Boulder Canyon Project-Rate Order No. WAPA-150, 5315-5316 [2010-2170]
Download as PDF
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on February 12, 2010.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–2103 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER10–580–000; ER10–580–001]
Silverhill Investments Corp.;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First St., NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding(s) are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an eSubscription link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–2107 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES
January 26, 2010.
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Silverhill Investments Corp.’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability is February 16,
2010.
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:52 Feb 01, 2010
Jkt 220001
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Boulder Canyon Project—Rate Order
No. WAPA–150
AGENCY: Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Extension of
Rate-Setting Formula and Adjustment to
Base Charge and Rates.
This action is a proposal to
extend the existing Boulder Canyon
Project (BCP) rate-setting formula and
approve the proposed base charge and
rates for FY 2011. Publication of this
Federal Register notice begins the
formal process to extend the existing
rate-setting formula and the proposed
base charge and rates. The proposed
base charge and rates will provide
sufficient revenue to pay all annual
costs, including interest expense, and
repayment of required investment
within the allowable period.
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00037
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
5315
DATES: The consultation and comment
period begins today and will end May
3, 2010. Western will present a detailed
explanation of the proposed base charge
and rates at a public information forum
on April 7, 2010, beginning at 10:30
a.m. MST, Phoenix, Arizona. Western
will accept oral and written comments
at a public comment forum on April 21,
2010, beginning at 10:30 a.m. MST,
Phoenix, Arizona. Western will accept
written comments any time during the
consultation and comment period.
ADDRESSES: The public information
forum and public comment forum will
be held at the Desert Southwest
Regional Customer Service Office,
located at 615 South 43rd Avenue,
Phoenix, Arizona, on the dates cited
above. Written comments should be sent
to Darrick Moe, Regional Manager,
Desert Southwest Customer Service
Region, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 6457,
Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, e-mail
MOE@wapa.gov. Written comments may
also be faxed to (602) 605–2490,
attention: Jack Murray. Western will
post information about the rate process
on its Web site at https://www.wapa.gov/
dsw/pwrmkt/BCP/RateAdjust.htm.
Western will post official comments
received via letter, fax, and e-mail to its
Web site after the close of the comment
period. Western must receive written
comments by the end of the
consultation and comment period to
ensure they are considered in Western’s
decision process.
As access to Western facilities is
controlled, any U.S. citizen wishing to
attend any meeting held at Western
must present an official form of picture
identification, such as a U.S. driver’s
license, U.S. passport, U.S. Government
ID, or U.S. Military ID, at the time of the
meeting. Foreign nationals should
contact Western at least 45 days in
advance of the meeting to obtain the
necessary form for admittance to
Western.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jack Murray, Rates Manager, Desert
Southwest Customer Service Region,
Western Area Power Administration,
P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–
6457, telephone (602) 605–2442, e-mail
jmurray@wapa.gov.
Annual
base charge and rates adjustments are
required by Western’s existing BCP ratesetting formula methodology. That
methodology was originally approved
on an interim basis by the Deputy
Secretary of Energy on October 31,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM
02FEN1
5316
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices
1995,1 and confirmed by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
on April 19, 1996,2 for a five year period
through 2000. The rate-setting formula
was subsequently extended for
additional five year periods in 2001 3
and 2006.4 Western proposes to extend
the existing rate-setting formula through
September 30, 2015, under Rate Order
No. WAPA–150 and Rate Schedule
BCP–F8, and approve the proposed base
charge and rates for FY 2011. The
proposed base charge and rates for BCP
electric service are designed under the
existing rate-setting formula to recover
an annual revenue requirement that
includes investment repayment,
interest, operation and maintenance,
replacements, payment to states, visitor
services, and uprating program
payments. The total costs are offset by
the projected revenue from water sales,
visitor center, water pump energy sales,
facilities use charges, regulation,
reactive supply and voltage control,
spinning reserve, miscellaneous leases,
and late fees. The annual revenue
requirement is the annual base charge
for electric service divided equally
between capacity and energy dollars.
Annual energy dollars are divided by
annual energy sales, and annual
capacity dollars are divided by annual
capacity sales to determine the
proposed energy rate and the proposed
capacity rate.
The Deputy Secretary of Energy (DOE)
approved the extension of the existing
rate-setting formula and Rate Schedule
BCP–F7, under Rate Order No. 120,
effective on October 1, 2005, for the
period ending September 30, 2010.5
The base charge for fiscal year (FY)
2010 is $70,681,340, the forecasted
energy rate is 9.47 mills per
kilowatthour (mills/kWh), the
forecasted capacity rate is $1.76 per
kilowattmonth (kWmonth), and the
composite rate is 18.93 mills/kWh.
Under Rate Order No. WAPA–150 and
Rate Schedule BCP–F8, the proposed
base charge for FY 2011 will result in
an overall composite rate increase of
about 3 percent. The proposed base
charge will increase about 3.22 percent,
the proposed forecasted energy rate will
increase about 2.53 percent, and the
proposed forecasted capacity rate will
increase about 0.57 percent. The
proposed base charge and rates for BCP
electric service are listed in the
following table.
TABLE 1—ELECTRIC SERVICE BASE CHARGE AND RATES
Existing base
charge and rates
October 1, 2009
Proposed base
charge and rates
October 1, 2010
18.93
$70,681,340
9.47
$1.76
19.43
$72,959,824
9.71
$1.77
Composite (mills/kWh) .............................................................................................................
Base Charge ($) ......................................................................................................................
Energy Rate (mills/kWh) ..........................................................................................................
Capacity Rate ($/kWmonth) ....................................................................................................
mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES
Legal Authority
Western will hold both a public
information forum and a public
comment forum. After review of public
comments, Western will take further
action on the proposed base charge and
rates and the extension of rate-setting
methodology consistent with 10 CFR
part 903.
Western is establishing the electric
service base charge and rates for BCP
under the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152); the
Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32
Stat. 388), as amended and
supplemented by subsequent laws,
particularly section 9(c) of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43
U.S.C. 485h(c)); and other acts that
specifically apply to the projects
involved.
By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00,
effective December 6, 2001, the
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The
authority to develop power and
transmission rates to Western’s
Administrator, (2) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates
into effect on an interim basis to the
Deputy Secretary of Energy, and (3) the
authority to confirm, approve, and place
1 60
FR 57859 (November 22, 1995).
FERC ¶ 62,050.
3 96 FERC ¶ 61,171 (July 31, 2001).
2 75
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:52 Feb 01, 2010
Jkt 220001
Percent
change
2.64
3.22
2.53
0.57
into effect on a final basis, to remand,
or to disapprove such rates to FERC.
Existing Department of Energy
procedures for public participation in
power rate adjustments (10 CFR part
903) were published on September 18,
1985 (50 FR 37835).
and DOE NEPA Regulations (10 CFR
part 1021), Western is in the process of
determining whether an environmental
assessment or an environmental impact
statement should be prepared or if this
action can be categorically excluded
from those.
Availability of Information
Determination Under Executive Order
12866
All brochures, studies, comments,
letters, memorandums, or other
documents that Western initiates or uses
to develop the proposed base charge and
rates are available for inspection and
copying at the Desert Southwest
Customer Service Regional Office,
Western Area Power Administration,
615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix,
Arizona. Many of these documents and
supporting information are also
available on Western’s Web site at:
https://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/BCP/
RateAdjust.htm.
Western has an exemption from
centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no
clearance of this notice by the Office of
Management and Budget is required.
Dated: January 15, 2010.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010–2170 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347 et seq.);
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508);
4 115
FERC ¶ 61,362 (June 22, 2006).
confirmed and approved Rate Order No.
WAPA–120 in Docket EF05–5091–000. See United
5 FERC
PO 00000
Frm 00038
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 9990
States Department of Energy, Western Area Power
Administration, Boulder Canyon Project, 115 FERC
¶ 61,362 (June 22, 2006).
E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM
02FEN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5315-5316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2170]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Boulder Canyon Project--Rate Order No. WAPA-150
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Extension of Rate-Setting Formula and
Adjustment to Base Charge and Rates.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This action is a proposal to extend the existing Boulder
Canyon Project (BCP) rate-setting formula and approve the proposed base
charge and rates for FY 2011. Publication of this Federal Register
notice begins the formal process to extend the existing rate-setting
formula and the proposed base charge and rates. The proposed base
charge and rates will provide sufficient revenue to pay all annual
costs, including interest expense, and repayment of required investment
within the allowable period.
DATES: The consultation and comment period begins today and will end
May 3, 2010. Western will present a detailed explanation of the
proposed base charge and rates at a public information forum on April
7, 2010, beginning at 10:30 a.m. MST, Phoenix, Arizona. Western will
accept oral and written comments at a public comment forum on April 21,
2010, beginning at 10:30 a.m. MST, Phoenix, Arizona. Western will
accept written comments any time during the consultation and comment
period.
ADDRESSES: The public information forum and public comment forum will
be held at the Desert Southwest Regional Customer Service Office,
located at 615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, on the dates cited
above. Written comments should be sent to Darrick Moe, Regional
Manager, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, e-mail
MOE@wapa.gov. Written comments may also be faxed to (602) 605-2490,
attention: Jack Murray. Western will post information about the rate
process on its Web site at https://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/BCP/RateAdjust.htm. Western will post official comments received via
letter, fax, and e-mail to its Web site after the close of the comment
period. Western must receive written comments by the end of the
consultation and comment period to ensure they are considered in
Western's decision process.
As access to Western facilities is controlled, any U.S. citizen
wishing to attend any meeting held at Western must present an official
form of picture identification, such as a U.S. driver's license, U.S.
passport, U.S. Government ID, or U.S. Military ID, at the time of the
meeting. Foreign nationals should contact Western at least 45 days in
advance of the meeting to obtain the necessary form for admittance to
Western.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Murray, Rates Manager, Desert
Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power Administration,
P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, telephone (602) 605-2442, e-mail
jmurray@wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual base charge and rates adjustments are
required by Western's existing BCP rate-setting formula methodology.
That methodology was originally approved on an interim basis by the
Deputy Secretary of Energy on October 31,
[[Page 5316]]
1995,\1\ and confirmed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) on April 19, 1996,\2\ for a five year period through 2000. The
rate-setting formula was subsequently extended for additional five year
periods in 2001 \3\ and 2006.\4\ Western proposes to extend the
existing rate-setting formula through September 30, 2015, under Rate
Order No. WAPA-150 and Rate Schedule BCP-F8, and approve the proposed
base charge and rates for FY 2011. The proposed base charge and rates
for BCP electric service are designed under the existing rate-setting
formula to recover an annual revenue requirement that includes
investment repayment, interest, operation and maintenance,
replacements, payment to states, visitor services, and uprating program
payments. The total costs are offset by the projected revenue from
water sales, visitor center, water pump energy sales, facilities use
charges, regulation, reactive supply and voltage control, spinning
reserve, miscellaneous leases, and late fees. The annual revenue
requirement is the annual base charge for electric service divided
equally between capacity and energy dollars. Annual energy dollars are
divided by annual energy sales, and annual capacity dollars are divided
by annual capacity sales to determine the proposed energy rate and the
proposed capacity rate.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ 60 FR 57859 (November 22, 1995).
\2\ 75 FERC ] 62,050.
\3\ 96 FERC ] 61,171 (July 31, 2001).
\4\ 115 FERC ] 61,362 (June 22, 2006).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Deputy Secretary of Energy (DOE) approved the extension of the
existing rate-setting formula and Rate Schedule BCP-F7, under Rate
Order No. 120, effective on October 1, 2005, for the period ending
September 30, 2010.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\5\ FERC confirmed and approved Rate Order No. WAPA-120 in
Docket EF05-5091-000. See United States Department of Energy,
Western Area Power Administration, Boulder Canyon Project, 115 FERC
] 61,362 (June 22, 2006).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The base charge for fiscal year (FY) 2010 is $70,681,340, the
forecasted energy rate is 9.47 mills per kilowatthour (mills/kWh), the
forecasted capacity rate is $1.76 per kilowattmonth (kWmonth), and the
composite rate is 18.93 mills/kWh.
Under Rate Order No. WAPA-150 and Rate Schedule BCP-F8, the
proposed base charge for FY 2011 will result in an overall composite
rate increase of about 3 percent. The proposed base charge will
increase about 3.22 percent, the proposed forecasted energy rate will
increase about 2.53 percent, and the proposed forecasted capacity rate
will increase about 0.57 percent. The proposed base charge and rates
for BCP electric service are listed in the following table.
Table 1--Electric Service Base Charge and Rates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Existing base Proposed base
charge and rates charge and rates Percent
October 1, 2009 October 1, 2010 change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Composite (mills/kWh).......................................... 18.93 19.43 2.64
Base Charge ($)................................................ $70,681,340 $72,959,824 3.22
Energy Rate (mills/kWh)........................................ 9.47 9.71 2.53
Capacity Rate ($/kWmonth)...................................... $1.76 $1.77 0.57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legal Authority
Western will hold both a public information forum and a public
comment forum. After review of public comments, Western will take
further action on the proposed base charge and rates and the extension
of rate-setting methodology consistent with 10 CFR part 903.
Western is establishing the electric service base charge and rates
for BCP under the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7152); the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended
and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly section 9(c) of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)); and other acts
that specifically apply to the projects involved.
By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00, effective December 6, 2001, the
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and
transmission rates to Western's Administrator, (2) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis
to the Deputy Secretary of Energy, and (3) the authority to confirm,
approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to
disapprove such rates to FERC. Existing Department of Energy procedures
for public participation in power rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903)
were published on September 18, 1985 (50 FR 37835).
Availability of Information
All brochures, studies, comments, letters, memorandums, or other
documents that Western initiates or uses to develop the proposed base
charge and rates are available for inspection and copying at the Desert
Southwest Customer Service Regional Office, Western Area Power
Administration, 615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. Many of these
documents and supporting information are also available on Western's
Web site at: https://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/BCP/RateAdjust.htm.
Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347 et seq.); Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); and DOE NEPA Regulations (10 CFR
part 1021), Western is in the process of determining whether an
environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement should be
prepared or if this action can be categorically excluded from those.
Determination Under Executive Order 12866
Western has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the
Office of Management and Budget is required.
Dated: January 15, 2010.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-2170 Filed 2-1-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P