[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13594-13596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5511]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Southeastern Power Administration


Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public Forum, and Opportunities for 
Public Review and Comment for Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of 
Projects

AGENCY: Southeastern Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.

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SUMMARY: Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) proposes to 
revise existing schedules of rates and charges applicable to the sale 
of power from the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects 
effective for a 5-year period, October 1, 2012, through September 30, 
2017. Additionally, opportunities will be available for interested 
persons to review the present rates and the proposed rates and 
supporting studies, to participate in a public forum and to submit 
written comments. Southeastern will evaluate all comments received in 
this process.

DATES: Written comments are due on or before June 5, 2012. A public 
information and comment forum will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, at 1 
p.m. on April 24, 2012. Persons desiring to speak at the forum should 
notify Southeastern at least seven (7) days before the forum is 
scheduled, so that a list of forum participants can be prepared. Others 
may speak if time permits. If Southeastern has not been notified by 
close of business on April 17, 2012, that at least one person intends 
to be present at the forum, the forum may be canceled with no further 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Administrator, 
Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy, 1166 Athens 
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. The public information and 
comment forum for the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects 
will be at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel, One 
Hartsfield Centre Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30354, Phone: (404) 209-9999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virgil Hobbs, Assistant Administrator, 
Finance & Marketing, Southeastern Power Administration, Department of 
Energy, 1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635, (706) 213-3800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC) by order issued June 30, 2011 (135 FERC ] 62,267), confirmed and 
approved on a final basis Wholesale Power Rate Schedules SOCO-1-D, 
SOCO-2-D, SOCO-3-D, SOCO-4-D, ALA-1-M, MISS-1-M, Duke-1-D, Duke-2-D, 
Duke-3-D, Duke-4-D, Santee-1-D, Santee-2-D, Santee-3-D, Santee-4-D, 
SCE&G-1-D, SCE&G-2-D, SCE&G-3-D, SCE&G-4-D, Pump-1-A, Pump-2, 
Regulation-1, and Replacement-1 applicable to Georgia-Alabama-South 
Carolina System of Projects' power for a period ending September 30, 
2015.
    Discussion: Existing rate schedules are predicated upon a July 2010 
repayment study and other supporting data. A repayment study prepared 
in February of 2012 shows that existing rates are not adequate to meet 
repayment criteria. This is due primarily to revenue from stream-flow 
energy that has been less than previously estimated as a result of 
below average water conditions, and increased U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers Operation & Maintenance expenses.
    The revised repayment study shows that a revenue increase of 
$21,913,000 in fiscal year 2013 and all future years over the current 
repayment study will result in all costs being repaid within the term 
of these rate schedules or their service life. Therefore, Southeastern 
is proposing to revise the existing rates to generate this additional 
revenue. The rate adjustment is an increase of about ten percent (10%) 
in the revenue requirement and fifteen percent (15%) in the rates for 
capacity and energy.
    Southeastern is proposing the following rate schedules to be 
effective for the period from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 
2017.

Rate Schedule SOCO-1-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled 
pursuant to contracts between the Government and Southern Company 
Services, Incorporated.

Rate Schedule SOCO-2-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to 
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services, 
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling 
arrangement with the Government.

Rate Schedule SOCO-3-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to 
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services, 
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a transmission 
arrangement.

Rate Schedule SOCO-4-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, and Florida served through the transmission facilities of 
Southern Company Services, Inc. The customer is responsible for 
providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government and for 
providing a transmission arrangement.

Rate Schedule ALA-1-N

    Available to PowerSouth Energy Cooperative.

Rate Schedule MISS-1-N

    Available to the South Mississippi Electric Power Association to 
whom

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power may be wheeled pursuant to contract between the Government and 
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative.

Rate Schedule Duke-1-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and 
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to 
contracts between the Government and Duke Power Company.

Rate Schedule Duke-2-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and 
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts 
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is 
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.

Rate Schedule Duke-3-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and 
South Carolina to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts 
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is 
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.

Rate Schedule Duke-4-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and 
South Carolina served through the transmission facilities of Duke Power 
Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling 
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission 
arrangement.

Rate Schedule Santee-1-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to 
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between 
the Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority.

Rate Schedule Santee-2-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to 
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government 
and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is 
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.

Rate Schedule Santee-3-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to 
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the 
Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is 
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.

Rate Schedule Santee-4-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina 
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Public 
Service Authority. The customer is responsible for providing a 
scheduling arrangement with the Government and for providing a 
transmission arrangement.

Rate Schedule SCE&G-1-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to 
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between 
the Government and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.

Rate Schedule SCE&G-2-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to 
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government 
and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. The customer is responsible 
for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.

Rate Schedule SCE&G-3-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to 
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the 
Government and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. The customer is 
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.

Rate Schedule SCE&G-4-E

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina 
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Electric & 
Gas Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling 
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission 
arrangement.

Rate Schedule Pump-1-A

    Available to all customers of the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina 
System and applicable to energy from pumping operations at the Carters 
and Richard B. Russell projects.

Rate Schedule Pump-2

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives who provide their own 
scheduling arrangement and elect to allow Southeastern to use a portion 
of their allocation for pumping.

Rate Schedule Regulation-1

    Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, or North Carolina to whom 
regulation service is provided pursuant to contracts between the 
Government and the customer.

Rate Schedule Replacement-1

    Available to all customers in the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina 
System and applicable to replacement energy.
    The proposed rates for capacity, energy, and generation services 
are as follows:

 
 
 
Capacity................................  $4.81 per kW per month
Energy..................................  12.33 mills per kWh
Generation Services.....................  $0.12 per kW per month
 

Under this scenario, 75 per cent of generation revenues are recovered 
from capacity sales and 25 per cent are recovered from energy sales. 
These rates are expected to produce an average revenue increase of 
$22,124,000 million in FY 2013 and all future years.
    The rates for transmission, scheduling, reactive supply, and 
regulation and frequency response apply to all four scenarios and are 
illustrated in Table 1.

 Southeastern Power Administration Proposed Rates for Transmission Scheduling, Reactive, and Regulation Charges
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                                            Transmission       Scheduling                          Regulation
              Rate schedule                 charge  $/kW/     charge  $/kW/    Reactive charge    charge  $/kW/
                                                month             month          $/kW/month           month
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SOCO-1-E................................              2.81            0.0806              0.11            0.0483
SOCO-2-E................................              2.81  ................              0.11  ................
SOCO-3-E................................  ................            0.0806  ................            0.0483
SOCO-4-E................................  ................  ................  ................  ................
ALA-1-N.................................  ................  ................  ................  ................
MISS-1-N................................              2.72  ................  ................  ................
Duke-1-E................................              1.26  ................  ................  ................

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Duke-2-E................................              1.26  ................  ................  ................
Duke-3-E................................  ................  ................  ................  ................
Duke-4-E................................  ................  ................  ................  ................
Santee-1-E..............................              1.38  ................  ................  ................
Santee-2-E..............................              1.38  ................  ................  ................
Santee-3-E..............................  ................  ................  ................  ................
Santee-4-E..............................  ................  ................  ................  ................
SCE&G-1-E...............................              2.12  ................  ................  ................
SCE&G-2-E...............................              2.12  ................  ................  ................
SCE&G-3-E...............................  ................  ................  ................  ................
SCE&G-4-E...............................  ................  ................  ................  ................
Pump-1-A................................  ................  ................  ................  ................
Pump-2..................................  ................  ................  ................  ................
Regulation-1............................  ................  ................  ................              0.05
Replacement-1...........................  ................  ................  ................  ................
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    The referenced repayment studies are available for examination at 
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. Proposed Rate 
Schedules SOCO-1-E, SOCO-2-E, SOCO-3-E, SOCO-4-E, ALA-1-N, MISS-1-N, 
Duke-1-E, Duke-2-E, Duke-3-E, Duke-4-E, Santee-1-E, Santee-2-E, Santee-
3-E, Santee-4-E, SCE&G-1-E, SCE&G-2-E, SCE&G-3-E, SCE&G-4-E, Pump-1-A, 
Pump-2, Regulation-1, and Replacement-1 are also available.

    Dated: February 29, 2012.
Kenneth E. Legg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-5511 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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