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E. Major Studies
1. 2012 REP Settlement Agreement
Study and Analysis
The 2012 REP Settlement Agreement
Study and Analysis (REP Study)
describes the terms of the 2012 REP
Settlement and provides the analytical
work BPA staff is performing to test the
reasonableness of the 2012 REP
Settlement. The REP Study is comprised
of two major parts.
Part I of the REP Study reviews the
history of the REP and the background
underlying the current litigation. This
portion of the REP Study also contains
an overview of the section 7(b)(2) rate
test and a description of how rate
protection works in BPA ratemaking.
Part I also describes the terms of the
proposed 2012 REP Settlement and
explains how BPA staff intends to
implement the terms of the proposed
settlement in BPA’s rates.
Part II of the REP Study contains BPA
staff’s evaluation and analysis of the
2012 REP Settlement. This portion of
the REP Study begins with an
explanation of the criteria BPA staff is
using to evaluate the 2012 REP
Settlement. This section is followed by
an overview of the models BPA staff
developed to create a variety of nearand long-term forecasts of REP benefits
under various scenarios. Part II of the
REP Study also describes the various
factors that will have an effect on REP
benefits, such as the current and future
issues in litigation and issues related to
ASCs and the PF Exchange rate. At the
end of Part II of the REP Study, BPA
staff presents its scenario analysis. In
this section, BPA staff presents nearand long-term REP benefits under
different scenarios. These scenario REP
benefits are compared to the REP
benefits provided under the proposed
2012 REP Settlement to determine, from
an analytical perspective, whether the
2012 REP Settlement affords rate
protection to COUs and is otherwise
reasonable.
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2. FY 2012–2013 7(b)(2) Rate Test and
Documentation
This Study will be used only if the
2012 REP Settlement is not adopted.
BPA has interpreted the Northwest
Power Act and described how the
section 7(b)(2) rate test will be
performed in the Section 7(b)(2) Legal
Interpretation (Legal Interpretation) and
Section 7(b)(2) Implementation
Methodology (Implementation
Methodology) published in August,
2008. The Section 7(b)(2) Rate Test
Study explains and documents the
results of the rate test.
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The 7(b)(2) rate test triggers in this
proposal if no REP settlement is
assumed, creating rate protection for
preference customers and causing test
period costs to be reallocated to others.
The PF Public rate applied to the
general requirements of COUs has been
reduced by the rate protection amount
and reallocated to other rates pursuant
to section 7(b)(3). BPA’s other rates, the
PF Exchange rate and the NR and IP
rates, have been increased by an
allocation of the rate protection amount.
An allocation of the rate protection
amount has also been assigned to
surplus power sales.
3. FY 2012–2013 Lookback Study
This Study will only be used if the
2012 REP Settlement is not adopted.
This Study explains and documents
BPA’s proposed modifications to the
amounts to be recovered from the IOUs
and applied to the Lookback Amounts
determined in the final WP–07
Supplemental Proposal. The Study also
sets forth the accounting of the
Lookback Amounts expected to be
recovered from IOUs and repaid to
COUs during the FY 2012–2013 rate
period. BPA also explains in this Study
what amount of Lookback will be
recovered from IOUs and returned to
applicable COUs for the FY 2012–2013
rate period.
Part VI—Proposed 2012 REP Settlement
Agreement
On December 17, 2010, a draft of the
proposed 2012 REP Settlement will be
available for viewing and downloading
on BPA’s Web site at https://
www.bpa.gov/corporate/ratecase/2012/
rep-12.cfm. Copies of the draft 2012 REP
Settlement will also be available for
viewing in BPA’s Public Reference
Room at the BPA Headquarters, 1st
Floor, 905 NE. 11th Avenue, Portland,
OR 97232.
Issued this 7th day of December 2010.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC10–542–001, FERC–542]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Submitted for OMB
Review
December 9, 2010.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 (FERC or the
Commission) has submitted the
information collection described below
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and extension of this
information collection requirement. 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 received no comments in
response to an earlier Federal Register
notice of August 2010 (75 FR 45609)
and has notified OMB of this in its
submission.
SUMMARY:
Further comments on this
collection of information are due by
January 18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Address further comments
on this collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
Comments to OMB should be filed
electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and
include OMB Control Number 1902–
0070 for reference. The Desk Officer
may be reached by telephone at 202–
395–4638.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission and should refer to Docket
No. IC10–542–001. Comments may be
filed either electronically or in paper
format. Those persons filing
electronically do not need to make a
paper filing. Documents filed
electronically via the Internet must be
prepared in an acceptable filing format
and in compliance with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
submission guidelines. Complete filing
instructions and acceptable filing
formats are available at https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. To file the document
DATES:
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electronically, access the Commission’s
Web site and click on Documents &
Filing, E-Filing (https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling.asp), and then follow
the instructions for each screen. Firsttime users will have to establish a user
name and password. The Commission
will send an automatic
acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail
address upon receipt of comments.
For paper filings, the comments
should be submitted to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and
should refer to Docket No. IC10–542–
001.
Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in
FERC Docket Number IC10–542 may do
so through eSubscription at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp. All comments may be
viewed, printed or downloaded
remotely via the Internet through
FERC’s homepage using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link. For user assistance, contact
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll-free
at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC–542 ‘‘Gas
Pipeline Rates: Rate Tracking’’ (OMB
No. 1902–0070) is used by the
Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of Title IV of the Natural Gas
Policy Act (NGPA), 15 U.S.C. 3301–
3432, and Sections 4, 5 and 16 of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) (P.L. 75–688) (15
U.S.C. 717–717w). These statutes
empower the Commission to collect
natural gas transmission cost
information from interstate natural gas
transporters for the purpose of verifying
that these costs, which are passed on to
pipeline customers, are just and
reasonable.
Interstate natural gas pipeline
companies are required by the
Commission to track their
transportation-associated costs to allow
for the Commission’s review and, where
appropriate, approve the pass-through
of these costs to pipeline customers.
These FERC–542 tracking filings are
accountings of the cost of (1) Research,
development, and deployment
expenditures; (2) annual charge
adjustments; and (3) periodic rate
adjustments.
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a
three-year extension of the FERC–542
reporting requirements, with the burden
and cost estimates published in its
August 2010 Notice. There is no change
to the reporting requirements.
Burden Statement: The public
reporting burden for this collection is
estimated as:
Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual burden hours
(1)
FERC data collection
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
95
3.5
40
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FERC–542 ......................................................
The FERC’s estimated cost burden to
respondents is $881,598 (13,300 hours/
2080 hours 1 times $137,874 2). The cost
per respondent is $9,280.
The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
including: (1) Reviewing instructions;
(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and
utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating,
verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to a
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information. The estimate
of cost for respondents is based upon
salaries for professional and clerical
support, as well as direct and indirect
overhead costs. Direct costs include all
costs directly attributable to providing
this information, such as administrative
costs and the cost for information
technology. Indirect or overhead costs
are costs incurred by an organization in
support of its mission. These costs
apply to activities which benefit the
whole organization rather than any one
particular function or activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2594–013–MT]
Northern Lights, Inc.; Notice of
Availability of Environmental
Assessment
December 9, 2010.
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) regulations,
18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR
47879), the Office of Energy Projects has
reviewed the application for a new
license for the existing Lake Creek
Hydroelectric Project, located on Lake
Creek in Lincoln County, Montana, near
the City of Troy and prepared a final
environmental assessment (EA). The
project does not occupy federal lands.
The Final EA contains the staff’s
analysis of the potential environmental
impacts of the project and concludes
that licensing the project would not
constitute a major federal action that
would significantly affect the quality of
the human environment.
A copy of the Final EA is on file with
the Commission and is available for
public inspection. The Final EA may
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC10-542-001, FERC-542]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review
December 9, 2010.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 (FERC or the Commission) has submitted the
information collection described below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and extension of this information collection
requirement. 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 received no comments in response to an
earlier Federal Register notice of August 2010 (75 FR 45609) and has
notified OMB of this in its submission.
DATES: Further comments on this collection of information are due by
January 18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Address further comments on this collection of information
to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Desk Officer. Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and include OMB Control Number 1902-0070
for reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 202-395-
4638.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission and should refer to Docket No. IC10-542-001.
Comments may be filed either electronically or in paper format. Those
persons filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing.
Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in an
acceptable filing format and in compliance with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission submission guidelines. Complete filing
instructions and acceptable filing formats are available at https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. To file the document
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electronically, access the Commission's Web site and click on Documents
& Filing, E-Filing (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), and
then follow the instructions for each screen. First-time users will
have to establish a user name and password. The Commission will send an
automatic acknowledgement to the sender's e-mail address upon receipt
of comments.
For paper filings, the comments should be submitted to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should refer to Docket No. IC10-
542-001.
Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in
FERC Docket Number IC10-542 may do so through eSubscription at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. All comments may be viewed,
printed or downloaded remotely via the Internet through FERC's homepage
using the ``eLibrary'' link. For user assistance, contact
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax
at (202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected under the
requirements of FERC-542 ``Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Tracking'' (OMB No.
1902-0070) is used by the Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of Title IV of the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15 U.S.C.
3301-3432, and Sections 4, 5 and 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (P.L.
75-688) (15 U.S.C. 717-717w). These statutes empower the Commission to
collect natural gas transmission cost information from interstate
natural gas transporters for the purpose of verifying that these costs,
which are passed on to pipeline customers, are just and reasonable.
Interstate natural gas pipeline companies are required by the
Commission to track their transportation-associated costs to allow for
the Commission's review and, where appropriate, approve the pass-
through of these costs to pipeline customers. These FERC-542 tracking
filings are accountings of the cost of (1) Research, development, and
deployment expenditures; (2) annual charge adjustments; and (3)
periodic rate adjustments.
ACTION: The Commission is requesting a three-year extension of the
FERC-542 reporting requirements, with the burden and cost estimates
published in its August 2010 Notice. There is no change to the
reporting requirements.
Burden Statement: The public reporting burden for this collection
is estimated as:
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Number of Average burden
FERC data collection Annual number responses per hours per Total annual burden
of respondents respondent response hours
(1) (2) (3) (1) x (2) x (3)
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FERC-542............................ 95 3.5 40 13,300
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The FERC's estimated cost burden to respondents is $881,598 (13,300
hours/2080 hours \1\ times $137,874 \2\). The cost per respondent is
$9,280.
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\2\ Average annual salary per employee.
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The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing,
acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways
to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5)
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of
information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the
information. The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon
salaries for professional and clerical support, as well as direct and
indirect overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly
attributable to providing this information, such as administrative
costs and the cost for information technology. Indirect or overhead
costs are costs incurred by an organization in support of its mission.
These costs apply to activities which benefit the whole organization
rather than any one particular function or activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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