[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49101-49102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24570]
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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. 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, September 29, 1998, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM.
ADDRESSES: Georgetown University Conference Center, Salon H, 3800
Reservoir Road, NW, Washington DC 20057.
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
Tuesday, September 29, 1998
8:30-8:45 AM--Opening Remarks & Objectives--Philip Sharp, Task Force
Chairman
8:45-10:15 AM--Working Session: Discussion of Draft Report--Facilitated
by Philip Sharp
10:15-10:30 AM--Break
10:30-11:45 AM--Working Session: Discussion of Draft Report--
Facilitated by Philip Sharp
11:45-12:00 PM--Public Comment Period
12:00-1:30 PM--Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM--Working Session: Approval of Final Report--Facilitated by
Philip Sharp
2:30-3:30 PM--Closing Comments by Task Force Members
3:30-3:45 PM--Closing Comments by DOE Representatives
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 DC, 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
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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. 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, DC, on September 8, 1998.
Althea T. Vanzego,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24570 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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