Notice2022-06305
Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public Forum, and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment for Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects
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March 25, 2022
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Energy DepartmentSoutheastern Power Administration
Abstract
Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) proposes to revise existing schedules of rates and charges applicable to the sale of power from the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects effective for a 5-year period, October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2027. Additionally, opportunities will be available for interested persons to review the present rates and the proposed rates and supporting studies, to participate in a public forum and to submit written comments. Southeastern will evaluate all comments received in this process.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17080-17083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06305]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southeastern Power Administration
Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public Forum, and Opportunities for
Public Review and Comment for Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of
Projects
AGENCY: Southeastern Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.
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SUMMARY: Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) proposes to
revise existing schedules of rates and charges applicable to the sale
of power from the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects
effective for a 5-year period, October 1, 2022, through September 30,
2027. Additionally, opportunities will be available for interested
persons to review the present rates and the proposed rates and
supporting studies, to participate in a public forum and to submit
written comments. Southeastern will evaluate all comments received in
this process.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before June 23, 2022. A public
information and comment forum will be held in Atlanta, Georgia at 2:00
p.m. EDT on April 26, 2022. Persons desiring to attend the forum should
notify Southeastern by April 19, 2022, so a list of forum participants
can be prepared. Persons desiring to speak at the forum should specify
this in their notification to Southeastern; others may speak if time
permits. Notifications should be submitted by Email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2a18d8f8f878c9691a291879283cc868d87cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0f3dfddddd5dec4c3f0c3d5c0d19ed4dfd59ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>. If Southeastern has not been notified by close
of business on April 19, 2022, that at least one person intends to be
present at the forum, the forum may be canceled with no further notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Administrator,
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Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy, 1166 Athens
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87c4e8eaeae2e9f3f4c7f4e2f7e6a9e3e8e2a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a597577777f746e695a697f6a7b347e757f347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>.
The public information and comment forum for the Georgia-Alabama-South
Carolina System of Projects will take place at the Atlanta Airport
Marriott, 4711 Best Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30337.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexa Webb, Public Utilities
Specialist, Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy,
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635, (706) 213-3800; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#36775a534e57186153545476455346571852595318515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4908252c3128671e2c2b2b093a2c3928672d262c672e263f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) confirmed and approved on a final basis Wholesale Power Rate
Schedules SOCO-1-F, SOCO-2-F, SOCO-3-F, SOCO-4-F, ALA-1-O, Duke-1-F,
Duke-2-F, Duke-3-F, Duke-4-F, Santee-1-F, Santee-2-F, Santee-3-F,
Santee-4-F, SCE&G-1-F, SCE&G-2-F, SCE&G-3-F, SCE&G-4-F, Pump-1-A, and
Replacement-1 applicable to Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of
Projects' power for a period ending September 30, 2022. (FERC Docket
No. EF17-5-000; 162 FERC ] 62,059 (Jan. 25, 2018)).
Discussion: The Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System (System)
consists of ten projects in or on the border of the states of Georgia,
Alabama, and South Carolina. The power generated at these projects is
purchased by and benefits 192 preference customers in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The System
provides 2,184,257 kilowatts of capacity and about 3,383,000 MWh of
average annual energy from stream-flow based on modeling for the period
of record.
Existing rate schedules are predicated upon a February 2017
repayment study and other supporting data. A repayment study prepared
in January of 2022 shows a two percent (2%) increase in the revenue
requirement is necessary due to an increase in forecast transmission
service purchase costs. The revenue requirement is $203,650,000 per
year. Southeastern is proposing to revise the existing rate schedules
to generate this revenue. The proposed rate adjustment is a reduction
of about one percent (1%) in the rates for capacity and an increase in
the energy rate of about four percent (4%).
Southeastern is proposing the following rate schedules to be
effective for the period from October 1, 2022 through September 30,
2027.
Rate Schedule SOCO-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled
pursuant to contracts between the Government and Southern Company
Services, Incorporated.
Rate Schedule SOCO-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SOCO-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule SOCO-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida served through the transmission facilities of
Southern Company Services, Inc. The customer is responsible for
providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government and for
providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Duke-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Duke Power Company.
Rate Schedule Duke-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Duke-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Duke-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina served through the transmission facilities of Duke Power
Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority.
Rate Schedule Santee-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Santee-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the
Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Public
Service Authority. The customer is responsible for providing a
scheduling arrangement with the Government and for providing a
transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-1-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-2-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-3-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom
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power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the Government and
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. The customer is responsible for
providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-4-G
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Pump-1-A
Available to all customers of the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to energy from pumping operations at the Carters
and Richard B. Russell projects.
Rate Schedule Replacement-1
Available to all customers in the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to replacement energy.
The proposed rates for capacity, energy, and generation services
are as follows:
Capacity......................... $4.04 per kilowatt (kW)
per month.
Energy........................... 12.80 mills per kilowatt-
hour.
Generation Services.............. $0.12 per kW per month.
Under this scenario, 75 percent of generation revenues are
recovered from capacity sales and 25 percent are recovered from energy
sales. These rates are expected to produce an average revenue of
$203,595,000 in FY 2023 and all future years.
The rates for transmission, scheduling, reactive supply, and
regulation and frequency response apply to all four scenarios and are
illustrated in Table 1.
Southeastern Power Administration Proposed Rates for Transmission Scheduling, Reactive, and Regulation Charges
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Transmission Scheduling Reactive charge Regulation
charge charge ------------------ charge
Rate schedule ------------------------------------ -----------------
$/kW/month $/kW/month $/kW/month $/kW/month
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SOCO-1-G................................ 4.08 0.0806 0.11 0.0483
SOCO-2-G................................ 4.08 ................ 0.11 ................
SOCO-3-G................................ ................ 0.0806 ................ 0.0483
SOCO-4-G................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Duke-1-G................................ 1.51 ................ ................ ................
Duke-2-G................................ 1.51 ................ ................ ................
Duke-3-G................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Duke-4-G................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Santee-1-G.............................. 1.88 ................ ................ ................
Santee-2-G.............................. 1.88 ................ ................ ................
Santee-3-G.............................. ................ ................ ................ ................
Santee-4-G.............................. ................ ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-1-G............................... 5.07 ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-2-G............................... 5.07 ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-3-G............................... ................ ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-4-G............................... ................ ................ ................ ................
Pump-1-A................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Replacement-1........................... ................ ................ ................ ................
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The referenced repayment studies are available for examination at
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. Proposed Rate
Schedules SOCO-1-G, SOCO-2-G, SOCO-3-G, SOCO-4-G, Duke-1-G, Duke-2-G,
Duke-3-G, Duke-4-G, Santee-1-G, Santee-2-G, Santee-3-G, Santee-4-G,
SCE&G-1-G, SCE&G-2-G, SCE&G-3-G, SCE&G-4-G, Pump-1-A, and Replacement-1
are also available.
Legal Authority: By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00B, effective
November 19, 2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated to Southeastern's
Administrator the authority to develop power and transmission rates, to
the Deputy Secretary of Energy the authority to confirm, approve, and
place such rates into effect on an interim basis, and to FERC the
authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis,
or to disapprove, rates developed by the Administrator under the
delegation. By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S4-2021-2, effective
December 8, 2021, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority
to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim
basis to the Under Secretary for Science (and Energy). By Redelegation
Order No. S4-DEL-OE1-2021-2, also effective December 8, 2021, the Under
Secretary for Science (and Energy) redelegated the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis
to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. By Redelegation Order No.
00-002.10-03, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant Secretary for
Electricity further redelegated the authority to confirm, approve, and
place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration. This redelegation order, despite
predating the December 2021 delegations, remains valid. This rate is
proposed by the Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration,
pursuant to the authority delegated in Delegation Order No. 00-037.00B.
Environmental Impact: Southeastern has reviewed the possible
environmental impacts of the rate adjustment under consideration and
has concluded that, because the adjusted rates would not significantly
affect the quality of the human environment within the meaning of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
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amended, the proposed action is not a major Federal action for which
preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement is required.
Determination Under Executive Order 12866: Southeastern has an
exemption from centralized regulatory review under Executive Order
12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the Office of
Management and Budget is required.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 22,
2022, 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 March 22, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-06305 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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