[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27726-27727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13329]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Public Law 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: Tuesday, June 3, 1997, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM;
Place: Valley Forge Hilton, Rittenhouse Ballroom, 251 West Dekalb
Pike, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 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
8:30-8:45 Opening Remarks & Objectives; Philip Sharp, Chairman,
Electric System Reliability Task Force
8:45-9:15 Presentation and Discussion: Legal Issues Regarding FERC as
a ``Backstop''
9:15-10:15 Discussion: Role of the FERC
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Discussion: Role of the National Reliability Organization
(NERC and RRCs)
11:45-12:00 Public Comment
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Discussion: Role of the Regional Independent System Operator
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:45 Discussion: Role of States and Regional Regulatory Agencies
3:45-4:00 Closing remarks: Philip Sharp, Chairman, Electric System
Reliability Task Force
4:00 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 David Cheney, Acting
Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 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, DC, between 9:00 AM
and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.
Issued at Washington, DC, on May 16, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-13329 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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