Notice2022-18080
Request for Statements of Interest Regarding the WAPA Transmission System in the Area of Boulder City, Nevada
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Published
August 23, 2022
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Energy DepartmentWestern Area Power Administration
Abstract
Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Federal power marketing administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), is evaluating options that could reduce congestion on its transmission system and facilitate the interconnection and/or transmittal of energy, including renewable generation, in southern Nevada. WAPA is requesting statements of interest (SOI) from entities that are interested in participating with WAPA to upgrade or construct new transmission facilities for WAPA's transmission system, or taking transmission service on or interconnecting with upgraded or newly constructed facilities, in the area of Boulder City, Nevada. WAPA's transmission system in the area of Boulder City, Nevada includes Mead Substation, a significant regional trading hub for energy.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51665-51666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18080]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Request for Statements of Interest Regarding the WAPA
Transmission System in the Area of Boulder City, Nevada
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Request for statements.
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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Federal power
marketing administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), is
evaluating options that could reduce congestion on its transmission
system and facilitate the interconnection and/or transmittal of energy,
including renewable generation, in southern Nevada. WAPA is requesting
statements of interest (SOI) from entities that are interested in
participating with WAPA to upgrade or construct new transmission
facilities for WAPA's transmission system, or taking transmission
service on or interconnecting with upgraded or newly constructed
facilities, in the area of Boulder City, Nevada. WAPA's transmission
system in the area of Boulder City, Nevada includes Mead Substation, a
significant regional trading hub for energy.
DATES: To be assured consideration, all SOI should be received by WAPA
on or before November 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send responses to: Jack Murray, Regional Manager, Desert
Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457,
Phoenix, Arizona 85005-6457, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbbfa8acabaca9b6a9b09bacbaabbaf5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d091e1a1d1a1f001f062d1a0c1d0c430a021b">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Murray, Regional Manager, Desert
Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457,
Phoenix, Arizona 85005-6457, (602) 605-2453 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86e2f5f1f6f1f4ebf4edc6f1e7f6e7a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c584f4b4c4b4e514e577c4b5d4c5d125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WAPA markets and transmits Federal power
resources from various multi-purpose hydroelectric projects to
customers in accordance with Federal law. WAPA owns and operates an
integrated 17,000 circuit-mile, high-voltage transmission system across
15 western states covering a 1.3 million square mile service area.
WAPA's transmission system is used to deliver Federal hydropower to
WAPA's customers. In addition, the system is used to deliver power from
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interconnected power producers, including clean, renewable energy
resources.
WAPA's Desert Southwest Region, based in Phoenix, Arizona, operates
and maintains more than 3,100 miles of transmission lines and
facilities in Arizona, California, and Nevada. WAPA's transmission
system in Nevada includes Mead Substation, a facility of the southern
portion of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project
(Intertie) and an important trading hub for wholesale power which
offers access to multiple markets throughout the western United States.
The Intertie was authorized by Section 8 of the Pacific Northwest Power
Marketing Act of August 31, 1964.\1\ The basic purpose of the Intertie
was to provide, through transmission system interconnections among
certain Federal and non-Federal power systems, maximum use of power
resources to meet growing demands. WAPA also operates and maintains
transmission system assets in the area of Boulder City, Nevada pursuant
to its Parker-Davis Project legislative authorities.\2\ Finally, WAPA
has statutory authority under its Transmission Infrastructure Program
(TIP) to borrow up to $3.25 billion from the Department of the Treasury
for the purpose of (1) constructing, financing, facilitating, planning,
operating, maintaining, or studying construction of new or upgraded
electric power transmission lines and related facilities with at least
one terminus within WAPA's service territory, and (2) delivering or
facilitating the delivery of power generated by renewable energy
resources constructed or reasonably expected to be constructed.\3\
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\1\ Public Law 88-552, now codified at 16 U.S.C. 837g.
\2\ The Parker-Davis Project was formed by consolidating two
projects, Parker Dam and Davis Dam, under terms of the Consolidate
Parker Dam Power Project and Davis Dam Project Act on May 28, 1954.
Public Law 83-373.
\3\ WAPA's Transmission Infrastructure Program (TIP) implements
Section 301 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C.
16421a). For each TIP project in which WAPA participates, the WAPA
Administrator must certify, prior to committing any funds for the
project, that the project is in the public interest, the project
will not adversely impact system reliability or operations or other
statutory obligations, and it is reasonable to expect the proceeds
from the project shall be adequate to repay the loan. TIP's
principles, policies, and practices were announced May 14, 2009 (74
FR 22732), and subsequently revised April 7, 2014 (79 FR 19065) and
August 23, 2021 (86 FR 47099).
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Transmission capacity in the area of Boulder City, Nevada, is
congested due to high demand and WAPA seeks to reduce that congestion
by increasing transmission capacity. In this notice, WAPA solicits SOIs
to allow WAPA to determine the level of interest for actions that could
reduce congestion and facilitate the interconnection and/or transmittal
of energy, including renewable generation, in its transmission system
in southern Nevada. Specifically, WAPA is soliciting SOIs from entities
that are interested in (1) participating with WAPA in upgrading or
constructing new facilities for WAPA's transmission system, including
Mead Substation, in the area of Boulder City, Nevada, and/or (2) taking
transmission service from or interconnecting to such upgraded or newly
constructed transmission facilities.
SOIs submitted with respect to this notice should include the
following information, as applicable:
1. Name and general description of the entity submitting the SOI.
2. Name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address of
the entity's primary contact for the SOI.
3. A description of (a) the entity's interest in upgrading or
constructing new transmission facilities in the area of Boulder City,
Nevada and/or taking service on or interconnecting to such facilities;
(b) information about the energy resource(s) associated with the
entity's interest, including, but not necessarily limited to, type of
resource, the general location, expected resource capacity, and
estimated commercial operation date; and (c) an overview of any
proposed upgraded or new transmission facilities, including location,
routing, and minimum transfer capability.
4. Statement of potential financing sources, including, if
applicable, interest in financing through WAPA's TIP.
5. Description of the proposed role that the submitting entity may
serve in the development, construction, ownership, operation, and
maintenance of the facilities.
6. Any other information that the submitting entity thinks would be
useful for consideration as part of its SOI.
An expression of interest made by submitting a SOI is not binding
or promissory. WAPA will treat data submitted by entities in this
process, including financing arrangements with other parties, in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). If submitting
entities seek confidential treatment of all or part of a submitted
document under the FOIA exemption for confidential business
information, they should appropriately mark such documents and WAPA
will consider such markings in the event a FOIA request is received.
Additional information on WAPA's Desert Southwest Region and
transmission system can be found at: <a href="https://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Pages/dsw.aspx">https://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Pages/dsw.aspx</a> and <a href="https://www.wapa.gov/transmission/Pages/oasis.aspx">https://www.wapa.gov/transmission/Pages/oasis.aspx</a>.
Procedure Requirements
Determination Under Executive Order 12866
WAPA 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 August 15,
2022, by Tracey A. LeBeau, Administrator, Western Area 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 August 17, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-18080 Filed 8-22-22; 8:45 am]
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