Western Area Power Administration May 24, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This action is to revise the existing Parker-Davis Project (P- DP) Wholesale Firm Power Service Rate Schedule PD-F6 to include language pertinent to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund surcharge, which the Western Area Power Administration (Western) is legislatively required to assess to P-DP power service customers in the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada beginning June 1, 2005. Title I, section 102(c) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 specifies that beginning June 1, 2005, and until the end of the repayment period for the Central Arizona Project, the Secretary of Energy shall provide for surplus revenues to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund by including the equivalent of 4\1/2\ mills per kilowatthour in the rates set by the Secretary of Energy that are charged to Arizona purchasers and 2\1/2\ mills per kilowatthour in rates charged to California and Nevada purchasers of P-DP power.