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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on October 14, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22855 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL00–95–233; Docket No. 

EL00–98–218] 

Notice of Filing 

September 16, 2009. 

In the matter of: San Diego Gas & Electric 

Company, Complainant v. Sellers of Energy 

and Ancillary Service Into Markets Operated 

by the California Independent System 

Operator and the California Power Exchange, 

Respondents; Investigation of Practices of the 

California Independent System Operator and 

The California Power Exchange. 

Take notice that on September 11, 

2009, the California Power Exchange 

Corporation filed a refund report in 

compliance with the Commission’s May 

21, 2009 Order, Order Approving 

Settlement, 127 FERC 61,145. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible online at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

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document is added to a subscribed 

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Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on October 2, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22853 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Southwestern Power Administration 

Integrated System Power Rates 

AGENCY: Southwestern Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of public review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administrator, 

Southwestern Power Administration 

(Southwestern), has prepared Current 

and Revised 2009 Power Repayment 

Studies which show the need for an 

increase in annual revenues to meet cost 

recovery criteria. Such increased 

revenues are needed primarily to cover 

increased investments and replacements 

in hydroelectric generating facilities and 

increased operation and maintenance 

expenses. The Administrator has 

developed proposed Integrated System 

rates, which are supported by a rate 

design study, to recover the required 

revenues. The June 2009 Revised Study 

indicates that the proposed rates would 

increase annual system revenues 

approximately 10.8 percent from 

$160,255,300 to $177,586,158. 

DATES: The consultation and comment 

period will begin on the date of 

publication of this Federal Register 

notice and will end November 23, 2009. 

Upon request, a combined Public 

Information and Comment Forum 

(Forum) will be held in Tulsa, 

Oklahoma at 9 a.m. on October 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Forum will be held in 

Southwestern’s offices, Room 1460, 

Williams Center Tower I, One West 

Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

James K. McDonald, Assistant 

Administrator, Office of Corporate 

Operations, Southwestern Power 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa, 

Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595–6690, 

jim.mcdonald@swpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally 

established by Secretarial Order No. 

1865 dated August 31, 1943, 

Southwestern is an agency within the 

U.S. Department of Energy created by 

the Department of Energy Organization 

Act, Public Law 95–91 (1977). 

Southwestern markets power from 24 

multi-purpose reservoir projects with 

hydroelectric power facilities 

constructed and operated by the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers. These projects 

are located in the states of Arkansas, 

Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

Southwestern’s marketing area includes 

these States plus Kansas and Louisiana. 

The costs associated with the 

hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24 

projects are repaid via revenues 

received under the Integrated System 

rates, as are those associated with 

Southwestern’s transmission facilities, 

which consist of 1,380 miles of highvoltage transmission lines, 24 

substations, and 46 microwave and VHF 

radio sites. Costs associated with the 

Sam Rayburn and Robert D. Willis 

Dams, two Corps of Engineers projects 

that are isolated hydraulically, 

electrically, and financially from the 

Integrated System are repaid under 

separate rate schedules and are not 

addressed in this notice. 

Following Department of Energy 

guidelines, Southwestern, prepared a 

Current Power Repayment Study 

(‘‘Study’’) using existing system rates. 

(The guidelines for preparation of power 

repayment studies are included in DOE 

Order No. RA 6120.2, entitled Power 

Marketing Administration Financial 

Reporting). The Study indicates that 

Southwestern’s legal requirement to 

repay the investment in power 

generating and transmission facilities 

for power and energy marketed by 

Southwestern will not be met without 

an increase in revenues. The need for 

increased revenues is primarily due to 

increased investments and replacements 

in hydroelectric generating facilities for 

the U.S. Army’s Corps of Engineers 

(Corps) and increased operations and 

maintenance costs for both 

Southwestern and the Corps. The 

Revised Power Repayment Study shows 

that additional annual revenues of 

$17,330,858 (a 10.8 percent increase) are 

needed to satisfy repayment criteria. 

A Rate Design Study has also been 

completed which allocates the revenue 

requirement to the various system rate 

schedules for recovery, and provides for 

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