Western Area Power Administration August 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Big Stone II Power Plant and Transmission Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0377)
Document Number: E9-20300
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-08-24
Agency: Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration
The Western Area Power Administration (Western) received an application to interconnect the Big Stone II Power Plant and Transmission Project (Project) into Western's transmission system. The Project entails the construction of a new 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired electric power generating station adjacent to the existing Big Stone plant in Grant County, South Dakota. The Project also includes approximately 140 miles of new or upgraded transmission lines. On June 26, 2009, Western published a notice of the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Project (74 FR 30559). Western considered the environmental impacts of the Project and has decided to allow the request to interconnect at Western's Morris and Granite Falls substations located in Minnesota.
Request for Interest for Purchase of Long-Term Firm Electrical Energy With Capacity or Non-Firm Electrical Energy
Document Number: E9-19225
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-08-11
Agency: Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration
The Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy, announces the availability of a Request for Interest (RFI) for the Purchase of Long- Term Firm Electrical Energy with Capacity or Non-Firm Electrical Energy. Western seeks to determine whether suppliers are interested in providing Western with long-term firm energy with capacity, non-firm energy, or a combination of the two for a contract term to exceed five years but terminating no later than September 2024. The energy would be delivered to Western's Rocky Mountain Region's (RMR) Loveland Area Projects (LAP) at one or more of four points of delivery located within the Western Area Colorado Missouri (WACM) balancing authority.
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