65FR36132A Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project--Notice of Proposed Extension of Firm and Nonfirm Transmission Service Rates--Rate Order No. WAPA-91
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Posting-number: Volume 65, Issue 110, Page 36132A
[Federal Register: June 7, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 110)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project--Notice of
Proposed Extension of Firm and Nonfirm Transmission Service Rates--Rate
Order No. WAPA-91
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed extension.
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SUMMARY: This action is a proposal to extend the existing Pacific
Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project (AC Intertie) firm point-
to-point transmission service rate for the 500-kV transmission system
and the nonfirm point-to-point transmission service rate for the 230/
345/500-kV transmission system, Rate Order No. WAPA-71, through
December 31, 2003. Both rates will expire September 30, 2000. This
notice of proposed extension of rates is issued pursuant to 10 CFR part
903.23(a)(1). In accordance with 10 CFR part 903.23(a)(2), Western Area
Power Administration (Western) will not have a consultation and comment
period and will not hold public information and comment forums.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Maher Nasir, Rates Team Lead,
Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, (602) 352-2768,
or by e-mail: na...@wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order No.
0204-108, published November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59716), the Secretary of
Energy delegated (1) the authority to develop long-term power and
transmission rates on a nonexclusive basis to Western's Administrator;
and (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a
final basis, to remand, or to disapprove such rates to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In Delegation Order No. 0204-172,
effective November 24, 1999, the Secretary of Energy delegated the
authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an
interim basis to the Deputy Secretary.
Pursuant with Delegation Order No. 0204-108 and existing Department
of Energy procedures for public participation in power and transmission
rate adjustments in 10 CFR part 903, Western's firm point-to-point
transmission service rate for the AC Intertie 500-kV transmission
system and nonfirm point-to-point transmission service rate for the AC
Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission system were submitted to FERC for
confirmation and approval on January 31, 1996. On July 24, 1996, in
Docket No. EF96-5191-000, at 76 FERC para. 62,061, FERC issued an order
confirming, approving, and placing in effect on a final basis the firm
point-to-point transmission service rate for the AC Intertie 500-kV
transmission system and the nonfirm point-to-point transmission service
rate for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission system. The rates
set forth in Rate Order No. WAPA-71 were approved for the 5-year period
beginning February 1, 1996, and ending September 30, 2000.
The firm point-to-point transmission service rate for the AC
Intertie 500-kV transmission system and the nonfirm point-to-point
transmission service rate for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV
transmission system will expire on September 30, 2000. This makes it
necessary to extend the current rates pursuant to 10 CFR part 903. Upon
its approval, Rate Order No. WAPA-71 will be extended under Rate Order
No. WAPA-91. Under Rate Order No. WAPA-71, the three types of
transmission service rates approved were (1) a firm point-to-point
transmission service rate for the AC Intertie 230/345-kV transmission
system; (2) a firm point-to-point transmission service rate for the AC
Intertie 500-kV transmission system; and (3) a nonfirm point-to-point
transmission service rate for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV
transmission system.
Western's firm point-to-point transmission service rate for the AC
Intertie 230/345-kV transmission system was superseded through Rate
Order No. WAPA-76 and submitted to FERC for confirmation and approval
on February 8, 1999. On June 22, 1999, in Docket No. EF99-5191-000, at
87 FERC para. 61,346, FERC issued an order confirming, approving, and
placing in effect on a final basis the firm point-to-point transmission
service rate of $12.00/kilowattyear for the AC Intertie 230/345-kV
transmission system. The rate set forth in Rate Order No. WAPA-76 was
approved for a 5-year period beginning January 1, 1999, and ending
December 31, 2003.
Western is now proposing, through Rate Order No. WAPA-91, to extend
the existing firm point-to-point transmission service rate of $17.23/
kilowattyear for the AC Intertie 500-kV transmission system and the
nonfirm point-to-point transmission service rate of 2.00 mills/
kilowatthour for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission system
through December 31, 2003. This proposed extension will synchronize the
expiration dates for all firm and nonfirm point-to-point transmission
service rates for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission system.
During the firm point-to-point transmission service rate
development for the AC Intertie 230/345-kV transmission system (Rate
Order No. WAPA-76), Western determined that it will take approximately
10 years for the AC Intertie 500-kV transmission system to be
subscribed to a level sufficient to meet its own revenue repayment
requirements. The ratesetting Power Repayment Study (PRS), established
for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission system (Rate Order No.
WAPA-76), reflected the phasing-in of AC Intertie 500-kV transmission
system revenues starting in FY 1999 through FY 2008. This ratesetting
PRS remains valid. The projected revenue levels through sales of firm
and nonfirm point-
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to-point transmission service and miscellaneous items are sufficient to
recover project expenses and capital requirements through FY 2049 for
the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission system.
All documents made or kept by Western for developing the proposed
extension of the firm point-to-point transmission service rate for the
AC Intertie 500-kV transmission system and the nonfirm point-to-point
transmission service rate for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV
transmission system will be made available for inspection and copying
at the Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, located at 615 South
43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.
Within ninety days after publication of this notice, Rate Order No.
WAPA-91 will be submitted to the Deputy Secretary for approval through
December 31, 2003.
Dated: May 30, 2000.
Michael S. Hacskaylo,
Administrator.
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