Western Area Power Administration January 28, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing to update its Loveland Area Projects (LAP) Transmission and Western Area Colorado Missouri (WACM) Balancing Authority Ancillary Services formula rates. Current formula rates, under Rate Schedules L-FPT1, L- NFPT1, L-NT1, L-AS1, L-AS2, L-AS3, L-AS4, L-AS5, L-AS6 and L-AS7, have been extended and will expire on February 28, 2013. Pursuant to Western's revised Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), which was effective December 1, 2009, Western is also proposing new formula rates for Generator Imbalance Service and Unreserved Use Penalties. Western has prepared a brochure that provides detailed information on the proposed formula rates to all interested parties. If adopted, the proposed formula rates, under Rate Schedules L-FPT1, L-NFPT1, L-NT1, L- AS1, L-AS2, L-AS3, L-AS4, L-AS5, L-AS6, L-AS7, L-AS9 and L-AS10, would be in effect from October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2016, or until superseded. Publication of this Federal Register notice begins the formal process for consideration of the proposed formula rates.