NOTE: For the first time, this meeting is in CHICAGO, not Washington DC…

Information on the Electric System Reliability Task Force, minutes of previous meetings, and the Task Force’s interim report may be found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board’s web site,
http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab

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Secretary of Energy Advisory Board – Electric System Reliability Task Force
Thursday, July 9, 1998, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Rosemont Convention Center, Conference Rooms 12 & 13,
5555 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois. (near the O’Hare International Airport)

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.
Thursday, July 9, 1998
8:30 AM Opening Remarks & Objectives
— Philip Sharp, ESR Task Force Chairman
8:45 AM Working Session: Discussion of Draft Position Paper
on State/Regional Issues in Transmission System
Reliability — Facilitated by Philip Sharp
10:30 PM Working Session: Discussion of Draft Position Paper
on Incentives for Transmission Enhancement
— Facilitated by Philip Sharp
12:00 Lunch
1:00 PM Working Session: Planning for the Final Report
— Facilitated by Philip Sharp
2:45 PM Public Comment Period
3:00 PM Adjourn