Notice2021-22873
Intent To Revise Power Marketing Policy Cumberland System of Projects
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Published
October 21, 2021
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Pursuant to its Procedure for Public Participation in the Formulation of Marketing Policy, published in the Federal Register of July 6, 1978, Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) intends to revise its marketing policy by including provisions regarding renewable energy certificates (RECs) from its Cumberland System of Projects. The current power marketing policy was published on August 5, 1993, for the Southeastern Cumberland System, and is reflected in contracts for the sale of system power, which are maintained in the Southeastern headquarters office. Southeastern solicits written comments and proposals in formulating the proposed marketing policy revision.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 201 (Thursday, October 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58260-58261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22873]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Intent To Revise Power Marketing Policy Cumberland System of
Projects
AGENCY: Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of intention to begin a public process.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to its Procedure for Public Participation in the
Formulation of Marketing Policy, published in the Federal Register of
July 6, 1978, Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) intends
to revise its marketing policy by including provisions regarding
renewable energy certificates (RECs) from its Cumberland System of
Projects. The current power marketing policy was published on August 5,
1993, for the Southeastern Cumberland System, and is reflected in
contracts for the sale of system power, which are maintained in the
Southeastern headquarters office. Southeastern solicits written
comments and proposals in formulating the proposed marketing policy
revision.
DATES: Comments and proposals must be submitted on or before December
20, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments or proposals should be submitted to Virgil
G. Hobbs III, Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration, 1166
Athens Tech Road, Elberton, GA 30635-6711, (706) 213-3800,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c487aba9a9a1aab0b784b7a1b4a5eaa0aba1eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="185b7775757d766c6b586b7d6879367c777d367f776e">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leon Jourolmon IV, General Counsel,
(706) 213-3800, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2764484a4a4249535467544257460943484209404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b684446464e455f586b584e5b4a054f444e054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A ``Final Power Marketing Policy Cumberland
System of Projects'' was developed and published in the Federal
Register on August 5, 1993, 58 FR 41762, by Southeastern. The policy
establishes the marketing area for system power and addresses the
utilization of area utility systems for essential purposes. The policy
also addresses wholesale rates, resale rates, and conservation
measures, but does not address RECs.
Under Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s),
Southeastern is responsible for the transmission and disposition of
electric power and energy from reservoir projects operated by the
Department of the Army. Furthermore, Southeastern must transmit and
dispose of such power and energy in a manner that offers the most
widespread use at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent
with sound business principles. Rate schedules are drawn with regards
to the recovery of the cost of producing and transmitting such electric
energy.
The Cumberland System consists of nine projects: Barkley, Center
Hill, Cheatham, Cordell Hull, Dale Hollow, Laurel, Old Hickory, J.
Percy Priest, and Wolf Creek. The power from the projects is currently
marketed to Preference Customers located in the service areas of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Big Rivers Electric Corporation, Duke
Energy Progress, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Kentucky Utilities,
Municipal Electric Agency of Mississippi, Mississippi Delta Energy
Agency, the seven-member Cooperative Energy currently receiving
Cumberland power, and Southern Illinois Power Cooperative.
Southeastern has been using the Generation Attribute Tracking
System (GATS) provided through PJM Interconnection, LLC, for the Kerr-
Philpott System of Projects. The attributes are unbundled from the
megawatt-hour of energy produced and recorded onto a certificate. These
certificates may be used by electricity suppliers and other energy
market participants to comply with relevant state policies and
regulatory programs and to support voluntary ``green'' electricity
markets. Southeastern is considering using the similar M-RETS[supreg]
product or another product for distributing certificates to current
Preference Customers with allocations of power from the Cumberland
System.
The REC tracking system Southeastern selects should be capable of
tracking environmental attributes used for voluntary claims in all
states, provinces, and territories in North America.
Upon formulating a proposed revision to the Cumberland System
marketing policy to address RECs, Southeastern will publish the
proposal in the Federal Register and begin a sixty-day comment period
pursuant to its Procedures for Public Participation in the Formulation
of Marketing Policy.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on October 12,
2021, by Virgil G. Hobbs III, Administrator for Southeastern Power
Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of
Energy. That document, with the original signature and date, is
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-22873 Filed 10-20-21; 8:45 am]
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