Notice2024-30361
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program-Eastern Division-Rate Order No. WAPA-217
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Published
December 20, 2024
Effective
October 1, 2025
Issuing agencies
Energy DepartmentWestern Area Power Administration
Abstract
The extension of the Upper Great Plains (UGP) region's existing Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern Division (P-SMBP-- ED) transmission and ancillary services formula rates has been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The existing formula rates under Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR (Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement), WAUGP-AS1 (Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service), WAUW-AS3 (Regulation and Frequency Response Service), WAUW- AS4 (Energy Imbalance Service), WAUW-AS5 (Operating Reserve--Spinning Reserve Service), WAUW-AS6 (Operating Reserve--Supplemental Reserve Service), and WAUW-AS7 (Generator Imbalance Service) are set to expire on September 30, 2025. This rate extension makes no changes to the existing formula rates and extends them through September 30, 2030.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104143-104150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30361]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern Division--Rate Order
No. WAPA-217
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of rate order.
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SUMMARY: The extension of the Upper Great Plains (UGP) region's
existing Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern Division (P-SMBP--
ED) transmission and ancillary services formula rates has been
confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The
existing formula rates under Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR (Annual
Transmission Revenue
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Requirement), WAUGP-AS1 (Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch
Service), WAUW-AS3 (Regulation and Frequency Response Service), WAUW-
AS4 (Energy Imbalance Service), WAUW-AS5 (Operating Reserve--Spinning
Reserve Service), WAUW-AS6 (Operating Reserve--Supplemental Reserve
Service), and WAUW-AS7 (Generator Imbalance Service) are set to expire
on September 30, 2025. This rate extension makes no changes to the
existing formula rates and extends them through September 30, 2030.
DATES: The extended formula rates under Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR,
WAUGP-AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4, WAUW-AS5, WAUW-AS6 and WAUW-AS7 will be
placed into effect on an interim basis on October 1, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lloyd Linke, Regional Manager,
Upper Great Plains Region, Western Area Power Administration, 2900 4th
Avenue North, Billings, MT 59101-1266; (406) 255-2800; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b777774627f5b6c7a6b7a357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b474744524f6b5c4a5b4a054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>, or Linda Cady-Hoffman, Rates Manager, Upper Great
Plains Region, telephone: (406) 255-2920; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90f3f1f4e9d0e7f1e0f1bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb8babfa29bacbaabbaf5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)
published a Federal Register notice (Proposed FRN) on August 26, 2024
(89 FR 68432), proposing to extend the existing formula rates under
Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR, WAUGP-AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4, WAUW-AS5,
WAUW-AS6 and WAUW-AS7. The Proposed FRN also initiated a 30-day public
consultation and comment period.
Legal Authority
By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-RATES-2016, effective November 19,
2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) the authority to develop
power and transmission rates to the WAPA Administrator; (2) the
authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an
interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority
to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, or to
remand or disapprove such rates, to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC). By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2024, effective
August 30, 2024, 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 Infrastructure. By Redelegation Order
No. S3-DEL-WAPA1-2023, effective April 10, 2023, the Under Secretary
for Infrastructure further redelegated the authority to confirm,
approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to WAPA's
Administrator. This extension is issued under Redelegation Order No.
S3-DEL-WAPA1-2023 and Department of Energy rate extension procedures
set forth in 10 CFR part 903.\1\
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\1\ 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 (Feb. 21, 2019).
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Following review of UGP's proposal, Rate Order No. WAPA-217 is
hereby confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis.
This extends, without adjustment, the existing Rate Schedules WAUGP-
ATRR, WAUGP-AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4, WAUW-AS5, WAUW-AS6, and WAUW-AS7
through September 30, 2030. WAPA will submit Rate Order No. WAPA-217
and the extended rate schedules to FERC for confirmation and approval
on a final basis.
Department of Energy
Administrator, Western Area Power Administration
In the Matter of: Western Area Power Administration, Extension for the
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern Division Transmission and
Ancillary Services Formula Rates, Rate Order No. WAPA-217
Order Confirming, Approving, and Placing the Transmission and Ancillary
Services Formula Rates for the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--
Eastern Division Into Effect on an Interim Basis
The formula rates in Rate Order No. WAPA-217 are established
following section 302 of the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7152).\1\
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\1\ This Act transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of
Energy the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat.
388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly
section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C.
485h(c)) and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C.
825s); and other acts that specifically apply to the projects
involved.
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By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-RATES-2016, effective November 19,
2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) the authority to develop
power and transmission rates to the Western Area Power Administration
(WAPA) Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place
into effect such rates on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of
Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve on a final basis, or
to remand or disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC). By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2024, effective
August 30, 2024, 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 of Infrastructure. By Redelegation Order
No. S3-DEL-WAPA1-2023, effective April 10, 2023, the Under Secretary
for Infrastructure further redelegated the authority to confirm,
approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to WAPA's
Administrator. This extension is issued under the Redelegation Order
No. S3-DEL-WAPA1-2023 and DOE rate extension procedures set forth at 10
CFR part 903.\2\
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\2\ 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 (Feb. 21, 2019).
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Background
On October 1, 2020, FERC approved and confirmed Rate Schedules
WAUGP-ATRR (Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement), WAUGP-AS1
(Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service), WAUW-AS3
(Regulation and Frequency Response Service), WAUW-AS4 (Energy Imbalance
Service), WAUW-AS5 (Operating Reserve-Spinning Reserve Service), WAUW-
AS6 (Operating Reserve-Supplemental Reserve Service), and WAUW-AS7
(Generator Imbalance Service) under Rate Order No. WAPA-188 on a final
basis for a 5-year period through September 30, 2025.\3\ These rate
schedules apply to Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern Division
(P-SMBP--ED) transmission and ancillary services formula rates. Details
about the rate schedules and the formula rates are viewable on UGP's
Rates website at: <a href="http://www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/ugp/ugp-rates/">www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/ugp/ugp-rates/</a>. The
rates continue the formula-based methodology that includes an annual
update to the data in the rate formulas, which provide adequate revenue
to recover annual expenses, including interest expense, and repay
capital investments within allowable time periods. This ensures
repayment within the cost recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order RA
6120.2.
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\3\ Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedules on a Final
Basis, FERC Docket No. EF20-3-000 and EF20-3-001 (2020).
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Discussion
In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a), UGP filed a notice in the
Federal Register on August 26, 2024, proposing to extend, without
adjustment, Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR, WAUGP-AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4,
WAUW-AS5, WAUW-AS6, and WAUW-AS7 under Rate Order No. WAPA-217.\4\ UGP
determined it was
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not necessary to hold public information or public comment forums on
the proposed formula rate extension, but provided a 30-day consultation
and comment period to give the public an opportunity to comment on the
proposed extension. The consultation and comment period ended on
September 25, 2024, and UGP received no comments on the proposed
formula rate extension.
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\4\ 89 FR 68432 (2024).
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Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
A categorical exclusion determination was previously issued for
these rates under the following categorical exclusion listed in
appendix B to subpart D of 10 CFR part 1021: B4.3 (Electric power
marketing rate changes).\5\ That categorical exclusion determination is
also applicable to this rate action. A copy of the categorical
exclusion determination is available on WAPA's website at:
<a href="http://www.wapa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rate-Extension-RO-WAPA-217-CX-09272024.pdf">www.wapa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rate-Extension-RO-WAPA-217-CX-09272024.pdf</a>.
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\5\ The determination was done in compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321-
4347, the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for
implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); and DOE NEPA
Implementing Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021).
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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.
Submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The provisional formula rates herein confirmed, approved, and
placed into effect on an interim basis, together with supporting
documents, will be submitted to FERC for confirmation and final
approval.
Order
In view of the above and under the authority delegated to me, I
hereby confirm, approve, and place into effect, on an interim basis,
Rate Order No. WAPA-217, which extends the existing UGP transmission
and ancillary services formula rates under Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR,
WAUGP-AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4, WAUW-AS5, WAUW-AS6, and WAUW-AS7 through
September 30, 2030. The rates will remain in effect on an interim basis
until: (1) FERC confirms and approves of this extension on a final
basis; (2) subsequent rates are confirmed and approved; or (3) such
rates are superseded.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December
16, 2024, 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 December 16, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
Rate Schedule WAUGP-ATRR, October 1, 2025
(Supersedes Rate Schedule WAUGP-ATRR Dated October 1, 2020, Through
September 30, 2025)
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Region Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern
Division
Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement for Transmission Service
(Approved Under Rate Order No. WAPA-188)
Effective
Beginning on October 1, 2020, and remaining in effect through
September 30, 2025, or until superseded by another rate schedule,
whichever occurs earlier. Notification of the effective date of the
formula rates will be published in the Federal Register. [Note: This
rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA-217 through September
30, 2030.]
Applicable
Western Area Power Administration-Upper Great Plains (Western-UGP)
region's formula based Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement (ATRR)
for its eligible transmission related facilities included under the
Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Tariff will be calculated using the
formula outlined below.
Formula Rate
Define
A = Operation & Maintenance allocated to transmission ($)
B = Depreciation allocated to transmission ($)
C = Interest Expense allocated to transmission ($)
D = Revenue Credits ($)
E = Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch costs ($)
F = Prior Period True-up ($)
ATRR = A + B + C-D-E + F
Note: Western-UGP will identify any portion(s) of the ATRR
eligible for recovery under SPP Schedule 11 pursuant to the SPP
Tariff in its Rate Formula Template submitted under Attachment H of
the SPP Tariff.
A recalculated annual revenue requirement will go into effect every
January 1 based on the above formula and updated financial data.
Western-UGP will annually notify SPP and make data and information
available to interested parties for review and comment related to the
recalculated annual revenue requirement on or shortly after September 1
of the preceding year. Data used and the charges resulting from using
this formula will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-
UGP's Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS).
Rate Schedule WAUGP-AS1, October 1, 2025
(Supersedes Rate Schedule WAUGP-AS1 Dated October 1, 2020,Through
September 30, 2025)
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Region Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern
Division
Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service
(Approved Under Rate Order No. WAPA-188)
Effective
Beginning on October 1, 2020, and remaining in effect through
September 30, 2025, or until superseded by another rate schedule,
whichever occurs earlier. Notification of the effective date of the
formula rates will be published in the Federal Register. [Note: This
rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA-217 through September
30, 2030.]
Applicable
Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service (SSCD) is required
to
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schedule the movement of power through, out of, within, or into the
Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Balancing Authority Area and/or the
Western Area Power Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing
Authority Area (WAUW). Western Area Power Administration-Upper Great
Plains (Western-UGP) region's annual revenue requirement for SSCD will
be used by SPP to calculate the regional SPP Schedule 1 rate for SPP
through and out transactions, and also to calculate the zonal SPP
Schedule 1 rate for the Upper Missouri Zone (UMZ or Zone 19). This rate
will also be charged by SPP for SPP Transmission Service provided
within the UMZ in the Western Interconnection.
Formula Rate
Define
A = Operation & Maintenance for SSCD ($)
B = Administrative and General Expense for SSCD ($)
C = Depreciation for SSCD ($)
D = Taxes Other than Income Taxes for Transmission ($)
E = Allocation of General Plant for SSCD ($)
F = Cost of Capital for SSCD ($)
G = SSCD Revenue from non-Transmission facilities ($)
H = Prior Period True-up ($)
SSCD Annual Revenue Requirement = A + B + C + D + E + F-G + H
A recalculated annual revenue requirement will go into effect every
January 1 based on the above formula and updated financial data.
Western-UGP will annually notify SPP and make data and information
available to interested parties for review and comment related to the
recalculated annual revenue requirement on or shortly after September 1
of the preceding year. Data used and the charges resulting from using
this formula will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-
UGP's Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS).
Rate Schedule WAUW-AS3, October 1, 2025
(Supersedes Rate Schedule WAUW-AS3 Dated October 1, 2020, Through
September 30, 2025)
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Region Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern
Division
Regulation and Frequency Response Service--WAUW
(Approved Under Rate Order No. WAPA-188)
Effective
Beginning on October 1, 2020, and remaining in effect through
September 30, 2025, or until superseded by another rate schedule,
whichever occurs earlier. Notification of the effective date of the
formula rates will be published in the Federal Register. [Note: This
rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA-217 through September
30, 2030.]
Applicable
This Rate Schedule applies to the Western Area Power
Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing Authority Area
(WAUW). Regulation and Frequency Response Service (Regulation) is
necessary to provide for the continuous balancing of resources,
generation, and interchange with load and for maintaining scheduled
interconnection frequency at 60 cycles per second (60 Hz). Regulation
is accomplished by committing on-line generation whose output is raised
or lowered, predominantly through the use of automatic generating
control equipment, as necessary, to follow the moment-by-moment changes
in load. The obligation to maintain this balance between resources and
load lies with the Western Area Power Administration-Upper Great Plains
(Western-UGP) region as the WAUW operator. The SPP Transmission
Customer must either purchase this service from SPP or make alternative
comparable arrangements pursuant to the SPP Tariff to satisfy its
Regulation obligation. Western-UGP's annual revenue requirement for
Regulation (outlined below) will be used by SPP to calculate the WAUW
charges for Regulation.
Western-UGP supports the installation of renewable sources of
energy but recognizes that certain operational constraints exist in
managing the significant fluctuations that are a normal part of their
operation. When Western-UGP purchases power resources to provide
Regulation to intermittent resources serving load within Western-UGP's
WAUW, costs for these regulation resources will become part of
Western's Regulation revenue requirement, which will be billed by SPP,
as the Transmission Provider, to a SPP Transmission Customer along with
the associated transmission service provided by SPP under the SPP
Tariff. However, Western-UGP will not regulate for the difference
between the output of an intermittent resource located within Western-
UGP's WAUW and a delivery schedule from that generator serving load
located outside of Western-UGP's WAUW. Intermittent resources serving
load outside Western-UGP's WAUW will be required to be pseudo-tied or
dynamically scheduled to another Balancing Authority Area.
An intermittent resource, for the limited purpose of this Rate
Schedule, is an electric generator that is not dispatchable and cannot
store its fuel source and, therefore, cannot respond to changes in
demand or respond to transmission security constraints.
Formula Rate
Define
A = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Fixed Charge Rate (%)
B = Corps Generation Net Plant Costs ($)
C = Plant Capacity (kW)
D = Capacity Used for Regulation (kW-year)
E = Capacity Purchases for Regulation ($)
F = Prior Period True-up
Regulation Annual Revenue Requirement = (A * B/C) * D + E + F
A recalculated revenue requirement will go into effect every
January 1 based on the above formula and updated financial data.
Western-UGP will annually notify SPP and make data and information
available to interested parties for review and comment related to the
recalculated annual revenue requirement on or shortly after September 1
of the preceding year. Data used and the charges resulting from using
this formula will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-
UGP's Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS).
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Rate Schedule WAUW-AS4, October 1, 2025
(Supersedes Rate Schedule WAUW-AS4 Dated October 1, 2020, Through
September 30, 2025)
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Region Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern
Division
Energy Imbalance Service--WAUW
(Approved Under Rate Order No. WAPA-188)
Effective
Beginning on October 1, 2020, and remaining in effect through
September 30, 2025, or until superseded by another rate schedule,
whichever occurs earlier. Notification of the effective date of the
formula rates will be published in the Federal Register. [Note: This
rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA-217 through September
30, 2030.]
Applicable
This Rate Schedule applies to the Western Area Power
Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing Authority Area
(WAUW). Energy Imbalance Service is provided when a difference occurs
between scheduled and actual delivery of energy to a load located
within Western Area Power Administration-Upper Great Plains (Western-
UGP) region's WAUW over a single hour (or different dispatch interval
for energy imbalance service market, if applicable). Given the
Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Integrated Marketplace does not extend
into the Western Interconnection, Western-UGP, as the Balancing
Authority, will offer to provide Energy Imbalance Service in the WAUW
at the request of SPP, if it is capable of doing so, from its own
resources or from resources available to it including possible
participation in a Western Interconnection energy imbalance service
market. SPP is the Transmission Provider for the eligible Western-UGP
facilities transferred to the functional control of SPP in the WAUW.
Energy Imbalance Service is needed when transmission service is
provided by SPP and used to serve load within the WAUW, or when a
difference occurs between the expected and actual delivery of energy
to/from the WAUW over a single hour (or different dispatch interval for
energy imbalance service market, if applicable) in the event that
Western-UGP participates in a Western Interconnection energy imbalance
service market in the WAUW as the Balancing Authority. Energy Imbalance
Service in the WAUW will be billed by SPP to the SPP Transmission
Customer along with the associated transmission service provided by
SPP. The SPP Transmission Customer must either purchase this service
from SPP, or make alternative comparable arrangements pursuant to the
SPP Tariff to satisfy its Energy Imbalance Service obligation.
The SPP Transmission Customer will incur a charge for either hourly
energy imbalances under this Schedule, WAUW-AS4, or hourly generator
imbalances under Rate Schedule WAUW-AS7 for imbalances occurring during
the same hour, but not both, unless the imbalances aggravate rather
than offset each other.
Formula Rate
(A) In the event that Western-UGP does not participate in a Western
Interconnection energy imbalance service market in the WAUW as the
Balancing Authority, or such energy imbalance market is unable to
provide the total energy imbalance requirements for certain loads and
generation within the Balancing Authority Area:
For deviations within +/- 1.5 percent (with a minimum of 2 MW) of
the scheduled transaction to be applied hourly to any energy imbalance
that occurs as a result of the SPP Transmission Customer's scheduled
transaction(s) will be netted on a monthly basis and settled
financially, at the end of the month, at 100 percent of the average
incremental cost.
Deviations greater than +/- 1.5 percent up to 7.5 percent (or
greater than 2 MW up to 10 MW) of the scheduled transaction to be
applied hourly to any energy imbalance that occurs as a result of the
SPP Transmission Customer's scheduled transaction(s) will be settled
financially, at the end of each month. When energy taken in a schedule
hour is greater than the energy scheduled, the charge is 110 percent of
incremental cost. When energy taken is less than the scheduled amount,
the credit is 90 percent of the incremental cost.
Deviations greater than +/- 7.5 percent (or 10 MW) of the scheduled
transaction to be applied hourly to any energy imbalance that occurs as
a result of the SPP Transmission Customer's scheduled transaction(s)
will be settled at 125 percent of Western-UGP's incremental cost when
energy taken in a schedule hour is greater than the energy scheduled or
75 percent of Western- UGP's incremental cost when energy taken by a
SPP Transmission Customer is less than the scheduled amount.
Western-UGP's incremental cost will be based upon a representative
hourly energy index or combination of indexes. The index to be used
will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's Open
Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) at least 30 days before use
for determining the Western-UGP incremental cost and will not be
changed more often than once per year unless Western-UGP determines
that the existing index is no longer a reliable price index.
The pricing and charge for deviations in the above deviation
bandwidths is as specified above. Data used and the charges resulting
from using this formula will be posted on the applicable SPP website
and Western-UGP's OASIS.
(B) In the event that Western-UGP participates in a Western
Interconnection energy imbalance service market in the WAUW as the
Balancing Authority:
Charges to the SPP Transmission Customer will reflect only the
pass-through of the applicable charges associated with the Western
Interconnection energy imbalance service market assessed to Western-UGP
as the WAUW Balancing Authority for embedded load and/or generation in
the WAUW of such SPP Transmission Customer that does not make adequate
alternate arrangements in such Western Interconnection energy imbalance
service market or other alternative comparable arrangements pursuant to
the SPP Tariff to satisfy its Energy Imbalance Service obligation.
Western-UGP will post notice on the applicable SPP website and
Western-UGP's OASIS, and also notify existing SPP Transmission
Customers, at least 30 days before Western-UGP participates in a
Western Interconnection energy imbalance service market, as the
Balancing Authority. Western-UGP will also post information related to
the charges assessed by the market operator for Energy Imbalance
Service in the WAUW under such Western Interconnection energy imbalance
service market.
Data used and the charges resulting from using this formula will be
posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's OASIS.
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Rate Schedule WAUW-AS5, October 1, 2025
(Supersedes Rate Schedule WAUW-AS5 Dated October 1, 2020, Through
September 30, 2025)
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Region Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern
Division
Operating Reserve--Spinning Reserve Service--WAUW
(Approved Under Rate Order No. WAPA-188)
Effective
Beginning on October 1, 2020, and remaining in effect through
September 30, 2025, or until superseded by another rate schedule,
whichever occurs earlier. Notification of the effective date of the
formula rates will be published in the Federal Register. [Note: This
rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA-217 through September
30, 2030.]
Applicable
This Rate Schedule applies to the Western Area Power
Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing Authority Area
(WAUW). Operating Reserve-Spinning Reserve Service (Spinning Reserves)
is needed to serve load immediately in the event of a system
contingency. Spinning Reserves may be provided by generating units that
are on-line and loaded at less than maximum output. Given the Southwest
Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Integrated Marketplace does not extend into the
Western Interconnection, Western Area Power Administration-Upper Great
Plains (Western-UGP) region, as the Balancing Authority, will offer to
provide Spinning Reserves, if available, at the request of SPP as the
Transmission Provider in the WAUW. Operating Reserve-Spinning Reserve
Service in the WAUW will be billed by SPP to the SPP Transmission
Customer along with the associated transmission service provided by
SPP. The SPP Transmission Customer must either purchase this service
from SPP or make alternative comparable arrangements pursuant to the
SPP Tariff to satisfy its Spinning Reserves obligation. Western-UGP's
annual revenue requirement for Spinning Reserves (outlined below) will
be utilized by SPP to calculate the WAUW charges for Spinning Reserves.
Formula Rate
Define
A = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Fixed Charge Rate (%)
B = Corps Generation Net Plant Costs ($)
C = Plant Capacity (kW)
D = Maximum Load in the WAUW (kW)
E = Maximum Generation in the WAUW (kW)
F = Reserve Sharing Program Requirement based upon Load (%)--See Note 1
G = Reserve Sharing Program Requirement based upon Generation (%)--See
Note 2
H = Prior Period True-up
I = Annual cost associated with Western-UGP's current reserve sharing
group membership
Note 1: Currently 3% in the Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Reserve Sharing
Program
Note 2: Currently 3% in the NWPP Reserve Sharing Program
Spinning Reserves Annual Revenue Requirement = (A * B/C) * ((D * F) +
(E * G)) + H + I
A recalculated revenue requirement will go into effect every
January 1 based on the above formula and updated financial, load/
generation, and Reserve Sharing Program requirements data. Western-UGP
will annually notify SPP and make data and information available to
interested parties for review and comment related to the recalculated
annual revenue requirement on or shortly after September 1 of the
preceding year. Data used and the charges resulting from using this
formula will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's
Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS).
If resources are not available from a Western-UGP resource,
Western-UGP, at the request of SPP as the Transmission Provider, will
offer to purchase the Spinning Reserves and pass through the costs,
plus an amount for administration, to SPP for the SPP Transmission
Customer.
In the event that Spinning Reserves are called upon for emergency
use, the SPP Transmission Customer will be assessed a charge for energy
used at the prevailing market energy rate in the WAUW. The prevailing
market energy rate will be based upon a representative hourly energy
index or combination of indexes. The index to be used will be posted on
the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's OASIS at least 30 days
before use for determining the prevailing market energy rate and will
not be changed more often than once per year unless Western-UGP
determines that the existing index is no longer a reliable price index.
The SPP Transmission Customer would be responsible for providing
transmission service to get the Spinning Reserves to its destination.
Rate Schedule WAUW-AS6, October 1, 2025
(Supersedes Rate Schedule WAUW-AS6 Dated October 1, 2020, Through
September 30, 2025)
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Region Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern
Division
Operating Reserve--Supplemental Reserve Service--WAUW
(Approved Under Rate Order No. WAPA-188)
Effective
Beginning on October 1, 2020, and remaining in effect through
September 30, 2025, or until superseded by another rate schedule,
whichever occurs earlier. Notification of the effective date of the
formula rates will be published in the Federal Register. [Note: This
rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA-217 through September
30, 2030.]
Applicable
This Rate Schedule applies to the Western Area Power
Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing Authority Area
(WAUW). Operating Reserve-Supplemental Reserve Service (Supplemental
Reserves) is needed to serve load in the event of a system contingency;
however, it is not available immediately to serve load but rather
within a short period of time.
Supplemental Reserves may be provided by generating units that are
on-line but unloaded, by quick-start generation, or by interruptible
load. Given the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Integrated Marketplace
does not extend into the Western Interconnection, Western Area Power
Administration-Upper Great Plains (Western-UGP) region, as the
Balancing Authority, will offer to provide Supplemental Reserves, if
available, at the request of SPP as the Transmission Provider, in the
WAUW. Operating Reserve-Supplemental Reserve Service in the WAUW will
be billed by SPP to the SPP Transmission Customer along with the
associated transmission service provided by SPP. The SPP Transmission
Customer must either purchase this service from SPP or make alternative
comparable arrangements pursuant to the SPP Tariff to satisfy its
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Supplemental Reserves obligation. Western-UGP's annual revenue
requirement for Supplemental Reserves (outlined below) will be utilized
by SPP to calculate the WAUW charges for Supplemental Reserves.
Formula Rate
Define
A = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Fixed Charge Rate (%)
B = Corps Generation Net Plant Costs ($)
C = Plant Capacity (kW)
D = Maximum Load in the WAUW (kW)
E = Maximum Generation in the WAUW (kW)
F = Reserve Sharing Program Requirement based upon Load (%)--See Note 1
G = Reserve Sharing Program Requirement based upon Generation (%)--See
Note 2
H = Prior Period True-up
I = Annual cost associated with Western-UGP's current reserve sharing
group membership
Note 1: Currently 3% in the Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) Reserve Sharing
Program
Note 2: Currently 3% in the NWPP Reserve Sharing Program
Supplemental Reserves Annual Revenue Requirement = (A * B/C) * ((D * F)
+ (E * G)) + H + I
A recalculated revenue requirement will go into effect every
January 1 based on the above formula and updated financial, load/
generation, and Reserve Sharing Program requirements data. Western-UGP
will annually notify SPP and make data and information available to
interested parties for review and comment related to the recalculated
annual revenue requirement on or shortly after September 1 of the
preceding year. Data used and the charges resulting from using this
formula will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's
Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS).
If resources are not available from a Western-UGP resource,
Western-UGP, at the request of SPP as the Transmission Provider, will
offer to purchase the Supplemental Reserves and pass through the costs,
plus an amount for administration, to SPP for the SPP Transmission
Customer.
In the event Supplemental Reserves are called upon for emergency
use, the SPP Transmission Customer will be assessed a charge for energy
used at the prevailing market energy rate in the WAUW. The prevailing
market energy rate will be based upon a representative hourly energy
index or combination of indexes. The index to be used will be posted on
the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's OASIS at least 30 days
before use for determining the prevailing market energy rate and will
not be changed more often than once per year unless Western-UGP
determines that the existing index is no longer a reliable price index.
The SPP Transmission Customer would be responsible for providing
transmission service to get the Supplemental Reserves to its
destination.
Rate Schedule WAUW-AS7, October 1, 2025
(Supersedes Rate Schedule WAUW-AS7 Dated October 1, 2020, Through
September 30, 2025)
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Region Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern
Division
Generator Imbalance Service--WAUW
(Approved Under Rate Order No. WAPA-188)
Effective
Beginning on October 1, 2020, and remaining in effect through
September 30, 2025, or until superseded by another rate schedule,
whichever occurs earlier. Notification of the effective date of the
formula rates will be published in the Federal Register. [Note: This
rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA-217 through September
30, 2030.]
Applicable
This Rate Schedule applies to the Western Area Power
Administration, Upper Great Plains West Balancing Authority Area
(WAUW). Generator Imbalance Service is provided when a difference
occurs between the output of a generator located within Western Area
Power Administration-Upper Great Plains (Western-UGP) region's WAUW and
a delivery schedule from that generator to (1) another Balancing
Authority Area or (2) a load within Western-UGP's WAUW over a single
hour (or different dispatch interval for energy imbalance service
market, if applicable). Given the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP)
Integrated Marketplace does not extend into the Western
Interconnection, Western-UGP, as the Balancing Authority, will offer to
provide this service at the request of SPP, if it is capable of doing
so, from its own resources or from resources available to it including
possible participation in a Western Interconnection energy imbalance
service market. SPP is the Transmission Provider for the eligible
Western-UGP facilities transferred to the functional control of SPP in
the WAUW. Generator Imbalance Service is needed when transmission
service is provided by SPP and used to deliver energy from a generator
located within the WAUW, or when a difference occurs between the
expected and actual delivery of energy to/from the WAUW over a single
hour (or different dispatch interval for energy imbalance service
market, if applicable) in the event that Western-UGP participates in a
Western Interconnection energy imbalance service market in the WAUW as
the Balancing Authority. Generator Imbalance Service in the WAUW will
be billed by SPP to the SPP Transmission Customer along with the
associated transmission service provided by SPP. The SPP Transmission
Customer must either purchase this service from SPP or make alternative
comparable arrangements pursuant to the SPP Tariff, to satisfy its
Generator Imbalance Service obligation. The SPP Transmission Customer
will incur a charge for either hourly generator imbalances under this
Schedule, WAUW-AS7, or hourly energy imbalances under Rate Schedule
WAUW-AS4 for imbalances occurring during the same hour, but not both,
unless the imbalances aggravate rather than offset each other.
Western-UGP supports the installation of renewable sources of
energy but recognizes that certain operational constraints exist in
managing the significant fluctuations that are a normal part of their
operation. Western-UGP has marketed the maximum practical amount of
power from each of its projects, leaving little or no flexibility for
provision of additional power services. Consequently, Western-UGP will
not regulate for the difference between the output of an intermittent
resource located within the WAUW and a delivery schedule from that
generator serving load located outside of the WAUW. Intermittent
resources serving load outside Western-UGP's WAUW will be required to
be pseudo-tied or dynamically scheduled to another Balancing Authority
Area.
An intermittent resource, for the limited purpose of this Rate
Schedule, is an electric generator that is not dispatchable and cannot
store its fuel source and, therefore, cannot respond to changes in
demand or respond to transmission security constraints.
Formula Rate
(A) In the event that Western-UGP does not participate in a Western
Interconnection energy imbalance
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service market in the WAUW as the Balancing Authority, or such energy
imbalance market is unable to provide the total energy imbalance
requirements for certain loads and generation within the Balancing
Authority Area:
For deviations within +/- 1.5 percent (with a minimum of 2 MW) of
the scheduled transaction to be applied hourly to any generator
imbalance that occurs as a result of the SPP Transmission Customer's
scheduled transaction(s) will be netted on a monthly basis and settled
financially, at the end of the month, at 100 percent of the average
incremental cost.
Deviations greater than +/- 1.5 percent up to 7.5 percent (or
greater than 2 MW up to 10 MW) of the scheduled transaction to be
applied hourly to any generator imbalance that occurs as a result of
the SPP Transmission Customer's scheduled transaction(s) will be
settled financially, at the end of each month. When energy delivered in
a schedule hour from the generation resource is less than the energy
scheduled, the charge is 110 percent of incremental cost. When energy
delivered from the generation resource is greater than the scheduled
amount, the credit is 90 percent of the incremental cost.
Deviations greater than +/- 7.5 percent (or 10 MW) of the scheduled
transaction to be applied hourly to any generator imbalance that occurs
as a result of the SPP Transmission Customer's scheduled transaction(s)
will be settled at 125 percent of Western-UGP's highest incremental
cost for the day when energy delivered in a schedule hour is less than
the energy scheduled or 75 percent of Western-UGP's lowest daily
incremental cost when energy delivered from the generation resource is
greater than the scheduled amount. As an exception, an intermittent
resource will be exempt from this deviation band and will pay the
deviation band charges for all deviations greater than the larger of
1.5 percent or 2 MW.
Deviations from scheduled transactions responding to directives by
the Transmission Provider, a Balancing Authority, or a reliability
coordinator will not be subject to the deviation bands identified above
and, instead, will be settled financially, at the end of the month, at
100 percent of incremental cost. Such directives may include
instructions to correct frequency decay, respond to a reserve sharing
event, or change output to relieve congestion.
Western-UGP's incremental cost will be based upon a representative
hourly energy index or combination of indexes. The index to be used
will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's Open
Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) at least 30 days before use
for determining the Western-UGP incremental cost and will not be
changed more often than once per year unless Western-UGP determines
that the existing index is no longer a reliable price index.
The pricing and charge for deviations in the deviation bandwidths
is as specified above. Data used and the charges resulting from using
this formula will be posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-
UGP's OASIS.
(B) In the event that Western-UGP participates in a Western
Interconnection energy imbalance service market in the WAUW as the
Balancing Authority:
Charges to the SPP Transmission Customer will reflect only the
pass-through of the applicable charges associated with the Western
Interconnection energy imbalance service market assessed to Western-UGP
as the WAUW Balancing Authority for embedded load and/or generation in
the WAUW of such SPP Transmission Customer that does not make adequate
alternate arrangements in such Western Interconnection energy imbalance
service market or other alternative comparable arrangements pursuant to
the SPP Tariff to satisfy its Generator Imbalance Service obligation.
Western-UGP will post notice on the applicable SPP website and
Western-UGP's OASIS, and also notify existing Transmission Customers,
at least 30 days before Western-UGP participates in a Western
Interconnection energy imbalance service market, as the Balancing
Authority. Western-UGP will also post information related to the
charges assessed by the market operator for Generator Imbalance Service
in the WAUW under such Western Interconnection energy imbalance service
market.
Data used and the charges resulting from using this formula will be
posted on the applicable SPP website and Western-UGP's OASIS.
[FR Doc. 2024-30361 Filed 12-19-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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