Docket No. AD21-15-000
As first announced in the Commission’s April 19, 2023 Notice in the above-captioned docket,[1] the next public meeting of the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission (Task Force) will be held on July 16, 2023, at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas, from approximately 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm Central time. Commissioners may attend and participate in this meeting. Attached to this Notice is an agenda for the meeting.
While this Task Force meeting is not for the purpose of discussing any specific matters before the Commission, some discussions at the meeting may involve issues raised in proceedings that are currently pending before the Commission. These proceedings include, but are not limited to:
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Interregional HVDC Merchant Transmission |
Docket No. AD22-13-000 |
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Invenergy Transmission LLC v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. |
Docket No. EL22-83-000 |
The meeting will be open to the public for listening and observing and on the record. There is no fee for attendance and registration is not required. This conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available for a fee from Ace Reporting, 202-347-3700.
Commission 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 1-866-208-3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations.
More information about the Task Force, including frequently asked questions, is available here: https://www.ferc.gov/TFSOET. For more information about this meeting, please contact: Anne Marie Hirschberger, 202-502-8387, annemarie.hirschberger@ferc.gov; or Jennifer Murphy, 202-898-1350, jmurphy@naruc.org. For information related to logistics, please contact Benjamin Williams, 202-502-8506, benjamin.williams@ferc.gov; or Rob Thormeyer, 202-502-8694, robert.thormeyer@ferc.gov.
Agenda
Docket No. AD21-15-000 - July 16, 2023, 2:30-5:00
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| 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Grid Enhancing Technologies(GETs) Guest Speakers: |
[1] Joint Fed.-State Task Force on Elec. Transmission, 175 FERC ¶ 61,224 (2021) (Establishing Order).
[2] Id. P 4.
Accessibility
Commission 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 1-866-208-3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations.
Task Force
As explained in the Establishing Order, the Commission will issue agendas for each meeting of the Task Force, after consulting with all Task Force members and considering suggestions from state commissions.[1] The Establishing Order set forth a broad array of transmission-related topics that the Task Force has the authority to examine and will focus on topics related to planning and paying for transmission, including transmission to facilitate generator interconnection, that provides benefits from a federal and state perspective.[2] All interested persons, including all state commissions, are hereby invited to file comments in this docket on agenda topics for the next public meeting of the Task Force by May 3, 2023. The Task Force members will consider the suggested agenda topics in developing the agenda for the next public meeting. The Commission will issue the agenda no later than July 2, 2023, for the public meeting to be held on July 16, 2023.
Comments
Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet.[1] Instructions are available on the Commission’s website, https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview. 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, Maryland 20852.
[1] See 18 C.F.R. § 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2022).
Contact
More information about the Task Force, including frequently asked questions, is available here: https://www.ferc.gov/TFSOET. For more information about this meeting, please contact: Gretchen Kershaw, 202-502-8213, gretchen.kershaw@ferc.gov; or Sarah Fitzpatrick, 202-898-2205, sfitzpatrick@naruc.org. For information related to logistics, please contact Rob Thormeyer, 202-502-8694, robert.thormeyer@ferc.gov.
Event Details
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- JW Marriott Austin in Austin, TX
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Robert ThormeyerDirector, State, International and Tribal Affairs Division - OEATelephone: 202-502-8694Email: Robert.Thormeyer@ferc.gov