2021-27455. Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission; Notice Announcing Meeting and Inviting Agenda Topics

On June 17, 2021, the Commission established a Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission (Task Force) to formally explore transmission-related topics outlined in the Commission's order.^[1] The Commission stated that the Task Force will convene for multiple formal meetings annually, which will be open to the public for listening and observing and on the record.^[2] The first public meeting of the Task Force was held on November 10, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky.^[3] The second public meeting of the Task Force will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting will be held at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Washington, DC. Commissioners may attend and participate in this meeting.

The meeting will be open to the public for listening and observing and on the record. There is no fee for attendance and registration is not required. The public may attend in person or via Webcast.^[4] This 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 [e-mail] or call toll free 1-866-208-3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations.

As explained in the Establishing Order, the Commission will issue agendas for each meeting of the Task Force, after consulting with all Task Force members and considering suggestions from state commissions.^[5] The Establishing Order set forth a broad array of transmission-related topics that the Task Force has the authority to examine and will focus on topics related to planning and paying for transmission, including transmission to facilitate generator interconnection, that provides benefits from a federal and state perspective.^[6] The first public meeting focused on incorporating state perspectives into regional transmission planning. In anticipation of the second public meeting, all interested persons, including all state commissions, are hereby invited to file comments in this docket on agenda topics for the second public meeting of the Task Force, due January 4, 2022. The Task Force members will consider the suggested agenda topics in developing the agenda for the second public meeting. The Commission will issue the agenda no later than February 2, 2022, for the second public meeting to be held on February 16, 2022.

Comments may be filed electronically via the internet.^[7] Instructions are available on the Commission's website, https://www.ferc.gov/​ferc-online/​overview. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [e-mail] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, [phone]. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

More information about the Task Force, including frequently asked questions, is available here: https://www.ferc.gov/​TFSOET. For more information about this meeting, please contact: Gretchen Kershaw, 202-502-8213, [e-mail] ; or Jennifer Murphy, 202-898-1350, [e-mail]. For information related to logistics, please contact Benjamin Williams, 202-502-8506, [e-mail]; or Rob Thormeyer, 202-502-8694, [e-mail].

Dated: December 14, 2021.

Debbie-Anne A. Reese,

Deputy Secretary.

Footnotes

1.   Joint Fed.-State Task Force on Elec. Transmission, 175 FERC ¶ 61,224 (2021) (Establishing Order).

2.   Id. P 4.

3.   See Joint Fed.-State Task Force on Elec. Transmission, 176 FERC ¶ 61,131, at P 6 (2021); Joint Fed.-State Task Force on Elec. Transmission, Notice, Docket No. AD21-15-000 (issued Oct. 27, 2021).

4.  A link to the Webcast will be available here on the day of the event: https://www.ferc.gov/​TFSOET.

5.  Establishing Order, 175 FERC ¶ 61,224 at PP 4, 7.

6.   Id. P 6.

7.   See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2021).