[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 195 (Monday, October 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52448-52449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25612]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Rate Order No. WAPA-73]
Colorado River Storage--Confirming and Approving an Extension of
the Firm Transmission Service Rate
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of a rate order.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of Rate Order No. WAPA-73 is to extend Rate
Schedule SP-FT4 until September 30, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Sabo, CRSP Manager, CRSP
Customer Service Center, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box
11606, Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0606, (801) 524-5493.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order No.
0204-108, published November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59716), the Secretary of
Energy redelegated (1) the authority to develop long-term power and
transmission rates on a nonexclusive basis to the Administrator of
Western; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates
into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary; and (3) 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). Existing Department of Energy procedures for public
participation in power rate adjustments (10 CFR Part 903) became
effective on September 18, 1985 (50 FR 37835).
Pursuant to Delegation Order No. 0204-108, Western's Colorado River
Storage Project (CRSP) firm transmission rate case was submitted to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for confirmation and approval on
August 13, 1992. On February 18, 1993, in Docket Nos. EF92-5172-000 and
EF92-5172-001, at 62 FERC para. 61,159, FERC issued an order
confirming, approving, and placing in effect on a final basis Rate
Schedule SP-FT4 for firm transmission service over the CRSP
transmission system. The rate was approved for the 4-year period
beginning October 1, 1992, and ending September 30, 1996.
Western proposes to extend the existing CRSP firm transmission rate
until September 30, 1997. During the last firm-power rate adjustment
for the Salt Lake Integrated Projects, placed into effect on December
1, 1994 (SLIP-F5), the CRSP firm transmission rate was examined. It was
determined that the existing firm transmission rate was still adequate
to meet revenue requirements. The costs associated with the Salt Lake
City Integrated Projects' firm power rate increase were offset in the
CRSP firm transmission rate study by an increase in transmission
revenues not associated with the firm transmission rate.
Issued in Washington, D.C., September 27, 1996.
Charles B. Curtis,
Deputy Secretary.
Order Confirming and Approving an Extension of the Colorado River
Storage Project Firm Transmission Rate
October 1, 1996.
These power rates were established pursuant to Section 302(a) of
the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7152(a),
through which the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the
Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation (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), and other acts
specifically applicable to the project system involved, 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 redelegated (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); (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and
place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy
Secretary; and (3) 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). Existing DOE procedures
for public participation in power rate adjustments (10 CFR Part 903)
became effective on September 18, 1985 (50 FR 37835). This rate
extension is issued pursuant to the Delegation Order and the rate
extension procedures in 10 CFR Part 903.
Background
Pursuant to Delegation Order No. 0204-108, in the order issued
February 18, 1993, at 62 FERC para. 61,159, in Docket Nos. EF92-5172-
000 and EF92-5172-001, the FERC confirmed, approved, and placed in
effect on a final basis Rate Schedule SP-FT4 for firm transmission
service over the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) transmission
system. The rate was approved for the period from October 1, 1992,
through September 30, 1996.
Discussion
On September 30, 1996, Western's CRSP firm transmission rate will
expire. This makes it necessary to extend the
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current Rate Schedule SP-FT4 to comply with 10 CFR 903.23.
Western proposes to extend the existing CRSP transmission rate
until September 30, 1997.
During the last firm-power rate adjustment for the Salt Lake
Integrated Projects, placed into effect on December 1, 1994 (SLIP-F5),
the CRSP firm transmission rate was also examined for possible
adjustment. It was determined that the existing firm transmission rate
was adequate to meet revenue requirements. The CRSP costs associated
with the Salt Lake City Integrated Projects' firm power rate increase
were offset in the CRSP firm transmission rate study by an increase in
transmission revenues not associated with the firm transmission rate.
Order
In view of the foregoing and pursuant to the authority delegated to
me by the Secretary, I hereby confirm and approve for a period
effective October 1, 1996, until September 30, 1997, the existing Rate
Schedule SP-FT4 for firm transmission service over the Colorado River
Storage Project transmission system.
Issued in Washington, D.C., September 27, 1996.
Charles B. Curtis,
Deputy Secretary.
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