Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 2006 / Proposed Rules

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 2006 / Proposed Rules

Closing Remarks:

4:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

The Commissioners and staff may ask

questions at the conclusion of

presentations. All interested persons

may file written comments following

the technical conference on or before

January 26, 2007.

[FR Doc. E6–20609 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am]

Mandatory Reliability Standards for the

Bulk-Power System, Docket No. RM06–16–

000.

Facilities Design, Connections and

Maintenance Reliability Standards, Docket

No. RM07–3–000.

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Part 40

[Docket No. RM06–16–000]

Mandatory Reliability Standards for the

Bulk-Power System

November 27, 2006.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice granting in part motions

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for extension of time to file comments

and announcing rulemaking proceeding.

SUMMARY: On October 20, 2006, the

Commission issued a Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking on mandatory

reliability standards for the Bulk-Power

System. 71 FR 64770 (November 3,

2006). The Commission is extending the

date to file comments on the proposed

rule at the request of Edison Electric

Institute and the ISO/RTO Council and

is establishing a comment period for

twenty revised proposed Reliability

Standards that were filed in this docket

on behalf of the North American Electric

Reliability Council (NERC). The

Commission is also opening a new

rulemaking proceeding for three new

proposed Reliability Standards that

were filed by NERC.

DATES: Comments on the NOPR are due

January 3, 2007. Comments on NERC’s

twenty revised proposed Reliability

Standards are due January 3, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,

identified by Docket No. RM06–16–000,

by one of the following methods:

• Agency Web site: http://ferc.gov.

Follow the instructions for submitting

comments via the eFiling link found in

the Comment Procedures section of the

Preamble.

• Mail: Commenters unable to file

comments electronically must mail or

hand deliver an original and 14 copies

of their comments to: Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Office of the

Secretary, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. Refer to the

Comment Procedures section of the

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preamble for additional information on

how to file paper comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan First (Legal Information),

Office of the General Counsel, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

(202) 502–8529.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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On October 20, 2006, in Docket No.

RM06–16–000, the Commission issued a

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR)

on Mandatory Reliability Standards for

the Bulk-Power System.1 Comments on

the NOPR are due 60 days after

publication in the Federal Register, or

January 2, 2007. On November 17, 2006

and November 22, 2006, Edison Electric

Institute (EEI) and the ISO/RTO

Council, respectively, requested a seven

day extension to file comments.

On November 15, 2006, the North

American Electric Reliability Council,

on behalf of its affiliate, the North

American Electric Reliability

Corporation (NERC Corporation, and

collectively NERC), filed 20 revised

proposed Reliability Standards and

three new proposed Reliability

Standards for Commission approval.

The Commission certified NERC

Corporation as the Electric Reliability

Organization (ERO) pursuant to section

215 of the Federal Power Act in an order

issued July 20, 2006 in Docket No.

RR06–1–000.

NERC requested that the 20 revised

proposed Reliability Standards be

included as part of the NOPR issued by

the Commission in Docket No. RM06–

16–000. Because of their close

relationship with Reliability Standards

dealt with in the October 20, 2006

NOPR, the Commission will address

these 20 Reliability Standards as part of

that proceeding. The 20 revised

proposed Reliability Standards are:

CIP–001–1—Sabotage Reporting

COM–001–1—Telecommunications

COM–002–2—Communications and

Coordination

EOP–002–2—Capacity and Energy

Emergencies

EOP–003–1—Load Shedding Plans

EOP–004–1—Disturbance Reporting

EOP–006–1—Reliability Coordination—

System Restoration

INT–001–2—Interchange Information

INT–003–2—Interchange Transaction

Information

IRO–001–1—Reliability Coordination—

Responsibilities and Authorities

IRO–002–1—Reliability Coordination—

Facilities

IRO–003–2—Reliability Coordination—WideArea View

IRO–005–2—Reliability Coordination—

Current-Day Operations

PER–004–1—Reliability Coordination—

Staffing

PRC–001–1—System Protection Coordination

TOP–001–1—Reliability Responsibilities and

Authorities

TOP–002–2—Normal Operations Planning

TOP–004–1—Transmission Operations

TOP–006–1—Monitoring System Conditions

TOP–008–1—Response to Transmission

Limit Violations

Comments on these 20 revised

proposed Reliability Standards should

be submitted by January 3, 2007, in

Docket No. RM06–16–000. In addition,

the deadline for filing comments on the

NOPR is extended to January 3, 2007.

Accordingly, the requests for extension

of time filed by EEI and the ISO/RTO

Council are granted to the limited extent

set forth here.

The Commission is also opening a

new Docket No. RM07–3–000 for

processing the three new proposed

Reliability Standards. No preliminary

comments are being sought at this time.

A proposed rulemaking will be issued

later, and we will allow comments then.

The three proposed new Reliability

Standards included in this docket are:

FAC–010–1—System Operating Limits

Methodology for the Planning

FAC–011–1—System Operating Limits

Methodology for the Operations Horizon

FAC–014–1—Establish and Communicate

System Operating Limits

This filing is accessible on-line at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Room in Washington, DC.

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the

Web site that enables subscribers to

receive e-mail notification when a

document is added to a subscribed

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC

Online service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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1 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the BulkPower System, 117 FERC ¶ 61,084 (2006), 71 FR

64770 (November 3, 2006).

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