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or 202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a fax to
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accommodations.
For more information about this
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Western Area Power Administration
Loveland Area Projects—2025 Power
Marketing Initiative Proposal
[ Docket No. AD12–1–000]
Reliability Technical Conference;
Notice of Technical Conference
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission hereby gives notice that
members of the Commission’s staff may
attend the following meeting related to
the transmission planning activities of
the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP):
SPP Strategic Planning Committee
Meeting, October 13, 2011,8 a.m.–
3 p.m., Local Time.
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Operator, Inc.
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Plains, LLC.
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Transmission, LLC.
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Wind Transmission, LLC.
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Wind Transmission, LLC.
For more information, contact Partha
Malvadkar, Office of Energy Markets
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission at (202) 502–6332 or
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Dated: October 7, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
Dated: October 7, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Take notice that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission will hold a
Technical Conference on Tuesday,
November 29, 2011, from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. and Wednesday, November 30,
2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This
Commissioner-led conference will be
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at the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The conference
will be open for the public to attend,
and advance registration is not required.
The purpose of the conference is to
discuss policy issues related to
reliability of the Bulk-Power System.
The conference will explore the
progress made on the priorities for
addressing risks to reliability that were
identified in earlier Commission
technical conferences. The conference
also will discuss emerging issues,
including processes used by planning
authorities and other entities to identify
reliability concerns that may arise in the
course of compliance with
Environmental Protection Agency
regulations, and the tools and processes
(including tariffs and market rules)
available to address any identified
reliability concerns.
The agenda for this conference will be
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this event will be posted on the
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conference, please contact: Sarah
McKinley, Office of External Affairs,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426, (202) 502–8368,
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
Dated: October 7, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
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Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed 2025 Power
Marketing Initiative.
AGENCY:
Western Area Power
Administration (Western), Rocky
Mountain Region (RMR), a Federal
power marketing agency of the
Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking
comments on this proposed 2025 Power
Marketing Initiative (2025 PMI).
Western’s firm electric service contracts
associated with the current marketing
plan will expire September 30, 2024.
This proposed 2025 PMI provides the
basis for marketing the long-term firm
hydroelectric resources of the Loveland
Area Projects (LAP) beginning with the
Federal fiscal year 2025. The 2025 PMI
proposes to extend the current
marketing plan, with amendments to
key marketing plan principles. This
Federal Register notice initiates
Western’s public process for the
proposed 2025 PMI and requests public
comments. Western will prepare and
publish the final 2025 PMI in the
Federal Register after all public
comments are considered.
DATES: Entities and individuals
interested in commenting on the
proposed 2025 PMI must submit written
comments to Western’s RMR. Western
must receive written comments by
4 p.m. M.S.T., on Monday, January 30,
2012, and reserves the right to not
consider any comments received after
the deadline.
Western will hold two combined
public information and public comment
forums, not to exceed three hours each,
on the proposed 2025 PMI. On each
date, the public information forum will
immediately precede the public
comment forum.
The public information and public
comment forum dates and times are:
1. November 29, 2011, 9 a.m., M.S.T.,
Loveland, Colorado.
2. November 30, 2011, 1 p.m., C.S.T.,
Topeka, Kansas.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
regarding this proposed 2025 PMI to
Mr. Bradley S. Warren, Regional
Manager, Rocky Mountain Region,
Western Area Power Administration,
5555 East Crossroads Boulevard,
Loveland, CO 80538–8986. Comments
may also be faxed to (970) 461–7204, or
e-mailed to 2025PMI@wapa.gov.
SUMMARY:
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The locations for the public
information and public comment
forums are:
1. Loveland—Embassy Suites Hotel,
Spa and Conference Center, 4705
Clydesdale Parkway, Loveland, CO
80538, telephone number (970) 593–
6200.
2. Topeka—Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717
SW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, KS
66612, telephone number (785) 431–
7200.
Mr.
John C. Gierard, Hydraulic Engineer,
Western Area Power Administration,
Rocky Mountain Region, 5555 East
Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO
80538–8986, telephone (970) 461–7445.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Current Marketing Plan Background
The final Post-1989 General Power
Marketing and Allocation Criteria, PickSloan Missouri Basin Program—Western
Division (PS–MB–WD) (Post-1989 Plan),
was published in the Federal Register
(51 FR 4012, January 31, 1986) and
provided the marketing plan principles
used to market what is now referred to
as LAP firm hydropower resources. The
firm electric service contracts associated
with the Post-1989 Plan were initially to
expire in 2004. The Energy Planning
and Management Program (EPAMP)
Final Rule published in the Federal
Register (60 FR 54151, October 20,
1995), Subpart C extended and amended
the Post-1989 Plan. EPAMP extended
the firm electric service contracts
associated with the Post-1989 Plan
through September 30, 2024, and
established the Post-2004, Post-2009,
and Post-2014 resource pools. The
current marketing plan is inclusive of
the Post-1989 Plan as extended and
amended by EPAMP and the Post-2004,
Post-2009, and Post-2014 power
marketing initiatives.
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2025 PMI Proposal Background
Western initiated informal 2025 PMI
discussions with LAP firm electric
service customers in the summer of
2011 by holding meetings in the RMR.
In addition, Western held meetings to
initiate government-to-government
consultation with tribal firm electric
service customers. The meetings
provided customers the opportunity to
review current marketing plan
principles and provide informal input to
Western for consideration in this 2025
PMI proposal. Key marketing plan
principles discussed at the meetings
with firm electric service customers
included: marketing area; contract term;
resource pools; marketable resource and
associated withdrawal provisions; and
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Mount Elbert pumped-storage. Customer
input for the 2025 PMI proposal
supported Western extending the
current marketing plan with
amendments to the marketing plan
principles related to contract term and
resource pools.
2025 PMI Proposal
Western’s 2025 PMI proposes to
extend the current marketing plan with
amendments to the marketing plan
principles related to the contract term
and resource pools. The marketing plan
principles proposed to be revised, as
well as those proposed to be extended,
are as follows:
Amended Marketing Plan Principles
1. Contract Term: A 30-year contract
term would be used for firm electric
service contracts. The firm electric
service contract term would begin
October 1, 2024, and expire September
30, 2054.
2. Resource Pools: The 2025 PMI
would provide for resource pools of up
to 1 percent of the marketable resource
under contract at the time of each
reallocation to be available for eligible
new preference entities. Reallocations
would occur at the beginning of the
October 1, 2024, contract term and again
every 10 years thereafter on October 1,
2034, and October 1, 2044.
Extended Marketing Plan Principles
Extension of the current marketing
plan includes the following key
principles not specifically addressed in
the preceding section entitled
‘‘Amended Marketing Plan Principles.’’
The following key principles were
discussed with the firm electric service
customers during the informal customer
input phase of this process and are
included below for reference purposes.
1. Marketable Resource: Reservoir
operation modeling, which employs the
historic hydrologic record and assumes
2025 reservoir operating criteria, is
being used to project monthly
marketable energy and capacity.
Projected marketable energy is the
average monthly energy indicated by the
modeling with provisions for: power
plant station service use; energy
received to compensate for Green
Mountain power interference; reduced
generating efficiency caused by power
system regulation; Colorado-Big
Thompson Project pumping; Project Use
loads; and Special Use loads. For Mt.
Elbert generation, only the flow-through
generation resulting from the transfer of
water through the Mt. Elbert Conduit to
Twin Lakes is included in the
marketable energy totals. Projected
marketable capacity is the monthly
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capacity available 90 percent of the time
as indicated by the modeling with
provisions for: typical generating unit
maintenance outages; power system
reserve requirements; Colorado-Big
Thompson Project on-peak pumping;
Project Use loads; and Special Use
loads. Mt. Elbert generating capacity
was assumed to be available at all times
except during times of typical unit
maintenance.
Based on the marketable energy and
capacity projections and taking into
account the uncertainty in projecting
2025 reservoir operating criteria, the
proposed 2025 PMI supports extending
the existing contract rates of delivery
commitments, with associated energy,
to existing long-term firm electric
service customers reduced by up to 1
percent for each new resource pool on
October 1, 2024, October 1, 2034, and
October 1, 2044.
2. Hydrology and River Operations
Withdrawal Provision: Western would
reserve the right to adjust, at its
discretion and sole determination, the
contract rate of delivery on five years
advance written notice in response to
changes in hydrology and river
operations. Any such adjustments
would take place after an appropriate
public process.
3. Marketing Area: The proposed 2025
PMI supports continuing the current
LAP marketing area, which is the
portion of Colorado east of the
Continental Divide; Mountain Parks
Electric, Inc.’s, service territory in
Colorado west of the Continental
Divide; the portion of Kansas located in
the Missouri River Basin; the portion of
Kansas west of the eastern borders of the
counties intersected by the 100th
Meridian; the portion of Nebraska west
of the 101st Meridian; and Wyoming
east of the Continental Divide.
4. Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage: The
proposed 2025 PMI supports extending
the Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage contract
provisions, which provide for pumpedstorage energy. The full 200 MW of Mt.
Elbert capacity is included in the LAP
capacity allocations. Only flow-through
generation is included in LAP energy
allocations. Customers may schedule
capacity without energy. Off-peak
energy must be returned to Western
commensurate with any on-peak energy
taken.
Availability of Information
Documents developed or retained by
Western during this public process will
be available for inspection and copying
at the RMR Office, located at 5555 East
Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland,
Colorado. Western will post information
concerning the proposed 2025 PMI on
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its Web site at https://www.wapa.gov/
rm/PMcontractRM/2025%20PMI/
default.html. Written comments
received as part of the 2025 PMI
proposal formal public process will be
available for viewing on the Web site.
2025 PMI Procedures Requirements
Environmental Compliance
Western will evaluate this action for
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347); the Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500—1508); and DOE
NEPA Regulations (10 CFR 1021).
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: October 7, 2011.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Post-2014 Resource Pool-Loveland
Area Projects, Final Power Allocation
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of final power allocation.
AGENCY:
The Western Area Power
Administration (Western), a Federal
power marketing agency of the
Department of Energy (DOE), announces
its Post-2014 Resource Pool-Loveland
Area Projects, Final Power Allocation
developed under the requirements of
SUMMARY:
subpart C–Power Marketing Initiative of
the Energy Planning and Management
Program (Program) Final Rule, 10 CFR
part 905. These final power allocations
are established prior to the contractual
phase of the process. Firm electric
service contracts negotiated between
Western and allottees will permit
delivery of power from the October 2014
billing period through the September
2024 billing period.
DATES: The Post-2014 Resource PoolLoveland Area Projects, Final Power
Allocation will become effective
November 16, 2011, and will remain in
effect until September 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Information about the Post2014 Resource Pool-Loveland Area
Projects allocation procedures,
including comments, letters, and other
supporting documents, is available for
public inspection and copying at the
Rocky Mountain Customer Service
Region office, Western Area Power
Administration, 5555 East Crossroads
Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538–8986.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western
published the Post-2014 Resource PoolLoveland Area Projects, Allocation
Procedures and Call for Applications
(75 FR 78988) on December 17, 2010.
These actions implement Subpart C–
Power Marketing Initiative of the
Program’s Final Rule. See 10 CFR part
905, (60 FR 54151, Oct. 20, 1995). The
Program, developed in part to
implement Section 114 of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992, became effective on
November 20, 1995. The Program
establishes project-specific power
resource pools and the allocation of
power from these pools to new
preference customers. The allocation
procedures, in conjunction with the
General Power Marketing and
Allocation Criteria (51 FR 4012, January
31, 1986), establish the framework for
allocating power from the Loveland
Area Projects (LAP) resource pool.
Western published its Post-2014
Resource Pool; Loveland Area Projects,
Proposed Power Allocation (Proposed
Power Allocation) and initiated a public
comment period in the Federal Register
(76 FR 45551, July 29, 2011). A public
comment forum on the Proposed Power
Allocation was held August 25, 2011.
Public comments were due to Western
by September 12, 2011, at 4 p.m. MDT.
There were no comments received
during the public comment period.
I. Post-2014 Pool Resources
Western will allocate up to 1 percent
of the LAP long-term firm hydroelectric
resource available as of October 1, 2014.
The amount of the resource that will
become available on October 1, 2014, is
approximately 6.9 megawatts (MW) for
the summer season and 6.1 MW for the
winter season, and associated energy.
This resource pool will be created by
reducing existing customers’ allocations
by up to 1 percent.
II. Final Power Allocation
Western received seven applications
for the Post-2014 Resource Pool;
Loveland Area Projects. Western
determined that one applicant does not
meet the Post-2014 Resource Pool;
Loveland Area Projects, General
Eligibility Criteria. The resource pool for
capacity and energy will be allocated
proportionately by season to the six
qualified applicants based on seasonal
loads for the period October 2009
through September 2010. The final
power allocations for the six qualified
allottees are shown in the table below
and are subject to the minimum (100
kilowatts) and maximum allocation
(5,000 kilowatts) criteria. The Winter
kilowatt hours in the table below have
been revised since publication of the
Proposed Power Allocation to correct a
calculation error.
Post-2014 LAP resource pool final power allocation
Allottees
Summer kilowatt
hours
Winter kilowatt
hours
Summer kilowatts
Winter kilowatts
458,186
355,544
257,578
859,388
7,156,517
2,215,224
301,817
254,634
191,505
839,670
5,561,049
1,957,475
280
217
157
526
4,374
1,354
201
169
127
558
3,697
1,301
Total Resource Pool .................................................................
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City of Jetmore, Kansas ..................................................................
City of Pomona, Kansas ..................................................................
City of Waterville, Kansas ...............................................................
Doniphan Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. .............................
Kaw Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. ..............................................
Nemaha-Marshall Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. ................
11,302,437
9,106,150
6,908
6,053
By June 1, 2014, each allottee must
have firm delivery arrangements in
place, to be effective October 1, 2014,
unless otherwise agreed to in writing by
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of commitment from each allottee’s
serving utility or transmission provider
by June 1, 2014, confirming that the
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allottee will be able to receive the
benefit of Western’s Post-2014 LAP
Resource Pool Power Allocation. If
Western does not receive the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Loveland Area Projects--2025 Power Marketing Initiative Proposal
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed 2025 Power Marketing Initiative.
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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (Western), Rocky Mountain
Region (RMR), a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of
Energy (DOE), is seeking comments on this proposed 2025 Power Marketing
Initiative (2025 PMI). Western's firm electric service contracts
associated with the current marketing plan will expire September 30,
2024. This proposed 2025 PMI provides the basis for marketing the long-
term firm hydroelectric resources of the Loveland Area Projects (LAP)
beginning with the Federal fiscal year 2025. The 2025 PMI proposes to
extend the current marketing plan, with amendments to key marketing
plan principles. This Federal Register notice initiates Western's
public process for the proposed 2025 PMI and requests public comments.
Western will prepare and publish the final 2025 PMI in the Federal
Register after all public comments are considered.
DATES: Entities and individuals interested in commenting on the
proposed 2025 PMI must submit written comments to Western's RMR.
Western must receive written comments by 4 p.m. M.S.T., on Monday,
January 30, 2012, and reserves the right to not consider any comments
received after the deadline.
Western will hold two combined public information and public
comment forums, not to exceed three hours each, on the proposed 2025
PMI. On each date, the public information forum will immediately
precede the public comment forum.
The public information and public comment forum dates and times
are:
1. November 29, 2011, 9 a.m., M.S.T., Loveland, Colorado.
2. November 30, 2011, 1 p.m., C.S.T., Topeka, Kansas.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments regarding this proposed 2025 PMI to
Mr. Bradley S. Warren, Regional Manager, Rocky Mountain Region, Western
Area Power Administration, 5555 East Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO
80538-8986. Comments may also be faxed to (970) 461-7204, or e-mailed
to 2025PMI@wapa.gov.
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The locations for the public information and public comment forums
are:
1. Loveland--Embassy Suites Hotel, Spa and Conference Center, 4705
Clydesdale Parkway, Loveland, CO 80538, telephone number (970) 593-
6200.
2. Topeka--Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717 SW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka,
KS 66612, telephone number (785) 431-7200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John C. Gierard, Hydraulic
Engineer, Western Area Power Administration, Rocky Mountain Region,
5555 East Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538-8986, telephone
(970) 461-7445.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Current Marketing Plan Background
The final Post-1989 General Power Marketing and Allocation
Criteria, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Western Division (PS-MB-
WD) (Post-1989 Plan), was published in the Federal Register (51 FR
4012, January 31, 1986) and provided the marketing plan principles used
to market what is now referred to as LAP firm hydropower resources. The
firm electric service contracts associated with the Post-1989 Plan were
initially to expire in 2004. The Energy Planning and Management Program
(EPAMP) Final Rule published in the Federal Register (60 FR 54151,
October 20, 1995), Subpart C extended and amended the Post-1989 Plan.
EPAMP extended the firm electric service contracts associated with the
Post-1989 Plan through September 30, 2024, and established the Post-
2004, Post-2009, and Post-2014 resource pools. The current marketing
plan is inclusive of the Post-1989 Plan as extended and amended by
EPAMP and the Post-2004, Post-2009, and Post-2014 power marketing
initiatives.
2025 PMI Proposal Background
Western initiated informal 2025 PMI discussions with LAP firm
electric service customers in the summer of 2011 by holding meetings in
the RMR. In addition, Western held meetings to initiate government-to-
government consultation with tribal firm electric service customers.
The meetings provided customers the opportunity to review current
marketing plan principles and provide informal input to Western for
consideration in this 2025 PMI proposal. Key marketing plan principles
discussed at the meetings with firm electric service customers
included: marketing area; contract term; resource pools; marketable
resource and associated withdrawal provisions; and Mount Elbert pumped-
storage. Customer input for the 2025 PMI proposal supported Western
extending the current marketing plan with amendments to the marketing
plan principles related to contract term and resource pools.
2025 PMI Proposal
Western's 2025 PMI proposes to extend the current marketing plan
with amendments to the marketing plan principles related to the
contract term and resource pools. The marketing plan principles
proposed to be revised, as well as those proposed to be extended, are
as follows:
Amended Marketing Plan Principles
1. Contract Term: A 30-year contract term would be used for firm
electric service contracts. The firm electric service contract term
would begin October 1, 2024, and expire September 30, 2054.
2. Resource Pools: The 2025 PMI would provide for resource pools of
up to 1 percent of the marketable resource under contract at the time
of each reallocation to be available for eligible new preference
entities. Reallocations would occur at the beginning of the October 1,
2024, contract term and again every 10 years thereafter on October 1,
2034, and October 1, 2044.
Extended Marketing Plan Principles
Extension of the current marketing plan includes the following key
principles not specifically addressed in the preceding section entitled
``Amended Marketing Plan Principles.'' The following key principles
were discussed with the firm electric service customers during the
informal customer input phase of this process and are included below
for reference purposes.
1. Marketable Resource: Reservoir operation modeling, which employs
the historic hydrologic record and assumes 2025 reservoir operating
criteria, is being used to project monthly marketable energy and
capacity. Projected marketable energy is the average monthly energy
indicated by the modeling with provisions for: power plant station
service use; energy received to compensate for Green Mountain power
interference; reduced generating efficiency caused by power system
regulation; Colorado-Big Thompson Project pumping; Project Use loads;
and Special Use loads. For Mt. Elbert generation, only the flow-through
generation resulting from the transfer of water through the Mt. Elbert
Conduit to Twin Lakes is included in the marketable energy totals.
Projected marketable capacity is the monthly capacity available 90
percent of the time as indicated by the modeling with provisions for:
typical generating unit maintenance outages; power system reserve
requirements; Colorado-Big Thompson Project on-peak pumping; Project
Use loads; and Special Use loads. Mt. Elbert generating capacity was
assumed to be available at all times except during times of typical
unit maintenance.
Based on the marketable energy and capacity projections and taking
into account the uncertainty in projecting 2025 reservoir operating
criteria, the proposed 2025 PMI supports extending the existing
contract rates of delivery commitments, with associated energy, to
existing long-term firm electric service customers reduced by up to 1
percent for each new resource pool on October 1, 2024, October 1, 2034,
and October 1, 2044.
2. Hydrology and River Operations Withdrawal Provision: Western
would reserve the right to adjust, at its discretion and sole
determination, the contract rate of delivery on five years advance
written notice in response to changes in hydrology and river
operations. Any such adjustments would take place after an appropriate
public process.
3. Marketing Area: The proposed 2025 PMI supports continuing the
current LAP marketing area, which is the portion of Colorado east of
the Continental Divide; Mountain Parks Electric, Inc.'s, service
territory in Colorado west of the Continental Divide; the portion of
Kansas located in the Missouri River Basin; the portion of Kansas west
of the eastern borders of the counties intersected by the 100th
Meridian; the portion of Nebraska west of the 101st Meridian; and
Wyoming east of the Continental Divide.
4. Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage: The proposed 2025 PMI supports
extending the Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage contract provisions, which
provide for pumped-storage energy. The full 200 MW of Mt. Elbert
capacity is included in the LAP capacity allocations. Only flow-through
generation is included in LAP energy allocations. Customers may
schedule capacity without energy. Off-peak energy must be returned to
Western commensurate with any on-peak energy taken.
Availability of Information
Documents developed or retained by Western during this public
process will be available for inspection and copying at the RMR Office,
located at 5555 East Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, Colorado. Western
will post information concerning the proposed 2025 PMI on
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its Web site at https://www.wapa.gov/rm/PMcontractRM/2025%20PMI/default.html. Written comments received as part of the 2025 PMI
proposal formal public process will be available for viewing on the Web
site.
2025 PMI Procedures Requirements
Environmental Compliance
Western will evaluate this action for compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347); the
Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500--1508);
and DOE NEPA Regulations (10 CFR 1021).
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: October 7, 2011.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-26750 Filed 10-14-11; 8:45 am]
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