Western Area Power Administration 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The provisional fixed rates for the Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) firm power service and the formula rates for the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) transmission services, ancillary services, sale of surplus products, and joint dispatch transmission service have been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The firm power rates under SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate Schedule SLIP-F12 expire December 31, 2023. Western Area Power Administration's (WAPA) CRSP Management Center (CRSP MC) is renewing all SLCA/IP and CRSP rates under one Federal Register notice (FRN), making all rates effective for the same period. These new rates replace existing firm power, transmission, ancillary services, sale of surplus products, and joint dispatch transmission service rates under Rate Orders No. WAPA-190, WAPA-195, and WAPA-199.

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Federal Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), announces its Provo River Project (PRP) 2025 Resource Pool proposed power allocation. WAPA developed the proposed power allocations under its Final 2025 Provo River Project Marketing Plan and Call for 2025 Resource Pool Applications (Marketing Plan), published in the Federal Register March 17, 2023. WAPA proposes not to allocate any power under the 2025 Resource Pool.

The extension of the Desert Southwest Region's (DSW) existing transmission service rates for the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project (Intertie) and the existing transmission and firm electric service formula rates for the Parker-Davis Project (PDP) have been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The existing rates under Rate Schedules INT-FT5, INT-NFT4, PD-F7, PD- FT7, PD-FCT7, and PD-NFT7 are set to expire on September 30, 2023. This rate extension makes no changes to the existing rates and extends them through September 30, 2024.

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 3 years with ministerial changes. The current OMB control number 1910- 5136 for WAPA's Applicant Profile Data (APD) form expires March 31, 2024. WAPA intends to extend the APD form under the OMB control number to March 31, 2027. WAPA is seeking comments on this proposed information collection extension.

The Desert Southwest Region (DSW) of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) proposes to extend the existing transmission service rates for the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project (Intertie) and the existing transmission and firm electric service formula rates for the Parker-Davis Project (PDP) through September 30, 2024. The existing rates and formula rates remain unchanged under Rate Schedules INT-FT5, INT-NFT4, PD-F7, PD-FT7, PD- FCT7, and PD-NFT7, which expire on September 30, 2023.

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), recommends the Rocky Mountain Region (WAPA-RM) with its Loveland Area Projects Transmission System and the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center (WAPA- CRSP) with its Colorado River Storage Project Transmission System pursue final negotiations regarding transmission owning membership in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Regional Transmission Organization (RTO), and the Upper Great Plains Region (WAPA-UGP) with its Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin ProjectEastern Division facilities in the Western Interconnection expand its participation in SPP. WAPA is seeking public comments from its customers, Indian Tribes, and other stakeholders on the substance of the recommendation.

The formula rate for the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Management Center's (MC) Olmsted Powerplant Replacement Project (Olmsted Project) has been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis (Provisional Formula Rate). The new formula rate, under Rate Schedule Olmsted F-2, replaces the existing formula rate for this service, under Rate Schedule Olmsted F-1, which expires on May 6, 2023. A change was made to the definition of Formula Rate in the Rate Schedule F-2 to reflect that the Annual Revenue Requirement is multiplied by the Customer's allocation percentage. The new formula rate under Rate Schedule Olmsted F-2 is effective May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2028.

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a federal Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Management Center (MC) announces its Final 2025 Provo River Project Marketing Plan (Marketing Plan) and Call for 2025 Resource Pool Applications (Call for Applications) for an allocation of federal energy from the Provo River Project (PRP). On September 30, 2024, all existing PRP energy sales contracts (Contracts) will expire. This notice responds to comments received on the Proposed 2025 Provo River Project Marketing Plan (Proposed Plan) published in the Federal Register June 1, 2022, and sets forth the Marketing Plan. The Marketing Plan specifies the terms and conditions under which WAPA will market energy from the PRP beginning October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2054. This Marketing Plan supersedes the previous PRP marketing plan. WAPA will offer new Contracts for the sale of energy to existing customers (Customers). The Marketing Plan also establishes one resource pool (2025 Resource Pool) of up to 3 percent of the net marketable resource under contract at the time of reallocation to be available for eligible new preference entities. Eligible preference entities who wish to apply for a new allocation from the PRP must submit a formal application using the Applicant Profile Data (APD) application form and satisfy the criteria as described in this Federal Register notice.

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.