[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 137 (Monday, July 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18002]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Loveland Area Projects--Notice of Order Confirming and Approving
an Extension of the Firm Electric Service Rate for Rate Order No. WAPA-
89
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of rate order.
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SUMMARY: This action is to extend the existing Loveland Area Projects'
(LAP) firm electric service rate, Rate Order No. WAPA-51, through
September 30, 2003. The existing firm electric service rate will expire
January 31, 2001. This notice of an extension of the rate is issued
pursuant to 10 CFR 903.23. Rate Order No. WAPA-51, previously extended
under Rate Order No. WAPA-82, is further extended under Rate Order
WAPA-89.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Daniel T. Payton, Rates Manager,
Rocky Mountain Customer Service Region, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 3700, Loveland, CO 80539-3003, (970) 461-7442,
or e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order No.
0204-108, published November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59716), the Secretary of
Energy delegated (1) the authority to develop long-term power and
transmission rates on a nonexclusive basis to the Administrator of the
Western Area Power Administration (Western); and (2) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or
to disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC). In Delegation Order No. 0204-172, effective November 24, 1999,
the Secretary of Energy delegated the authority to confirm, approve,
and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy
Secretary.
Pursuant to Delegation Order No. 0204-108 and existing Department
of Energy procedures for public participation in firm electric service
rate adjustments at 10 CFR part 903, Western's LAP firm electric
service rate was submitted to FERC for confirmation and approval on
January 10, 1994. On July 14, 1994, in Docket No. EF94-5181-000 at 68
FERC para. 62,040, FERC issued an order confirming, approving, and
placing into effect on a final basis the firm electric service rate for
LAP. LAP consists of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project and the Pick-Sloan
Missouri Basin Program, Western Division. The rate set forth in Rate
Order No. WAPA-51 was approved for a 5-year period beginning February
1, 1994, and ending January 31, 1999. On October 16, 1998, upon signing
Rate Order No. WAPA-82, the Deputy Secretary extended the existing rate
for a 2-year period beginning February 1, 1999, through January 31,
2001. On January 31, 2001, the LAP firm electric rate will expire.
Western proposed to extend the existing rate of $2.85/kilowattmonth
for capacity and 10.85 mills/kilowatthour for energy which is
sufficient to recover the LAP annual revenue requirement of $44.3
million. This requirement includes project expenses, interest, and
capital requirements through September 30, 2003. Increased revenue from
good hydrologic conditions and lower operation and maintenance expenses
over the cost evaluation period have made this possible. Western,
therefore, has decided to extend the existing rate pursuant to 10 CFR
903.23.
In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a)(2), Western did not have a
consultation and comment period. The notice of proposed extension of
the firm electric service rate was published in the Federal Register on
March 29, 2000.
Following review of Western's proposal within the Department of
Energy, I approved Rate Order No. WAPA-89, which extends the existing
Loveland Area Projects' firm electric service Rate Schedule L-F4 on an
interim basis through September 30, 2003.
Dated: July 10, 2000.
T.J. Glauthier,
Deputy Secretary.
Department of Energy Deputy Secretary
In the Matter of: Western Area Power Administration Rate
Extension for Loveland Area Projects Firm Electric Service Rate.
Rate Order No. WAPA-89
Order Confirming and Approving an Extension of the Loveland Area
Projects' Firm Electric Service Rate
(________, 2000)
This rate was established pursuant to section 302(a) of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152(a)), through
which the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation under the
Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 stat. 388), as amended and
supplemented by subsequent enactments, particularly section 9(c) of
the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)), were
transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Energy (Secretary).
By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order No. 0204-108, published
November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59716), the Secretary delegated (1) the
authority to develop long-term power and transmission rates on a
nonexclusive basis to the Administrator of the Western Area Power
Administration (Western); and (2) the authority to confirm, approve,
and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to disapprove
such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In
Delegation Order No. 0204-172, effective November 24, 1999, the
Secretary delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place
such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary.
Background
In the order issued July 14, 1994, in Docket No. ER94-5181-000
at 68 FERC para. 62,040, FERC confirmed, approved, and placed into
effect on a final basis Rate Order No. WAPA-51 for the firm electric
service rate for the Loveland Area Projects (LAP). The rate was
approved for the period from February 1, 1994, through January 31,
1999. On October 16, 1998, upon signing Rate Order No. WAPA-82, the
Deputy Secretary extended the existing rate for a 2-year period
beginning February 1, 1999, through January 31, 2001. On January 31,
2001, the LAP firm electric rate will expire. This makes it
necessary to extend the current rate pursuant to 10 CFR part 903.
With this approval, Rate Order No. WAPA-51, previously extended
under Rate Order No. WAPA-82, will be extended under Rate Order No.
WAPA-89.
Discussion
The LAP consists of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program,
Western Division, and the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. The existing
LAP rate of $2.85/kilowattmonth for capacity and 10.85 mills/
kilowatthour for energy is sufficient to recover the LAP annual
revenue requirement of $44.3 million. This requirement includes
project expenses, interest, and capital requirements through
September 30, 2003. Increased revenue from good hydrologic
conditions and lower operation and maintenance expenses over the
cost evaluation period have made this possible.
In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a)(2), Western did not have a
consultation and comment period. The notice of proposed extension of
the firm electric service rate was published in the Federal Register
on March 29, 2000.
Order
In view of the foregoing and pursuant to the authority delegated
to me by the Secretary, I hereby extend for the period effective
February 1, 2001, through September 30, 2003, the existing Rate
Schedule L-F4 on an interim basis for firm electric service for the
Loveland Area Projects.
Dated: July 10, 2000.
T.J. Glauthier,
Deputy Secretary.
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