Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities; Notice of Staff Informational Conferences

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RM10-23-000] Take notice that Commission staff will convene three informational conferences to discuss the requirements of Order No. 1000. [ 1 ] The Commission directed its staff to hold the informational conferences to assist public utility transmission providers in their efforts to comply with Order No. 1000. [ 2 ] The first informational conference will be held on Monday, September 12, 2011, beginning at 1 p.m. (EDT) and will focus on compliance issues related to Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs). The first informational conference is scheduled to end by 4 p.m. (EDT). The second informational conference will be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. (EDT) and will ( printed page 53451) focus on compliance issues related to non-RTO/ISO regions in the Eastern Interconnection. The second informational conference is scheduled to end by 12 p.m. (EDT). The third informational conference will also be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, beginning at 1 p.m. (EDT) and will focus on compliance issues related to non-RTO/ISO regions in the Western Interconnection. The third informational conference is scheduled to end by 4 p.m. (EDT). All of the informational conferences will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at the Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, 888 First Street, NE. Commission staff will lead the informational conferences and give p…