Department of Energy – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). This meeting will be held virtually for members of the public, and both virtually and in-person for SEAB members. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

The formula rates for the Upper Great Plains (UGP) region's Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (P-SMBP)Eastern Division (ED) firm power service, firm peaking power service, and sale of surplus products have been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis (Provisional Formula Rates). These new formula rates replace the existing formula rates for these services under Rate Schedules P-SED- F14, Firm Power Service; P-SED-FP14, Firm Peaking Power Service; and P- SED-M2, Sale of Surplus Products, which expire on December 31, 2027. The P-SMBPED firm power service composite rate is increasing over a 2-year period with a 7.5 percent increase on January 1, 2025, and an additional 6.2 percent increase on January 1, 2026. There are no changes to the formula rate for sale of surplus products.

The Department of Energy hereby publishes a notice of a joint open meeting of the Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Federal Lands Permitting Task Force and the Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Non-Federal Lands Permitting Task Force (CCUS Permitting Task Forces). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

Altop Energy Investments LP (the Applicant) has applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

Bonneville is initiating a rate proceeding under the Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) to establish power, transmission, and ancillary and control area services rates for the period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Bonneville has designated this proceeding Docket No. BP-26.

Bonneville is initiating a proceeding pursuant to Bonneville's open access transmission tariff (Tariff) and the Federal Power Act to modify the non-rate terms and conditions for transmission, ancillary, and interconnection services in the Tariff. The proposed modifications will be effective on October 1, 2025. Bonneville has designated this proceeding Docket No. TC-26.

The Department of Energy (DOE), Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Desert Southwest Region (DSW), announces its Final 2028 Parker-Davis Project (P-DP) Power Marketing Plan (Final 2028 Plan) and issues a Call for Resource Pool Applications. This notice responds to comments received on the Proposed 2028 P-DP Power Marketing Plan (Proposed 2028 Plan). The Final 2028 Plan specifies the terms and conditions under which WAPA will market power from P-DP from October 1, 2028, through September 30, 2048. WAPA will offer new contracts for the sale of power to existing contractors and create a resource pool for potential new applicants. Entities who wish to apply for a new allocation of power from WAPA, and who meet the criteria defined in the Final 2028 Plan, must submit a formal application using the Applicant Profile Data (APD) form and must meet the Eligibility Criteria and Allocation Criteria described herein. The General Criteria and Contract Principles set forth in the Final 2028 Plan will apply to new allottees and existing contractors. This Final 2028 Plan supersedes all previous marketing plans for P-DP.