83_FR_16426 83 FR 16353 - Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators; Distributed Energy Resources-Technical Considerations for the Bulk Power System; Further Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

83 FR 16353 - Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators; Distributed Energy Resources-Technical Considerations for the Bulk Power System; Further Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 73 (April 16, 2018)

Page Range16353-16353
FR Document2018-07781

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 73 (Monday, April 16, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 16353]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07781]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM18-9-000; Docket No. AD18-10-000]


Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in 
Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent 
System Operators; Distributed Energy Resources-Technical Considerations 
for the Bulk Power System; Further Supplemental Notice of Technical 
Conference

    As announced in a Notice of Technical Conference issued on February 
15, 2018 and a Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference issued on 
March 29, 2018, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff 
will hold a technical conference on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 and 
Wednesday, April 11, 2018, to discuss the participation of distributed 
energy resource (DER) aggregations in Regional Transmission 
Organization (RTO) and Independent System Operator (ISO) markets and to 
more broadly discuss the potential effects of DERs on the bulk power 
system. On April 10, 2018, the conference will commence at 10:15 a.m. 
and end at 4:45 p.m. On April 11, 2018, the conference will commence at 
9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. The conference will be held at the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426. Commissioners will lead the second panel of the technical 
conference. Commission staff will lead the other six panels, and 
Commissioners may attend.
    The updated agenda for this technical conference is attached. All 
changes to the agenda since the Commission's March 29, 2018 
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference appear in italics.
    All interested persons may attend the conference, and registration 
is not required. However, in-person attendees are encouraged to 
register on-line by April 3, 2018 at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/04-10-18-form.asp. In-person attendees should allow time 
to pass through building security procedures before the start time of 
the technical conference.
    The Commission will transcribe and webcast this conference. 
Transcripts will be available immediately for a fee from Ace Reporting 
(202-347-3700). A link to the webcast of this event will be available 
in the Commission Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov. The Capitol 
Connection provides technical support for the webcasts and offers the 
option of listening to the conference via phone-bridge for a fee. For 
additional information, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 
993-3100.
    While this conference is not for the purpose of discussing specific 
cases, it may address matters at issue in the following Commission 
proceedings that are pending:

 Advanced Energy Economy, Docket No. EL17-75-001
 Southern California Edison Company, Docket No. ER18-1248-000

    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an email to [email protected] 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.
    For more information about this technical conference, please 
contact David Kathan at (202) 502-6404, [email protected], or 
Louise Nutter at (202) 502-8175, [email protected]. For 
information related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley at 
(202) 502-8368, [email protected].

    Dated: April 9, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-07781 Filed 4-13-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                provide copies of their protests only to                staff will hold a technical conference on                For more information about this
                                                the party or parties directly involved in               Tuesday, April 10, 2018 and                           technical conference, please contact
                                                the protest.                                            Wednesday, April 11, 2018, to discuss                 David Kathan at (202) 502–6404,
                                                   Persons who wish to comment only                     the participation of distributed energy               david.kathan@ferc.gov, or Louise Nutter
                                                on the environmental review of this                     resource (DER) aggregations in Regional               at (202) 502–8175, louise.nutter@
                                                project should submit an original and                   Transmission Organization (RTO) and                   ferc.gov. For information related to
                                                two copies of their comments to the                     Independent System Operator (ISO)                     logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley
                                                Secretary of the Commission.                            markets and to more broadly discuss the               at (202) 502–8368, sarah.mckinley@
                                                Environmental commentors will be                        potential effects of DERs on the bulk                 ferc.gov.
                                                placed on the Commission’s                              power system. On April 10, 2018, the                    Dated: April 9, 2018.
                                                environmental mailing list, will receive                conference will commence at 10:15 a.m.                Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                copies of the environmental documents,                  and end at 4:45 p.m. On April 11, 2018,
                                                                                                                                                              Secretary.
                                                and will be notified of meetings                        the conference will commence at 9:00
                                                                                                                                                              [FR Doc. 2018–07781 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am]
                                                associated with the Commission’s                        a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. The
                                                environmental review process.                           conference will be held at the Federal                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

                                                Environmental commentors will not be                    Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
                                                required to serve copies of filed                       First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
                                                                                                                                                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                documents on all other parties.                         Commissioners will lead the second
                                                However, the non-party commentors                       panel of the technical conference.                    Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                will not receive copies of all documents                Commission staff will lead the other six              Commission
                                                filed by other parties or issued by the                 panels, and Commissioners may attend.
                                                Commission (except for the mailing of                      The updated agenda for this technical
                                                                                                        conference is attached. All changes to                [Docket No. CP18–149–000]
                                                environmental documents issued by the
                                                Commission) and will not have the right                 the agenda since the Commission’s                     Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
                                                to seek court review of the                             March 29, 2018 Supplemental Notice of                 Notice of Request Under Blanket
                                                Commission’s final order.                               Technical Conference appear in italics.               Authorization
                                                   The Commission strongly encourages                      All interested persons may attend the
                                                electronic filings of comments, protests                conference, and registration is not                      Take notice that on March 29, 2018,
                                                and interventions in lieu of paper using                required. However, in-person attendees                Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
                                                the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://                         are encouraged to register on-line by                 (Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite
                                                www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file                    April 3, 2018 at: https://www.ferc.gov/               700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed
                                                electronically should submit an original                whats-new/registration/04-10-18-                      in Docket No. CP18–149–000 a prior
                                                and seven copies of the protest or                      form.asp. In-person attendees should                  notice request pursuant to sections
                                                intervention to the Federal Energy                      allow time to pass through building                   157.205 and 157.213(b) of the
                                                Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                 security procedures before the start time             Commission’s regulations under the
                                                NE, Washington, DC 20426.                               of the technical conference.                          Natural Gas Act (NGA), requesting
                                                   Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern                         The Commission will transcribe and                 authorization to construct and operate
                                                Time on April 30, 2018.                                 webcast this conference. Transcripts                  one new horizontal storage well,
                                                  Dated: April 9, 2018.                                 will be available immediately for a fee               designated Well 12606, and one new
                                                                                                        from Ace Reporting (202–347–3700). A                  vertical observation well, designated
                                                Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                        link to the webcast of this event will be             Well 12607, and related pipelines and
                                                Secretary.
                                                                                                        available in the Commission Calendar of               appurtenances at Columbia’s Pavonia
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–07779 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am]             Events at www.ferc.gov. The Capitol                   Storage Field, located in Ashland and
                                                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  Connection provides technical support                 Richland Counties, Ohio. Columbia
                                                                                                        for the webcasts and offers the option of             estimates the cost of the proposed
                                                                                                        listening to the conference via phone-                project to be approximately $5,000,000,
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    bridge for a fee. For additional                      all as more fully set forth in the
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                               information, visit                                    application which is on file with the
                                                Commission                                              www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703)               Commission and open to public
                                                                                                        993–3100.                                             inspection. The filing may also be
                                                [Docket No. RM18–9–000; Docket No.                         While this conference is not for the               viewed on the web at http://
                                                AD18–10–000]                                            purpose of discussing specific cases, it              www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
                                                                                                        may address matters at issue in the                   Enter the docket number excluding the
                                                Participation of Distributed Energy                     following Commission proceedings that                 last three digits in the docket number
                                                Resource Aggregations in Markets                        are pending:                                          field to access the document. For
                                                Operated by Regional Transmission                       • Advanced Energy Economy, Docket                     assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                                Organizations and Independent                              No. EL17–75–001                                    Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
                                                System Operators; Distributed Energy                    • Southern California Edison Company,                 ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
                                                Resources-Technical Considerations                         Docket No. ER18–1248–000                           TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.
                                                for the Bulk Power System; Further
                                                Supplemental Notice of Technical                           Commission conferences are                            Any questions concerning this
                                                                                                        accessible under section 508 of the                   application may be directed to Linda
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                                                                                                        Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For                       Farquhar, Manager, Project
                                                  As announced in a Notice of                           accessibility accommodations please                   Determinations & Regulatory
                                                Technical Conference issued on                          send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov               Administration, Columbia Gas
                                                February 15, 2018 and a Supplemental                    or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice)              Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana
                                                Notice of Technical Conference issued                   or 202–208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to               Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas
                                                on March 29, 2018, Federal Energy                       202–208–2106 with the required                        77002–2700, by telephone at (832) 320–
                                                Regulatory Commission (Commission)                      accommodations.                                       5685, by fax at (832) 320–6685, or by


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FR Citation83 FR 16353 

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