[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24512]
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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 (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: Thursday, September 25, 1997, 8:30 am-4:00 pm.
ADDRESSES: Sheraton Inn, Grand Ballroom, 180 Water Street, Plymouth,
Massachusetts.
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, September 25, 1997
8:30-8:45 am--Opening Remarks & Objectives--Philip Sharp, ESR Task
Force Chairman
8:45-9:15 am--Working Session: Discussion of the ESR Task Force Work
Plan
9:15-10:15 am--Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper on
the Roles of Reliability Organizations
10:15-10:30 am--Break
10:30-11:30 am--Working Session: Review of a Draft Position Paper on
the Roles of Reliability Organizations
11:30-12:00 pm--Public Comment Period
12:00-1:15 pm--Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm--Working Session: Discussion of Technology Issues
Affecting Reliability
2:15-3:30 pm--Panel Discussion: The Need to Extend FERC Jurisdiction to
All Entities In Order to Provide Reliability Oversight
3:30-4:00 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 Plymouth,
Massachusetts, 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, US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20585. This notice is being published less than 15
days before the date of the meeting due to programmatic issues that had
to be resolved prior to publication.
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://vm1.hqadmin.doe.gov:80/seab/.
Issued at Washington, D.C., on September 10, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-24512 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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