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1FERC confirmed and approved Rate Schedule 

BCP–F8 on a final basis on December 9, 2010, in 

Docket No. EF10–7–000, See United States 

Department of Energy, Western Area Power 

Administration, Boulder Canyon Project, 133 FERC 

¶ 62,229 (December 9, 2010). 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19134 Filed 8–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Electricity Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, and in accordance with 

Title 41 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, section 102–3.65(a), and 

following consultation with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the Electricity 

Advisory Committee’s (EAC) charter has 

been renewed for a two-year period 

beginning on August 8, 2014. 

The Committee will provide advice 

and recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability on programs to 

modernize the Nation’s electric power 

system. 

Additionally, the renewal of the EAC 

has been determined to be essential to 

conduct Department of Energy business 

and to be in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed upon the Department of 

Energy by law and agreement. The 

Committee will continue to operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

adhering to the rules and regulations in 

implementation of that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Rosenbaum, Designated Federal Officer 

at (202) 586–1060. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 8, 

2014. 

Amy Bodette, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19133 Filed 8–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Boulder Canyon Project 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Base Charge and Rates. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Deputy 

Secretary of Energy (Deputy Secretary) 

approves the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Base 

Charge and Rates for Boulder Canyon 

Project (BCP) electric service provided 

by the Western Area Power 

Administration (Western). The Base 

Charge will provide sufficient revenue 

to pay all annual costs, including 

interest expense, and repay investments 

within the allowable period. 

DATES: The revised Base Charge and 

Rates will be effective the first day of 

the first full billing period beginning on 

or after October 1, 2014, and will stay 

in effect through September 30, 2015, or 

until superseded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jack Murray, Rates Manager, Desert 

Southwest Customer Service Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005– 

6457, (602) 605–2442, email jmurray@

wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hoover 

Dam, authorized by the Boulder Canyon 

Project Act (45 Stat. 1057, December 21, 

1928), sits on the Colorado River along 

the Arizona and Nevada border. The 

Hoover Dam powerplant has 19 

generating units (two for plant use) and 

an installed capacity of 2,078,800 

kilowatts (kW) (4,800 kW for plant use). 

High-voltage transmission lines and 

substations connect BCP power to 

consumers in southern Nevada, 

Arizona, and southern California. BCP 

electric service rates are adjusted 

annually using an existing rate formula 

established on April 19, 1996. The rate 

formula requires the BCP contractors to 

pay a Base Charge (expressed in 

dollars), rather than a rate, for their 

power. The Base Charge is calculated to 

generate sufficient revenue to cover all 

annual costs and to repay investment 

obligations within allowable time 

periods. The Base Charge is allocated to 

each BCP Contractor in proportion to its 

allocation of Hoover power. A BCP 

composite power rate, expressed in 

mills per kilowatt-hour (mills/kWh), can 

be inferred by dividing the Base Charge 

by energy sales in the year; however, the 

rate is not used to determine customers’ 

bills. 

Rate Schedule BCP–F8, Rate Order 

No. WAPA–150, effective October 1, 

2010, through September 30, 2015, 

allows for an annual recalculation of the 

Base Charge and Rates.1 This notice sets 

forth the recalculation for FY 2015. 

Under Rate Schedule BCP–F8, the 

existing composite rate, effective on 

October 1, 2013, is 20.18 mills/kWh. 

The current Base Charge is $76,108,019, 

the energy rate is 10.09 mills/kWh, and 

the capacity rate is $1.87 per kilowattmonth (kW-month). 

The recalculated Base Charge for BCP 

electric service, effective October 1, 

2014, is $61,008,518, an approximate 20 

percent decrease from the FY 2014 Base 

Charge. The major contributing factor to 

the decrease is from the FY 2012 costs 

being lower than expected allowing 

additional funds to be carried over into 

FY 2013. FY 2013 costs were also lower 

than anticipated and other revenues 

from the Hoover Dam Visitor Center and 

Ancillary Services, which are used to 

offset costs to be recovered from power 

customers, were higher than expected. 

In addition, the BCP Contractors paid 

off the Visitor Facilities and Air Slots 

capitalized investment debt in FY 2014, 

which allowed additional funds from 

interest savings to be carried over into 

FY 2015, thus making it possible for the 

FY 2015 Base Charge to be reduced 

significantly from the current level. The 

FY 2015 composite rate of 16.28 mills/ 

kWh is a decrease of approximately 19 

percent compared to the FY 2014 BCP 

composite rate of 20.18 mills/kWh. The 

FY 2015 energy rate of 8.14 mills/kWh 

is a decrease of approximately 19 

percent compared to the existing energy 

rate of 10.09 mills/kWh. The FY 2015 

capacity rate of $1.61/kW-month is a 

decrease of approximately 14 percent 

compared to the existing capacity rate of 

$1.87/kW-month. FY 2015 Energy and 

Capacity sales have decreased compared 

with FY 2014, due to a forecast of 

continued poor hydrological conditions 

resulting in lower lake elevation. 

Although the energy and capacity sales 

for FY 2015 are decreasing, the 

significant decrease in the revenue 

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