97-9647. Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection; Notice of Technical Conference and Potential Broadcast of Technical Conference

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18339-18340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9647]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. OA97-261-000 and ER97-1082-000]


Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection; Notice of 
Technical Conference and Potential Broadcast of Technical Conference

April 9, 1997.
    As previously announced in the Commission's order issued on 
February 28, 1997, MidContinent Area Power Pool, et al., 78 FERC para. 
61,203 (1997), the Commission will convene a technical conference 
concerning the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM) 
congestion pricing proposals filed in the captioned proceedings. The 
technical conference will be held on May 9, 1997, at the offices of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The technical conference will commence at 10:00 
a.m.

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and will be open to all interested persons.
    The technical conference will be divided into two parts. The first 
part will consist of a panel focusing on technical aspects of the 
congestion pricing proposal submitted by the Supporting Companies 
Group. The first panel should be prepared to discuss, among other 
matters, the information filed in response to the March 28, 1997, 
letter from the Director, Division of Applications, of the Office of 
Electric Power Regulation, and the details of the Energy Accounting 
Example attached to the Supporting Companies Group December 31, 1996, 
compliance filing.
    The second part will consist of a panel addressing conceptual and 
policy issues pertaining to the congestion pricing proposals of both 
the Supporting Companies Group and PECO Energy Company, including: (1) 
whether the proposals provide appropriate price signals; (2) whether 
the proposals will result in impermissible ``And'' pricing of 
transmission capacity; (3) whether the Supporting Companies Group 
locational energy pricing approach will be beneficial absent 
implementation of market-based pricing; and (4) whether the proposals 
provide appropriate incentives to expand transmission capacity in order 
to relieve transmission constraints.
    Persons wishing to speak at the technical conference must submit a 
request to make a statement in Docket Nos. OA97-261-000 and ER97-1082-
000. The request should clearly specify the name of the person desiring 
to speak and the party or parties the speaker represents. The request 
must also include a brief synopsis of the issue or issues the speaker 
wishes to address as well as the speaker's position on the issue or 
issues. All requests must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426 on or before April 18, 1997. The Commission will 
issue a further notice listing the speakers and panels for the 
technical conference.
    In addition, all interested persons are invited to submit written 
comments addressing topics discussed at the technical conference. 
(There is no need to reiterate comments that already have been made in 
pleadings filed in these dockets.) Comments must be received on or 
before April 25, 1997. The comments should be no longer than 25 pages 
in length, double spaced, on 8'' x 11'' paper, with standard margins. 
Parties submitting comments must submit fourteen (14) written copies of 
their comments and also must submit two copies of the file on a 
computer diskette, one in WordPerfect 6.1 format, and one in a DOS file 
in the ASCII format (with 1'' margins and 10 characters per inch). The 
two computer files should be labeled (--.WP and --.ACS) to avoid 
confusion. Comments must include a one page executive summary and must 
be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and reference 
Docket Nos. OA97-261-000 and ER97-1082-000. All written comments will 
be placed in the Commission's public files and will be available for 
inspection or copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room during 
normal business hours. The Commission also will make all comments 
publicly available on its EBB.

Broadcast of Technical Conference

    If there is sufficient interest, the Capitol Connection will 
broadcast the technical conference on May 9, 1997, to interested 
persons. Persons interested in receiving the broadcast for a fee should 
contact Shirley Al-Jarani at the Capitol Connection [phone] no 
later than May 2, 1997.
    In addition, National Narrowcast Network's Hearings-On-the-Line 
service covers all FERC meetings live by telephone so that anyone can 
listen at their desk, from their homes, or from any phone without 
special equipment. Call [phone] for details. Billing is based on 
time on-line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Grace E. Goodman, Office of Electric Power Regulation, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
[phone];
David E. Mead, Office of Economic Policy, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, [phone];
Steven M. Kramer, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 
[phone].
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-9647 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45 am]
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