Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2023 / Notices 67273 

Filed Date: 9/22/23. 

Accession Number: 20230922–5157. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/13/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2922–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Original ISA, Service Agreement No. 

7079; Queue No. AE1–106 to be 

effective 8/24/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5063. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2923–000. 

Applicants: PacifiCorp. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: ESM 

Const Agmt Klamath Decommissioning 

Rev 1 to be effective 11/25/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5064. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2924–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendment to ISA, SA No. 1373; 

Queue No. H23/W70/K28 (amend) to be 

effective 11/25/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5107. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2925–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Original NSA, Service Agreement No. 

7106; Queue No. AE2–309 to be 

effective 11/25/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5079. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2926–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc., 

Michigan Electric Transmission 

Company, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc. submits tariff filing per 

35.13(a)(2)(iii: 2023–09–25_SA 4164 

METC–DTE Electric E&P (J1914) to be 

effective 11/25/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5090. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2927–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Revisions to Attachment AE Concerning 

Multi-Day Reliability Assessment 

Design to be effective 12/31/9998. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5117. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2928–000. 

Applicants: Pennsylvania Electric 

Company, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Pennsylvania Electric Company submits 

tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: Penelec 

Amends 10 ECSAs (5573 5574 5577 

5641 5647 5649 5651 5652 5653 5655) 

to be effective 12/31/9998. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5122. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES23–71–000. 

Applicants: ALLETE, Inc. 

Description: Application Under 

Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for 

Authorization to Issue Securities of 

ALLETE, Inc. 

Filed Date: 9/25/23. 

Accession Number: 20230925–5084. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/16/23. 

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, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5 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. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202)502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21503 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 10102–000] 

Watershed Ranch, LLC; Notice of 

Authorization for Continued Project 

Operation 

The license for the Springer Hydro 

No. 1 Project No. 10102 was issued for 

a period ending August 31, 2023. 

Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 

808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at 

the expiration of a license term, to issue 

from year-to-year an annual license to 

the then licensee(s) under the terms and 

conditions of the prior license until a 

new license is issued, or the project is 

otherwise disposed of as provided in 

section 15 or any other applicable 

section of the FPA. If the project’s prior 

license waived the applicability of 

section 15 of the FPA, then, based on 

section 9(b) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as 

set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the 

licensee of such project has filed an 

application for a subsequent license, the 

licensee may continue to operate the 

project in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the license after the 

minor or minor part license expires, 

until the Commission acts on its 

application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 10102 

is issued to Watershed Ranch, LLC for 

a period effective September 1, 2023, 

through August 31, 2024, or until the 

issuance of a new license for the project 

or other disposition under the FPA, 

whichever comes first. If issuance of a 

new license (or other disposition) does 

not take place on or before August 31, 

2024, notice is hereby given that, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual 

license under section 15(a)(1) of the 

FPA is renewed automatically without 

further order or notice by the 

Commission, unless the Commission 

orders otherwise. 

If the project is not subject to section 

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 

that Watershed Ranch, LLC is 

authorized to continue operation of the 

Springer Hydro No. 1 Project under the 

terms and conditions of the prior license 

until the issuance of a subsequent 

license for the project or other 


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disposition under the FPA, whichever 

comes first. 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21505 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Southwestern Power Administration 

Robert D. Willis Hydropower Project 

Rate Schedule 

AGENCY: Southwestern Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of rate order. 

SUMMARY: The Administrator, 

Southwestern Power Administration 

(Southwestern), has approved and 

placed into effect Rate Order No. 

SWPA–83, which provides a temporary 

extension of Southwestern’s current 

Robert D. Willis Hydropower Project 

rate schedule (RDW–15) through 

September 30, 2024, unless superseded. 

DATES: Extension of the rate schedule is 

effective October 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Fritha Ohlson, Senior Vice President, 

Chief Operating Officer, Office of 

Corporate Operations, (918) 595–6684, 

fritha.ohlson@swpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rate Order 

No. SWPA–83, as contained herein, has 

been approved and placed into effect by 

the Administrator, Southwestern, and 

provides for the temporary extension, 

through September 30, 2024, unless 

superseded, of the Robert D. Willis 

Hydropower Project Rate Schedule 

RDW–15, Wholesale Rates for Hydro 

Power and Energy. 

United States of America 

Department of Energy 

Administrator, Southwestern Power 

Administration 

In the matter of: Southwestern Power 

Administration, Robert D. Willis 

Hydropower Project Rate Schedule, 

Rate Order No. SWPA–83 

Order Approving Extension of Rate 

Schedule on a Temporary Basis ( 9/25/ 

2023 ) 

Pursuant to Sections 301(b) and 

302(a) of the Department of Energy 

Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 

7152(a), the functions of the Secretary of 

the Interior and the Federal Power 

Commission under Section 5 of the 

Flood Control Act of 1944, 16 U.S.C. 

825s, relating to the Southwestern 

Power Administration (Southwestern), 

were transferred to and vested in the 

Secretary of Energy. By Delegation 

Order No. S1–DEL–RATES–2016, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) the 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to Southwestern’s 

Administrator; (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, or to remand 

or disapprove such rates, to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 

By Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S3– 

2023, effective April 10, 2023, the 

Secretary of Energy also delegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Under Secretary for 

Infrastructure. By Redelegation Order 

No. S3–DEL–SWPA1–2023, effective 

April 10, 2023, the Under Secretary for 

Infrastructure redelegated the authority 

to confirm, approve, and place such 

rates into effect on an interim basis to 

the Southwestern Administrator. 

Background 

On December 17, 2015, in Rate Order 

No. SWPA–70, the Deputy Secretary of 

Energy placed into effect the current 

Robert D. Willis Hydropower Project 

(Robert D. Willis) rate schedule (RDW– 

15) on an interim basis for the period 

January 1, 2016 to September 30, 2019. 

FERC confirmed and approved RDW–15 

on a final basis on June 15, 2016 for a 

period ending September 30, 2019. On 

September 22, 2019, in Rate Order No. 

SWPA–76, the Assistant Secretary for 

Electricity extended RDW–15 for two 

years, for the period of October 1, 2019 

through September 30, 2021. On August 

30, 2021, in Rate Order No. SWPA–79, 

the Administrator, Southwestern, 

extended RDW–15 for two years, for the 

period of October 1, 2021 through 

September 30, 2023. 

Discussion 

Southwestern’s current rate schedule 

for the Robert D. Willis isolated rate 

system, RDW–15, is based on the 2015 

Power Repayment Study (PRS). Each 

subsequent annual PRS through 2022 

indicated the need for a revenue 

adjustment within a plus or minus five 

percent range of the current revenue 

estimate. It is Southwestern’s practice 

for the Administrator to defer, on a caseby-case basis, revenue adjustments for 

isolated rate systems that are within 

plus or minus five percent of the 

revenue estimated from the current rate 

schedule. Therefore, the Administrator 

deferred revenue adjustments annually 

for Robert D. Willis through 2022. The 

2023 PRS indicated a need for a revenue 

adjustment above five percent and 

therefore a new rate is needed. 

However, finalization of the 2023 PRS, 

development of a rate adjustment plan 

including a new rate schedule (RDW– 

23), and the associated procedures for 

public participation in accordance with 

10 CFR part 903 will not be completed 

in time for the new rate schedule to be 

placed into effect prior to the September 

30, 2023, expiration of the current rate 

schedule and thus temporary extension 

of the current rate schedule is necessary. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 903.23(b) and 

Redelegation Order No. S3–DEL– 

SWPA1–2023, Southwestern’s 

Administrator may extend existing rates 

on a temporary basis without advance 

notice or comment pending further 

action. In such a circumstance, the 

Administrator shall publish notice of 

said extension in the Federal Register 

and promptly advise FERC of the 

extension. The revenue collection 

associated with the extension of the 

current rate will be considered in the 

development of the new rate based on 

the 2023 PRS such that repayment 

obligations are met consistent with the 

provisions of U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE) Order No. RA 6120.2. 

Availability of Information 

Information regarding the extension of 

the rate schedule is available for public 

review in the offices of Southwestern 

Power Administration, Williams Tower 

I, One West Third Street Suite 1500, 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103. The rate 

schedule is available on the 

Southwestern website at 

www.energy.gov/swpa/rates-andrepayment. 

Order 

In view of the foregoing and pursuant 

to the authority delegated to me by the 

Secretary of Energy, I hereby extend, 

effective October 1, 2023, Robert D. 

Willis Rate Schedule RDW–15, 

Wholesale Rates for Hydro Power and 

Energy. The rate schedule shall remain 

in effect on a temporary basis through 

September 30, 2024, unless superseded. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 25, 

2023, by Mike Wech, Administrator for 

Southwestern Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document, 

with the original signature and date, is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 


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