Western Area Power Administration March 17, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.