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recovery criteria. Such increased
revenues are needed primarily to cover
the increased costs associated with
increased operations and maintenance
and increases to investments and
replacements in the hydroelectric
generating facilities. The Administrator
of Southwestern has developed
proposed Integrated System rates, which
are supported by the rate design study,
to recover the required revenues. The
Revised 2013 Study indicates that the
proposed rates would increase annual
system revenues approximately 4.7
percent from $184,059,100 to
$192,765,802 effective October 1, 2013
through September 30, 2017.
DATES: The consultation and comment
period will begin on the date of
publication of this Federal Register
notice and will end on August 30, 2013.
If requested, a combined Public
Information and Comment Forum
(Forum) will be held in Tulsa,
Oklahoma at 9:00 a.m. on July 11, 2013.
If requested, persons desiring the Forum
to be held should indicate in writing to
the Southwestern Vice President, Chief
Operating Officer (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) by letter, email,
or facsimile transmission (918–595–
6656) by July 8, 2013, their request for
such Forum. If no request is received,
no such Forum will be held.
ADDRESSES: If requested, the Forum will
be held in Southwestern’s offices, Room
1460, Williams Center Tower I, One
West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma
74103.
Dated: June 24, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Mr.
James K. McDonald, Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of
Corporate Operations, Southwestern
Power Administration, U.S. Department
of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595–6690,
jim.mcdonald@swpa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southwestern Power Administration
Integrated System Power Rates
Southwestern Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of public review and
comment.
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AGENCY:
The Administrator,
Southwestern Power Administration
(Southwestern), has prepared Current
and Revised 2013 Power Repayment
Studies which show the need for an
increase in annual revenues to meet cost
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Originally
established by Secretarial Order No.
1865 dated August 31, 1943,
Southwestern is an agency within the
U.S. Department of Energy created by
the Department of Energy Organization
Act, Public Law 95–91, dated August 4,
1977. Guidelines for preparation of
power repayment studies are included
in DOE Order No. RA 6120.2 entitled
Power Marketing Administration
Financial Reporting. Procedures for
public participation in power and
transmission rate adjustments of the
Power Marketing Administrations are
found at title 10, part 903, subpart A of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR
903). Procedures for the confirmation
and approval of rates for the Federal
Power Marketing Administrations are
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found at title 18, part 300, subpart L of
the Code of Federal Regulations (18 CFR
300).
Southwestern markets power from 24
multi-purpose reservoir projects with
hydroelectric power facilities
constructed and operated by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). These
projects are located in the states of
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and
Texas. Southwestern’s marketing area
includes these states plus Kansas and
Louisiana. The costs associated with the
hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24
projects are repaid via revenues
received under the Integrated System
rates, as are those of Southwestern’s
transmission facilities, which consist of
1,380 miles of high-voltage transmission
lines, 25 substations, and 46 microwave
and VHF radio sites. Costs associated
with the Sam Rayburn and Robert D.
Willis Dams, two Corps projects that are
isolated hydraulically, electrically, and
financially from the Integrated System,
are repaid under separate rate schedules
and are not addressed in this notice.
Following Department of Energy
guidelines, the Administrator of
Southwestern, prepared the Current
Power Repayment Study using existing
system rates.1 This study indicates that
Southwestern’s legal requirement to
repay the investment in power
generating and transmission facilities
for power and energy marketed by
Southwestern will not be met without
an increase in revenues. The need for
increased revenues is primarily due to
increased costs associated with
operations and maintenance and
increased investments and replacements
in hydroelectric generating facilities for
the Corps and Southwestern’s
transmission system. The Revised
Power Repayment Study shows that
additional annual revenues of
$8,706,702 (a 4.7 percent increase) are
needed to satisfy repayment criteria.
The Rate Design Study which
allocates the revenue requirement to the
various system rate schedules for
recovery and provides for transmission
service rates in general conformance
with FERC Order No. 888 has also been
completed.2 The proposed new rates
1 FERC, on March 5, 2012, confirmed and
approved the existing Integrated System rate
schedules for the period January 1, 2012 through
September 30, 2015. See 138 FERC ¶ 62,199.
2 Promoting Wholesale Competition Through
Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission
Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded
Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities,
Order No. 888, 61 FR 21,540 (5/10/1996), FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996), order on reh’g, Order
No. 888–A, 62 FR 12,274 (3/14/1997), FERC Stats.
& Regs. ¶ 31,048 (1997), order on reh’g, Order No.
888–B, 81 FERC ¶ 61,248 (1997), order on reh’g,
Order No. 888–C, 82 FERC ¶ 61,046 (1998), aff’d
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would increase annual revenues to an
estimated $192,765,802 and would
satisfy the present financial criteria for
repayment of the project and
transmission system investments within
the required number of years. As
indicated in the Rate Design Study, this
revenue would be developed primarily
through increases in the charges for
power sales capacity and energy and
transmission services, including some of
the ancillary services for deliveries of
both Federal and non-Federal power
and associated energy from the
transmission system of Southwestern.
A second component of the Integrated
System rates for power and energy, the
Purchased Power Adder (PPA),
produces revenues which are segregated
to cover the cost of power purchased to
meet contractual obligations. The PPA is
established to reflect revenues required
to meet Southwestern’s purchased
power needs on an average annual basis.
The PPA rate will decrease slightly to
reflect the declining average cost of
purchasing power over the period
applied to our projected power needs.
The Administrator’s authority to adjust
the PPA at his discretion with the
Purchased Power Adder Adjustment
(PPAA) will remain in force.3 The PPAA
is limited to two adjustments per year
not to exceed a total of ± 5.9 mills per
kilowatthour per year. The PPA will
decrease to $0.0059 per kilowatthour
and the PPAA will remain at $0.0021
per kilowatthour effective October 1,
2013.
A revision to the component for
Regulation Purchased Adder service has
been proposed to the existing rate
schedules to include a four-year
transition to a full reimbursement based
on average annual replacement energy
costs for supplying regulation service to
those customers inside the Balancing
Authority Area (BAA). This revision to
the Regulation Purchased Adder is
being proposed so that all customers
receiving regulation service within the
BAA are appropriately assessed for their
consumption of the service that is
purchased to supplement the Federal
resource used to support the BAA’s
requirement to regulate for loads. A
copy of the proposed Regulation
Purchased Adder language contained
within the proposed Rate Schedules can
be requested from Mr. James K.
McDonald at the address listed above
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Below is a general comparison of the
existing and proposed system rates:
Existing rates
Capacity
Grid or 138–161kV .......................
Regulation & Freq. Response
(generation in BAA).
Regulation
Purchased
Adder
(load within SWPA BAA).
Reserve Ancillary Services ...........
Purchased Power Adder ..............
Administrator’s
Discretionary
Adder Adjustment Limit.
Transformation Service 69kV (applied to usage, not reservation).
Energy.
Peaking Energy ............................
Supplemental Peaking Energy .....
TRANSMISSION RATES .............
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Capacity (Firm Reservation with energy) Grid or 138–161 kV.
..................................................
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Required Ancillary Services (generation in BAA).
Reserve Ancillary Services (generation in BAA).
Regulation & Freq Response (deliveries within BAA).
Transformation Service 69 kV and
below (applied on usage, not
reservation) Weekly and daily
rates not applied.
Capacity (Non-firm with energy) ..........
Network Service ...................................
Required Ancillary Services: ........
Reserve Ancillary Services (generation in BAA).
Regulation & Freq Response (deliveries within BAA).
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Rate Schedule P–13
(System Peaking)
$4.29/kW/Mo
$0.09/kW/Mo
$4.50/kW/Mo.
$0.07/kW/Mo.
prorata share of total energy cost
$0.0224/kW/Mo
$0.0062/kWh
±$0.0062/kWh annually
prorata share of total energy cost (includes refinement to procedure).
$0.0292/kW/Mo.
$0.0059/kWh.
±$0.0059/kWh annually.
$0.42/kW/Mo
$0.46/kW/Mo.
$0.0091/kWh
$0.0091/kWh
Rate Schedule NFTS–11
(Transmission)
$1.28/kW/Mo
$0.0094/kWh.
$0.0094/kWh.
Rate Schedule NFTS–13
(Transmission)
$1.48/kW/Mo.
$0.320/kW/Week
$0.0582/kW/Day
$0.13/kW/Mo, or $0.033/kW/Week, or $0.006/kW/
Day
$0.0224/kW/Mo,
or
$0.0056/kW/Week,
or
$0.00102/kW/Day
$0.09/kW/Mo, or $0.023/kW/Week, or $0.0041/kW/
Day
$0.42/kW/Mo
$0.370/kW/Week.
$0.0673/kW/Day.
$0.13/kW/Mo, or $0.033/kW/Week, or $0.006/kW/
Day.
$0.0292/kW/Mo,
or
$0.0073/kW/Week,
or
$0.00132/kW/Day.
$0.07/kW/Mo, or $0.018/kW/Week, or $0.0032/kW/
Day.
$0.46/kW/Mo.
80% of firm monthly charge divided by 4 for weekly rate, divided by 22 for daily rate, and divided
by 352 for hourly rate
$1.28/kW/Mo
$0.13/kW/Mo
$0.00224/kW/Mo
80% of firm monthly charge divided by 4 for weekly rate, divided by 22 for daily rate, and divided
by 352 for hourly rate.
$1.48/kW/Mo.
$0.13/kW/Mo.
$0.00292/kW/Mo.
$0.09/kW/Mo
$0.07/kW/Mo.
in relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access
Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir.
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Rate Schedule P–11
(System Peaking)
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2000), aff’d sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S.
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Existing rates
EXCESS ENERGY RATES
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Energy ..........................................
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Rate Schedule P–13
(System Peaking)
Rate Schedule EE–11
(Excess Energy)
$0.0091/kWh
Southwestern’s customers and other
interested parties may receive copies of
the Integrated System Power Repayment
Studies and/or Rate Design Study, by
submitting a request to Mr. James K.
McDonald (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
A Public Information and Comment
Forum (Forum) is tentatively scheduled
to be held on July 11, 2013, to explain
to customers and interested parties the
proposed rates and supporting studies
and to allow for comment. A chairman,
who will be responsible for orderly
procedure, will conduct the Forum if a
Forum is requested. Questions
concerning the rates, studies, and
information presented at the Forum will
be answered, to the extent possible, at
the Forum. Questions not answered at
the Forum will be answered in writing.
Questions involving voluminous data
contained in Southwestern’s records
may best be answered by consultation
and review of pertinent records at
Southwestern’s offices.
Persons requesting that a Forum be
held should indicate in writing to the
Southwestern Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) by letter, email,
or facsimile transmission (918–595–
6656) by July 8, 2013, their request for
such a Forum. If no request is received,
no such Forum will be held. Persons
interested in speaking at the Forum, if
held, should submit a request to Mr.
James K. McDonald, Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer, Southwestern,
at least seven (7) calendar days prior to
the Forum so that a list of forum
participants can be developed. The
chairman may allow others to speak if
time permits.
A transcript of the Forum, if held, will
be made. Copies of the transcript and all
documents introduced will be available
for review at Southwestern’s offices (see
ADDRESSES) during normal business
hours. Copies of the transcript and all
documents introduced may also be
obtained, for a fee, from the transcribing
service.
All written comments or an electronic
copy in MS Word on the proposed
Integrated System Rates are due on or
before August 30, 2013. Comments
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Rate Schedule EE–13
(Excess Energy)
$0.0094/kWh.
should be submitted to Mr. James K.
McDonald, Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, Southwestern, (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Following review of the oral and
written comments and the information
gathered in the course of the
proceeding, the Administrator will
submit the finalized Integrated System
Power Repayment Studies and Rate
Design Study in support of the proposed
rates to the Deputy Secretary of Energy
for confirmation and approval on an
interim basis, and subsequently to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
for confirmation and approval on a final
basis. The Commission will allow the
public an opportunity to provide
written comments on the proposed rate
increase before making a final decision.
Dated: June 24, 2013.
Christopher M. Turner,
Administrator .
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0448; FRL—9825–4]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Willingness to Pay Survey for Salmon
Recovery in the Willamette Watershed
(New)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Willingness to Pay Survey for Salmon
Recovery in the Willamette Watershed’’
(EPA ICR No. 2489.01, OMB Control No.
2080–NEW) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
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doing so, EPA is soliciting public
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proposed information collection as
described below. This is a request for
approval of a new collection. An
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a person is not required to respond to
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
ORD–2013–0448 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Papenfus, Environmental
Protection Agency, Western Ecology
Division, 200 SW 35th St., Corvallis,
OR, 97333; telephone number: 541–
754–4703; fax number: 541–754–4799;
email address:
papenfus.michael@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southwestern Power Administration
Integrated System Power Rates
AGENCY: Southwestern Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of public review and comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration
(Southwestern), has prepared Current and Revised 2013 Power Repayment
Studies which show the need for an increase in annual revenues to meet
cost recovery criteria. Such increased revenues are needed primarily to
cover the increased costs associated with increased operations and
maintenance and increases to investments and replacements in the
hydroelectric generating facilities. The Administrator of Southwestern
has developed proposed Integrated System rates, which are supported by
the rate design study, to recover the required revenues. The Revised
2013 Study indicates that the proposed rates would increase annual
system revenues approximately 4.7 percent from $184,059,100 to
$192,765,802 effective October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2017.
DATES: The consultation and comment period will begin on the date of
publication of this Federal Register notice and will end on August 30,
2013. If requested, a combined Public Information and Comment Forum
(Forum) will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma at 9:00 a.m. on July 11, 2013.
If requested, persons desiring the Forum to be held should indicate in
writing to the Southwestern Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by letter, email, or facsimile
transmission (918-595-6656) by July 8, 2013, their request for such
Forum. If no request is received, no such Forum will be held.
ADDRESSES: If requested, the Forum will be held in Southwestern's
offices, Room 1460, Williams Center Tower I, One West Third Street,
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James K. McDonald, Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of Corporate Operations, Southwestern
Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, One West Third Street,
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595-6690, jim.mcdonald@swpa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally established by Secretarial Order
No. 1865 dated August 31, 1943, Southwestern is an agency within the
U.S. Department of Energy created by the Department of Energy
Organization Act, Public Law 95-91, dated August 4, 1977. Guidelines
for preparation of power repayment studies are included in DOE Order
No. RA 6120.2 entitled Power Marketing Administration Financial
Reporting. Procedures for public participation in power and
transmission rate adjustments of the Power Marketing Administrations
are found at title 10, part 903, subpart A of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR 903). Procedures for the confirmation and approval
of rates for the Federal Power Marketing Administrations are found at
title 18, part 300, subpart L of the Code of Federal Regulations (18
CFR 300).
Southwestern markets power from 24 multi-purpose reservoir projects
with hydroelectric power facilities constructed and operated by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). These projects are located in the
states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Southwestern's
marketing area includes these states plus Kansas and Louisiana. The
costs associated with the hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24
projects are repaid via revenues received under the Integrated System
rates, as are those of Southwestern's transmission facilities, which
consist of 1,380 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, 25
substations, and 46 microwave and VHF radio sites. Costs associated
with the Sam Rayburn and Robert D. Willis Dams, two Corps projects that
are isolated hydraulically, electrically, and financially from the
Integrated System, are repaid under separate rate schedules and are not
addressed in this notice.
Following Department of Energy guidelines, the Administrator of
Southwestern, prepared the Current Power Repayment Study using existing
system rates.\1\ This study indicates that Southwestern's legal
requirement to repay the investment in power generating and
transmission facilities for power and energy marketed by Southwestern
will not be met without an increase in revenues. The need for increased
revenues is primarily due to increased costs associated with operations
and maintenance and increased investments and replacements in
hydroelectric generating facilities for the Corps and Southwestern's
transmission system. The Revised Power Repayment Study shows that
additional annual revenues of $8,706,702 (a 4.7 percent increase) are
needed to satisfy repayment criteria.
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\1\ FERC, on March 5, 2012, confirmed and approved the existing
Integrated System rate schedules for the period January 1, 2012
through September 30, 2015. See 138 FERC ] 62,199.
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The Rate Design Study which allocates the revenue requirement to
the various system rate schedules for recovery and provides for
transmission service rates in general conformance with FERC Order No.
888 has also been completed.\2\ The proposed new rates
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would increase annual revenues to an estimated $192,765,802 and would
satisfy the present financial criteria for repayment of the project and
transmission system investments within the required number of years. As
indicated in the Rate Design Study, this revenue would be developed
primarily through increases in the charges for power sales capacity and
energy and transmission services, including some of the ancillary
services for deliveries of both Federal and non-Federal power and
associated energy from the transmission system of Southwestern.
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\2\ Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-
discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery
of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities,
Order No. 888, 61 FR 21,540 (5/10/1996), FERC Stats. & Regs. ]
31,036 (1996), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-A, 62 FR 12,274 (3/14/
1997), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,048 (1997), order on reh'g, Order
No. 888-B, 81 FERC ] 61,248 (1997), order on reh'g, Order No. 888-C,
82 FERC ] 61,046 (1998), aff'd in relevant part sub nom.
Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C.
Cir. 2000), aff'd sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002).
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A second component of the Integrated System rates for power and
energy, the Purchased Power Adder (PPA), produces revenues which are
segregated to cover the cost of power purchased to meet contractual
obligations. The PPA is established to reflect revenues required to
meet Southwestern's purchased power needs on an average annual basis.
The PPA rate will decrease slightly to reflect the declining average
cost of purchasing power over the period applied to our projected power
needs. The Administrator's authority to adjust the PPA at his
discretion with the Purchased Power Adder Adjustment (PPAA) will remain
in force.\3\ The PPAA is limited to two adjustments per year not to
exceed a total of 5.9 mills per kilowatthour per year. The
PPA will decrease to $0.0059 per kilowatthour and the PPAA will remain
at $0.0021 per kilowatthour effective October 1, 2013.
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\3\ See 138 FERC ] 62,199 (2012).
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A revision to the component for Regulation Purchased Adder service
has been proposed to the existing rate schedules to include a four-year
transition to a full reimbursement based on average annual replacement
energy costs for supplying regulation service to those customers inside
the Balancing Authority Area (BAA). This revision to the Regulation
Purchased Adder is being proposed so that all customers receiving
regulation service within the BAA are appropriately assessed for their
consumption of the service that is purchased to supplement the Federal
resource used to support the BAA's requirement to regulate for loads. A
copy of the proposed Regulation Purchased Adder language contained
within the proposed Rate Schedules can be requested from Mr. James K.
McDonald at the address listed above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Below is a general comparison of the existing and proposed system
rates:
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Existing rates Proposed rates
GENERATION RATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rate Schedule P-11 (System Peaking) Rate Schedule P-13 (System Peaking)
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Capacity
Grid or 138-161kV................. $4.29/kW/Mo $4.50/kW/Mo.
Regulation & Freq. Response $0.09/kW/Mo $0.07/kW/Mo.
(generation in BAA).
Regulation Purchased Adder (load prorata share of total energy cost prorata share of total energy cost
within SWPA BAA). (includes refinement to
procedure).
Reserve Ancillary Services........ $0.0224/kW/Mo $0.0292/kW/Mo.
Purchased Power Adder............. $0.0062/kWh $0.0059/kWh.
Administrator's Discretionary $0.0062/kWh annually $0.0059/kWh annually.
Adder Adjustment Limit.
Transformation Service 69kV $0.42/kW/Mo $0.46/kW/Mo.
(applied to usage, not
reservation).
Energy..............................
Peaking Energy.................... $0.0091/kWh $0.0094/kWh.
Supplemental Peaking Energy....... $0.0091/kWh $0.0094/kWh.
TRANSMISSION RATES................ Rate Schedule NFTS-11 Rate Schedule NFTS-13
(Transmission) (Transmission)
Capacity (Firm Reservation with $1.28/kW/Mo $1.48/kW/Mo.
energy) Grid or 138-161 kV.
$0.320/kW/Week $0.370/kW/Week.
$0.0582/kW/Day $0.0673/kW/Day.
Required Ancillary Services $0.13/kW/Mo, or $0.033/kW/Week, or $0.13/kW/Mo, or $0.033/kW/Week, or
(generation in BAA). $0.006/kW/Day $0.006/kW/Day.
Reserve Ancillary Services $0.0224/kW/Mo, or $0.0056/kW/Week, $0.0292/kW/Mo, or $0.0073/kW/Week,
(generation in BAA). or $0.00102/kW/Day or $0.00132/kW/Day.
Regulation & Freq Response $0.09/kW/Mo, or $0.023/kW/Week, or $0.07/kW/Mo, or $0.018/kW/Week, or
(deliveries within BAA). $0.0041/kW/Day $0.0032/kW/Day.
Transformation Service 69 kV and $0.42/kW/Mo $0.46/kW/Mo.
below (applied on usage, not
reservation) Weekly and daily
rates not applied.
Capacity (Non-firm with energy)....... 80% of firm monthly charge divided 80% of firm monthly charge divided
by 4 for weekly rate, divided by by 4 for weekly rate, divided by
22 for daily rate, and divided by 22 for daily rate, and divided by
352 for hourly rate 352 for hourly rate.
Network Service....................... $1.28/kW/Mo $1.48/kW/Mo.
Required Ancillary Services:...... $0.13/kW/Mo $0.13/kW/Mo.
Reserve Ancillary Services $0.00224/kW/Mo $0.00292/kW/Mo.
(generation in BAA).
Regulation & Freq Response $0.09/kW/Mo $0.07/kW/Mo.
(deliveries within BAA).
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EXCESS ENERGY RATES Rate Schedule EE-11 Rate Schedule EE-13
(Excess Energy) (Excess Energy)
Energy............................ $0.0091/kWh $0.0094/kWh.
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Southwestern's customers and other interested parties may receive
copies of the Integrated System Power Repayment Studies and/or Rate
Design Study, by submitting a request to Mr. James K. McDonald (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
A Public Information and Comment Forum (Forum) is tentatively
scheduled to be held on July 11, 2013, to explain to customers and
interested parties the proposed rates and supporting studies and to
allow for comment. A chairman, who will be responsible for orderly
procedure, will conduct the Forum if a Forum is requested. Questions
concerning the rates, studies, and information presented at the Forum
will be answered, to the extent possible, at the Forum. Questions not
answered at the Forum will be answered in writing. Questions involving
voluminous data contained in Southwestern's records may best be
answered by consultation and review of pertinent records at
Southwestern's offices.
Persons requesting that a Forum be held should indicate in writing
to the Southwestern Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by letter, email, or facsimile
transmission (918-595-6656) by July 8, 2013, their request for such a
Forum. If no request is received, no such Forum will be held. Persons
interested in speaking at the Forum, if held, should submit a request
to Mr. James K. McDonald, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,
Southwestern, at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the Forum so
that a list of forum participants can be developed. The chairman may
allow others to speak if time permits.
A transcript of the Forum, if held, will be made. Copies of the
transcript and all documents introduced will be available for review at
Southwestern's offices (see ADDRESSES) during normal business hours.
Copies of the transcript and all documents introduced may also be
obtained, for a fee, from the transcribing service.
All written comments or an electronic copy in MS Word on the
proposed Integrated System Rates are due on or before August 30, 2013.
Comments should be submitted to Mr. James K. McDonald, Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer, Southwestern, (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Following review of the oral and written comments and the
information gathered in the course of the proceeding, the Administrator
will submit the finalized Integrated System Power Repayment Studies and
Rate Design Study in support of the proposed rates to the Deputy
Secretary of Energy for confirmation and approval on an interim basis,
and subsequently to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for
confirmation and approval on a final basis. The Commission will allow
the public an opportunity to provide written comments on the proposed
rate increase before making a final decision.
Dated: June 24, 2013.
Christopher M. Turner,
Administrator .
[FR Doc. 2013-15685 Filed 6-28-13; 8:45 am]
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