97-2022. Bonneville Power Administration; Notice of Scoping Meeting for Development of Retail Wheeling Policy

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2022]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Bonneville Power Administration; Notice of Scoping Meeting for 
Development of Retail Wheeling Policy

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bonneville Power Administration will hold a meeting to 
begin scoping of issues related to the development of a policy proposal 
for retail wheeling over the Federal Columbia River Transmission 
System.

DATES: This meeting is scheduled for February 4, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. 
to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Red Lion Columbia River 
Hotel, Klamath Room, 1401 N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mills, Bonneville Power 
Administration Transmission Business Line, [phone]; or Michael 
McFarland, Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Business Line, 
[phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bonneville Power Administration will 
initiate a public process to develop a retail wheeling policy for the 
Federal Columbia River Transmission System. This process will start 
with a public meeting to begin scoping the issues to be addressed in 
such a policy development. These issues include (1) Impacts on system 
reliability; (2) potential for differing state approaches; (3) 
technical constraints related to scheduling and coordination; and (4) 
impacts on existing wholesale power contracts.

    Issued in Portland, OR on January 21, 1997.
Paul S. Majkut,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-2022 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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