36132 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 110 / Wednesday, June 7, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice

June 1, 2000.

Take notice that the format of the

notice issued pursuant to section 3(a) of

the Government in the Sunshine Act,

Pub. L. 94–409, 5 U.S.C. 552b, is being

revised to reflect the new organizational

structure of the Commission’s technical

offices.

Consent agenda items from the

Commission’s Office of Markets, Tariffs,

and Rates will be listed first as CAEand CAG-items (for electric and gas,

respectively) followed by consent

agenda items from the Commission’s

Office of Projects listed as CAH- and

CAC-items (for hydro and certificate,

respectively). Regular agenda items will

be listed in the following order: H-, C-,

M-, E-, and G- (for hydro, certificate,

miscellaneous, electric, and gas, and

items, respectively).

The new format will be used for the

first meeting in June. Accordingly, the

Sunshine Act Notice will be issued

under this format on June 7, 2000.

In addition, beginning on June 7,

2000, the Sunshine Act Notice will be

available in the HTML format on the

day of issuance to all interested persons

on the Commission’s Internet Web-Site

at the following locations: Daily Notices,

Commission Meeting Information, and

Office of the Secretary.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest

Intertie Project—Notice of Proposed

Extension of Firm and Nonfirm

Transmission Service Rates—Rate

Order No. WAPA–91

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed extension.

SUMMARY: This action is a proposal to

extend the existing Pacific NorthwestPacific Southwest Intertie Project (AC

Intertie) firm point-to-point

transmission service rate for the 500-kV

transmission system and the nonfirm

point-to-point transmission service rate

for the 230/345/500-kV transmission

system, Rate Order No. WAPA–71,

through December 31, 2003. Both rates

will expire September 30, 2000. This

notice of proposed extension of rates is

issued pursuant to 10 CFR part

903.23(a)(1). In accordance with 10 CFR

part 903.23(a)(2), Western Area Power

Administration (Western) will not have

a consultation and comment period and

will not hold public information and

comment forums.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Maher Nasir, Rates Team Lead, Desert

Southwest Customer Service Region,

Western Area Power Administration,

P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–

6457, (602) 352–2768, or by e-mail:

nasir@wapa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By

Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order

No. 0204–108, published November 10,

1993 (58 FR 59716), the Secretary of

Energy delegated (1) the authority to

develop long-term power and

transmission rates on a nonexclusive

basis to Western’s Administrator; and

(2) the authority to confirm, approve,

and place into effect on a final basis, to

remand, or to disapprove such rates to

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC). In Delegation

Order No. 0204–172, effective

November 24, 1999, the Secretary of

Energy delegated the authority to

confirm, approve, and place such rates

into effect on an interim basis to the

Deputy Secretary.

Pursuant with Delegation Order No.

0204–108 and existing Department of

Energy procedures for public

participation in power and transmission

rate adjustments in 10 CFR part 903,

Western’s firm point-to-point

transmission service rate for the AC

Intertie 500-kV transmission system and

nonfirm point-to-point transmission

service rate for the AC Intertie 230/345/

500-kV transmission system were

submitted to FERC for confirmation and

approval on January 31, 1996. On July

24, 1996, in Docket No. EF96–5191–000,

at 76 FERC ¶ 62,061, FERC issued an

order confirming, approving, and

placing in effect on a final basis the firm

point-to-point transmission service rate

for the AC Intertie 500-kV transmission

system and the nonfirm point-to-point

transmission service rate for the AC

Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission

system. The rates set forth in Rate Order

No. WAPA–71 were approved for the 5-

year period beginning February 1, 1996,

and ending September 30, 2000.

The firm point-to-point transmission

service rate for the AC Intertie 500-kV

transmission system and the nonfirm

point-to-point transmission service rate

for the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV

transmission system will expire on

September 30, 2000. This makes it

necessary to extend the current rates

pursuant to 10 CFR part 903. Upon its

approval, Rate Order No. WAPA–71 will

be extended under Rate Order No.

WAPA–91. Under Rate Order No.

WAPA–71, the three types of

transmission service rates approved

were (1) a firm point-to-point

transmission service rate for the AC

Intertie 230/345-kV transmission

system; (2) a firm point-to-point

transmission service rate for the AC

Intertie 500-kV transmission system;

and (3) a nonfirm point-to-point

transmission service rate for the AC

Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission

system.

Western’s firm point-to-point

transmission service rate for the AC

Intertie 230/345-kV transmission system

was superseded through Rate Order No.

WAPA–76 and submitted to FERC for

confirmation and approval on February

8, 1999. On June 22, 1999, in Docket No.

EF99–5191–000, at 87 FERC ¶ 61,346,

FERC issued an order confirming,

approving, and placing in effect on a

final basis the firm point-to-point

transmission service rate of $12.00/

kilowattyear for the AC Intertie 230/345-

kV transmission system. The rate set

forth in Rate Order No. WAPA–76 was

approved for a 5-year period beginning

January 1, 1999, and ending December

31, 2003.

Western is now proposing, through

Rate Order No. WAPA–91, to extend the

existing firm point-to-point

transmission service rate of $17.23/

kilowattyear for the AC Intertie 500-kV

transmission system and the nonfirm

point-to-point transmission service rate

of 2.00 mills/kilowatthour for the AC

Intertie 230/345/500-kV transmission

system through December 31, 2003. This

proposed extension will synchronize

the expiration dates for all firm and

nonfirm point-to-point transmission

service rates for the AC Intertie 230/345/

500-kV transmission system.

During the firm point-to-point

transmission service rate development

for the AC Intertie 230/345-kV

transmission system (Rate Order No.

WAPA–76), Western determined that it

will take approximately 10 years for the

AC Intertie 500-kV transmission system

to be subscribed to a level sufficient to

meet its own revenue repayment

requirements. The ratesetting Power

Repayment Study (PRS), established for

the AC Intertie 230/345/500-kV

transmission system (Rate Order No.

WAPA–76), reflected the phasing-in of

AC Intertie 500-kV transmission system

revenues starting in FY 1999 through FY

2008. This ratesetting PRS remains

valid. The projected revenue levels

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