Subject: UFTO Note – 2nd Elec Task Force Meeting Announced
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 14:34:52 +0000
From: Ed Beardsworth

(advance notice just received from DOE–to appear in Fed Register)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
Notice of Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy
SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the following advisory committee meeting:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board – Electric System Reliability Task Force
Dates and Times: Tuesday, March 25, 1997, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Place: The Madison Hotel, Dolley Madison Ballroom
15th and M Streets, NW Washington, D.C. 20005

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (AB-1),
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586-1709 or (202) 586-6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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

8:00 – 8:15 Opening Remarks & Objectives
Philip Sharp, Chairman, Electric System Reliability Task Force
8:15 – 9:15 Discussion: Assumptions Regarding the Future Electricity
Industry
9:15 – 10:15 Discussion: Basic Concepts and Operating Requirements for Electric System Reliability
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:45 Panel Discussion & Roundtable: Policy and Institutional Issues,
Panelists: NERC, Power Marketer, & DOE
11:45 – 12:00 Public Comment
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 3:45 Panel Discussion & Roundtable: Policy and Institutional Issues (Continued),
Panelists: NERC, Power Marketer, & DOE
3:45 – 4:00 Scheduling of Next Meeting
4:00 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. The Task Force will make every effort to hear the views of all interested parties. Written comments may be submitted to David Cheney, Acting Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.

Minutes

Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available for public review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on
Rachel Samuel Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer