Desert Southwest Region Ancillary Services-Rate Order No. WAPA-208, 1220-1222 [2023-00165]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Desert Southwest Region Ancillary
Services—Rate Order No. WAPA–208
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed formula
rates for Energy Imbalance Market
services.
AGENCY:
The Desert Southwest Region
(DSW) of the Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA) proposes three
new formula rates for Energy Imbalance
Market (EIM) Administrative Service,
Energy Imbalance (EI) Service, and
Generator Imbalance (GI) Service for the
Western Area Lower Colorado (WALC)
Balancing Authority (BA). The new
formula rates are necessary for
participation in the California
Independent System Operator’s (CAISO)
SUMMARY:
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EIM. If adopted, the proposed formula
rates under Rate Schedules DSW–
EIM1T, DSW–EIM4T, and DSW–EIM9T
will become effective April 5, 2023, and
remain in effect through September 30,
2026. Publication of this Federal
Register notice begins the formal
process for the proposed formula rates.
DATES: A consultation and comment
period will begin January 9, 2023 and
end February 8, 2023. DSW will accept
written comments any time during the
consultation and comment period.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
requests to be informed of Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
actions concerning the proposed
formula rates submitted by WAPA to
FERC for approval should be sent to:
Jack D. Murray, Regional Manager,
Desert Southwest Region, Western Area
Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457,
Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, or email:
dswpwrmrk@wapa.gov. DSW will post
information about the proposed formula
rates, other changes, and written
comments received to its website at:
www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Pages/
DSW–EIM.aspx.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina
Ramsey, Rates Manager, Desert
Southwest Region, Western Area Power
Administration, (602) 605–2565 or
email: dswpwrmrk@wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 25, 2022, FERC approved and
confirmed the following formula rates
for ancillary services, transmission
losses, and unreserved use penalties
applicable to the WALC BA on a final
basis through September 30, 2026: Rate
Schedules DSW–SD4 (Scheduling,
System Control, and Dispatch), DSW–
RS4 (Reactive Supply and Voltage
Control), DSW–FR4 (Regulation and
Frequency Response), DSW–EI4 (Energy
Imbalance), DSW–SPR4 (Spinning
Reserves), DSW–SUR4 (Supplemental
Reserves), DSW–GI2 (Generator
Imbalance), DSW–TL1 (Transmission
Losses), and DSW–UU1 (Unreserved
Use Penalties).1
To accommodate DSW’s participation
in the CAISO EIM, DSW is proposing
new rate schedules for: (1) EIM
Administrative Service (DSW–EIM1T),
(2) EIM EI Service (DSW–EIM4T), and
(3) EIM GI Service (DSW–EIM9T). The
proposed new rate schedule for EIM
Administrative Service would allow
DSW to pass through the administrative
costs and transaction fees resulting from
WALC BA’s participation in the CAISO
EIM. The proposed new rate schedules
1 Order Confirming and Approving Rate
Schedules on a Final Basis, Docket No. EF21–6–000
(Oct. 25, 2022).
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for EIM EI Service and EIM GI Service
would allow DSW to pass through
financial settlements incurred by the
WALC BA. The CAISO EIM settles for
EI Service and GI Service differently
from DSW’s existing rate schedules for
similar services. In the EIM, the CAISO
economically dispatches energy under
its Tariff to meet the imbalances for
loads and resources in multiple
balancing authority areas. The EIM
provides a centralized, automated, and
region-wide dispatch for imbalances.
DSW’s proposed formula rates for EIM
Administrative Service, EI Service and
GI Service would go into effect on April
5, 2023, and remain in effect through
September 30, 2026, or until DSW
changes the formula rates through
another public rate process pursuant to
10 CFR part 903, whichever occurs first.
EIM Administrative Service
The CAISO assesses administrative
service charges and transaction fees to
recover the costs associated with
operating the EIM and providing
services to participants.
The proposed new rate schedule,
DSW–EIM1T, would facilitate the pass
through of CAISO EIM administrative
service charges and transaction fees to
DSW transmission customers and
ensure the WALC BA remains revenue
neutral. If placed into effect, this rate
schedule will align with WAPA’s Tariff
and apply when the WALC BA
participates in the CAISO EIM and
when the EIM has not been suspended.
The services provided under DSW–SD4
continue to apply and the costs are
included in the applicable transmission
service rates. For clarity, when DSW is
participating in CAISO EIM, both DSW–
SD4 and DSW–EIM1T shall apply.
Transmission customers will be billed
for their share of EIM Administrative
Service charges allocated to the WALC
BA for its participation in the CAISO
EIM in accordance with DSW’s EIM
business practice posted on its Open
Access Same-time Information System
(OASIS) at www.oasis.oati.com/walc/
index.html. Revisions to the CAISO’s
Tariff may require changes to DSW’s
EIM business practice, which would be
processed consistent with section 4.3 of
WAPA’s Tariff.
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EIM Energy Imbalance Service
EI service is provided when a
difference occurs between the
scheduled and actual delivery of energy
to a load within the WALC Balancing
Authority Area (BAA). DSW’s existing
rate schedule for EI Service, DSW–EI4,
does not address EIM participation or
settlements.
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The proposed new rate schedule,
DSW–EIM4T, would facilitate the pass
through of any financial settlements for
EI Service from the CAISO EIM to DSW
transmission customers and ensure the
WALC BA remains revenue neutral. If
placed into effect, this rate schedule
will align with WAPA’s Tariff and apply
to EI Service when the WALC BA
participates in the CAISO EIM and
when the EIM has not been suspended.
DSW–EI4 would apply when the WALC
BA is not participating in EIM or when
the EIM has been suspended.
Transmission customers will be billed
for their share of EIM EI Service charges
incurred by the WALC BA for its
participation in the CAISO EIM in
accordance with the settlement methods
in DSW’s EIM business practice posted
on its OASIS at www.oasis.oati.com/
walc/. Revisions to the
CAISO’s Tariff may require changes to
DSW’s EIM business practice, which
would be processed consistent with
section 4.3 of WAPA’s Tariff.
EIM Generator Imbalance Service
GI service is provided when a
difference occurs between the output of
a generator located in the WALC BAA,
and the delivery schedule from that
generator to (1) another BAA or (2) a
load within the WALC BAA. DSW’s
existing rate schedule for GI service,
DSW–GI2, does not address EIM
participation or make a distinction
between participating and nonparticipating resources. The EIM
requires all participating resources to
settle directly with the CAISO. Nonparticipating resources need to settle
with the WALC BA, the EIM entity.
The proposed new rate schedule,
DSW–EIM9T, would facilitate the pass
through of any financial settlements for
GI service from the CAISO EIM to DSW
transmission customers and ensure the
WALC BA remains revenue neutral. If
placed into effect, this rate schedule
will align with WAPA’s Tariff and apply
to GI service when the WALC BA
participates in the CAISO EIM and
when the EIM has not been suspended.
DSW–G–I2 would apply when the
WALC BA is not participating in EIM or
when the EIM has been suspended.
Transmission customers will be billed
for their share of EIM GI Service charges
incurred by the WALC BA for its
participation in the CAISO EIM in
accordance with the settlement methods
in DSW’s EIM business practice posted
on its OASIS at www.oasis.oati.com/
walc/. Revisions to the
CAISO’s Tariff may require changes to
DSW’s EIM business practice, which
would be processed consistent with
section 4.3 of WAPA’s Tariff.
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Legal Authority
Existing DOE procedures for public
participation in power and transmission
rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were
published on September 18, 1985, and
February 21, 2019.2 The proposed
action constitutes a minor rate
adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR
903.2(e). In accordance with 10 CFR
903.15(a) and 10 CFR 903.16(a), DSW
has determined it is not necessary to
hold public information and public
comment forums for this rate action but
is initiating a 30-day consultation and
comment period to give the public an
opportunity to comment on the
proposed formula rates. DSW will
review and consider all timely public
comments at the conclusion of the
consultation and comment period and
make amendments or adjustments to the
proposal as appropriate.
WAPA is establishing the formula
rates for DSW EIM Services in
accordance with section 302 of the DOE
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152).3
By Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–
RATES–2016, effective November 19,
2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated:
(1) the authority to develop power and
transmission rates to WAPA’s
Administrator; (2) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates
into effect on an interim basis to the
Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the
authority to confirm, approve, and place
into effect on a final basis, or to remand
or disapprove such rates, to FERC. By
Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S3–
2022–2, effective June 13, 2022, 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
Infrastructure. By Redelegation Order
No. S3–DEL–WAPA1–2022, effective
June 13, 2022, the Under Secretary for
Infrastructure further redelegated the
authority to confirm, approve, and place
such rates into effect on an interim basis
to WAPA’s Administrator.
Availability of Information
All brochures, studies, comments,
letters, memorandums, or other
documents that DSW initiates or uses to
develop the proposed formula rates are
available on WAPA’s website at
2 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347
(Feb. 21, 2019).
3 This Act transferred to, and vested in, the
Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions
of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior
and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under
the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat.
388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent
laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)); and other
acts that specifically apply to the projects involved.
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www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Pages/
DSW–EIM.aspx.
ACTION:
Environmental Compliance
WAPA is in the process of
determining whether an environmental
assessment or an environmental impact
statement should be prepared, or if this
action can be categorically excluded
from those requirements.4
Determination Under Executive Order
12866
WAPA 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 December 28,
2022, by Tracey A. LeBeau,
Administrator, Western Area 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 January 4,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0737; FRL–9945–02–
OCSPP]
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Trichloroethylene (TCE); Revision to
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Risk Determination; Notice of
Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
4 In compliance with the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts
1500–1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing
Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021).
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The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing the
availability of the final revision to the
risk determination for the
trichloroethylene (TCE) risk evaluation
issued under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA). The revision to the
TCE risk determination reflects the
announced policy changes to ensure the
public is protected from unreasonable
risks from chemicals in a way that is
supported by science and the law. EPA
determined that TCE, as a whole
chemical substance, presents an
unreasonable risk of injury to health
when evaluated under its conditions of
use. In addition, this revised risk
determination does not reflect an
assumption that workers always
appropriately wear personal protective
equipment (PPE). EPA understands that
there could be adequate occupational
safety protections in place at certain
workplace locations; however, not
assuming use of PPE reflects EPA’s
recognition that unreasonable risk may
exist for subpopulations of workers that
may be highly exposed because they are
not covered by Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA)
standards, or their employers are out of
compliance with OSHA standards, or
because many of OSHA’s chemicalspecific permissible exposure limits
largely adopted in the 1970’s are
described by OSHA as being ‘‘outdated
and inadequate for ensuring protection
of worker health,’’ or because EPA finds
unreasonable risk for purposes of TSCA
notwithstanding OSHA requirements.
This revision supersedes the condition
of use-specific no unreasonable risk
determinations in the November 2020
TCE Risk Evaluation and withdraws the
associated TSCA order included in the
November 2020 TCE Risk Evaluation.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0737, is
available online at https://
www.regulations.gov or in-person at the
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket),
Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPPT
Docket is (202) 566–0280. Additional
instructions on visiting the docket,
along with more information about
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dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information contact: Katie
McNamara, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (7404M),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001; telephone number: (202)
564–4361; email address:
mcnamara.katelan@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The
TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general and may be of interest to
those involved in the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, disposal,
and/or the assessment of risks involving
chemical substances and mixtures. You
may be potentially affected by this
action if you manufacture (defined
under TSCA to include import), process
(including recycling), distribute in
commerce, use or dispose of TCE,
including TCE in products. Since other
entities may also be interested in this
revision to the risk determination, EPA
has not attempted to describe all the
specific entities that may be affected by
this action.
B. What is EPA’s authority for taking
this action?
TSCA section 6, 15 U.S.C. 2605,
requires EPA to conduct risk
evaluations to determine whether a
chemical substance presents an
unreasonable risk of injury to health or
the environment, without consideration
of costs or other nonrisk factors,
including an unreasonable risk to a
potentially exposed or susceptible
subpopulation (PESS) identified as
relevant to the risk evaluation by the
Administrator, under the conditions of
use. 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(A). TSCA
sections 6(b)(4)(A) through (H)
enumerate the deadlines and minimum
requirements applicable to this process,
including provisions that provide
instruction on chemical substances that
must undergo evaluation, the minimum
components of a TSCA risk evaluation,
and the timelines for public comment
and completion of the risk evaluation.
TSCA also requires that EPA operate in
a manner that is consistent with the best
available science, make decisions based
on the weight of the scientific evidence,
and consider reasonably available
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Desert Southwest Region Ancillary Services--Rate Order No. WAPA-
208
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed formula rates for Energy Imbalance Market
services.
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SUMMARY: The Desert Southwest Region (DSW) of the Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA) proposes three new formula rates for Energy
Imbalance Market (EIM) Administrative Service, Energy Imbalance (EI)
Service, and Generator Imbalance (GI) Service for the Western Area
Lower Colorado (WALC) Balancing Authority (BA). The new formula rates
are necessary for participation in the California Independent System
Operator's (CAISO) EIM. If adopted, the proposed formula rates under
Rate Schedules DSW-EIM1T, DSW-EIM4T, and DSW-EIM9T will become
effective April 5, 2023, and remain in effect through September 30,
2026. Publication of this Federal Register notice begins the formal
process for the proposed formula rates.
DATES: A consultation and comment period will begin January 9, 2023 and
end February 8, 2023. DSW will accept written comments any time during
the consultation and comment period.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and requests to be informed of Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) actions concerning the proposed
formula rates submitted by WAPA to FERC for approval should be sent to:
Jack D. Murray, Regional Manager, Desert Southwest Region, Western Area
Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, or email:
[email protected]. DSW will post information about the proposed
formula rates, other changes, and written comments received to its
website at: www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Pages/DSW-EIM.aspx.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Ramsey, Rates Manager, Desert
Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, (602) 605-2565 or
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2022, FERC approved and
confirmed the following formula rates for ancillary services,
transmission losses, and unreserved use penalties applicable to the
WALC BA on a final basis through September 30, 2026: Rate Schedules
DSW-SD4 (Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch), DSW-RS4 (Reactive
Supply and Voltage Control), DSW-FR4 (Regulation and Frequency
Response), DSW-EI4 (Energy Imbalance), DSW-SPR4 (Spinning Reserves),
DSW-SUR4 (Supplemental Reserves), DSW-GI2 (Generator Imbalance), DSW-
TL1 (Transmission Losses), and DSW-UU1 (Unreserved Use Penalties).\1\
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To accommodate DSW's participation in the CAISO EIM, DSW is
proposing new rate schedules for: (1) EIM Administrative Service (DSW-
EIM1T), (2) EIM EI Service (DSW-EIM4T), and (3) EIM GI Service (DSW-
EIM9T). The proposed new rate schedule for EIM Administrative Service
would allow DSW to pass through the administrative costs and
transaction fees resulting from WALC BA's participation in the CAISO
EIM. The proposed new rate schedules
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for EIM EI Service and EIM GI Service would allow DSW to pass through
financial settlements incurred by the WALC BA. The CAISO EIM settles
for EI Service and GI Service differently from DSW's existing rate
schedules for similar services. In the EIM, the CAISO economically
dispatches energy under its Tariff to meet the imbalances for loads and
resources in multiple balancing authority areas. The EIM provides a
centralized, automated, and region-wide dispatch for imbalances.
DSW's proposed formula rates for EIM Administrative Service, EI
Service and GI Service would go into effect on April 5, 2023, and
remain in effect through September 30, 2026, or until DSW changes the
formula rates through another public rate process pursuant to 10 CFR
part 903, whichever occurs first.
EIM Administrative Service
The CAISO assesses administrative service charges and transaction
fees to recover the costs associated with operating the EIM and
providing services to participants.
The proposed new rate schedule, DSW-EIM1T, would facilitate the
pass through of CAISO EIM administrative service charges and
transaction fees to DSW transmission customers and ensure the WALC BA
remains revenue neutral. If placed into effect, this rate schedule will
align with WAPA's Tariff and apply when the WALC BA participates in the
CAISO EIM and when the EIM has not been suspended. The services
provided under DSW-SD4 continue to apply and the costs are included in
the applicable transmission service rates. For clarity, when DSW is
participating in CAISO EIM, both DSW-SD4 and DSW-EIM1T shall apply.
Transmission customers will be billed for their share of EIM
Administrative Service charges allocated to the WALC BA for its
participation in the CAISO EIM in accordance with DSW's EIM business
practice posted on its Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS)
at www.oasis.oati.com/walc/. Revisions to the CAISO's Tariff
may require changes to DSW's EIM business practice, which would be
processed consistent with section 4.3 of WAPA's Tariff.
EIM Energy Imbalance Service
EI service is provided when a difference occurs between the
scheduled and actual delivery of energy to a load within the WALC
Balancing Authority Area (BAA). DSW's existing rate schedule for EI
Service, DSW-EI4, does not address EIM participation or settlements.
The proposed new rate schedule, DSW-EIM4T, would facilitate the
pass through of any financial settlements for EI Service from the CAISO
EIM to DSW transmission customers and ensure the WALC BA remains
revenue neutral. If placed into effect, this rate schedule will align
with WAPA's Tariff and apply to EI Service when the WALC BA
participates in the CAISO EIM and when the EIM has not been suspended.
DSW-EI4 would apply when the WALC BA is not participating in EIM or
when the EIM has been suspended.
Transmission customers will be billed for their share of EIM EI
Service charges incurred by the WALC BA for its participation in the
CAISO EIM in accordance with the settlement methods in DSW's EIM
business practice posted on its OASIS at www.oasis.oati.com/walc/. Revisions to the CAISO's Tariff may require changes to
DSW's EIM business practice, which would be processed consistent with
section 4.3 of WAPA's Tariff.
EIM Generator Imbalance Service
GI service is provided when a difference occurs between the output
of a generator located in the WALC BAA, and the delivery schedule from
that generator to (1) another BAA or (2) a load within the WALC BAA.
DSW's existing rate schedule for GI service, DSW-GI2, does not address
EIM participation or make a distinction between participating and non-
participating resources. The EIM requires all participating resources
to settle directly with the CAISO. Non-participating resources need to
settle with the WALC BA, the EIM entity.
The proposed new rate schedule, DSW-EIM9T, would facilitate the
pass through of any financial settlements for GI service from the CAISO
EIM to DSW transmission customers and ensure the WALC BA remains
revenue neutral. If placed into effect, this rate schedule will align
with WAPA's Tariff and apply to GI service when the WALC BA
participates in the CAISO EIM and when the EIM has not been suspended.
DSW-G-I2 would apply when the WALC BA is not participating in EIM or
when the EIM has been suspended.
Transmission customers will be billed for their share of EIM GI
Service charges incurred by the WALC BA for its participation in the
CAISO EIM in accordance with the settlement methods in DSW's EIM
business practice posted on its OASIS at www.oasis.oati.com/walc/. Revisions to the CAISO's Tariff may require changes to
DSW's EIM business practice, which would be processed consistent with
section 4.3 of WAPA's Tariff.
Legal Authority
Existing DOE procedures for public participation in power and
transmission rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were published on
September 18, 1985, and February 21, 2019.\2\ The proposed action
constitutes a minor rate adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR 903.2(e). In
accordance with 10 CFR 903.15(a) and 10 CFR 903.16(a), DSW has
determined it is not necessary to hold public information and public
comment forums for this rate action but is initiating a 30-day
consultation and comment period to give the public an opportunity to
comment on the proposed formula rates. DSW will review and consider all
timely public comments at the conclusion of the consultation and
comment period and make amendments or adjustments to the proposal as
appropriate.
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\2\ 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 (Feb. 21, 2019).
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WAPA is establishing the formula rates for DSW EIM Services in
accordance with section 302 of the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7152).\3\
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\3\ This Act transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of
Energy the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat.
388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly
section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C.
485h(c)); and other acts that specifically apply to the projects
involved.
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By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-RATES-2016, effective November 19,
2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) the authority to develop
power and transmission rates to WAPA's Administrator; (2) the authority
to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim
basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, or to remand
or disapprove such rates, to FERC. By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-
2022-2, effective June 13, 2022, 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 Infrastructure. By
Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-WAPA1-2022, effective June 13, 2022, the
Under Secretary for Infrastructure further redelegated the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis
to WAPA's Administrator.
Availability of Information
All brochures, studies, comments, letters, memorandums, or other
documents that DSW initiates or uses to develop the proposed formula
rates are available on WAPA's website at
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www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Pages/DSW-EIM.aspx.
Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
WAPA is in the process of determining whether an environmental
assessment or an environmental impact statement should be prepared, or
if this action can be categorically excluded from those
requirements.\4\
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\4\ In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347; the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR
parts 1500-1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures and
Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021).
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Determination Under Executive Order 12866
WAPA 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 December
28, 2022, by Tracey A. LeBeau, Administrator, Western Area 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 January 4, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-00165 Filed 1-6-23; 8:45 am]
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