On February 3, 2016, FERC announced that it will hold a technical conference on June 1, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM to discuss policy issues related to the reliability of the bulk-power system. FERC stated that it will issue an agenda for the technical conference at a later date. The Commission has held similar technical conferences on policy issues related to reliability on an annual basis for the last few years (see April 21, 2014 edition of the WER).

In the notice, FERC stated that the technical conference will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at FERC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. FERC also stated that additional information on the event will be posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission’s website prior to the event. FERC further announced that the conference will be webcast and transcribed.

A copy of the notice is available here.