Department of Energy November 18, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-2013 Proposed Power Rate Adjustments Public Hearing and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment
Document Number: 2010-29090
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy
BPA is holding a consolidated rate proceeding, Docket No. BP- 12, to establish power and transmission rates for FY 2012-2013. The purpose of this Federal Register Notice is to provide notice of the proposed power rates and the rates for control area services and certain ancillary services (listed below, Section IV.C.). BPA will issue a separate Federal Register Notice to provide notice of the proposed transmission rates and the rates for the other ancillary services. The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) provides that BPA must establish and periodically review and revise its rates so that they are adequate to recover, in accordance with sound business principles, the costs associated with the acquisition, conservation, and transmission of electric power, including amortization of the Federal investment in the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) over a reasonable number of years and BPA's other costs and expenses. The Northwest Power Act also requires that BPA's rates be established based on the record of a formal hearing, and for transmission rates only, that the costs of the Federal transmission system be equitably allocated between Federal and non-Federal power utilizing the system. By this notice, BPA announces the commencement of a rate adjustment proceeding for proposed power rates, control area services rates, and certain ancillary services rates that will be effective on October 1, 2011. In the near future, BPA will begin a Residential Exchange Program (REP) Settlement Proceeding, Docket No. REP-12. This separate docket will provide a forum to review the terms and conditions of a proposed 17-year settlement of litigation regarding BPA's implementation of the REP. Even though the proposed REP settlement involves issues interrelated with the establishment of power rates for the FY 2012-2013 rate period, BPA has chosen to exclude certain issues from the development of power rates in the BP-12 rate proceeding and address them in the REP-12 proceeding. Specifically, the REP-12 proceeding will address whether BPA should adopt the REP settlement, issues regarding the terms of the REP settlement, the implementation of the section 7(b)(2) rate test, the implementation of the section 7(b)(3) allocation, the forecast of utilities' Average System Costs (ASC), the amount and application of the remaining Lookback balance, and the allocation of REP costs to BPA's power rates. The REP-12 proceeding will conclude prior to the publication of final studies and the issuance of the Record of Decision (ROD) in BP-12. The final decisions in REP-12 will be incorporated into the final studies and power rate calculations in BP-12. See section II.D.12.
Spectrum Policy Seminar for the Utility Sector
Document Number: 2010-29089
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy
On October 5, 2010, after an extensive public notice and comment process, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a report entitled, ``Communications Requirements of Smart Grid Technologies. '' The complete text of the report, and of a second report addressing data access and privacy issues arising from the deployment of smart grid technologies, can be found at: https://www.gc.energy.gov/1592.htm. One recommendation in the report was to provide more information to the utility sector on spectrum policy issues in light of the role wireless communications will surely play in the deployment of smart grid technologies. At this spectrum policy seminar, senior officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration will provide an overview designed for the utility sector of the current spectrum management process. They will also address some of the Federal programs currently available to ensure priority restoration and priority calling for utilities during times of emergency. All members of the public are invited to attend.
Reliability Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Issues; Announcement of Panelists for Technical Conference
Document Number: 2010-29068
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Baseline Filings
Document Number: 2010-29067
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Baseline Filing
Document Number: 2010-29066
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ONEOK WesTex Transmission, LLC; Notice of Motion for Extension of Rate Case Filing Deadline
Document Number: 2010-29065
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, WA; Notice of Teleconference
Document Number: 2010-29060
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-511 and FERC-515); Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
Document Number: 2010-29059
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) has submitted the information collections described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collections requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission issued a Notice in the Federal Register (75FR 157, 08/ 16/2010) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC-511 or the FERC-515 and has made this notation in its submission to OMB.
Perryville Gas Storage LLC ; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2010-29058
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2010-29057
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2010-29045
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2010-29044
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice
Document Number: 2010-29043
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-18
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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