As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued in this proceeding on March 4, 2026, Commission staff will convene a technical conference on July 7 and 8, 2026 to discuss grid-enhancing technologies, load forecasting, and opportunities for increasing market and planning efficiency through improved software. This Supplemental Notice provides an initial agenda for the technical conference, which includes panel discussions addressing grid-enhancing technologies and load forecasting on the first day, July 7, and individual presentations on cutting edge research topics the second day, July 8.

The Commission does not intend to discuss any specific proceeding pending before the Commission at this technical conference.

The conference will allow discussion panelists to participate in person and attendees to listen either in-person or virtually and will be transcribed. Presenters and attendees may either listen or participate virtually on the second day of the conference. Further details on both in-person and virtual participation will be available on the conference web page.^[1]

The technical conference will be open to the public. Due to security screening, foreign nationals who plan to attend in person are required to register through the Commission's website on or before June 12, 2026. For technical reasons, virtual attendees who plan to participate in Q&A available on the second day of the conference are encouraged to register through the Commission's website on or before June 12, 2026. All other attendees are encouraged to register through the Commission's website on or before June 12, 2026. Registration will help ensure that Commission staff can provide sufficient physical and virtual facilities and to communicate with attendees in the case of unanticipated emergencies or other changes to the conference schedule or location.

Slides for the second day of the conference are due from selected presenters by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Before 1:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 6, 2026, Commission staff will work with presenters to provide quality assurance that their presentation materials are prepared, formatted correctly, and ready for delivery during the conference. All updates to slides submitted before 5:00 p.m. on June 30, 2026 will be posted to the Commission website in advance of the conference. Late submissions will be posted to the Commission website after the conference; however, the live conference may use the slide versions submitted before the deadline.

To stay apprised of issuances in this docket, there is an “eSubscription” link on the Commission's website that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). Information on this technical conference will also be posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's website, www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The Commission provides technical support for the free webcasts.

FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free (866) 208-3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 with the required accommodations.

For further information about the conference, please contact:

Daniel Wagner, Office of Technical Reporting and Economics, (202)-502-8934, Daniel.Wagner@ferc.gov.

Paige Bradford, Office of Technical Reporting and Economics, (202)-502-8319, Paige.Bradford@ferc.gov

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 825h.)