Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Notices 11511 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1171–000. 

Applicants: Essential Power 

Newington, LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

IROL–CIP Rate Schedule to be effective 

2/18/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/18/21. 

Accession Number: 20210218–5119. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/11/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1172–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Original WMPA 5972; Queue No. AE2– 

062 to be effective 1/19/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/18/21. 

Accession Number: 20210218–5135. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/11/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1173–000. 

Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

Description: Notice of Termination of 

Service Agreement (No. 2) with Sunrise 

Cogeneration and Power Company of 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 

Filed Date: 2/18/21. 

Accession Number: 20210218–5151. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/11/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1174–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendment to WMPA, Service 

Agreement No. 5729; Queue No. AF1– 

021 to be effective 7/9/2020. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5010. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1175–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Notice of Cancellation of WMPA, SA 

No. 4768; Queue No. AC1–117 to be 

effective 3/15/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5041. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1176–000. 

Applicants: Delta’s Edge Solar, LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Baseline filing to be effective 2/20/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5063. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1177–000. 

Applicants: Crossett Solar Energy, 

LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Baseline filing to be effective 2/20/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5066. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1178–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendment to ISA/CSA, Service 

Agreement Nos. 5159 and 5189; Queue 

No. AB2–040 to be effective 8/8/2018. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5070. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1179–000. 

Applicants: Crescent Wind LLC. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Notice of Cancellation of Market-Based 

Rate Tariff to be effective 4/21/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5079. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1180–000. 

Applicants: New England Power 

Company. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Sched 20A Service Agreement with 

Vitol and Request for Notice 

Requirement Waiver to be effective 11/ 

1/2020. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5080. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1181–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

3127R3 Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. 

NITSA NOA to be effective 2/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5096. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1182–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Notice of Cancellation of WMPA, SA 

No. 4479, Queue Position No. AB1–055 

to be effective 4/22/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5102. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1183–000. 

Applicants: Tucson Electric Power 

Company. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Rate 

Schedule No. 347, Concurrence to PNM 

RS No. 175 to be effective 4/21/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5105. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1184–000. 

Applicants: Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendment to Service Agreement No. 

876 to be effective 2/16/2021. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5180. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–1185–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Request For Limited 

Waiver, et al. of Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5188. 

Comments Due: 2 p.m. ET 2/22/21. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric 

reliability filings: 

Docket Numbers: RD21–4–000. 

Applicants: North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation. 

Description: Petition of The North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation For Approval of Proposed 

Reliability Standard FAC–008–5— 

Facility Ratings. 

Filed Date: 2/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210219–5097. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/22/21. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: February 19, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03887 Filed 2–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Valley Project—Rate Order No. 

WAPA–194 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of rate order concerning 

Energy Imbalance Market Services, Sale 

of Surplus Products, and revisions to 

existing Energy Imbalance and 

Generator Imbalance rate schedules. 

SUMMARY: This Rate Order confirms, 

approves, and places into effect 

Provisional Formula Rates for the 

Central Valley Project’s (CVP) Energy 

Imbalance Market (EIM) Services, Sale 

of Surplus Products (SSP), and revisions 

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1The Balancing Authority of Northern California 

accelerated the implementation date for Frequency 

Response Reserve, which is included under the 

Rate Schedule for SPP. To accommodate the 

schedule, WAPA implemented a short-term rate for 

SPP as CV–SSP1. This necessitated a change in 

numbering from proposed Rate Schedule CV–SSP1 

to final Rate Schedule CV–SSP2. 

2Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule 

on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF19–4–000, 168 

FERC ¶ 62,150 (2019). 

3 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

4This 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 other 

acts that specifically apply to the Central Valley 

Project. 

to the existing Energy Imbalance (EI) 

and Generator Imbalance (GI) formula 

rates (collectively, Provisional Formula 

Rates). The Provisional Formula Rates 

are associated with three events: 

Participation in the California 

Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) 

EIM; alignment of CVP’s SSP with other 

Western Area Power Administration 

(WAPA) regions; and revision of 

existing EI and GI rate schedules. 

DATES: The Provisional Formula Rates 

under rate schedules CV–EIM1S, CV– 

EIM4S, CV–EIM9S, and CV–SSP2 1 are 

effective on March 25, 2021, and will 

remain in effect through December 31, 

2024, pending confirmation and 

approval by the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) on a 

final basis or until superseded. The 

Provisional Formula Rates under rate 

schedules CV–EID5 and CV–GID2 are 

effective on the first day of the first full 

billing period after March 25, 2021, and 

will remain in effect through December 

31, 2024, pending confirmation and 

approval by FERC on a final basis or 

until superseded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sonja Anderson, Regional Manager, 

Sierra Nevada Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, 114 Parkshore 

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630, or email: 

SNR-RateCase@wapa.gov, or Ms. 

Autumn Wolfe, Rates Manager, Sierra 

Nevada Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, (916) 353–4686 or 

email: SNR-RateCase@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 12, 2019, as part of Rate 

Order WAPA–185, FERC confirmed and 

approved WAPA’s formula rates for EI 

and GI Services and Rate Schedules CV– 

EID4 and CV–GID1 through September 

30, 2024.2 On July 31, 2020, WAPA 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (FRN) (85 FR 46083) that 

proposed: (1) New formula rates for 

participation in EIM (CV–EIM1S, CV– 

EIM4S, and CV–EIM9S); (2) formula rate 

schedule SSP (CV–SSP2) that is 

consistent with other WAPA regions; 

and (3) revised EI (CV–EID5) and GI 

(CV–GID2) formula rate schedules. 

These rates are formula-based 

methodologies that include an annual 

update to the data in the rate formulas. 

The FRN initiated a public consultation 

and comment period and set forth the 

date and location of the public 

information and public comment 

forums. 

WAPA made the decision to enter 

EIM on August 27, 2019, in the 

document posted on the website: 

https://www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/ 

PowerMarketing/Documents/sn-eimrecommendation-memo.pdf. The 

participation in CAISO’s EIM provides 

market liquidity to make EI purchases to 

maintain just and reasonable pricing, 

reduces WAPA’s financial risk if there 

are few or no resources to purchase, 

mitigates the negative impacts of 

changing generation mix, and addresses 

WAPA’s EI requirements with greater 

available resources. WAPA has a duty to 

recover its costs within certain statutory 

periods for fiscal year annual expenses 

and for capital repayment of projects 

based on DOE Orders and statutory 

obligations. WAPA will recover EIM 

costs through the CVP Power Revenue 

Requirement (PRR), including startup 

costs and EIM load costs for those 

customers with loads too small to 

identify. Any potential EIM benefits will 

also pass through to the PRR. 

Legal Authority 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

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 on a final 

basis, remand, or disapprove such rates 

to FERC. By Delegation Order No. 00– 

002.00S, effective January 15, 2020, 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 Energy. By 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10E, 

effective February 14, 2020, the Under 

Secretary of Energy further delegated 

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. 00–002.10–05, effective July 8, 

2020, the Assistant Secretary for 

Electricity further delegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to WAPA’s Administrator. This rate 

action is issued under Redelegation 

Order No. 00–002.10–05 and 

Department of Energy procedures for 

public participation in rate adjustments 

codified at 10 CFR part 903.3

Following DOE’s review of WAPA’s 

proposal, I hereby confirm, approve, 

and place Rate Order No. WAPA–194, 

which provides the formula rates for the 

CVP’s EIM Services, SSP, and revisions 

to the existing EI and GI service, into 

effect on an interim basis. WAPA will 

submit Rate Order No. WAPA–194 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 Formula 

Rates for the Central Valley Project Energy 

Imbalance Market Services, Sale of Surplus 

Products, Revisions to Existing Energy 

Imbalance) and Generator Imbalance 

Formula Rates Rate Order No. WAPA–194 

Order Confirming, Approving, and 

Placing the Energy Imbalance Market 

Services, Sale of Surplus Products, and 

Revisions to Existing Energy Imbalance 

and Generator Imbalance Formula Rates 

for the Central Valley Project Into Effect 

on an Interim Basis 

The Provisional Formula Rates in Rate 

Order No. WAPA–194 are established 

following section 302 of the Department 

of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (42 

U.S.C. 7152).4

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the Western Area 

Power Administration’s (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, 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. 00–002.00S, 

effective January 15, 2020, 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 Energy. By 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10E, 

effective February 14, 2020, the Under 

Secretary of Energy further delegated 

the authority to confirm, approve, and 

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5 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

place such rates into effect on an 

interim basis to the Assistant Secretary 

for Electricity. By Redelegation Order 

No. 00–002.10–05, effective July 8, 

2020, the Assistant Secretary for 

Electricity further delegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to WAPA’s Administrator. This rate 

action is issued under Redelegation 

Order No. 00–002.10–05 and 

Department of Energy procedures for 

public participation in rate adjustments 

set forth at 10 CFR part 903.5

Acronyms, Terms, and Definitions 

As used in this Rate Order, the 

following acronyms, terms, and 

definitions apply. 

BA: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, is 

Balancing Authority and is the 

responsible entity that integrates 

resource plans ahead of time, maintains 

load Interchange-generation balance 

within a Balancing Authority Area, and 

supports interconnection frequency in 

real time. 

BAA: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, is 

Balancing Authority Area; the term 

Balancing Authority Area shall have the 

same meaning as ‘‘Control Area.’’ 

BANC: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

is Balancing Authority of Northern 

California (BANC). A joint powers 

authority that provides BA and other 

services to its members and other 

entities within the BAA. Members/ 

entities of BANC may in turn provide 

transmission service to customers. 

Base Resource: As defined in Central 

Valley Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, 

Base Resource is the Central Valley and 

Washoe Project power (capacity and 

energy) output determined by WAPA to 

be available for marketing, including the 

environmental attributes, after meeting 

the requirements of project use and first 

preference customers, and any 

adjustments for maintenance, reserves, 

system losses, and certain ancillary 

services. 

Transmission Customer Base 

Schedule: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

Attachment S, means Transmission 

Customers Base Schedule and is an 

energy schedule that provides 

Transmission Customer hourly-level 

forecast data and other information used 

as the baseline by which to measure 

Imbalance Energy for purposes of EIM 

settlement. The term ‘‘Transmission 

Customer Base Schedule’’ as used in 

this Tariff is synonymous with the term 

‘‘EIM Participant Base Schedule’’ used 

in the EIM Entity’s business practices, 

and may refer collectively to the 

components of such schedule (resource, 

Interchange, Intrachange, and load 

determined pursuant to the EIM Entity’s 

business practices) or any individual 

components of such schedule. This term 

is synonymous to ‘‘Base Schedule.’’ 

CAISO: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

is the California Independent System 

Operator Corporation. A state-chartered, 

California, non-profit public benefit 

corporation that operates the 

transmission facilities of all CAISO 

participating transmission owners and 

dispatches certain generating units and 

loads. The CAISO is the MO for the 

EIM. 

Capacity: As defined in Central Valley 

Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, is the 

electric capability of a generator, 

transformer, transmission circuit, or 

other equipment. 

Conforming Load: The term is not 

officially defined by CAISO at this time 

and will be addressed in the future. The 

following description reasonably aligns 

with the CAISO’s use of the term in 

defining load forecasting requirements 

under EIM: Is the load that changes in 

a reasonably predictable, uniform 

manner that is environmentally driven. 

A conforming load has a load profile 

that is similar to the aggregated load 

profile. Due to conventional weatherand temperature-based patterns, 

conforming loads can be forecast with a 

high level of accuracy using historical 

and meteorological data. 

CVP: As defined in Central Valley 

Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, is Central 

Valley Project. The multipurpose 

Federal water development project 

extending from the Cascade Range in 

northern California to the plains along 

the Kern River south of the city of 

Bakersfield, California. 

DOE: United States Department of 

Energy. 

DOE Order RA 6120.2: Department of 

Energy Order outlining power marketing 

administration financial reporting and 

rate-making procedures. 

EI Service: Energy Imbalance Service 

is an ancillary service that provides for 

the difference between the scheduled 

and the actual delivery of energy to a 

load within the Transmission Provider’s 

Sub-BAA. 

EIM: As defined in CAISO’s Business 

Practice Manual, means Energy 

Imbalance Market and is the rules and 

procedures in Section 29 of the CAISO 

Tariff governing the CAISO’s operation 

of the Real-Time Market in BAAs 

outside of the CAISO BAA and the 

participation of EIM Market Participants 

in the Real-Time Market. 

EIM Administrative Charge: As 

defined in CAISO’s Business Practice 

Manual, is the fee imposed on 

transaction in the energy imbalance 

market as described in section 

29.11(i)(1) of the CASIO Tariff. 

EIM Entity: As defined in WAPA’s 

OATT, Attachment S, is a BAA that 

enters into the MO’s EIM Entity 

Agreement to enable the EIM to occur in 

its BAA. BANC is the EIM Entity for the 

BANC EIM Entity BAA. For the 

purposes of this Attachment S, the EIM 

Entity is the BANC EIM Entity or the 

entity selected by the BANC EIM Entity 

who is certified by the MO. WAPA SN 

participates in the CAISO Western EIM 

under the BANC EIM Entity. 

EIM Participating Resource: As 

defined in WAPA’s OATT, Attachment 

S, is a resource or a portion of a 

resource: (1) That meets the 

Transmission Provider’s eligibility 

requirements; (2) has been certified by 

the BANC EIM Entity for participation 

in the EIM; and (3) for which the 

generation owner and/or operator enters 

into the MO’s EIM Participating 

Resource Agreement and any 

agreements as may be required by BANC 

and/or the BANC EIM Entity. 

EIM Non-Participating Resource: As 

defined on CAISO’s website https://

www.westerneim.com/Documents/ 

EIMTrack5-MeteringFAQ.pdf, EIM 

Resource that does not participate in the 

Real-Time Market but is required to be 

identified in the EIM BAA for settling 

charges and payments related to 

nonparticipating load and 

nonparticipating resources. 

Energy: As defined in Central Valley 

Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, is 

measured in terms of the work it is 

capable of doing over a period of time; 

electric energy is usually measured in 

kilowatt-hours or megawatt-hours. 

FERC: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

Firm Point-to-Point Transmission 

Service: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

is transmission service reserved and/or 

scheduled between specified Points of 

Receipt and Delivery pursuant to Part II 

of the Tariff. 

First Preference Customers/Entity: As 

defined in Central Valley Project’s 2025 

Marketing Plan, is a preference 

customer and/or a preference entity (an 

entity qualified to use, but not using, 

preference power) within a country or 

origin (Trinity, Calaveras, and 

Tuolumne) as specified under the 

Trinity River Division Act (69 Sta. 719) 

and the New Melones Project provisions 

of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 

Stat. 1173, 1191–1192). 

Frequency Response Reserve (FRR) or 

(FR): As defined in SMUD’s Operating 

Reserves OP–114, ‘‘NERC/WECC does 

not have an official definition for 

Frequency Response Reserve (FRR) yet. 

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BANC is defining the FRR as an amount 

of reserve in MW that is synchronized 

to the system and can automatically 

respond to system frequency deviation. 

BANC in coordination with WAPA and 

SMUD procures and monitors sufficient 

FRR in both Day-Ahead scheduling 

process and Real-Time operations to 

ensure that BANC meet NERC 

Reliability Standard BAL–003–1.1 R1.’’ 

FY: Fiscal year; October 1 to 

September 30. 

Generating Unit: As defined in CAISO 

Tariff, is an individual electric generator 

and its associated plant and apparatus 

whose electrical output is capable of 

being separately identified and metered 

or a Physical Scheduling Plant that, in 

either case, is: Located within the 

CAISO BAA (which includes a PseudoTie of a generating unit to the CAISO 

BAA) or, for purposes of scheduling and 

operating the Real-Time Market only, an 

EIM Entity BAA; connected to the 

CAISO Controlled Grid, either directly 

or via interconnected transmission, or 

distribution facilities or via a PseudoTie; and capable of producing and 

delivering net Energy (Energy in excess 

of a generating station’s internal power 

requirements). 

GI Service: Generator Imbalance 

Service is an ancillary service that 

provides for the difference between the 

output of a generator and the delivery 

schedule from that generator to: (1) 

another BAA, (2) the BANC BAA, or (3) 

a load within the Transmission 

Provider’s Sub-BAA. GI Service during 

EIM participation is that associated with 

a generator that is not an EIM 

Participating Resource located in the 

Transmission Provider’s Sub-BAA. 

kW: As defined in WAPA’s 2025 

Marketing Plan, is kilowatt. A unit 

measuring the rate of production of 

electricity; one kilowatt equals one 

thousand watts. 

LAP: Load Aggregation Point is a set 

of Pricing Nodes as specified in Section 

27.2 of the CAISO Tariff that are used 

for the submission of Bids and 

Settlement of Demand. 

Load Ratio Share: As defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, is the ratio of a 

Transmission Customer’s Network Load 

to the Transmission Provider’s total load 

computed in accordance with Sections 

34.2 and 34.3 of the Network Integration 

Transmission Service under Part III of 

the Tariff and calculated on a rolling 

twelve month basis. 

Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service: As defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, is Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service under Part II of 

the Tariff with a term of one year or 

more. 

MO: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

Attachment S, is Market Operator. The 

entity responsible for operation, 

administration, settlement, and 

oversight of the EIM. The CAISO is the 

current MO of the EIM. 

MO Tariff: As defined in WAPA’s 

OATT, Attachment S, is those portions 

of the MO’s approved tariff, as such 

tariff may be modified from time to 

time, that specifically apply to the 

operation, administration, settlement, 

and oversight of the EIM. 

MW: As defined in Central Valley 

Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, is a unit 

measuring the rate of production of 

electricity; one megawatt equals one 

million watts. 

NERC: The North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation. 

New Rate: As defined in WAPA’s 

OATT, means the modification of a Rate 

for transmission or ancillary services 

provided by the Transmission Provider 

which has been promulgated pursuant 

to the rate development process 

outlined in Power and Transmission 

Rates, 10 CFR part 903 (2006). 

NITS: Network Integration 

Transmission Service, as defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, is the transmission 

service provided under Part III of the 

Tariff. 

Non-Conforming Load: The term is 

not officially defined by CAISO at this 

time and will be addressed in the future. 

The following description reasonably 

aligns with the CAISO’s use of the term 

in defining load forecasting 

requirements under EIM: Is the load 

with unpredictable load pattern, e.g., 

pumps, industrial plants, etc., that 

makes it difficult for the CAISO model 

to accurately forecast. CAISO’s load 

forecasting model uses historical actual 

conforming load data and 

meteorological data determined 

necessary to accurately forecast the 

conforming load. When non-conforming 

load causes more than 5% deviation 

(hourly) from the total actual load, they 

should be modeled separately from the 

load that CAISO will forecast for the 

EIM Entity (the conforming load). This 

requirement is part of the EIM 

Readiness Criteria in accordance with 

CAISO Tariff section 29.2(b)(7)(A)(iv). 

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission 

Service: As defined in the Tariff, is 

Point-to-Point Transmission Service 

under the Tariff that is reserved and 

scheduled on an as-available basis and 

is subject to Curtailment or Interruption 

as set forth in Section 14.7 under Part 

II of the Tariff. Non-Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service is available on a 

stand-alone basis for periods ranging 

from one hour to one month. The 

Transmission provider may offer NonFirm Point-to-Point Transmission 

Service for periods longer than one 

month. If offered, the terms and 

conditions will be consistent with Part 

II of the Tariff and will be posted on the 

Transmission Provider’s OASIS. 

OASIS: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

is Open Access Same-Time Information 

System. The information system and 

standards of conduct contained in Part 

37 of FERC’s regulations and all 

additional requirements implemented 

by subsequent FERC orders dealing with 

OASIS. 

OATT: The Open Access 

Transmission Tariff or ‘OATT’, 

including all schedules or attachments 

thereto, of the Transmission Provided as 

amended from time to time, and 

approved by the Commission. 

OM&R: Operation, Maintenance, and 

Replacements expense refers to the 

annual expense incurred for attending/ 

servicing/replacement of power and 

transmission lines and facilities. 

Preference: As defined in Central 

Valley Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, is 

the requirements of Reclamation Law 

that provide for preference in the sale of 

Federal power be given to certain 

entities, such as governments (state, 

Federal and Native American), 

municipalities and other public 

corporations or agencies, and 

cooperatives and other nonprofit 

organizations financed in whole or in 

part by loans made pursuant to the 

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (See, 

e.g., Reclamation Project Act of 1939, 

Section 9(c), 43 U.S.C. 485h(c)). 

Point-to-Point Transmission Service: 

As defined in WAPA’s OATT, is the 

reservation and transmission of capacity 

and energy on either a firm or non-firm 

basis from the Point(s) of Receipt to the 

Point(s) of Delivery under Part II of the 

Tariff. 

Project Use: As defined in Central 

Valley Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, is 

power as defined by Reclamation Law 

and/or used to operate CVP and Washoe 

Project facilities. 

Power: As defined in Central Valley 

Project’s 2025 Marketing Plan, is 

capacity and energy. 

Provisional Formula Rates: The 

formula rates confirmed, approved, and 

placed into effect on an interim basis by 

the Deputy Secretary of Energy or his 

designee. 

PRR: Power Revenue Requirement is 

revenue required by the PRS to recover 

annual expenses (such as operation and 

maintenance, purchase power, 

transmission service expenses, interest, 

and deferred expenses) and repay 

Federal investments and other assigned 

costs. 

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PRS: Power Repayment Study, as 

defined in DOE Order RA 6120.2 and 

used for the rate adjustment period, is 

a tool used to determine if the projected 

power revenue for each project is 

adequate to meet the annual revenue 

requirement. The PRS is used to 

calculate how much revenue is needed 

to meet annual investment obligations, 

O&M expenses, and repayment 

requirements (including repayment 

periods). 

Rate: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

means the monetary charge or the 

formula for computing such a charge for 

any electric service provided a 

Transmission Provider as defined in 10 

CFR part 903. 

Rate Adjustment: As defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, means a change in an 

existing rate or rates, or the 

establishment of a rate or rates for a new 

service. It does not include a change in 

rate schedule provisions or in contract 

terms, other than changes in the price 

per unit of service, nor does it include 

changes in the monetary charge 

pursuant to a formula stated in a rate 

schedule or a contract as defined in 10 

CFR part 903. 

Rate Formula Adjustment: As defined 

in WAPA’s OATT, means a change in an 

existing rate formula, or the 

establishment of a rate formula for a 

new service. It does not include updates 

to the monetary charge pursuant to a 

formula stated in a rate schedule or a 

contract. 

Rate Brochure: A document prepared 

for public distribution explaining the 

rationale and background for the 

information contained in this rate order. 

Reclamation: United States 

Department of the Interior; Bureau of 

Reclamation, and formerly the United 

States Reclamation Service. 

Reclamation Law: As defined in 

WAPA’s 2025 Marketing Plan, refers to 

a series of Federal laws with a lineage 

dating back to the late 1800s. Viewed as 

a whole, those laws create the 

framework under which WAPA markets 

CVP power. 

Regulation: As defined in CAISO’s 

Tariff, is the service provided either by 

resources certified by the CAISO as 

equipped and capable of responding to 

the CAISO’s direct digital control 

signals, or by System Resources that 

have been certified by the CAISO as 

capable of delivering such service to the 

CAISO BAA, in an upward and 

downward direction to match, on a 

Real-Time basis, Demand and resources, 

consistent with established NERC and 

WECC reliability standards and any 

requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, or its successor. 

Regulation is used to control the 

operating level of a resource within a 

prescribed area in response to a change 

in system frequency, tie line loading, or 

the relation of these to each other so as 

to maintain the target system frequency 

and/or the established Interchange with 

other BAAs within the predetermined 

Regulation Limits. Regulation includes 

both an increase in Energy production 

by a resource or decrease in Energy 

consumption by a resource (Regulation 

Up) and a decrease in Energy 

production by a resource or increase in 

Energy consumption by a resource 

(Regulation Down). Regulation Up and 

Regulation Down are distinct capacity 

products, with separately stated 

requirements and Ancillary Service 

Marginal Pricings in each Settlement 

Period. 

Resource Sufficiency: CAISO defines 

and proposes resource sufficiency 

evaluation require all BAAs offer 

sufficient resources to meet their bid-in 

demand, reliability capacity to meet 

forecasted net load, provide ramp 

capability to meet their 24-hour net 

demand variation, and their forecasted 

ancillary service and imbalance reserve 

requirements (adjusted for diversity 

benefit). 

Short-Term Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service: As defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, is Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service under Part II of 

the Tariff with a term of less than one 

year. 

Sub-BAA: As defined in WAPA’s 

OATT, is Sub-Balancing Authority Area. 

An electric power system operating 

within a host BAA that is bounded by 

meters and is responsible for BAA-like 

performance of generation, load, and 

transmission. WAPA–SN is a Sub-BAA 

within the BANC BAA. 

Tariff: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

is the Open Access Transmission Tariff 

or ‘OATT’, including all schedules or 

attachments thereto, of the 

Transmission Provided as amended 

from time to time, and approved by the 

Commission. 

TO: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

means Transmission Owner and is the 

entity that owns, leases or otherwise 

possesses an interest in the portion of 

the Transmission System at the Point of 

Interconnection and may be a Party to 

the Small Generator Interconnection 

Agreement to the extent necessary. 

Transmission Customer: As defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, is any Eligible 

Customer (or its Designated Agent) that 

(i) executes a Service Agreement, or (ii) 

requests in writing that the 

Transmission Provider provide 

transmission service without a Service 

Agreement, pursuant to section 15.3 of 

the Tariff. This term is used in the Part 

I Common Service Provisions to include 

customers receiving transmission 

service under Part II and Part III of this 

Tariff. 

Transmission Provider: As defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, is the Regional Office of 

the WAPA that owns, controls, or 

operates the facilities used for the 

transmission of electric energy in 

interstate commerce and provides 

transmission service under the Tariff. 

Transmission System: As defined in 

WAPA’s OATT, is the facilities owned, 

controlled, or operated by the 

Transmission Provider that are used to 

provide transmission service under Part 

II and Part III of the Tariff. 

UIE: As defined in WAPA’s OATT, 

Attachment S, is Uninstructed 

Imbalance Energy. Settlement charges 

incurred by the Transmission Provider 

on behalf of Transmission Customers 

due to uninstructed deviations of 

supply or demand. 

WAPA: United States Department of 

Energy, Western Area Power 

Administration. 

WAPA–SN: United States Department 

of Energy, Western Area Power 

Administration, Sierra Nevada Region. 

WECC: The Western Electricity 

Coordinating Council. 

Webex: The Webex is an online secure 

by invite only meeting platform used by 

WAPA. The general website is https:// 

doe.webex.com. 

Website: WAPA’s public online 

source for resources at https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/rates/Pages/ 

Rate-Case-2021-WAPA-194.aspx. 

Effective Date 

The Provisional Formula Rates, under 

Rate Schedules CV–EIM1S, CV–EIM4S, 

CV–EIM9S, and CV–SSP2, are effective 

on March 25, 2021, and will remain in 

effect through December 31, 2024, 

pending confirmation and approval by 

FERC on a final basis or until 

superseded. The Provisional Formula 

Rates, under Rate Schedules CV–EID5 

and CV–GID2, are effective on the first 

day of the first full billing period after 

March 25, 2021, and will remain in 

effect through December 31, 2024, 

pending confirmation and approval by 

FERC on a final basis or until 

superseded. 

Public Notice and Comment 

WAPA followed the Procedures for 

Public Participation in Power and 

Transmission Rate Adjustments and 

Extensions, 10 CFR part 903, in 

developing these formula rates. WAPA 

took steps to involve interested parties 

in the rate process: 

1. On July 31, 2020, a Federal 

Register notice (85 FR 46083) (Proposal 

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FRN) announced the proposed formula 

rates and launched a 90-day public 

consultation and comment period. 

2. On July 31, 2020, WAPA notified 

Preference Customers and interested 

parties of the proposed rates and 

provided a copy of the Proposal FRN. 

3. On August 17, 2020, WAPA held a 

public information forum via Webex. 

WAPA’s representatives explained the 

proposed Formula Rates, answered 

questions, and gave notice that more 

information was available in the 

customer rate brochure. 

4. On August 17, 2020, WAPA held a 

public comment forum via Webex to 

provide an opportunity for customers 

and other interested parties to comment 

for the record. 

5. WAPA provided a website that 

contains all dates, customer letters, 

presentations, FRNs, customer Rate 

Brochure, and other information about 

this rate process. The website is located 

at https://www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/ 

rates/Pages/Rate-Case-2021-WAPA194.aspx. 

6. During the 90-day consultation and 

comment period, which ended on 

October 29, 2020, WAPA received 

twelve oral comments and one written 

comment. The comments and WAPA’s 

responses are addressed below. All 

comments have been considered in the 

preparation of this Rate Order. 

Oral comments were received from 

the following organizations: 

Balancing Authority of Northern 

California (BANC), California 

University of California (UC) Davis, 

California 

Northern California Power Agency 

(NCPA), California 

Modesto Irrigation District (MID), 

California 

Turlock Irrigation District (TID), 

California 

City of Redding (REU), California 

Written comments were received from 

the following organization: 

Northern California Power Agency 

(NCPA), California 

Supplementary Information 

WAPA will participate in EIM, as a 

Transmission Provider, within BANC’s 

BAA. To recover all imbalance costs, 

WAPA will need rates for: (1) EIM 

Administrative Service (CV–EIM1S), (2) 

EIM EI Service (CV–EIM4S), and (3) EIM 

GI Service (CV–EIM9S). The new EIM 

Administrative Services Provisional 

Formula Rate (CV–EIM1S) will allow 

WAPA to pass through certain 

administrative costs incurred by WAPA 

resulting from its participation in EIM 

as a Transmission Provider. The 

Provisional Formula Rates and cost 

allocation for Administrative, EI and GI 

Services will be in effect when WAPA 

is participating in EIM, and to the extent 

WAPA incurs associated settlements 

during market suspension or 

contingency. 

In addition to implementing new 

rates, WAPA revised the existing rates 

for EI Services (CV–EID4) and GI 

Services (CV–GID1). Since CAISO’s EIM 

economically dispatches energy under 

CAISO’s Tariff to meet the imbalances 

for loads and resources over multiple 

BAAs as a centralized, automated, and 

region-wide dispatch for imbalances, 

WAPA revised its settlement of EI and 

GI Services to settle financially rather 

than with energy. The revised EI 

Services (CV–EID5) and GI Services 

(CV–GID2) rate schedules apply when 

EIM has been suspended. 

The Provisional Formula Rate for the 

Sale of Surplus Products (CV–SSP2) is 

a new rate. This rate makes WAPA–SN’s 

practices consistent with other WAPA 

regions. CV–SSP2 is further discussed 

in the section on Sale of Surplus 

Products. 

The Provisional Formula Rates along 

with the existing effective formula rates 

provide WAPA with sufficient revenue 

to recover annual OM&R expenses, 

interest expense, aid to irrigation, and 

capital repayment requirements while 

ensuring repayment of the project 

within the cost recovery criteria set 

forth in DOE Order RA 6120.2. 

The Provisional Formula Rates under 

rate schedules CV–EIM1S, CV–EIM4S, 

CV–EIM9S, and CV–SSP2, will go into 

effect on March 25, 2021, through 

December 31, 2024, or until WAPA 

changes the formula rates through 

another public rate process pursuant to 

10 CFR part 903, whichever occurs first. 

The Provisional Formula Rates under 

rate schedules CV–EID5 and CV–GID2 

will go into effect on the first day of the 

first full billing period after March 25, 

2021, through December 31, 2024, or 

until WAPA changes the formula rates 

through another public rate process 

pursuant to 10 CFR part 903, whichever 

occurs first. 

EIM Administrative Service Charge, 

CV–EIM1S 

WAPA’s new rate schedule, CV– 

EIM1S, is applicable under Attachment 

S, Addendum 1, of WAPA’s Tariff. CV– 

EIM1S will apply when WAPA, as 

Transmission Provider, is participating 

in EIM and when EIM has not been 

suspended. EIM Administrative Service 

and the associated rate will apply in 

addition to the services provided under 

Schedule 1 of WAPA’s Tariff, which are 

incorporated in existing WAPA 

transmission service rates. To the extent 

WAPA incurs EIM Administrative 

Service related charges during periods 

of market suspension or contingency, as 

described in Attachment S, Section 11, 

of WAPA’s Tariff, Schedule 1S and rate 

schedule CV–EIM1S will both apply to 

ensure that WAPA, as Transmission 

Provider, remains revenue-neutral for its 

participation in EIM. 

EIM Administrative Service recovers 

the administrative costs for participating 

in EIM by WAPA as a Transmission 

Provider, including, but not limited to, 

such administrative charges as may be 

incurred by WAPA from the MO and 

those MO charges passed through by the 

EIM Entity. 

Unless such charges are allocated to 

the Transmission Customer directly by 

the EIM Entity, all Transmission 

Customers purchasing Long-Term Firm 

Point-to-Point Transmission Service, 

Short-Term Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service, Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service, or NITS 

from WAPA will be required to acquire 

EIM Administrative Service from 

WAPA. 

The MO’s Administrative Service 

charge, as defined in the MO’s Tariff, 

will be included in CV–EIM1S. This rate 

also includes administrative charges 

assessed to WAPA by the EIM Entity 

based on net energy load within the 

WAPA Sub-BAA. The new formula rate 

for EIM Administrative Service Charge 

will be sub-allocated to WAPA’s 

Transmission Customers based on load 

ratio share for the time-period in which 

WAPA incurs EIM administrative costs. 

WAPA’s costs for EIM start up, 

including software, hardware, and other 

features, to implement EIM, will not be 

included as administrative costs under 

this schedule. WAPA will allocate 

startup costs for EIM according to the 

cost allocation methodologies and 

procedures discussed under the Energy 

Imbalance Market Cost Allocation 

heading, below. 

EIM Energy Imbalance Service, CV– 

EIM4S 

WAPA’s new rate schedule, CV– 

EIM4S for Energy Imbalance Service, is 

applicable under Schedule 4S of the 

Tariff. CV–EIM4S will apply when 

WAPA, as Transmission Provider, is 

participating in EIM and when EIM has 

not been suspended. In accordance with 

Attachment S, Section 11, of WAPA’s 

Tariff, Schedule 4 of the Tariff will 

apply when WAPA is not participating 

in EIM or when EIM has been 

suspended. To the extent WAPA incurs 

EIM EI Service related charges from the 

EIM Entity during periods of market 

suspension or contingency, as described 

in Attachment S, Section 11, of WAPA’s 

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6As discussed in footnote 1, BANC accelerated 

the implementation of FRR, which was originally 

scheduled to take effect in April 2021. WAPA 

proposed to include FRR service under the 

proposed rate for SSP, as discussed in the July 31, 

2020, Federal Register notice. To accommodate 

BANC’s accelerated schedule, WAPA implemented 

Continued 

Tariff, Schedule 4S and rate schedule 

CV–EIM4S will both apply to ensure 

that WAPA, as Transmission Provider, 

remains revenue-neutral for its 

participation in EIM. 

EIM EI Service is provided when a 

difference occurs between the 

scheduled and the actual delivery of 

energy to a load located within the 

WAPA Sub-BAA. WAPA offers this 

service when transmission service is 

used to serve load within the WAPA 

Sub-BAA. 

Unless subsequently imposed by the 

MO as part of the MO Tariff and 

promulgated by WAPA through rate 

proceedings, there will be no 

incremental transmission charge 

assessed for transmission use related to 

EIM EI Service. Transmission Customers 

must have transmission service rights, 

as set forth in Attachment S of the 

Tariff. 

The formula rate for EIM EI Service, 

CV–EIM4S, is the deviation of the 

Transmission Customer’s metered load 

compared to the load component of the 

Transmission Customer Base Schedule 

settled as UIE for the period of the 

deviation at the applicable LAP price 

where the load is located. 

Unless such charges are allocated to 

the Transmission Customer directly by 

the EIM Entity, a Transmission 

Customer will be responsible for any 

pass-through charges/credits associated 

with applicable EIM EI Service charges 

allocated to WAPA, as Transmission 

Provider, for its participation in the 

EIM, in accordance with this rate 

schedule. WAPA will sub-allocate load 

charges based on a Transmission 

Customer’s load ratio share. 

EIM Generator Imbalance Service, CV– 

EIM9S 

EIM GI Service is provided when a 

difference occurs between the output of 

a generator that is not an EIM 

Participating Resource located in the 

WAPA Sub-BAA, as reflected in the 

resource component of the 

Transmission Customer Base Schedule, 

and the delivery schedule from that 

generator to: (1) Another BAA, (2) the 

BANC BAA, or (3) a load within the 

WAPA Sub-BAA. The EIM Entity does 

not allow EIM Non-Participating 

Resources. 

WAPA’s new rate schedule, CV– 

EIM9S, is applicable under Schedule 9S 

of the Tariff. CV–EIM9S will apply 

when WAPA, as Transmission Provider, 

is participating in EIM and when EIM 

has not been suspended. In accordance 

with Attachment S, Section 11, of 

WAPA’s Tariff, Schedule 9 and CV– 

EIM9S will both apply when WAPA is 

not participating in the EIM and when 

the EIM has been suspended. To the 

extent WAPA incurs EIM GI Servicerelated charges from the EIM Entity 

during periods of market suspension or 

contingency, as described in 

Attachment S, Section 11, of WAPA’s 

Tariff, Schedule 9S and CV–EIM9S will 

both apply to ensure that WAPA, as 

Transmission Provider, remains 

revenue-neutral for its participation in 

EIM. 

Unless subsequently imposed by the 

MO as part of the MO Tariff and 

promulgated by WAPA through rate 

proceedings, there will be no 

incremental transmission charge 

assessed for transmission use related to 

EIM GI Service. Transmission 

Customers must have transmission 

service rights, as set forth in Attachment 

S of the Tariff. 

EIM GI Services does not have a direct 

rate component for EIM GI Services for 

EIM Non-Participating Resources. 

WAPA expects all EIM Participating 

Resources to directly settle with CAISO. 

However, if charges are allocated to the 

Transmission Provider by the EIM 

Entity, a Transmission Customer will be 

responsible for any pass-through 

charges/credits associated with 

applicable EIM GI Service charges 

allocated to WAPA, as Transmission 

Provider, for its participation in EIM, in 

accordance with CV–EIM9S. Such 

charges will be included due to 

operational adjustments of any affected 

interchange. WAPA will directly assign 

charges and/or sub-allocate charges 

based on the Transmission Customer’s 

load ratio share. In the event the EIM 

Entity modifies its procedures to allow 

EIM Non-Participating Resources, 

WAPA will update CV–EIM9S. 

Energy Imbalance Service, CV–EID5 

WAPA revised its existing rate 

schedule for EI Services, CV–EID4, to 

settle charges financially rather than 

with energy. Component one to the EI 

schedule states: ‘‘EI Service is applied to 

deviations as follows unless otherwise 

dictated by contract or policy: (1) 

Deviations within the bandwidth will be 

tracked and settled financially at the 

greater of the California Independent 

System Operator market price or 

WAPA’s actual cost.’’ The revised EI 

Services rate schedule, CV–EID5, will 

remain in effect when EIM has been 

suspended. 

Generator Imbalance Service, CV–GID2 

WAPA revised its existing rate 

schedule for GI Services, CV–GID1, to 

settle charges financially rather than 

with energy. Component one to the GI 

schedule states: ‘‘GI is applied to 

deviations as follows unless otherwise 

dictated by contract or policy: (1) 

Deviations within the bandwidth will be 

tracked and settled financially at the 

greater of the California Independent 

System Operator market price or 

WAPA’s actual cost.’’ The GI schedule 

further adds to component one: ‘‘to the 

extent that an entity incorporates 

intermittent resources, deviations will 

be charged as follows unless otherwise 

dictated by contract or policy: (1) 

Deviations within the bandwidth will be 

tracked and settled financially at the 

greater of the California Independent 

System Operator market price or 

WAPA–SN’s actual cost.’’ The revised 

GI Services rate schedule, CV–GID2, 

will apply when EIM has been 

suspended. 

Sale of Surplus Products (SSP), CV– 

SSP2 

WAPA’s new rate schedule, CV–SSP2, 

is applicable for the sale of surplus 

energy and/or capacity products. This 

includes: (1) Energy, (2) Frequency 

Response, (3) Regulation, (4) Reserves, 

and (5) Resource Sufficiency. If any 

surplus products are available, WAPA 

may make the product(s) available for 

sale, provided entities enter into 

separate agreement(s), which will 

specify the terms of sale(s). 

WAPA will determine the charge for 

each product at the time of sale to be the 

greater of WAPA’s cost or market rates 

including transmission charges, as 

appropriate. WAPA may use a separate 

agreement(s) to specify the terms of 

sale(s). The customer will be 

responsible for acquiring additional 

transmission service necessary to 

deliver the product(s), for which a 

separate charge may be incurred from 

the transmission provider(s). 

SSP includes two new products for 

sale: FRR and Resource Sufficiency. 

FRR is a new product requirement based 

on Reliability Standard BAL–003–1.1, as 

approved by NERC. FRR is used to serve 

load immediately in the event of a 

system contingency. Generating units 

that are on-line and generating at less 

than maximum output provides these 

reserves. FRR supplies capacity that is 

available immediately to serve load and 

is synchronized with the power system. 

BANC implemented this requirement in 

January 2021, and WAPA therefore will 

include this FRR service under rate 

schedule CV–SSP2.6

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a rate for the short term sale of SSP (which included 

FRR) CV–SSP–1, with an effective date of January 

7, 2021. CV–SSP–2 will supersede CV–SSP–1. 

Resource Sufficiency product 

supplies capacity to aid with EIM 

balancing resources to load forecast, and 

flexible ramping for aid with EIM 15- 

minute ramp up or down. WAPA bids 

energy into the EIM market for 

immediate dispatch. Resource 

Sufficiency is not a spin or regulation 

product. It is a new product available to 

BANC EIM members as a balancing or 

flexible ramping product. WAPA’s 

Merchant handles the sale and bidding 

of the products in EIM, which may 

result in adjustments to the EIM 

Transmission Customer Base Schedule 

market submission or bid ranges. 

Energy Imbalance Market Cost 

Allocation 

WAPA’s EIM cost allocation 

methodology for EIM implementation 

costs and net EIM ongoing charges and/ 

or benefits will be allocated to the CVP 

PRR, with an exception for NonConforming Loads which will be 

directly charged to the customer. 

BANC’s, WAPA’s, and Reclamation’s 

EIM implementation costs will be 

recovered over a period not to exceed 

three years. WAPA has identified four 

separate categories to allocate ongoing 

charges and/or benefits: (1) Conforming 

Loads; (2) Non-Conforming Loads; (3) 

small loads; and (4) statutory loads. 

A Conforming Load is a type of load 

generally associated with a weatherbased element, which is somewhat 

predictable based on given conditions. 

For Conforming Loads, WAPA will 

allocate the net EIM ongoing cost and/ 

or net benefits to the CVP PRR. 

A Non-Conforming Load changes 

abnormally—such as a factory that 

consumes high demand intermittently. 

For Non-Conforming Loads, WAPA will 

allocate the net EIM ongoing charges 

and/or benefits directly to the 

customer(s) with the Non-Conforming 

Load(s), in accordance with WAPA’s 

applicable draft business practice, BP– 

44 ‘‘Energy Imbalance Market 

Settlements,’’ posted on its OASIS, or at 

http://www.oasis.oati.com/woa/docs/ 

WASN/WASNdocs/Energy_Imbalance_

Market_Settlements_Clean_v1.1.pdf. 

EIM implementation costs and net 

ongoing costs will be allocated to the 

CVP PRR for customers with small loads 

less than one MW. WAPA will assign 

load charges and benefits for those 

customers with statutory obligations, 

such as project use, to the CVP PRR. 

Customers with small loads or with 

statutory obligations will not directly 

pay nor benefit from EIM charges. 

Comments 

WAPA received twelve oral 

comments and one written comment 

during the public consultation and 

comment period. The comments 

expressed have been paraphrased, 

where appropriate, without 

compromising the meaning of the 

comments. 

A. Comment: Commenter from BANC 

provided clarification regarding 

WAPA’s share of BANC’s annual 

ongoing costs for EIM. The commenter 

explained the annual cost presented, 

approximately $376,597 per year, is a 

little low as it is based on 9 calendar 

months, not a whole year. WAPA’s 

share of BANC’s annual ongoing costs 

for a full year will be approximately 

$417,000 per year. 

Response: WAPA agreed to update the 

estimated cost information to reflect 

ongoing costs of approximately 

$417,000 per year. 

B. Comment: Commenter asked 

whether there are savings associated 

with implementation of EIM and, if so, 

where WAPA will account for the 

savings in the PRR. 

Response: EIM costs and benefits will 

be allocated to the PRR. WAPA 

anticipates the annual benefits to exceed 

the annual costs beginning in FY 2022, 

after the BANC EIM implementation 

costs are fully expensed. 

C. Comment: Commenter asked 

whether WAPA or Reclamation plan to 

hire additional staff to support the 

implementation of EIM, or if the 

implementation costs are just a shift 

from other activities. Commenter asked 

whether the current staff will be charged 

to EIM. 

Response: No additional staff will be 

needed. EIM activities will be absorbed 

as part of WAPA’s current labor staff. 

WAPA has separate labor codes for EIM. 

WAPA employees will record their time 

to the EIM specific labor codes. WAPA 

will be providing EIM cost/benefit 

information at future customer 

meetings. 

D. Comment: Commenter requested 

clarification regarding EIM 

implementation and ongoing costs not 

being charged to the PRR until after the 

rate proceedings. Commenter asked 

whether customers would begin paying 

in October 2020. 

Response: The costs will be included 

in the FY 2021 PRR, which is for the 

period October 2020 through September 

2021. The costs are included in the PRR 

at the beginning of FY 2021 to allow a 

full 12 months to recover the 

implementation costs. WAPA recovers 

such costs under its current rates. If 

there are revisions made to the proposed 

allocation of EIM implementation costs, 

WAPA will provide an adjustment to 

the PRR as needed to reflect the 

revisions. The estimated EIM costs are 

included in the 10-year PRR forecast 

posted to WAPA’s website. 

E. Comment: Commenter asked how 

often WAPA will monitor the costs and 

benefits of participation in EIM. 

Commenter asked whether, if the costs 

are greater than the benefits, WAPA will 

stop participating in EIM. 

Response: WAPA expects the annual 

financial benefits of EIM to exceed 

annual costs, but EIM also brings 

intangible benefits. WAPA will closely 

monitor the costs and benefits and will 

share information at future customer 

meetings. 

F. Comment: Commenter asked 

whether the 3-year rolling average of the 

net energy load percentage (used for 

determining participating entities share 

of BANC ongoing costs) is an ongoing 

rolling average for prospective costs. 

Response: Yes, this is a prospective 3- 

year rolling average. 

G. Comment: Commenter asked where 

Turlock Irrigation District (TID) fits 

within the Conforming and NonConforming Loads in WAPA’s footprint, 

and noted that currently, TID has a Base 

Resource percentage it pays. Commenter 

asked whether this would remain the 

same. The commentor asked whether 

the Provisional Rates for EIM directly 

apply to TID. 

Response: WAPA Merchant 

Customers (such as TID) will be 

impacted by the Tier 2 allocation of EIM 

costs and benefits that are applied to the 

PRR and will share in the costs and 

benefits based on Base Resource 

percentages. The Provisional Rates for 

EIM do not directly apply to TID since 

TID does not take transmission service 

under the WAPA Tariff. 

H. Comment: Commenter asked 

WAPA to clarify which customers 

identified on slide 15 of WAPA’s public 

information forum presentation 

represents the 8.6% of WAPA’s net 

energy load, and of those customers, 

which are considered Conforming or 

Non-Conforming Loads. Commenter 

asked whether there is a process for 

tracking those costs. 

Response: All of the customers 

identified on slide 15 represent WAPA’s 

8.6% net energy load, and all are 

Conforming Loads, except for Lawrence 

Livermore National Labs (LLNL) and 

project use. LLNL and project use are 

considered non-conforming loads. LLNL 

will be directly charged for all EIM costs 

related to their non-conforming loads. 

Project use will not be charged, as it 

does not share in the costs or benefits 

of EIM. The process for the allocation of 

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7The 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). 

Tier 1 costs is described in Business 

Practice-44 (BP44) posted on OASIS. 

The presentation is posted on WAPA’s 

website at https://www.wapa.gov/ 

regions/SN/rates/Documents/wapa-194- 

eim-public-information-forumpresentation-2020-08-13.pdf. 

I. Comment: Commenter noted that 

slide 40 of the WAPA public 

information forum presentation states 

that charge code 4575 will be allocated 

based on load ratio share; however, 

slide 47 states that it will be allocated 

based on simple division by five. 

Response: For charge code 4575 from 

BANC, as the EIM Entity, the scheduling 

coordinator charges are allocated based 

on load ratio share, as described on 

slide 40. For charge code 4575 from 

WAPA, as a EIM Participating Resource, 

the scheduling coordinator charges are 

allocated by number of resource 

identifications, as described on slide 47. 

The presentation is posted on WAPA’s 

website at https://www.wapa.gov/ 

regions/SN/rates/Documents/wapa-194- 

eim-public-information-forumpresentation-2020-08-13.pdf. 

J. Comment: Commenter asked 

whether, as described on slide 39 of the 

WAPA public information forum 

presentation, regarding changes at the 

intertie after T–57, Tracy Pump would 

be different than its load. Comment 

asked whether WAPA has a sense of 

how often that would happen. 

Commenter also asked how on slide 41 

the first three costs are allocated since 

there is no applicable rate schedule, and 

whether, if it is not a rate schedule, it 

is pursuant to a business process. 

Response: Slide 39 does not apply to 

Tracy Pump. Only Conforming Loads 

are submitted to CAISO through BANC 

as the EIM Entity. Tracy Pump is not a 

generator nor is it at an intertie. Tracy 

Pump is a Non-Conforming Load 

modeled as a non-generator resource. 

Since Tracy Pump is the load, it will not 

be different than its load. The first three 

charge codes in the table on slide 41 are 

related to BANC administrative charges. 

BANC administrative charges are not 

recovered under the EIM Rate Schedules 

because they are determined to be 

specific to WAPA’s generation and load 

participation in EIM. They are recovered 

as a cost on the annual PRR. The 

presentation is posted on the WAPA’s 

website at https://www.wapa.gov/ 

regions/SN/rates/Documents/wapa-194- 

eim-public-information-forumpresentation-2020-08-13.pdf. 

K. Comment: Commenter asked 

whether the simulations WAPA 

performed to measure Sub-Balancing 

Area resources and demand in EIM 

consider the limitations on hydrology in 

terms of managing levels. 

Response: WAPA attempted to 

capture the limitations of hydrology by 

applying the caps. For the EIM 

dispatches, WAPA used a cap of 50 

MWh per hour, 300 MWh/day, and 600 

MWh/week. In the simulation, if the 

resource is continually receiving 

incremental (or decremental) dispatch 

during the day, WAPA capped that to 

300 MWh, then assumed that bidding is 

put on hold until the resource receives 

a decremental (or incremental) dispatch. 

At the end of the day, the resource can 

potentially be in a net positive or 

negative energy position. The 600 MWh 

cap for the week is applied similarly to 

the 300 MWh cap that is in place for the 

day. 

L. Comment: Commenter asked 

whether the information on slide 86 of 

the WAPA public information forum 

presentation, in regard to the 11 MW of 

FR, describes the surplus product or the 

Sub-BA requirement. Commenter asked 

whether there is a specific charge 

related to the FR for the SBA. 

Response: The 11 MW is the SBA 

requirement. WAPA will provide its 

own FR, so there would not be a charge 

from BANC. If WAPA needed to 

purchase FR, it would be at market 

rates. WAPA would sell at market rates 

for the reserves and set a price for the 

energy similar to how WAPA markets 

spin. The presentation is posted on 

WAPA’s website at https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/rates/ 

Documents/wapa-194-eim-publicinformation-forum-presentation-2020- 

08-13.pdf. 

Certification of Rates 

WAPA’s Administrator certifies that 

the Provisional Formula Rates for the 

CVP and services under Rate Schedules 

CV–EIM1S, CV–EIM4S, CV–EIM9S, CV– 

SSP2, CV–EID5, and CV–GID2 are the 

lowest possible rates, consistent with 

sound business principles. The 

Provisional Formula Rates were 

developed following administrative 

policies and applicable laws. 

Availability of Information 

Information about this rate 

adjustment, including the customer rate 

brochure, PRSs, comments, letters, 

memorandums, and other supporting 

materials that were used to develop the 

Provisional Formula Rates, is available 

for inspection and copying at the Sierra 

Nevada Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, 114 Parkshore Drive, 

Folsom, California 95630. These 

documents are also available on 

WAPA’s website at https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/rates/Pages/ 

Rate-Case-2021-WAPA-194.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA determined that this action fits 

within the class listed in Appendix B to 

Subpart D of 10 CFR part 1021.410: 

Categorical exclusions applicable to 

B4.3: Electric power marketing rate 

changes and B4.4: Power marketing 

services and activities, which do not 

require preparation of either an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) or 

an environmental assessment (EA).7

Specifically, WAPA has determined that 

this rulemaking is consistent with 

activities identified in B4, Categorical 

Exclusions Applicable to Specific 

Agency Actions (see 10 CFR part 1021, 

Appendix B to Subpart D, Part B4. A 

copy of the categorical exclusion 

determination is available on WAPA’s 

website at https://www.wapa.gov/ 

regions/SN/environment/Pages/ 

environment.aspx. 

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–194. The rates will remain in 

effect on an interim basis until: (1) FERC 

confirms and approves them 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 February 10, 

2021, by Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator, Western Area Power 

Administration, pursuant to delegated 

authority from the Acting Secretary of 

Energy. That document, with the 

original signature and date, is 

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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 February 19, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

Rate Schedule CV–EIM1S 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Valley Project 

Schedule of Rate for Energy Imbalance 

Market Administrative Service Charge 

Effective: March 25, 2021, through 

December 31, 2024. 

Available: Within the marketing area 

served by the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada 

Customer Service Region (SN). 

Applicable: This rate applies to 

WAPA–SN customers when WAPA–SN, 

as Transmission Provider, is 

participating in Energy Imbalance 

Market (EIM) and when EIM has not 

been suspended. To the extent WAPA– 

SN incurs EIM Administrative Servicerelated charges from the EIM Entity 

during periods of market suspension or 

contingency, this schedule also applies 

to ensure that WAPA–SN, as 

Transmission Provider, remains 

revenue-neutral for its participation in 

EIM. 

Character and Conditions of Service: 

EIM Administrative Service Charge 

recovers the administrative costs for 

participating in the EIM by WAPA–SN 

as a Transmission Provider, including 

but not limited to such administrative 

charges as may be incurred by WAPA– 

SN from California Independent System 

Operator (CAISO) as the EIM Market 

Operator (MO) and/or Balancing 

Authority of Northern California 

(BANC) as the EIM Entity. 

Unless such charges are allocated to 

the Transmission Customer directly by 

BANC, all Transmission Customers 

purchasing Long-Term Firm Point-toPoint Transmission Service, Short-Term 

Firm Point-to-Point Transmission 

Service, Non-Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service, or Network 

Integration Transmission Service from 

WAPA–SN shall be required to acquire 

EIM Administrative Service Charge from 

WAPA–SN. 

CAISO’s Administrative Service 

Charge, as defined in the MO Tariff, is 

included in this rate. This rate also 

includes administrative charges 

assessed to WAPA–SN by BANC based 

on net energy load within the WAPA– 

SN Sub-Balancing Authority Area. 

Formula Rate: The formula rate for 

EIM Administrative Service Charge 

includes three components: 

Component 1: The EIM 

Administrative Service Charge will be 

sub-allocated to WAPA–SN’s 

Transmission Customers based on load 

ratio share for the time period in which 

WAPA–SN incurs EIM administrative 

costs. 

Component 2: Any charges or credits 

associated with the creation, 

termination, or modification to any 

tariff, contract, or rate schedule 

accepted or approved by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

or other regulatory bodies will be passed 

on to each relevant customer. FERC’s or 

other regulatory bodies’ accepted or 

approved charges or credits apply to the 

service to which this rate methodology 

applies. When possible, WAPA–SN will 

pass through directly to the relevant 

customer FERC’s or other regulatory 

bodies’ accepted or approved charges or 

credits in the same manner WAPA–SN 

is charged or credited. If FERC’s or other 

regulatory bodies’ accepted or approved 

charges or credits cannot be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Component 3: Any charges or credits 

from the Host Balancing Authority 

(HBA) applied to WAPA–SN for 

providing this service will be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited to the extent 

possible. If the HBA’s charges or credits 

cannot be passed through to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Billing: Billing will occur monthly. 

Adjustment for Audit Adjustments: 

Financial audit adjustments that apply 

to the formula rate under this rate 

schedule will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis to determine the appropriate 

treatment for repayment and cash flow 

management. 

Rate Schedule CV–EIM4S 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Valley Project 

Schedule of Rate for Energy Imbalance 

Market Energy Imbalance Service 

Effective: March 25, 2021, through 

December 31, 2024. 

Available: Within the marketing area 

served by the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada 

Customer Service Region (SN). 

Applicable: This rate applies to 

WAPA–SN customers receiving Energy 

Imbalance (EI) Service when WAPA– 

SN, as Transmission Provider, is 

participating in Energy Imbalance 

Market (EIM) and when EIM has not 

been suspended. To the extent WAPA– 

SN incurs EIM EI Service-related 

charges from the EIM Entity during 

periods of market suspension or 

contingency, this schedule will also 

apply to ensure that WAPA–SN, as 

Transmission Provider, remains 

revenue-neutral for its participation in 

EIM. 

Character and Conditions of Service: 

EI Service is provided when a difference 

occurs between the scheduled and the 

actual delivery of energy to a load 

located within the WAPA–SN SubBalancing Authority Area (Sub-BAA). 

WAPA–SN offers this service when 

transmission service is used to serve 

load within the WAPA–SN Sub-BAA. 

Unless subsequently imposed by 

California Independent System Operator 

(CAISO) as the Market Operator (MO) as 

part of the MO Tariff and promulgated 

by WAPA through rate proceedings, 

there shall be no incremental 

transmission charge assessed for 

transmission use related to the EIM. 

Transmission Customers must have 

transmission service rights, as set forth 

in Attachment S of WAPA’s Tariff. 

Formula Rate: The formula rate for EI 

Service includes three components: 

Component 1: EI Service is the 

deviation of the Transmission 

Customer’s metered load compared to 

the load component of the Transmission 

Customer Base Schedule settled as 

Uninstructed Imbalance Energy (UIE) 

for the period of the deviation at the 

applicable Load Aggregation Point 

(LAP) price where the load is located. 

Unless such charges are allocated to 

the Transmission Customer directly by 

Balancing Authority of Northern 

California (BANC) as the EIM Entity, a 

Transmission Customer will be 

responsible for any pass-through 

charges and/or credits associated with 

applicable EI Service charges allocated 

to WAPA–SN, as Transmission 

Provider, for its participation in the 

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EIM, in accordance with this rate 

schedule. WAPA–SN will sub-allocate 

load charges based on a Transmission 

Customer’s load ratio share. 

Component 2: Any charges or credits 

associated with the creation, 

termination, or modification to any 

tariff, contract, or rate schedule 

accepted or approved by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

or other regulatory bodies will be passed 

on to each relevant customer. FERC’s or 

other regulatory bodies’ accepted or 

approved charges or credits apply to the 

service to which this rate methodology 

applies. When possible, WAPA–SN will 

pass through directly to the relevant 

customer FERC’s or other regulatory 

bodies’ accepted or approved charges or 

credits in the same manner WAPA–SN 

is charged or credited. If FERC’s or other 

regulatory bodies’ accepted or approved 

charges or credits cannot be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Component 3: Any charges or credits 

from the Host Balancing Authority 

(HBA) applied to WAPA–SN for 

providing this service will be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited to the extent 

possible. If the HBA’s charges or credits 

cannot be passed through to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Billing: Billing will occur monthly. 

Adjustment for Audit Adjustments: 

Financial audit adjustments that apply 

to the formula rate under this rate 

schedule will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis to determine the appropriate 

treatment for repayment and cash flow 

management. 

Rate Schedule CV–EIM9S 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Valley Project 

Schedule of Rate for Energy Imbalance 

Market Generator Imbalance Service 

Effective: March 25, 2021, through 

December 31, 2024. 

Available: Within the marketing area 

served by the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada 

Customer Service Region (SN). 

Applicable: This rate applies to 

WAPA–SN customers receiving 

Generator Imbalance (GI) Service when 

WAPA–SN, as Transmission Provider, is 

participating in Energy Imbalance 

Market (EIM) and when EIM has not 

been suspended. To the extent WAPA– 

SN incurs EIM GI Service-related 

charges from the EIM Entity during 

periods of market suspension or 

contingency, this schedule will also 

apply to ensure that WAPA–SN, as 

Transmission Provider, remains 

revenue-neutral for its participation in 

EIM. 

Character and Conditions of Service: 

GI Service is provided when a 

difference occurs between the output of 

EIM Non-Participating Resource located 

in the WAPA–SN Sub-Balancing 

Authority (Sub-BAA), as reflected in the 

resource component of the 

Transmission Customer Base Schedule, 

and the delivery schedule from that 

generator to (1) another BAA, (2) the 

Balancing Authority of Northern 

California (BANC) BAA, or (3) a load 

within the WAPA–SN Sub-BAA. 

Unless subsequently imposed by 

California Independent System Operator 

(CAISO) as the Market Operator (MO) as 

part of the MO Tariff and promulgated 

by WAPA through rate proceedings, 

there shall be no incremental 

transmission charge assessed for 

transmission use related to the EIM. 

Transmission Customers must have 

transmission service rights, as set forth 

in Attachment S of WAPA’s Tariff. 

Formula Rate: The formula rate for GI 

Service includes three components: 

Component 1: Unless such charges are 

allocated to the Transmission Customer 

directly by BANC as the EIM Entity, a 

Transmission Customer shall be 

responsible for any pass-through 

charges and/or credits associated with 

applicable GI Service charges allocated 

to WAPA–SN, as Transmission 

Provider, for its participation in EIM, in 

accordance with this rate schedule. 

Such charges will be included due to 

operational adjustments of any affected 

Interchange. WAPA–SN will directly 

assign charges and/or sub-allocate 

charges based on the Transmission 

Customer’s load ratio share. 

Component 2: Any charges or credits 

associated with the creation, 

termination, or modification to any 

tariff, contract, or rate schedule 

accepted or approved by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

or other regulatory bodies will be passed 

on to each relevant customer. FERC’s or 

other regulatory bodies’ accepted or 

approved charges or credits apply to the 

service to which this rate methodology 

applies. When possible, WAPA–SN will 

pass through directly to the relevant 

customer FERC’s or other regulatory 

bodies’ accepted or approved charges or 

credits in the same manner WAPA–SN 

is charged or credited. If FERC’s or other 

regulatory bodies’ accepted or approved 

charges or credits cannot be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Component 3: Any charges or credits 

from the Host Balancing Authority 

(HBA) applied to WAPA–SN for 

providing this service will be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited to the extent 

possible. If the HBA’s charges or credits 

cannot be passed through to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Billing: Billing will occur monthly. 

Adjustment for Audit Adjustments: 

Financial audit adjustments that apply 

to the formula rate under this rate 

schedule will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis to determine the appropriate 

treatment for repayment and cash flow 

management. 

Rate Schedule CV–SSP2 

(Supersedes Schedule CV–SSP1) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Valley Project 

Schedule of Rate for Sale of Surplus 

Products 

Effective: March 25, 2021, through 

December 31, 2024. 

Available: Within the marketing area 

served by the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada 

Customer Service Region (SN). 

Applicable: To WAPA–SN customers 

participating in the Sale of Surplus 

Products. 

Character and Conditions of Service: 

Sale of Surplus Products occurs when 

there is a sale of surplus energy and/or 

capacity products. This includes: (1) 

Energy, (2) Frequency Response, (3) 

Regulation, (4) Reserves, and (5) 

Resource Sufficiency. If any of the 

surplus products are available, WAPA– 

SN could make the product(s) available 

for sale, provided entities enter into 

separate agreement(s) which will 

specify the terms of the sale(s). 

Formula Rate:The formula rate for 

Sale of Surplus Products service 

includes three components: 

Component 1: WAPA–SN will 

determine the charge for each product at 

the time of sale to be the greater of 

WAPA–SN’s cost or market rates, to 

include transmission charges. WAPA– 

SN will use a separate agreement(s) to 

specify the terms of sale(s). The 

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customer may be responsible for 

acquiring additional transmission 

service if necessary to deliver the 

product(s), for which a separate charge 

may be incurred from the transmission 

provider. 

Component 2: Any charges or credits 

associated with the creation, 

termination, or modification to any 

tariff, contract, or rate schedule 

accepted or approved by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

or other regulatory bodies will be passed 

on to each relevant customer. FERC’s or 

other regulatory bodies’ accepted or 

approved charges or credits apply to the 

service to which this rate methodology 

applies. When possible, WAPA–SN will 

pass through directly to the relevant 

customer FERC’s or other regulatory 

bodies’ accepted or approved charges or 

credits in the same manner WAPA–SN 

is charged or credited. If FERC’s or other 

regulatory bodies’ accepted or approved 

charges or credits cannot be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Component 3: Any charges or credits 

from the Host Balancing Authority 

(HBA) applied to WAPA–SN for 

providing this service will be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited to the extent 

possible. If the HBA’s charges or credits 

cannot be passed through to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Billing: The formula rate above will be 

applied to the Sale of Surplus product(s) 

sold. Billing will occur monthly. 

Adjustment for Audit Adjustments: 

Financial audit adjustments that apply 

to the formula rate under this rate 

schedule will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis to determine the appropriate 

treatment for repayment and cash flow 

management. 

Rate Schedule CV–EID5 

(Supersedes Schedule CV–EID4) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Valley Project 

Schedule of Rate for Energy Imbalance 

Service 

Effective: The first day of the first full 

billing period after March 25, 2021, 

through December 31, 2024. 

Available: Within the marketing area 

served by the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada 

Customer Service Region (SN). 

Applicable: To customers receiving 

Energy Imbalance (EI) Service. 

Character and Conditions of Service: 

EI Service is provided when a difference 

occurs between the scheduled and the 

actual delivery of energy to a load 

within the Sub-Balancing Authority 

(SBA) over an hour or in accordance 

with approved policies and procedures. 

The deviation, in megawatts, is the net 

scheduled amount of energy minus the 

net metered (actual delivered) amount. 

EI Service uses the deviation 

bandwidth that is established in the 

service agreement or Interconnected 

Operations Agreements. 

Formula Rate: The formula rate for EI 

Service includes three components: 

Component 1: EI Service is applied to 

deviations as follows unless otherwise 

dictated by contract or policy: (1) 

Deviations within the bandwidth will be 

tracked and settled financially, at the 

greater of the California Independent 

System Operator (CAISO) market price, 

or WAPA–SN’s actual cost; (2) negative 

deviations (under-delivery), outside the 

deviation bandwidth, will be charged 

the greater of 150-percent of the CAISO 

market price or 150-percent of WAPA– 

SN’s actual cost; and (3) positive 

deviations (over-delivery), outside the 

deviation bandwidth, will be lost to the 

system, except for any hour when 

WAPA–SN incurs a cost to dispose of 

the energy, in which event the 

responsible party will bear that cost. 

Deviations that occur as a result of 

actions taken to support reliability will 

be resolved in accordance with existing 

contractual requirements. Such actions 

include reserve activations or 

uncontrolled event responses as 

directed by the responsible reliability 

authority such as SBA, Host Balancing 

Authority (HBA), Reliability 

Coordinator, or Transmission Operator. 

Component 2: Any charges or credits 

associated with the creation, 

termination, or modification to any 

tariff, contract, or rate schedule 

accepted or approved by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

or other regulatory bodies will be passed 

on to each relevant customer. FERC’s or 

other regulatory bodies’ accepted or 

approved charges or credits apply to the 

service to which this rate methodology 

applies. When possible, WAPA–SN will 

pass through directly to the relevant 

customer FERC’s or other regulatory 

bodies’ accepted or approved charges or 

credits in the same manner WAPA–SN 

is charged or credited. If FERC’s or other 

regulatory bodies’ accepted or approved 

charges or credits cannot be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Component 3: Any charges or credits 

from the HBA applied to WAPA–SN for 

providing this service will be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited to the extent 

possible. If the HBA’s charges or credits 

cannot be passed through to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Billing: Billing for negative deviations 

outside the bandwidth, or as otherwise 

required, will occur monthly. 

Adjustment for Audit Adjustments: 

Financial audit adjustments that apply 

to the formula rate under this rate 

schedule will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis to determine the appropriate 

treatment for repayment and cash flow 

management. 

Rate Schedule CV–GID2 

(Supersedes Schedule CV–GID1) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Valley Project 

Schedule of Rate for Generator 

Imbalance Service 

Effective: The first day of the first full 

billing period after March 25, 2021, 

through December 31, 2024. 

Available: Within the marketing area 

served by the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada 

Customer Service Region (SN). 

Applicable: To generators receiving 

Generator Imbalance (GI) Service. 

Character and Conditions of Service: 

GI Service is provided when a 

difference occurs between the 

scheduled and actual delivery of energy 

from an eligible generation resource 

within the Sub-Balancing Authority 

(SBA), over an hour, or in accordance 

with approved policies. The deviation 

in megawatts is the net scheduled 

amount of generation minus the net 

metered output from the generator’s 

(actual generation) amount. 

GI Service is subject to the deviation 

bandwidth established in the service 

agreement or Interconnected Operations 

Agreements. 

Formula Rate: The formula rate for 

the GI Service has three components: 

Component 1: GI Service is applied to 

deviations as follows, unless otherwise 

dictated by contract or policy: (1) 

Deviations within the bandwidth will be 

tracked and settled financially at the 

greater of the California Independent 

System Operator (CAISO) market price 

or WAPA–SN’s actual cost; (2) negative 

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deviations (under-delivery), outside the 

deviation bandwidth, will be charged 

the greater of 150-percent of the CAISO 

market price or 150-percent of WAPA– 

SN’s actual cost; and (3) positive 

deviations (over-delivery), outside the 

deviation bandwidth, will be lost to the 

system, except for any hour when 

WAPA–SN incurs a cost to dispose of 

the energy, in which event the 

responsible party will bear that cost. 

Deviations that occur as a result of 

actions taken to support reliability will 

be resolved in accordance with existing 

contractual requirements. Such actions 

include reserve activations or 

uncontrolled event responses as 

directed by the responsible reliability 

authority such as SBA, Host Balancing 

Authority (HBA), Reliability 

Coordinator, or Transmission Operator. 

To the extent that an entity 

incorporates intermittent resources, 

deviations will be charged as follows, 

unless otherwise dictated by contract or 

policy: (1) Deviations within the 

bandwidth will be tracked and settled 

financially at the greater of the CAISO 

market price or WAPA–SN’s actual cost; 

(2) negative deviations (under-delivery), 

outside the deviation bandwidth, will 

be charged the greater of market price or 

actual cost (no penalty); and (3) positive 

deviations (over-delivery), outside the 

deviation bandwidth, will be lost to the 

system, except for any hour where 

WAPA–SN incurs a cost, then that cost 

will be borne by the responsible party. 

Intermittent generators serving load 

outside of WAPA–SN’s SBA will be 

required to dynamically schedule or 

dynamically meter their generation to 

another Balancing Authority. An 

intermittent resource, for the limited 

purpose of these rate schedules, is an 

electric generator that is not 

dispatchable and cannot store its 

output, and therefore cannot respond to 

changes in demand or respond to 

transmission security constraints. 

Component 2: Any charges or credits 

associated with the creation, 

termination, or modification to any 

tariff, contract, or rate schedule 

accepted or approved by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

or other regulatory bodies will be passed 

on to each relevant customer. FERC’s or 

other regulatory bodies’ accepted or 

approved charges or credits apply to the 

service to which this rate methodology 

applies. When possible, WAPA–SN will 

pass through directly to the relevant 

customer FERC’s or other regulatory 

bodies’ accepted or approved charges or 

credits in the same manner WAPA–SN 

is charged or credited. If FERC’s or other 

regulatory bodies’ accepted or approved 

charges or credits cannot be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Component 3: Any charges or credits 

from the HBA applied to WAPA–SN for 

providing this service will be passed 

through directly to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited to the extent 

possible. If the HBA’s charges or credits 

cannot be passed through to the relevant 

customer in the same manner WAPA– 

SN is charged or credited, the charges or 

credits will be passed through using 

Component 1 of the formula rate. 

Billing: Billing for negative deviations 

outside the bandwidth will occur 

monthly. 

Adjustment for Audit Adjustments: 

Financial audit adjustments that apply 

to the formula rate under this rate 

schedule will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis to determine the appropriate 

treatment for repayment and cash flow 

management. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID 17503] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC or Commission or 

Agency) is establishing a new system of 

records, FCC/WCB–3, Emergency 

Broadband Benefit Program, subject to 

the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. 

This action is necessary to meet the 

requirements of the Privacy Act to 

publish in the Federal Register notice of 

the existence and character of records 

maintained by the agency. The 

Emergency Broadband Benefit Program 

(or ‘‘Emergency Broadband’’) provides 

discounts for broadband internet access 

service (BIAS) to qualifying households. 

A household may qualify for Emergency 

Broadband if an individual in the 

household qualifies for the free and 

reduced lunch program, receives a Pell 

Grant, was recently laid off or 

furloughed, qualifies for the Lifeline 

program, or qualifies for a low-income 

or COVID–19 discount program offered 

by internet service providers. The 

Emergency Broadband program will be 

administered by the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) under 

the direction of the Commission and, by 

delegation, of the Commission’s 

Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). 

This system of records contains 

information about individual 

Emergency Broadband participants and 

providers’ enrollment representatives. 

DATES: Written comments are due on or 

before March 29, 2021. This action 

(including the routine uses) will become 

effective on March 29, 2021 unless 

comments are received that require a 

contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Margaret 

Drake, Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, or to privacy@

fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margaret Drake, (202) 418–1707, or 

privacy@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

December 2020, Congress passed and 

the President signed the Emergency 

Broadband Service During Emergency 

Period Related to COVID–19, 

establishing the Emergency Broadband 

Benefit Program to temporarily provide 

eligible households a discount on the 

cost of internet service and a subsidy for 

low-cost devices such as computers and 

tablets. Households can qualify for the 

benefit if an individual in the 

household: qualifies for the free and 

reduced lunch program, receives a Pell 

Grant, was recently laid off or 

furloughed, qualifies for the Lifeline 

program, or qualifies for a low-income 

or COVID–19 discount program offered 

by internet service providers. The 

Emergency Broadband program is in 

effect until six months after the date on 

which the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services determines that a 

public health emergency no longer 

exists as a result of COVID–19. USAC 

will administer this program on behalf 

of the Commission. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

FCC/WCB–3, Emergency Broadband 

Benefit Program. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

No information in the system is 

classified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION(S): UNIVERSAL SERVICE

ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY (USAC), 700 12TH

STREET NW, SUITE 900, WASHINGTON, DC 20005; 

AND

Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), 

Federal Communications Commission 

(FCC), 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554.