Department of Energy February 5, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

BPA requests that all motions, petitions, comments and documents intended to become part of the Official Record of the 2008 Transmission Rate Case proceeding include the designation TR-08. BPA's existing transmission and ancillary services rates expire September 30, 2007. BPA will establish transmission and ancillary service rates in the 2008 Transmission Rate proceeding for the period from October 2007 through September 2009, fiscal years (``FY'') 2008 and 2009 (``2008-2009 Rate Period''). BPA's Transmission Services organization held several rate case workshops with BPA's transmission customers from July through October 2006 to discuss transmission costs, revenues, and rate design issues for the 2008-2009 Rate Period. The customers had expressed interest in meeting to discuss the possibility of a settlement of the rate proposal. Settlement discussions were publicly noticed and held during October and November 2006 and resulted in BPA's offer of a settlement agreement (``Settlement Agreement'') on November 30, 2006. By January 5, 2007, most of BPA's customers had signed the Settlement Agreement or indicated that they would not object to Transmission Services's initial rate proposal (``Initial Proposal''). Transmission Services executed the Settlement Agreement on January 12, 2007. The Initial Proposal reflects the terms of the Settlement Agreement.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations governing delegations of authority to the Directors of the Office of Enforcement and the Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, as well as to the Commission's Chief Accountant. These amendments will eliminate regulatory uncertainty and provide clarity regarding the authority delegated to the Office of Enforcement and the Chief Accountant.