Western Area Power Administration June 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Upper Great Plains (UGP) region of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) proposes revised formula rates for the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (P-SMBP)Eastern Division (ED) firm power, firm peaking power service, and sale of surplus products. The existing formula rates for these services, under Rate Schedules P-SED-F14 and P- SED-FP14, and sale of surplus products, under formula rate schedule P- SED-M2, do not expire until December 31, 2027; however, the existing firm power and firm peaking power service rates no longer provide sufficient revenue to recover interest expense and repay investments. The formula rate for sale of surplus products is not changing but is being included in Rate Order No. WAPA-213 (WAPA-213) in order to make these rate schedules effective for the same time frame.

The extension of the Rocky Mountain (RM) region's existing Loveland Area Projects (LAP) transmission and LAP, Western Area Colorado Missouri Balancing Authority (WACM), and Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) ancillary services formula rates has been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The existing formula rates under Rate Schedules L-NT1 (network), L-FPT1 (firm point-to-point), L-NFPT1 (non-firm point-to-point), L-NFJDT (joint dispatch transmission), L-UU1 (unreserved use), L-AS1 (scheduling and dispatch), L-AS2 (reactive supply and voltage control support), L-AS3 (regulation), L-AS4 (energy imbalance), L-AS5 (spinning reserves), L-AS6 (supplemental reserves), L-AS7 (balancing authority real power losses), and L-AS9 (generator imbalance) are set to expire on September 30, 2024. This rate extension makes no changes to the existing formula rates and extends them through September 30, 2026.