Notices. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD22-8-000] Transmission Planning and Cost Management; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued in this proceeding on April 21, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will convene a Commissioner-led technical conference regarding transmission planning and cost management for transmission facilities developed through local or regional transmission planning processes in the above-captioned proceeding on October 6, 2022, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. The purpose of this conference is to explore measures to ensure sufficient transparency into and cost effectiveness of local and regional transmission planning decisions, including:
(1)the role of cost management measures in ensuring the cost-effective identification of local transmission needs ( *e.g.,* planning criteria) and solutions to address identified local transmission and regional reliability-related transmission needs; and
(2)cost considerations and the processes through which transmission developers recover their costs to ensure just and reasonable transmission rates. Additionally, this conference will also discuss potential approaches to providing enhanced cost management measures and greater transparency and oversight if needed to ensure just and reasonable transmission rates. Attached to this Supplemental Notice is an agenda for the technical conference, which includes the conference program and expected panelists. Panelists are asked to submit advance materials to provide any information related to their respective panel ( *e.g.,* summary statements, reports, whitepapers, studies, or testimonies) that panelists believe should be included in the record of this proceeding by September 16, 2022. Panelists should file all advance materials in the AD22-8-000 docket. An additional supplemental notice will be issued following the technical conference with the opportunity for interested parties to submit post-technical conference comments. The technical conference will be open to the public and there is no fee for attendance. Information will also be posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's website, *www.ferc.gov,* prior to the event. The workshop will be held at the Commission on 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. It will be transcribed and webcast. Transcripts will be available for a fee from Ace Reporting (202-347-3700). A link to the webcast of this event will be available in the Commission Calendar of Events at *www.ferc.gov.* The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the webcasts and offers the option of listening to the workshop via phone-bridge for a fee. For additional information, visit *www.CapitolConnection.org* or call
(703)993-3100. Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to *accessibility@ferc.gov,* call toll-free
(866)208-3372 (voice) or
(202)208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to
(202)208-2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about this technical conference, please contact John Riehl at *john.riehl@ferc.gov* or
(202)502-6026. For information related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley at *sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov* or
(202)502-8368. Dated: September 8, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022-19922 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]