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202–208–2106 with the required

accommodations.

For further information on the

technical conference, please contact:

Robert Hellrich-Dawson (Technical

Information), Office of Markets, Tariffs

and Rates, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–6360,

robert.hellrich-dawson@ferc.gov.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. AD07–7–000]

Conference on Competition in

Wholesale Power Markets;

Supplemental Notice of Conference

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April 19, 2007.

As announced in the Notice of

Conference issued on March 23, 2007,1

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission will hold a conference on

Tuesday, May 8, 2007, to examine

specific topics relating to the state of

wholesale power markets. The

conference will be held in the

Commission Meeting Room at the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC,

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time. The

conference will be open for the public

to attend and advance registration is not

required. Members of the Commission

may attend the conference.

The agenda for this conference is

attached, and contains questions the

panelists will be asked to address. If any

changes to the agenda occur, a revised

agenda will be posted on the calendar

page for this event on the Commission’s

Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to

the event.

Transcripts of the conference will be

immediately available from Ace

Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or

1–800–336–6646) for a fee. They will be

available for the public on the

Commission’s eLibrary system seven

calendar days after FERC receives the

transcript.

A free webcast of this event will be

available through www.ferc.gov.

Anyone with Internet access who

desires to view this event can do so by

navigating to www.ferc.gov’s Calendar

of Events and locating this event in the

Calendar. The event will contain a link

to its Web cast. The Capitol Connection

provides technical support for the Web

casts. It also offers access to this event

via television in the Washington, DC

area and via phone bridge for a fee. Visit

http://www.CapitolConnection.org or

contact Danelle Perkowski or David

Reininger at the Capitol Connection

703–993–3100 for information about

this service.

Commission conferences are

accessible under section 508 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For

accessibility accommodations please

send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov

or call toll free 866–208–3372 (voice) or

202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Notice of Proposed Final Resource

Adequacy Plan for Transactions in the

California Independent System

Operator Corporation’s Balancing

Authority Area

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed final

resource adequacy plan.

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western) is conducting

a public process to propose a Final

Resource Adequacy (RA) Plan for

transactions in the California

Independent System Operator

Corporation’s (CAISO) Balancing

Authority Area. Pending the

development of this Final RA Plan,

Western has established interim RA

Plans to facilitate its transactions in the

CAISO Balancing Authority Area.

Western is developing this proposed

Final RA Plan as a Local Regulatory

Authority (LRA). The Final RA Plan

implemented by Western will be

submitted to the CAISO and will be

utilized by Western when Western is

acting as a Load Serving Entity (LSE) in

the CAISO Balancing Authority Area.

Western’s Current RA Plan became

effective on September 30, 2006, and

will remain in effect until superseded

by the Final RA Plan developed in this

process.

DATES: The consultation and comment

period will begin on the date of

publication of this Federal Register

notice and will end on May 25, 2007.

Western will present a detailed

explanation of the proposed Final RA

Plan at a public information forum on

May 2, 2007, 1:30 p.m. PDT, Rancho

Cordova, CA. Western will hold a public

comment forum on May 9, 2007, 1:30

p.m. PDT, Rancho Cordova, CA. At the

public comment forum, the public may

provide oral and written comments. In

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addition, the public may submit written

comments to Western at any time during

the comment period. Western must

receive all comments by the close of the

comment period to ensure they are

considered. After the Administrator

approves the Final RA Plan, it is

anticipated that it will go into effect on

July 17, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Western will hold the

public information and comment

forums at the Marriott, 11211 Point East

Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA. Written

comments can be mailed, faxed, or emailed to Ms. Sonja A. Anderson,

Acting Power Marketing Manager, Sierra

Nevada Region, Western Area Power

Administration, 114 Parkshore Drive,

Folsom, CA 95630–4710, fax (916) 985–

1931, e-mail sanderso@wapa.gov. Oral

comments must be presented at the

public comment forum which will be

held on May 9, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jeanne Haas, Contracts and Energy

Services Manager, Sierra Nevada

Customer Service Region, Western Area

Power Administration, 114 Parkshore

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630–4710,

telephone (916) 353–4438, e-mail

haas@wapa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authorities

Western is developing this proposed

Final RA Plan in accordance with its

power marketing authorities, which

includes the Act of June 17, 1902 (32

Stat. 388), the Act of August 26, 1937

(50 Stat. 844), the Act of August 4, 1939

(53 Stat. 1187), and the Department of

Energy Organization Act of August 4,

1977 (91 Stat. 565), including all acts

amendatory and/or supplementary to

the above listed.

Background

On February 9, 2006, the CAISO filed

its comprehensive Market Redesign

Technology Upgrade (MRTU) Tariff

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission).1 Under the

MRTU Tariff, the CAISO proposed to

end the current ‘‘must offer’’ structure

and transition to a capacity-based

system. In this capacity-based system,

the California Public Utilities

Commission (CPUC) and other LRAs

establish procurement requirements for

all LSEs within their jurisdiction to

obtain sufficient resources to meet their

load with an adequate reserve margin

and to ensure appropriate resources will

be made available to the CAISO in the

Day-Ahead Market, the Hour-Ahead

1 FERC Docket ER06–615 (2006).

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