On July 7 and 8, 2026, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission convened a Staff-led technical conference to discuss grid-enhancing technologies, load forecasting, and opportunities for increasing market and planning efficiency through improved software.

All interested persons are invited to file post-conference comments to address issues raised during the panels on grid-enhancing technologies and load forecasting that may benefit from further discussion. Parties are also invited to provide comments on the questions presented in the conference agenda.^[1] Commenters need not respond to all topics or questions asked.

Commenters may reference material previously filed in this docket but are encouraged to avoid repetition or replication of previous material. To facilitate the processing of comments, we urge commenters to organize their comments by panel topic and question presented at the conference, and to be brief. In addition, commenters are encouraged to provide examples in support of their answers. However, we also remind commenters to avoid submission of ex parte communications discussing the merits of any contested proceeding.^[2] Comments must be submitted on or before Wednesday, August 19, 2026.

Comments may be filed electronically via the internet.^[3] Instructions are available on the Commission's website https://www.ferc.gov/​docs-filing/​efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.

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 about this technical conference is available on the conference web page.^[4]

For further information about this Notice, 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.)