Affecting Reliability.
2:30-3:45 PM Panel Discussion: The Role of ISOs in Maintaining
Reliability.
3:45-4:00 PM Public Comment Period.
4:00 PM Adjourn.
This tentative agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will
be available at the meeting.
Public Participation
The Chairman of the Task Force is empowered to conduct the meeting
in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the
orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in Washington, D.C.,
the Task Force welcomes public comment. Members of the public will be
heard in the order in which they sign up at the beginning of the
meeting. The Task Force will make every effort to hear the views of all
interested parties. Written comments may be submitted to Skila Harris,
Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
20585.
Minutes
Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available for
public review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting
at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C., between 9:00
AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.
Information on the Electric System Reliability Task Force and the Task
Force's interim report may be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory
Board's web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.
Issued at Washington, D.C., on October 17, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-27959 Filed 10-21-97; 8:45 am]
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