82 FR 27062 - Integrated System Rate Schedules
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southwestern Power Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 112 (June 13, 2017)
Southwestern Power Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 112 (June 13, 2017)
| Page Range | 27062-27063 | |
| FR Document | 2017-12171 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 13, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 27062-27063] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-12171] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Southwestern Power Administration Integrated System Rate Schedules AGENCY: Southwestern Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Notice of public review and comment on proposed extension. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern), completed an annual review of the continuing adequacy of the existing hydroelectric power rates for the Integrated System which are in effect through September 30, 2017. This review, included within the 2017 Integrated System Power Repayment Study (PRS), indicated the need for a revenue adjustment of 0.7 percent to continue to satisfy cost recovery criteria. Because the 0.7 percent revenue adjustment is within Southwestern's established2 percent rate adjustment threshold, the Administrator has deferred the revenue adjustment and is proposing, to the Deputy Secretary for interim approval, a two-year extension of the Integrated System Rate Schedules for the period October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019. Southwestern's current Integrated System Rate Schedules P-13, NFTS-13A, and EE-13 are set to expire September 30, 2017. DATES: Written comments are due on or before July 13, 2017. ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Office of Corporate Operations, Southwestern Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595-6646, [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Office of Corporate Operations, Southwestern Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595-6646, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally established by Secretarial Order No. 1865 of the Secretary of the Interior dated August 31, 1943, Southwestern is a Federal Power Marketing Administration within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), transferred to DOE by the Department of Energy Organization Act, Public Law 95-91, dated August 4, 1977. Guidelines for rate extensions are under Title 10, subpart A of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 903.23). Procedures for the confirmation and approval of rates for the Federal Power Marketing Administrations are found at Title 18, chapter I, subchapter L of the Code of Federal Regulations (18 CFR part 300). Southwestern markets power from 24 multi-purpose reservoir projects with hydroelectric power facilities constructed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). These projects are located in the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Southwestern's marketing area includes these states plus Kansas and Louisiana. The costs associated with the hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24 projects are repaid via revenues received under the Integrated System rates, as are the costs associated with Southwestern's transmission facilities that consist of 1,380 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, 27 substations, and 46 microwave and VHF radio sites. Costs associated with the Sam Rayburn and Robert D. Willis Dams, two Corps projects that are isolated hydraulically, electrically, and financially from the Integrated System, are repaid by separate rate schedules and are not addressed in this notice. Decision Rationale Southwestern's current Integrated System Rate Schedules (P-13, NFTS-13A, and EE-13) are based on the 2013 PRS. Each subsequent annual PRS, through 2017, has indicated the need for a revenue adjustment that fell within a plus or minus two percent range. It is Southwestern's practice to defer revenue adjustments for the Integrated System if such adjustments are within plus or minus two percent of the revenue estimated from the current Integrated System Rate Schedules. The deferral of a revenue adjustment (rate change) provides for rate stability and savings on the administrative cost of implementation, and recognizes that the revenue sufficiency will be re-examined in the following year's PRS. Therefore, in line with the annual PRS results, Southwestern has deferred revenue adjustments in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The most recent deferral was in response to the 2017 Integrated System PRS, which concluded that the annual revenues needed to be increased by 0.7 percent. It was determined to be prudent to defer the increase in accordance with the established 2 percent threshold, allowing the current Integrated System Rate Schedules, which are set to expire September 30, 2017, to remain in effect. Therefore, Southwestern is proposing an extension of the current Integrated System Rate Schedules, for the period October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019. In accordance with 10 CFR 903.22(h) and 903.23(a)(3), the Deputy Secretary of Energy may extend existing rates on an interim basis beyond the period specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The current Integrated System Rate Schedules were placed in effect on an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of Energy effective September 1, 2013, and were confirmed and approved by the [[Page 27063]] FERC on a final basis on January 9, 2014, for a period that ends September 30, 2017. Since the current Integrated System Rate Schedules were first placed in effect, there has been one change. A specific section (2.3.6) within Non-Federal Transmission Service (NFTS) rate schedule NFTS-13 was added to replace the stated-rate for customers taking Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS) with a revenue-requirement based methodology that includes determining the SPP NITS Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) portion of Southwestern's NFTS ARR. The rate schedule was re-designated NFTS-13A to reflect the change to the initial rate schedule. This rate schedule change was placed in effect on an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of Energy effective January 1, 2017, and confirmed and approved on a final basis by the FERC on March 9, 2017, under docket EF14-1-001. This revision had no impact on the revenue requirements for Southwestern's Integrated System. No change was made to the original expiration date, September 30, 2017. The Administrator will review and consider all written comments and the information gathered when submitting the finalized Integrated System Rate Schedules Extension to the Deputy Secretary of Energy for confirmation and approval on an interim basis. Dated: May 31, 2017. Scott Carpenter, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2017-12171 Filed 6-12-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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Filed Date: 6/6/17. SUMMARY: The Administrator, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and
Accession Number: 20170606–5154. Southwestern Power Administration Texas. Southwestern’s marketing area
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/17. (Southwestern), completed an annual includes these states plus Kansas and
Docket Numbers: ER17–1768–000. review of the continuing adequacy of Louisiana. The costs associated with the
Applicants: Public Service Company the existing hydroelectric power rates hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24
of Colorado. for the Integrated System which are in projects are repaid via revenues
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: effect through September 30, 2017. This received under the Integrated System
20170606 4th Amended IREA PPA to be review, included within the 2017 rates, as are the costs associated with
effective 4/28/2017. Integrated System Power Repayment Southwestern’s transmission facilities
Filed Date: 6/6/17. Study (PRS), indicated the need for a that consist of 1,380 miles of high-
Accession Number: 20170606–5155. revenue adjustment of 0.7 percent to voltage transmission lines, 27
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/17. continue to satisfy cost recovery criteria. substations, and 46 microwave and VHF
Docket Numbers: ER17–1769–000. Because the 0.7 percent revenue radio sites. Costs associated with the
Applicants: Solar Star Oregon II, LLC. adjustment is within Southwestern’s Sam Rayburn and Robert D. Willis
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: established ± 2 percent rate adjustment Dams, two Corps projects that are
Baseline new to be effective 12/31/9998. threshold, the Administrator has isolated hydraulically, electrically, and
Filed Date: 6/6/17. deferred the revenue adjustment and is financially from the Integrated System,
Accession Number: 20170606–5156. proposing, to the Deputy Secretary for are repaid by separate rate schedules
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/17. interim approval, a two-year extension and are not addressed in this notice.
Take notice that the Commission of the Integrated System Rate Schedules
Decision Rationale
received the following qualifying for the period October 1, 2017 to
facility filings: September 30, 2019. Southwestern’s Southwestern’s current Integrated
Docket Numbers: QF17–1062–000. current Integrated System Rate System Rate Schedules (P–13, NFTS–
Applicants: UE–00501MD, LLC. Schedules P–13, NFTS–13A, and EE–13 13A, and EE–13) are based on the 2013
Description: Form 556 of UE– are set to expire September 30, 2017. PRS. Each subsequent annual PRS,
00501MD, LLC. DATES: Written comments are due on or through 2017, has indicated the need for
Filed Date: 6/5/17. before July 13, 2017. a revenue adjustment that fell within a
Accession Number: 20170605–5117. ADDRESSES: Comments should be
plus or minus two percent range. It is
Comments Due: None Applicable. submitted to Marshall Boyken, Senior Southwestern’s practice to defer
The filings are accessible in the Vice President and Chief Operating revenue adjustments for the Integrated
Commission’s eLibrary system by Officer, Office of Corporate Operations, System if such adjustments are within
clicking on the links or querying the Southwestern Power Administration, plus or minus two percent of the
docket number. U.S. Department of Energy, One West revenue estimated from the current
Any person desiring to intervene or Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, Integrated System Rate Schedules. The
protest in any of the above proceedings (918) 595–6646, marshall.boyken@ deferral of a revenue adjustment (rate
must file in accordance with Rules 211 swpa.gov. change) provides for rate stability and
and 214 of the Commission’s savings on the administrative cost of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: implementation, and recognizes that the
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice President
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern revenue sufficiency will be re-examined
and Chief Operating Officer, Office of in the following year’s PRS. Therefore,
time on the specified comment date. Corporate Operations, Southwestern
Protests may be considered, but in line with the annual PRS results,
Power Administration, U.S. Department Southwestern has deferred revenue
intervention is necessary to become a of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa, adjustments in 2014, 2015, 2016 and
party to the proceeding. Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595–6646,
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 2017. The most recent deferral was in
marshall.boyken@swpa.gov. response to the 2017 Integrated System
information relating to filing
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally PRS, which concluded that the annual
requirements, interventions, protests,
established by Secretarial Order No. revenues needed to be increased by 0.7
service, and qualifying facilities filings
1865 of the Secretary of the Interior percent. It was determined to be
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
dated August 31, 1943, Southwestern is prudent to defer the increase in
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
a Federal Power Marketing accordance with the established ± 2
other information, call (866) 208–3676
Administration within the U.S. percent threshold, allowing the current
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Department of Energy (DOE), transferred Integrated System Rate Schedules,
Dated: June 7, 2017. to DOE by the Department of Energy which are set to expire September 30,
Kimberly D. Bose, Organization Act, Public Law 95–91, 2017, to remain in effect.
Secretary. dated August 4, 1977. Guidelines for Therefore, Southwestern is proposing
[FR Doc. 2017–12227 Filed 6–12–17; 8:45 am] rate extensions are under Title 10, an extension of the current Integrated
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P subpart A of the Code of Federal System Rate Schedules, for the period
Regulations (10 CFR 903.23). Procedures October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019.
for the confirmation and approval of In accordance with 10 CFR 903.22(h)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY rates for the Federal Power Marketing and 903.23(a)(3), the Deputy Secretary
Administrations are found at Title 18, of Energy may extend existing rates on
Southwestern Power Administration chapter I, subchapter L of the Code of an interim basis beyond the period
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Federal Regulations (18 CFR part 300). specified by the Federal Energy
Integrated System Rate Schedules Southwestern markets power from 24 Regulatory Commission (FERC).
AGENCY: Southwestern Power multi-purpose reservoir projects with The current Integrated System Rate
Administration, DOE. hydroelectric power facilities Schedules were placed in effect on an
constructed and operated by the U.S. interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of
ACTION: Notice of public review and
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). These Energy effective September 1, 2013, and
comment on proposed extension.
projects are located in the states of were confirmed and approved by the
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FERC on a final basis on January 9, two nonbinding guidance documents timing and form of notice given. The
2014, for a period that ends September (described in the proposed settlement guidance would explicitly be a
30, 2017. Since the current Integrated agreement) recommending public nonbinding recommendation. As
System Rate Schedules were first placed notification practices concerning the described in paragraph 3 of the
in effect, there has been one change. A submission and approval of ambient air proposed settlement agreement, the
specific section (2.3.6) within Non- monitoring network plans. The second guidance document would be
Federal Transmission Service (NFTS) comment period on the proposed sent to EPA regional offices, requesting
rate schedule NFTS–13 was added to settlement agreement closed on that regions notify interested parties
replace the stated-rate for customers February 21, 2017. EPA received two within 15 business days of EPA action
taking Southwest Power Pool (SPP) requests to review and comment on the on a network plan and that approved
Network Integration Transmission draft guidance before issuance. The network plans be uploaded to EPA Web
Service (NITS) with a revenue- draft guidance documents are now site within 15 business days of
requirement based methodology that available and will be placed in the approval. EPA received two requests
includes determining the SPP NITS docket. This document reopens the from state agencies to review and
Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) comment period on the proposed comment on the draft guidance before
portion of Southwestern’s NFTS ARR. settlement agreement for 30 days from issuance. The draft guidance documents
The rate schedule was re-designated June 13, 2017 to July 13, 2017. EPA is are now available to consider in
NFTS–13A to reflect the change to the soliciting comment on whether EPA commenting on the proposed settlement
initial rate schedule. This rate schedule should proceed to finalize the agreement and will be placed in the
change was placed in effect on an settlement. official docket for this action under
interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of DATES: Written comments on the Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2017–
Energy effective January 1, 2017, and proposed settlement agreement must be 0030. EPA is hereby reopening the
confirmed and approved on a final basis received by July 13, 2017. comment period on the proposed
by the FERC on March 9, 2017, under settlement agreement for 30 days from
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed
docket EF14–1–001. This revision had June 13, 2017 to July 13, 2017. EPA is
no impact on the revenue requirements instructions provided under ADDRESSES soliciting comment on whether EPA
for Southwestern’s Integrated System. in the Federal Register document of should proceed to finalize the
No change was made to the original January 19, 2017 (82 FR 6532) (EPA– settlement.
expiration date, September 30, 2017. HQ–OGC–2017–0030; FRL–9958–55– To submit comments, or access the
The Administrator will review and OGC). docket, please follow the detailed
consider all written comments and the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: instructions provided under ADDRESSES
information gathered when submitting Jonathan Skinner-Thompson, Air and in the Federal Register document of
the finalized Integrated System Rate Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of January 19, 2017. If you have questions,
Schedules Extension to the Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Environmental consult the person listed under FOR
Secretary of Energy for confirmation and Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
approval on an interim basis. Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; Dated: May 3, 2017.
Dated: May 31, 2017. telephone: (202) 564–0291; fax number Lorie J. Schmidt,
Scott Carpenter, (202) 564–5603; email address: skinner-
Associate General Counsel.
Administrator.
thompson.jonathan@epa.gov.
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[FR Doc. 2017–12171 Filed 6–12–17; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
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document reopens the public comment
period established in the Federal
Register document of January 19, 2017.
In that document, EPA announced a 30- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION
day public review period soliciting
AGENCY
comments on the proposed settlement [CC Docket No. 92–237; DA 17–542]
[EPA–HQ–OGC–2017–0030; FRL–9962–52– agreement in Sierra Club v. EPA, No.
OGC] 16–1158 (D.C. Cir.). The proposed Next Meeting of the North American
settlement agreement would resolve Numbering Council
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Sierra Club’s lawsuit challenging EPA’s
Clean Air Act Petition for Review; AGENCY: Federal Communications
final action titled ‘‘Revisions to Ambient
Reopening of Comment Period Commission.
Monitoring Quality Assurance and
Other Requirements’’ upon EPA’s ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). issuance of two nonbinding guidance SUMMARY: In this document, the
ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment documents recommending public Commission released a public notice
period. notification practices concerning the announcing the meeting and agenda of
submission and approval of ambient air the North American Numbering Council
SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the monitoring network plans. As described (NANC). The intended effect of this
Federal Register on January 19, 2017, in paragraph 2 of the proposed action is to make the public aware of the
soliciting comments on the proposed settlement agreement, one guidance NANC’s next meeting and agenda.
settlement agreement in Sierra Club v. document would be sent to state and
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DATES: Thursday, June 29, 2017, 10:00
EPA, No. 16–1158 (D.C. Cir.). The local monitoring agencies
proposed settlement agreement would recommending that air agencies make a.m.
resolve Sierra Club’s lawsuit proposed network plans available on a ADDRESSES: Request to make an oral
challenging EPA’s final action titled state Web site and notify interested statement or provide written comments
‘‘Revisions to Ambient Monitoring parties of plan availability for public to the NANC should be sent to Carmell
Quality Assurance and Other comment. EPA would also request that Weathers, Competition Policy Division,
Requirements’’ upon EPA’s sending of states confirm in a submitted plan the Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal
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| Action | Notice of public review and comment on proposed extension. | |
| Dates | Written comments are due on or before July 13, 2017. | |
| Contact | Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Office of Corporate Operations, Southwestern Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595-6646, [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 27062 |
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