Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public Forum, and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment for Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects, 17080-17083 [2022-06305]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southeastern Power Administration
Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public
Forum, and Opportunities for Public
Review and Comment for GeorgiaAlabama-South Carolina System of
Projects
Southeastern Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.
AGENCY:
Southeastern Power
Administration (Southeastern) proposes
to revise existing schedules of rates and
charges applicable to the sale of power
from the Georgia-Alabama-South
Carolina System of Projects effective for
a 5-year period, October 1, 2022,
through September 30, 2027.
Additionally, opportunities will be
available for interested persons to
review the present rates and the
proposed rates and supporting studies,
to participate in a public forum and to
submit written comments. Southeastern
will evaluate all comments received in
this process.
DATES: Written comments are due on or
before June 23, 2022. A public
information and comment forum will be
held in Atlanta, Georgia at 2:00 p.m.
EDT on April 26, 2022. Persons desiring
to attend the forum should notify
Southeastern by April 19, 2022, so a list
of forum participants can be prepared.
Persons desiring to speak at the forum
should specify this in their notification
to Southeastern; others may speak if
time permits. Notifications should be
submitted by Email to Comments@
sepa.doe.gov. If Southeastern has not
been notified by close of business on
April 19, 2022, that at least one person
intends to be present at the forum, the
forum may be canceled with no further
notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Administrator,
SUMMARY:
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Southeastern Power Administration,
Department of Energy, 1166 Athens
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635–
6711; Email: Comments@sepa.doe.gov.
The public information and comment
forum for the Georgia-Alabama-South
Carolina System of Projects will take
place at the Atlanta Airport Marriott,
4711 Best Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30337.
Alexa Webb, Public Utilities Specialist,
Southeastern Power Administration,
Department of Energy, 1166 Athens
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635,
(706) 213–3800; Email: Alexa.Webb@
sepa.doe.gov.
The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) confirmed and approved on a
final basis Wholesale Power Rate
Schedules SOCO–1–F, SOCO–2–F,
SOCO–3–F, SOCO–4–F, ALA–1–O,
Duke–1–F, Duke–2–F, Duke–3–F, Duke–
4–F, Santee–1–F, Santee–2–F, Santee–
3–F, Santee–4–F, SCE&G–1–F, SCE&G–
2–F, SCE&G–3–F, SCE&G–4–F, Pump–
1–A, and Replacement–1 applicable to
Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System of Projects’ power for a period
ending September 30, 2022. (FERC
Docket No. EF17–5–000; 162 FERC
¶ 62,059 (Jan. 25, 2018)).
Discussion: The Georgia-AlabamaSouth Carolina System (System)
consists of ten projects in or on the
border of the states of Georgia, Alabama,
and South Carolina. The power
generated at these projects is purchased
by and benefits 192 preference
customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, South Carolina, and North
Carolina. The System provides
2,184,257 kilowatts of capacity and
about 3,383,000 MWh of average annual
energy from stream-flow based on
modeling for the period of record.
Existing rate schedules are predicated
upon a February 2017 repayment study
and other supporting data. A repayment
study prepared in January of 2022
shows a two percent (2%) increase in
the revenue requirement is necessary
due to an increase in forecast
transmission service purchase costs.
The revenue requirement is
$203,650,000 per year. Southeastern is
proposing to revise the existing rate
schedules to generate this revenue. The
proposed rate adjustment is a reduction
of about one percent (1%) in the rates
for capacity and an increase in the
energy rate of about four percent (4%).
Southeastern is proposing the
following rate schedules to be effective
for the period from October 1, 2022
through September 30, 2027.
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Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power
may be wheeled and scheduled
pursuant to contracts between the
Government and Southern Company
Services, Incorporated.
Rate Schedule SOCO–2–G
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rate Schedule SOCO–1–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power
may be wheeled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Southern
Company Services, Incorporated. The
customer is responsible for providing a
scheduling arrangement with the
Government.
Rate Schedule SOCO–3–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power
may be scheduled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Southern
Company Services, Incorporated. The
customer is responsible for providing a
transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SOCO–4–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida served through
the transmission facilities of Southern
Company Services, Inc. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and
for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Duke–1–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be
wheeled and scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and
Duke Power Company.
Rate Schedule Duke–2–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be
wheeled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and Duke Power
Company. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement
with the Government.
Rate Schedule Duke–3–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be
scheduled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke
Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission
arrangement.
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Rate Schedule Duke–4–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina served through the
transmission facilities of Duke Power
Company. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement
with the Government and for providing
a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee–1–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina to whom
power may be wheeled and scheduled
pursuant to contracts between the
Government and South Carolina Public
Service Authority.
Rate Schedule Santee–2–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina to whom
power may be wheeled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and
South Carolina Public Service
Authority. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement
with the Government.
Rate Schedule Santee–3–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina to whom
power may be scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and
South Carolina Public Service
Authority. The customer is responsible
for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee–4–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina served
through the transmission facilities of
South Carolina Public Service
Authority. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement
with the Government and for providing
a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G–1–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina to whom
power may be wheeled and scheduled
pursuant to contracts between the
Government and Dominion Energy
South Carolina, Inc.
Rate Schedule SCE&G–2–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina to whom
power may be wheeled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
The customer is responsible for
providing a scheduling arrangement
with the Government.
Rate Schedule SCE&G–3–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina to whom
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power may be scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
The customer is responsible for
providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G–4–G
Available to public bodies and
cooperatives in South Carolina served
through the transmission facilities of
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
The customer is responsible for
providing a scheduling arrangement
with the Government and for providing
a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Pump–1–A
Available to all customers of the
Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to energy from
pumping operations at the Carters and
Richard B. Russell projects.
Capacity .......................................................................................................................
Energy ..........................................................................................................................
Generation Services .....................................................................................................
Under this scenario, 75 percent of
generation revenues are recovered from
capacity sales and 25 percent are
recovered from energy sales. These rates
are expected to produce an average
Rate Schedule Replacement–1
Available to all customers in the
Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to replacement
energy.
The proposed rates for capacity,
energy, and generation services are as
follows:
$4.04
12.80
$0.12
revenue of $203,595,000 in FY 2023 and
all future years.
The rates for transmission,
scheduling, reactive supply, and
regulation and frequency response
per kilowatt (kW) per month.
mills per kilowatt-hour.
per kW per month.
apply to all four scenarios and are
illustrated in Table 1.
SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED RATES FOR TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING, REACTIVE, AND
REGULATION CHARGES
Rate schedule
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SOCO–1–G ......................................................................................
SOCO–2–G ......................................................................................
SOCO–3–G ......................................................................................
SOCO–4–G ......................................................................................
Duke–1–G ........................................................................................
Duke–2–G ........................................................................................
Duke–3–G ........................................................................................
Duke–4–G ........................................................................................
Santee–1–G .....................................................................................
Santee–2–G .....................................................................................
Santee–3–G .....................................................................................
Santee–4–G .....................................................................................
SCE&G–1–G ....................................................................................
SCE&G–2–G ....................................................................................
SCE&G–3–G ....................................................................................
SCE&G–4–G ....................................................................................
Pump–1–A .......................................................................................
Replacement–1 ................................................................................
The referenced repayment studies are
available for examination at 1166
Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia
30635–6711. Proposed Rate Schedules
SOCO–1–G, SOCO–2–G, SOCO–3–G,
SOCO–4–G, Duke–1–G, Duke–2–G,
Duke–3–G, Duke–4–G, Santee–1–G,
Santee–2–G, Santee–3–G, Santee–4–G,
SCE&G–1–G, SCE&G–2–G, SCE&G–3–G,
SCE&G–4–G, Pump–1–A, and
Replacement–1 are also available.
Legal Authority: By Delegation Order
No. 00–037.00B, effective November 19,
2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated
to Southeastern’s Administrator the
authority to develop power and
transmission rates, to the Deputy
Secretary of Energy the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates
into effect on an interim basis, and to
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FERC the authority to confirm, approve,
and place into effect on a final basis, or
to disapprove, rates developed by the
Administrator under the delegation. By
Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S4–
2021–2, effective December 8, 2021, the
Secretary of Energy also delegated the
authority to confirm, approve, and place
such rates into effect on an interim basis
to the Under Secretary for Science (and
Energy). By Redelegation Order No. S4–
DEL–OE1–2021–2, also effective
December 8, 2021, the Under Secretary
for Science (and Energy) redelegated the
authority to confirm, approve, and place
such rates into effect on an interim basis
to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity.
By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10–
03, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant
Secretary for Electricity further
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redelegated the authority to confirm,
approve, and place such rates into effect
on an interim basis to the
Administrator, Southeastern Power
Administration. This redelegation order,
despite predating the December 2021
delegations, remains valid. This rate is
proposed by the Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration,
pursuant to the authority delegated in
Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B.
Environmental Impact: Southeastern
has reviewed the possible
environmental impacts of the rate
adjustment under consideration and has
concluded that, because the adjusted
rates would not significantly affect the
quality of the human environment
within the meaning of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
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amended, the proposed action is not a
major Federal action for which
preparation of an Environmental Impact
Statement is required.
Determination Under Executive Order
12866: Southeastern 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.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on March 22, 2022,
by Virgil G. Hobbs III, Administrator for
Southeastern Power Administration,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document,
with the original signature and date, is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 22,
2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0557–0001; FRL–
9618–01–OMS]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Part 70
State Operating Permit Program
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Part 70 State Operating Permit Program
(EPA ICR Number 1587.15, OMB
Control Number 2060–0243) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through April 30, 2022. Public
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comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on August 31,
2021 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost
to the public. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2021–0557–0001, to EPA online
using https://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 or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection within
30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Corey Sugerik, Air Quality Policy
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, C504–05, Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, NC; telephone number: (919) 541–
3223; fax number: (919) 541–5509;
email address: sugerik.corey@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, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC.
Abstract: Title V of the Clean Air Act
(Act) requires states to develop and
implement a program for issuing
operating permits to all sources that fall
under any Act definition of ‘‘major’’ and
certain other non-major sources that are
subject to federal air quality regulations.
The Act further requires the EPA to
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develop regulations that establish the
minimum requirements for those state
operating permits programs and to
oversee implementation of the state
programs. The EPA regulations setting
forth requirements for the state
operating permit program are found at
40 CFR part 70. The part 70 program is
designed to be implemented primarily
by state, local and tribal permitting
authorities in all areas where they have
jurisdiction.
In order to receive an operating
permit for a major or other source
subject to the permitting program, the
applicant must conduct the necessary
research, perform the appropriate
analyses and prepare the permit
application with documentation to
demonstrate that its facility meets all
applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements. Specific activities and
requirements are listed and described in
the Supporting Statement for the 40 CFR
part 70 ICR.
Under 40 CFR part 70, state, local and
tribal permitting authorities review
permit applications, provide for public
review of proposed permits, issue
permits based on consideration of all
technical factors and public input and
review information submittals required
of sources during the term of the permit.
Also, under 40 CFR part 70, the EPA
reviews certain actions of the permitting
authorities and provides oversight of the
programs to ensure that they are being
adequately implemented and enforced.
Consequently, information prepared and
submitted by sources is essential for
sources to receive permits, and for
federal, state, local and tribal permitting
authorities to adequately review the
permit applications and thereby
properly administer and manage the
program.
Information that is collected is
handled according to the EPA’s policies
set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2,
subpart B—Confidentiality of Business
Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also
section 114(c) of the Act.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Industrial plants (sources); state, local
and tribal permitting authorities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (see 40 CFR part 70).
Estimated number of respondents:
14,201 sources and 117 state, local and
tribal permitting authorities.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 4,756,110
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $345,079,951
(per year). There are no annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southeastern Power Administration
Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public Forum, and Opportunities for
Public Review and Comment for Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of
Projects
AGENCY: Southeastern Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.
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SUMMARY: Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) proposes to
revise existing schedules of rates and charges applicable to the sale
of power from the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects
effective for a 5-year period, October 1, 2022, through September 30,
2027. Additionally, opportunities will be available for interested
persons to review the present rates and the proposed rates and
supporting studies, to participate in a public forum and to submit
written comments. Southeastern will evaluate all comments received in
this process.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before June 23, 2022. A public
information and comment forum will be held in Atlanta, Georgia at 2:00
p.m. EDT on April 26, 2022. Persons desiring to attend the forum should
notify Southeastern by April 19, 2022, so a list of forum participants
can be prepared. Persons desiring to speak at the forum should specify
this in their notification to Southeastern; others may speak if time
permits. Notifications should be submitted by Email to
[email protected]. If Southeastern has not been notified by close
of business on April 19, 2022, that at least one person intends to be
present at the forum, the forum may be canceled with no further notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Administrator,
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Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy, 1166 Athens
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711; Email: [email protected].
The public information and comment forum for the Georgia-Alabama-South
Carolina System of Projects will take place at the Atlanta Airport
Marriott, 4711 Best Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30337.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexa Webb, Public Utilities
Specialist, Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy,
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635, (706) 213-3800; Email:
Alexa.We[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) confirmed and approved on a final basis Wholesale Power Rate
Schedules SOCO-1-F, SOCO-2-F, SOCO-3-F, SOCO-4-F, ALA-1-O, Duke-1-F,
Duke-2-F, Duke-3-F, Duke-4-F, Santee-1-F, Santee-2-F, Santee-3-F,
Santee-4-F, SCE&G-1-F, SCE&G-2-F, SCE&G-3-F, SCE&G-4-F, Pump-1-A, and
Replacement-1 applicable to Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of
Projects' power for a period ending September 30, 2022. (FERC Docket
No. EF17-5-000; 162 FERC ] 62,059 (Jan. 25, 2018)).
Discussion: The Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System (System)
consists of ten projects in or on the border of the states of Georgia,
Alabama, and South Carolina. The power generated at these projects is
purchased by and benefits 192 preference customers in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The System
provides 2,184,257 kilowatts of capacity and about 3,383,000 MWh of
average annual energy from stream-flow based on modeling for the period
of record.
Existing rate schedules are predicated upon a February 2017
repayment study and other supporting data. A repayment study prepared
in January of 2022 shows a two percent (2%) increase in the revenue
requirement is necessary due to an increase in forecast transmission
service purchase costs. The revenue requirement is $203,650,000 per
year. Southeastern is proposing to revise the existing rate schedules
to generate this revenue. The proposed rate adjustment is a reduction
of about one percent (1%) in the rates for capacity and an increase in
the energy rate of about four percent (4%).
Southeastern is proposing the following rate schedules to be
effective for the period from October 1, 2022 through September 30,
2027.
Rate Schedule SOCO-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled
pursuant to contracts between the Government and Southern Company
Services, Incorporated.
Rate Schedule SOCO-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SOCO-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule SOCO-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida served through the transmission facilities of
Southern Company Services, Inc. The customer is responsible for
providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government and for
providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Duke-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Duke Power Company.
Rate Schedule Duke-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Duke-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Duke-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina served through the transmission facilities of Duke Power
Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority.
Rate Schedule Santee-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Santee-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the
Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Public
Service Authority. The customer is responsible for providing a
scheduling arrangement with the Government and for providing a
transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom
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power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the Government and
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. The customer is responsible for
providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Pump-1-A
Available to all customers of the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to energy from pumping operations at the Carters
and Richard B. Russell projects.
Rate Schedule Replacement-1
Available to all customers in the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to replacement energy.
The proposed rates for capacity, energy, and generation services
are as follows:
Capacity......................... $4.04 per kilowatt (kW)
per month.
Energy........................... 12.80 mills per kilowatt-
hour.
Generation Services.............. $0.12 per kW per month.
Under this scenario, 75 percent of generation revenues are
recovered from capacity sales and 25 percent are recovered from energy
sales. These rates are expected to produce an average revenue of
$203,595,000 in FY 2023 and all future years.
The rates for transmission, scheduling, reactive supply, and
regulation and frequency response apply to all four scenarios and are
illustrated in Table 1.
Southeastern Power Administration Proposed Rates for Transmission Scheduling, Reactive, and Regulation Charges
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Transmission Scheduling Reactive charge Regulation
charge charge ------------------ charge
Rate schedule ------------------------------------ -----------------
$/kW/month $/kW/month $/kW/month $/kW/month
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SOCO-1-G................................ 4.08 0.0806 0.11 0.0483
SOCO-2-G................................ 4.08 ................ 0.11 ................
SOCO-3-G................................ ................ 0.0806 ................ 0.0483
SOCO-4-G................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Duke-1-G................................ 1.51 ................ ................ ................
Duke-2-G................................ 1.51 ................ ................ ................
Duke-3-G................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Duke-4-G................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Santee-1-G.............................. 1.88 ................ ................ ................
Santee-2-G.............................. 1.88 ................ ................ ................
Santee-3-G.............................. ................ ................ ................ ................
Santee-4-G.............................. ................ ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-1-G............................... 5.07 ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-2-G............................... 5.07 ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-3-G............................... ................ ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-4-G............................... ................ ................ ................ ................
Pump-1-A................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Replacement-1........................... ................ ................ ................ ................
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The referenced repayment studies are available for examination at
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. Proposed Rate
Schedules SOCO-1-G, SOCO-2-G, SOCO-3-G, SOCO-4-G, Duke-1-G, Duke-2-G,
Duke-3-G, Duke-4-G, Santee-1-G, Santee-2-G, Santee-3-G, Santee-4-G,
SCE&G-1-G, SCE&G-2-G, SCE&G-3-G, SCE&G-4-G, Pump-1-A, and Replacement-1
are also available.
Legal Authority: By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00B, effective
November 19, 2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated to Southeastern's
Administrator the authority to develop power and transmission rates, to
the Deputy Secretary of Energy the authority to confirm, approve, and
place such rates into effect on an interim basis, and to FERC the
authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis,
or to disapprove, rates developed by the Administrator under the
delegation. By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S4-2021-2, effective
December 8, 2021, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority
to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim
basis to the Under Secretary for Science (and Energy). By Redelegation
Order No. S4-DEL-OE1-2021-2, also effective December 8, 2021, the Under
Secretary for Science (and Energy) redelegated the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis
to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. By Redelegation Order No.
00-002.10-03, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant Secretary for
Electricity further redelegated the authority to confirm, approve, and
place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration. This redelegation order, despite
predating the December 2021 delegations, remains valid. This rate is
proposed by the Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration,
pursuant to the authority delegated in Delegation Order No. 00-037.00B.
Environmental Impact: Southeastern has reviewed the possible
environmental impacts of the rate adjustment under consideration and
has concluded that, because the adjusted rates would not significantly
affect the quality of the human environment within the meaning of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
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amended, the proposed action is not a major Federal action for which
preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement is required.
Determination Under Executive Order 12866: Southeastern 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.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 22,
2022, by Virgil G. Hobbs III, Administrator for Southeastern Power
Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of
Energy. That document, with the original signature and date, is
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-06305 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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