Notice2026-04554
Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software
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March 9, 2026
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11301-11302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04554]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD10-12-017]
Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved
Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Market and
Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software
Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical
conference to discuss opportunities for increasing market and planning
efficiency including through improved software (software conference) on
Tuesday, July 7 and Wednesday, July 8, 2026 in the Kevin J. McIntyre
Commission Meeting Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
The software conference will bring together experts from a broad
range of backgrounds including electric power system operators,
software developers, government, research centers, reliability
organizations, and academia for the purposes of stimulating discussion,
sharing information, and identifying fruitful avenues for research,
including research on improving software for increased efficiency,
affordability, and reliability of the bulk power system.
I. Panel Discussions: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
On the first day of the conference, July 7, staff will lead two in-
person panel discussions.
The first panel will discuss effective deployment of grid-enhancing
technologies and related software. Grid-enhancing technologies have the
potential to improve the efficient use of the existing transmission
grid, reducing costs and increasing reliability. In addition to
learning about recent research on grid-enhancing technologies,
Commission staff are interested in hearing from transmission owners and
system operators about their experience deploying grid-enhancing
technologies and related software. This panel may address grid
enhancing technologies including: (1) static
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synchronous compensators; (2) static VAR compensators; (3) advanced
power flow control devices; (4) transmission switching; (5) synchronous
condensers; (6) voltage source converters; (7) advanced conductors; (8)
dynamic line ratings; \1\ and (9) the implementation of, and software
related to, ambient-adjusted ratings.\2\
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\1\ See, generally, Bldg. for the Future Through Elec. Reg'l
Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation, Order No. 1920, 89 FR
49280 (June 11, 2024), 187 FERC ] 61,068 (2024) at P 1198
(referencing a set of alternative transmission technologies);
Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procs. & Agreements, Order
No. 2023, 88 FR 61014 (Sept. 6, 2023), 184 FERC ] 61,054 (2023) at P
1578 (referencing a set of alternative transmission technologies).
\2\ The Commission requires transmission providers to use
ambient-adjusted ratings in calculating line ratings. Managing
Transmission Line Ratings, Order No. 881, 87 FR 2244 (Jan. 13,
2022), 177 FERC ] 61,179 (2021).
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The second panel will discuss load forecasting. Load forecasting is
becoming increasingly important as the bulk power system faces historic
demand growth driven in part by data centers and other large new loads.
This panel may address: (1) forecasting for data centers and other
large loads; (2) resource needs to serve new large loads; (3) software
improvements to increase the accuracy of load forecasting; (4) options
to enhance data sharing; and (5) underlying assumptions and
computational techniques. As potential changes to forecasting processes
are being discussed nationwide, including by reliability organizations
and RTO/ISO stakeholder groups, Commission staff will seek perspectives
from a variety of stakeholders.
Individuals interested in participating as panelists on either
panel should nominate themselves by 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 6,
2026 on the Commission's website, linked here. Each nomination should
state the proposed panelist's name, contact information, organizational
affiliation, and indicate the topic area on which the proposed panelist
would like to speak.
II. Individual Presentations: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Building on prior conferences, on the second day, July 8, the
software conference will address cutting edge research topics through
individual presentations from industry in the same format as prior
conferences in this series. Broadly, such topics fall into the
following categories:
(1) Software applications, including artificial intelligence (AI)
or machine learning, to improve efficiency and affordability of the
bulk power system, and implementation of advanced computing methods in
electric and natural gas markets.
(2) Software supporting the operation of energy infrastructure,
including operations impacted by the interconnection of large loads.
(3) Software to optimize resources that face intertemporal
constraints, such as gas generators with ratable gas contracts, thermal
generators with annual emissions constraints, rechargeable energy
storage resources, and demand response resources with time limits.
(4) Software supporting resource adequacy, both in facilitating the
interconnection of generation and load and in modeling energy adequacy
needs.
Presentation nominations must be submitted on or before March 18,
2026, through the Commission's website, again linked here. Speakers
interested in presenting a paper or other work should provide an
abstract and list of contributing authors for the proposed
presentation. Proposed presentations should be related to the topics
discussed above. Speakers and presentations will be selected to ensure
relevance to those topics and to accommodate time constraints.
In previous years, Commission staff has received nominations for
more presentations than could be accommodated, and we anticipate that
will be the case this year. Presenters are encouraged to submit new
findings and novel work to ensure that the conference reflects the
latest research. Presentation proposals that involve many of the same
co-authors and/or have similar content may be combined into a single
proposal or panel for one presentation.
III. Additional Details
Supplemental notices with an agenda with additional details,
including the list of panel discussions, and presentation dates and
times for the selected speakers, will be issued at a later date.
Further details on both participation and attendance, including a
webcast, will be released prior to the conference. The conference will
be transcribed, and a recording of the webcast will be made available
after the conference.
There is an ``eSubscription'' link on the Commission's website that
enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is
added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online
service, please email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#03454651404c6d6f6a6d66507673736c717743656671602d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca8c8f988985a4a6a3a4af99bfbabaa5b8be8aacafb8a9e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>, or call (866) 208-
3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7a6a4a4a2b4b4aea5aeabaeb3be87a1a2b5a4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="78191b1b1d0b0b111a1114110c01381e1d0a1b561f170e">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll free (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106
with the required accommodations.
Attendees must register through the Commission's website on or
before June 12, 2026. Registration is free and is available to all
members of the public, though we encourage foreign nationals to
indicate interest as soon as possible to accommodate security
screening. Access to the software conference (virtual or in-person) may
not be available to those who do not register.
For further information about the software conference, please
contact:
Daniel Wagner, Office of Technical Reporting and Economics, (202) 502-
8934, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4b0959a9d9198daa395939a9186b492918697da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5f1d4dbdcd0d99be2d4d2dbd0c7f5d3d0c7d69bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a>
Paige Bradford, Office of Technical Reporting and Economics, (202) 502-
8319, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fbab9a929c9ed5b9899a9f9d94899fbb9d9e8998d59c948d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a4a7b737d7f3458687b7e7c75687e5a7c7f6879347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>
Dated: March 4, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-04554 Filed 3-6-26; 8:45 am]
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