Next (8th) Meeting DOE/SEAB- Electric System Reliability Task Force
Tuesday, March 10, 1998, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
ANA Hotel, Ballroom I, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, (202) 586-1709 or (202) 586-6279 (fax).

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
Tuesday, March 10, 1998
8:30 – 8:45 AM Opening Remarks & Objectives
— Philip Sharp, ESR Task Force Chairman
8:45 – 10:15 AM Working Session: Discussion of Draft Position Paper
on Technical Issues in Transmission System Reliability
10:15 – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 – 11:45 AM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on the Role and Shape of the Independent System Operator
11:45 – 12:45 PM Lunch
12:45 – 1:45 PM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on Ancillary Services and Bulk-Power Reliability
1:45 – 2:45 PM Working Session: Discussion of a Draft Position Paper
on Incentives for Transmission Enhancement
2:45 – 3:30 PM Working Session: Guest Presentation & Discussion of
State and Regional Reliability Issues
— Philip Carver, Oregon Office of Energy
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 Washington, D.C., 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.

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://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.