39470 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 6, 2011 / Notices 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I) and (f) 

2007). See 22 CFR 171.36(b)(1), (b)(2), 

and (b)(3) (2007). 

[FR Doc. 2011–16898 Filed 7–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7514] 

Waiver of Restriction on Assistance to 

the Central Government of Uzbekistan 

Pursuant to Section 7086(c)(2) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Division F, 

Pub. L.111–117), as carried forward by 

the Full-Year Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2011 (Div. B, Pub. 

L. 112–10) (‘‘the Act’’), and Department 

of State Delegation of Authority Number 

245–1, I hereby determine that it is 

important to the national interest of the 

United States to waive the requirements 

of Section 7086(c)(1) of the Act with 

respect to Uzbekistan and I hereby 

waive such restriction. 

This determination shall be reported 

to the Congress, and published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: June 24, 2011. 

Thomas Nides, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16900 Filed 7–5–11; 8:45 am] 

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Integrated Resource Plan 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Issuance of Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: This notice is provided in 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500 to 1508) and TVA’s 

procedures for implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). TVA has decided to adopt the 

preferred alternative in its final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). 

The notice of availability (NOA) of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Integrated Resource Plan was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 11, 2011. The TVA Board of 

Directors accepted the IRP and 

authorized staff to implement the 

preferred alternative at its April 14, 

2011, meeting. This alternative, the 

Preferred Planning Direction, will guide 

TVA’s selection of energy resource 

options to meet the energy needs of the 

Tennessee Valley region over the next 

20 years. The energy resource options 

include new nuclear, natural gas-fired, 

and renewable generation, increased 

energy efficiency and demand 

reduction, decreased coal-fired 

generation, and new energy storage 

capacity. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles P. Nicholson, NEPA 

Compliance Manager, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 

WT 11D, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902– 

1499; telephone 865–632–3582, or email cpnicholson@tva.gov; Randall E. 

Johnson, IRP Project Manager, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 

Market Street, LP 5D–C, Chattanooga, 

Tennessee 37402; telephone 423–751– 

3520, or e-mail rejohnson1@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TVA is an 

agency and instrumentality of the 

United States, established by an act of 

Congress in 1933, to foster the social 

and economic welfare of the people of 

the Tennessee Valley region and to 

promote the proper use and 

conservation of the region’s natural 

resources. One component of this 

mission is the generation, transmission, 

and sale of reliable and affordable 

electric energy. TVA operates the 

nation’s largest public power system, 

producing 4 percent of all the electricity 

in the nation. TVA provides electricity 

to about 9 million people in an 80,000- 

square mile area comprised of most of 

Tennessee and parts of Virginia, North 

Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, 

and Kentucky. It provides wholesale 

power to 155 independent power 

distributors and 56 directly served large 

industrial and Federal customers. The 

TVA Act requires the TVA power 

system to be self-supporting and 

operating on a non-profit basis and 

directs TVA to sell power at rates as low 

as are feasible. 

Dependable generating capacity on 

the TVA power system is about 37,200 

megawatts (MW). TVA generates most of 

this power with 3 nuclear plants, 11 

coal-fired plants, 9 combustion-turbine 

plants, 3 combined cycle plants, 29 

hydroelectric plants, a pumped-storage 

facility, and several small renewable 

facilities. A portion of delivered power 

is provided through long-term power 

purchase agreements. TVA has 

generated an annual average of about 

153,100 gigawatt hours (GWh) of power 

in recent years. The major sources for 

this power were coal (52 percent), 

nuclear (28 percent), hydroelectric (6 

percent), and natural gas (1 percent). 

Other sources comprised less than 1 

percent of TVA generation. 

The recently completed IRP updates 

TVA’s 1995 IRP, entitled Energy Vision 

2020. Consistent with Section 113 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 1992, the IRP 

planning process evaluated a range of 

existing and incremental resources, 

including new power supplies, energy 

conservation and efficiency, and 

renewable energy resources in order to 

provide TVA’s customers adequate and 

reliable service at the lowest system 

cost. 

Future Demand for Energy 

TVA uses state-of-the-art energy 

forecasting models to predict future 

demands on its system. Because of the 

uncertainty in predicting future 

demands, TVA developed high, 

medium, and low forecasts for both 

peak load (in MW) and annual net 

system energy (in GWh) through 2029. 

Peak load is predicted to grow at an 

average annual rate of 1.3 percent in the 

medium-growth Spring 2010 Reference 

Case, decrease slightly and then remain 

flat under the low-growth forecast, and 

grow at an annual rate of 2.0 percent 

under the high-growth forecast. Net 

system energy is predicted to grow at an 

average annual rate of 1.1 percent in the 

medium-growth case, decrease slightly 

and then remain flat under the lowgrowth forecast, and grow at an annual 

rate of 1.9 percent under the highgrowth forecast. 

Based on these load growth forecasts, 

TVA’s current firm capacity (including 

TVA generation, energy efficiency and 

demand response (EEDR) measures, and 

power purchase agreements), and a 15 

percent reserve capacity requirement, 

TVA would need additional capacity 

and generation or EEDR in the future. 

The medium growth case need for 

additional generating capacity or EEDR 

programs is about 9,600 MWs and 

29,100 GWhs of generation in 2019 and 

about 15,500 MWs and 45,000 GWhs in 

2029. Corresponding needs for the high 

growth forecast are about 15,000 MWs 

and 63,000 GWhs in 2019 and 27,000 

MWs and 98,000 GWhs in 2020. 

Corresponding needs for the low growth 

forecast are about 1,500 MWs in 2019 

and 2,000 MWs in 2029; no additional 

generation would be required. 

Alternatives Considered 

Five alternative energy resource 

strategies were evaluated in the Draft 

EIS and IRP. These resource planning 

strategies were identified as potential 

alternative means to meet future 

electrical energy needs on the TVA 

system (load demand) and achieve a 

sustainable future, consistent with the 

Board’s vision and the TVA 

Environmental Policy. These alternative 

strategies are: 


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