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Pilot to expand the scope of the pilot to 

include additional new technologies. 

C. Risk Mitigation Tools 

Bonneville is proposing three rate 

adjustment mechanisms for BP–26 

power and transmission rates to mitigate 

the risk that actual costs and revenues 

will differ from forecast over the rate 

period and to protect the agency’s 

solvency and strong credit rating. These 

mechanisms implement Bonneville’s 

Financial Reserves Policy (FRP) and 

provide for adjustments to a business 

line’s rates or other action in the event 

the business line’s Financial Reserves 

fall below or exceed certain thresholds. 

The Cost Recovery Adjustment Clause 

(CRAC) will adjust rates upward to 

generate additional revenue within the 

rate period if business line Financial 

Reserves fall below a defined lower 

threshold. 

The Financial Reserves Policy 

Surcharge (FRP Surcharge) will also 

adjust rates upward to generate 

additional revenue within the rate 

period if business line Financial 

Reserves fall below a defined lower 

threshold. 

Finally, the Reserves Distribution 

Clause (RDC) will trigger if Financial 

Reserves exceed upper thresholds for 

the business line and the agency as a 

whole. If the RDC triggers, Bonneville 

will consider the amount of Financial 

Reserves above the threshold for rate 

relief or investment in high-value, 

business line-specific purposes such as 

debt retirement. The process for 

determining the RDC amounts (which is 

described in the power and 

transmission General Rate Schedule 

Provisions) is also being revised. 

Bonneville is proposing to maintain 

risk-related provisions and proposes to 

include additional Planned Net 

Revenues for Risk (PNRR) in power 

rates if the average effective PF Public 

Non-Slice Tier 1 rate is no greater than 

38.85 mills/kWh. First, for FY 2026, the 

three Power risk adjustment clauses will 

not be applicable to the portion of a 

customer’s service at PF Tier 1 rates that 

has been converted from a Slice product 

to a non-Slice product beginning 

October 1, 2025. However, the three risk 

adjustment clauses will apply to such 

customer’s entire service at PF Tier 1 

rates for FY 2026 and 2027. Second, any 

FY 2026, 2027 or 2028 Power RDC will 

automatically provide a dividend 

distribution in an amount equal to the 

lesser of the RDC amount and the 

amount of PNRR included in the BP–26 

power rates. And third, the caps on the 

Power and Transmission RDCs are 

removed for the BP–26 rate period. 

Part V—Proposed BP–26 Power Rate 

Schedules and BP–26 Transmission 

Rates Schedules 

Bonneville’s proposed BP–26 Power 

Rate Schedules and BP–26 

Transmission Rate Schedules, which 

includes Transmission, Ancillary, and 

Control Area Services Rate Schedules, 

are a part of this notice and are available 

on Bonneville’s website at https://

www.bpa.gov/BP26. The BP–26 Partial 

Rates Settlement Agreement is also 

posted at this website. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on October 31, 2024, 

by John L. Hairston, Administrator and 

Chief Executive Officer of the 

Bonneville Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. This 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 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 7, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26244 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

[BPA File No.: PRDM–26] 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2029 Public Rate 

Design Methodology; Public Hearing 

and Opportunities for Public Review 

and Comment 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (Bonneville or BPA), 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of FY 2029 public rate 

design methodology proceeding. 

SUMMARY: BPA is proposing to adopt a 

new tiered rate design for setting its 

Priority Firm Power (PFp) rates for the 

period beginning October 1, 2028. The 

primary feature of the Public Rate 

Design Methodology (PRDM) is the 

establishment of two tiers of rates: one 

rate tier (Tier 1) will be based on 

generation output and costs attributed to 

BPA’s current system resources and a 

second rate tier (Tier 2) will be based on 

the generation and costs associated with 

newly acquired resources. 

DATES: 

Prehearing Conference: The 

prehearing conference in the PRDM–26 

proceeding will be held on November 

15, 2024, immediately following the 

conclusion of the prehearing 

conferences for Bonneville’s TC–26 

tariff proceeding and BP–26 rate 

proceeding, which begin at 2:00 p.m. 

The ADDRESSES section of this notice 

provides details on participating in the 

prehearing conference. 

Intervention: Petitions to intervene in 

the PRDM–26 proceeding must be filed 

on Bonneville’s secure website no later 

than 4:30 p.m. on November 19, 2024. 

Part III of this notice, ‘‘Public 

Participation in PRDM–26,’’ provides 

details on requesting access to the 

secure website and filing a petition to 

intervene. 

Participant Comments: Written 

comments by non-party participants 

must be received by January 30, 2025, 

to be considered in the Administrator’s 

Record of Decision (ROD). Part III of this 

notice, ‘‘Public Participation in PRDM– 

26,’’ provides details on submitting 

participant comments. 

ADDRESSES: 

Prehearing Conference: The 

prehearing conference in the PRDM–26 

proceeding will be held in the 

Bonneville Rates Hearing Room, 1201 

NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 200, 

Portland, Oregon 97232. Interested 

parties may attend in person or 

participate virtually via WebEx. The 

WebEx information will be available on 

Bonneville’s PRDM web page at https:// 

www.bpa.gov/prdm2029 or from the 

Hearing Clerk at PRDM29clerk@

gmail.com. 

Intervention: Anyone intending to 

become a party to the PRDM–26 

proceeding must file a petition to 

intervene on BPA’s secure website. 

Petitions to intervene may be filed 

beginning on the date of publication of 

this Notice and are due no later than 

4:30 p.m. on November 19, 2024. Part III 

of this notice, ‘‘Public Participation in 

PRDM–26,’’ provides details on 

requesting access to the secure website 

and filing a petition to intervene. 

Participant Comments: Written 

comments by non-party participants 

may be submitted through Bonneville’s 

website at www.bpa.gov/comment or by 

hard copy to: BPA Public Involvement, 

Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. 

Box 14428, Portland, Oregon 97293. Part 

III of this notice, ‘‘Public Participation 


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in PRDM–26,’’ provides details on 

submitting participant comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amanda Gobrele, DKS–7, BPA 

Communications, Bonneville Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 14428, 

Portland, Oregon 97293; by phone tollfree at 1–800–622–4519; or by email to 

amgoode@bpa.gov. 

The Hearing Clerk for this proceeding 

can be reached via email at 

PRDM29clerk@gmail.com or via 

telephone at (503) 479–8506. 

Please direct questions regarding 

BPA’s secure website to the Hearing 

Coordinator via email at cwgriffen@

bpa.gov or, if the question is timesensitive, via telephone at (503) 230– 

5107. 

Responsible Officials: Mr. Daniel H. 

Fisher, Power Rates Manager, is the 

official responsible for the development 

of the PRDM. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

Part I—Introduction and Procedural Matters 

Part II—Scope of PRDM Proceeding 

Part III—Public Participation in PRDM–26 

Part IV—The Public Rate Design 

Methodology 

Part I—Introduction and Procedural 

Matters 

A. Background and Statutory Context 

BPA is a power marketing 

administration within the Department of 

Energy (DOE). BPA markets the output 

of 31 federal dams and one nuclear 

power plant located in the Pacific 

Northwest. Among other statutory 

duties, BPA is required to sell firm 

power to meet the net requirements of 

utilities within the Pacific Northwest 

region. Section 5(b) of the Northwest 

Power Act (NWPA or Act) establishes 

BPA’s power supply obligation to these 

customers. Power supplied under 

section 5(b) is sold at rates established 

by section 7. 

Under section 7(b) of the NWPA, BPA 

is required to set power rates for the 

‘‘general requirements’’ of its public 

body and cooperative customers 

pursuant to certain statutory directives. 

The section 7(b) rate that BPA charges 

its public body and cooperative 

customers is called the Priority Firm 

Power (PFp) rate. BPA establishes the 

PFp rate in a formal hearing conducted 

in accordance with section 7(i) of the 

NWPA. 

Historically, BPA designed the PFp 

rate in each section 7(i) rate proceeding. 

This approach meant the types of 

resource costs and credits included in 

the PFp rate, and the method for 

assessing the resulting rate, could 

change within each section 7(i) rate 

proceeding. In 2009, BPA adopted a 

standalone rate design for the PFp rate, 

known as the Tiered Rates Methodology 

(TRM). The TRM is not a rate, but a rate 

design that established the methods and 

allocations for developing the PFp rate 

in future section 7(i) proceedings. In 

effect, through the TRM, BPA agreed to 

establish the PFp rate in future section 

7(i) proceedings consistent with the 

TRM’s terms. The TRM was established 

in a section 7(i) proceeding and was 

designed to operate in conjunction with 

the terms of the then-applicable section 

5(b) power contract (known colloquially 

as the Regional Dialogue Contract). The 

Regional Dialogue Contract commenced 

on October 1, 2011, and expires on 

September 30, 2028. The TRM also 

expires on September 30, 2028. 

The purpose of the PRDM–26 

proceeding is to develop the rate design 

methodology for the period following 

the expiration of the TRM (i.e., 

beginning October 1, 2028). This rate 

methodology is called the Public Rate 

Design Methodology (PRDM). 

Concurrent with the PRDM–26 

proceeding, BPA is also negotiating the 

section 5(b) contract for the supply of 

firm power for BPA’s customers’ 

requirements for the period covering 

October 1, 2028–September 30, 2044. 

The new section 5(b) contract is 

colloquially referred to as the ‘‘Provider 

of Choice’’ contract. The Provider of 

Choice contract and the PRDM are 

designed to work in tandem. Customers 

that elect to purchase their section 5(b) 

power under a Provider of Choice 

contract will also agree to have their 

PFp power rate set pursuant to the 

PRDM. 

B. Procedural Context 

Section 7(i) of the Northwest Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 839e(i), sets forth the 

rules and procedures for the 

establishment of BPA’s rates. The Public 

Rate Design Methodology (PRDM) is a 

rate methodology that will apply to 

customers that execute a Provider of 

Choice contract. No rates are being 

established through the PRDM–26 

proceeding. Instead, this proceeding 

will develop the terms of the PRDM, 

which will become effective in the 

section 7(i) proceeding that establishes 

the PFp rate for the period beginning 

October 1, 2028. Because the PRDM will 

affect future power rates, BPA is using 

the procedural rules of section 7(i) to 

establish this methodology. The 

procedures applicable to this 

proceeding include, among other things: 

Publication of a notice of the proposed 

rates in the Federal Register; one or 

more hearings conducted as 

expeditiously as practicable by a 

Hearing Officer; public opportunity to 

provide both oral and written views 

related to the proposed rates; 

opportunity to offer refutation or 

rebuttal of submitted material; and a 

decision by the Administrator based on 

the record. BPA’s Rules of Procedure 

will govern the PRDM–26 proceeding. 

Those procedural rules are posted on 

BPA’s website at https://www.bpa.gov/ 

energy-and-services/rate-and-tariffproceedings/rules-of-procedurerevision-process. 

C. Proposed Procedural Schedule 

A proposed schedule for the PRDM– 

26 proceeding is provided below. The 

official schedule will be established by 

the Hearing Officer and may be 

amended by the Hearing Officer as 

needed during the proceeding. 

Prehearing Conference—November 15, 

2024 

BPA Initial Proposal—November 15, 

2024 

Petition to Intervene Deadline— 

November 19, 2024 

Clarification of BPA’s Initial Proposal— 

November 22, 2024 

Notice of Objections Due—December 6, 

2024 

Motions to Strike Due—December 12, 

2024 

Data Request Deadline for BPA’s Initial 

Proposal—December 12, 2024 

Parties File Direct Cases (Prehearing 

Brief Optional)—January 15, 2025 

Clarification of Parties’ Direct Cases— 

January 22, 2025 

Motions to Strike Due—January 29, 

2025 

Data Request Deadline for Parties’ Direct 

Cases—January 29, 2025 

Close of Participant Comments—January 

30, 2025 

Litigants File Rebuttal Cases—February 

14, 2025 

Clarification of Litigants’ Rebuttal 

Cases—February 18, 2025 

Motions to Strike Due—February 18, 

2025 

Data Request Deadline for Litigants’ 

Rebuttal—February 19, 2025 

Parties Give Notice of Intent to Cross 

Examine—February 21, 2025 

Cross-Examination—February 26, 2025 

Initial Briefs Filed—March 1, 2025 

Parties Give Notice of Intent to Present 

Oral Argument—March 5, 2025 

Oral Argument—March 12, 2025 

Draft Record of Decision—April 9, 2025 

Briefs on Exceptions—April 23, 2025 

Deadline for Parties to Adopt the 

Position of Another Party—May 2, 

2025 

Final ROD and Studies—May 21, 2025 


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D. Ex Parte Communications 

Section 1010.5 of BPA’s Rules of 

Procedure prohibits ex parte 

communications. Ex parte 

communications include any oral or 

written communication (1) relevant to 

the merits of any issue in the 

proceeding; (2) that is not on the record; 

and (3) with respect to which reasonable 

prior notice has not been given. The ex 

parte rule applies to communications 

with all BPA and DOE employees and 

contractors, the Hearing Officer, and the 

Hearing Clerk during the proceeding. 

Except as provided, any 

communications with persons covered 

by the rule regarding the merits of any 

issue in the proceeding by other 

executive branch agencies, Congress, 

existing or potential BPA customers, 

nonprofit or public interest groups, or 

any other non-DOE parties are 

prohibited. The rule explicitly excludes 

and does not prohibit communications 

(1) relating to matters of procedure; (2) 

otherwise authorized by law or the 

Rules of Procedure; (3) from or to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission); (4) that all litigants agree 

may be made on an ex parte basis; (5) 

in the ordinary course of business, about 

information required to be exchanged 

under contracts, or in information 

responding to a Freedom of Information 

Act request; (6) between the Hearing 

Officer and Hearing Clerk; (7) in 

meetings for which prior notice has 

been given; or (8) as otherwise specified 

in section 1010.5(b) of BPA’s Rules of 

Procedure. The ex parte rule is effective 

upon publication of this FRN and 

remains in effect until the 

Administrator’s Final ROD is issued. 

Part II—Scope of PRDM–26 

A. Issues Within and Outside the Scope 

of PRDM–26 

This section provides guidance to the 

Hearing Officer regarding the scope of 

the PRDM proceeding and identifies 

specific issues that are outside the 

scope. In addition to the issues 

specifically listed below, any other issue 

that is not a matter relevant to the 

PRDM is outside the scope of this 

proceeding. 

BPA may revise the scope of the 

proceeding to include new issues that 

arise as a result of circumstances or 

events occurring outside the proceeding 

that are substantially related to the rates 

under consideration in the proceeding. 

See Rules of Procedure, section 

1010.4(b)(8)(iii), (iv). If BPA revises the 

scope of the proceeding to include new 

issues, BPA will provide public notice 

on its website, present testimony or 

other information regarding such issues, 

and provide a reasonable opportunity to 

intervene and respond to BPA’s 

testimony or other information. Id. 

1. Matters Within the Scope of the 

PRDM–26 Proceeding 

The scope of PRDM–26 is limited to 

issues and evidence regarding the terms 

of the PRDM. As noted above, the PRDM 

describes the cost allocation and rate 

design treatment of the PFp rate for the 

period beginning October 1, 2028, for 

customers that elect to purchase section 

5(b) power under a Provider of Choice 

contract. The terms of the PRDM are 

available on Bonneville’s PRDM web 

page https://www.bpa.gov/prdm2029. 

2. Matters Not Within the Scope of the 

PRDM–26 Proceeding 

The PRDM–26 proceeding is focused 

on the development of the PRDM. No 

rates are being established through this 

proceeding. Parties that seek to raise 

arguments and or present evidence that 

address matters unrelated to the PRDM 

are outside the scope of this proceeding. 

Pursuant to section 1010.4(b)(8) of the 

Rules of Procedure, the Administrator 

directs the Hearing Officer to exclude 

from the record all argument, testimony, 

or other evidence that seeks in any way 

to address matters unrelated to the 

terms of the PRDM. This exclusion 

incudes, but is not limited to, the 

following areas: (a) matters within the 

scope of the BP–26 rate case, (b) BPA 

program and cost projections, (c) 

statutory issues unrelated to the PRDM, 

(d) matters that have been, or will be 

addressed in, the Provider of Choice 

Policy, Policy Record of Decision, or 

related contract negotiation processes, 

(e) matters related to the Residential 

Exchange Program, (f) matters related to 

any other rate set pursuant to section 7 

of the Northwest Power Act, and (g) 

matters related to the environmental 

impacts of the PRDM. 

B. The National Environmental Policy 

Act 

BPA is in the process of assessing the 

potential environmental effects of its 

proposed rate design methodology, 

consistent with NEPA. The NEPA 

process is conducted separately from 

this proceeding. As discussed above, all 

evidence and argument addressing 

potential environmental impacts of the 

PRDM are excluded from the proceeding 

record. Instead, comments on 

environmental effects should be 

directed to the NEPA process. 

Based on its most current assessment 

of the PRDM, BPA believes this 

proposal may be the type of action 

typically excluded from further NEPA 

review pursuant to U.S. DOE NEPA 

regulations, which apply to BPA. More 

specifically, the proposal appears to 

solely involve changes to BPA’s rates 

and other cost recovery and 

management mechanisms to ensure that 

there are sufficient revenues to meet 

BPA’s financial obligations and other 

costs and expenses, while using existing 

generation sources operating within 

normal limits. As such, it appears the 

PRDM falls within Categorical 

Exclusion B4.3, found at 10 CFR part 

1021, subpart D, app. B4.3, which 

provides for the categorical exclusion 

from further NEPA review of ‘‘[r]ate 

changes for electric power, power 

transmission, and other products or 

services provided by a Power Marketing 

Administration that are based on a 

change in revenue requirements if the 

operations of generation projects would 

remain within normal operating limits.’’ 

Nonetheless, BPA is still assessing the 

proposal, and, depending upon the 

ongoing environmental review, BPA 

may instead issue another appropriate 

NEPA document. Comments regarding 

the potential environmental effects of 

the proposal may be submitted to Katey 

Grange, NEPA Compliance Officer, EC– 

4, Bonneville Power Administration, 

905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 

97232, and to kcgrange@bpa.gov. Any 

such comments received by the 

comment deadline for Participant 

Comments identified in section III.A of 

this notice will be considered by BPA’s 

NEPA compliance staff in the NEPA 

process that is being conducted for this 

proposal. 

Part III—Public Participation in 

PRDM–26 

A. Interventions 

Any entity or person intending to 

become a party in the PRDM proceeding 

must file a petition to intervene through 

BPA’s secure website (https://

proceedings.bpa.gov/). Because 

Bonneville is introducing a new secure 

website interface, all prospective users 

must create a new user account to 

submit an intervention. The secure 

website contains a link to the user 

guide, which provides step-by-step 

instructions for creating user accounts, 

submitting filings, and uploading 

interventions. Please contact the 

Hearing Coordinator via email at 

cwgriffen@bpa.gov or, if the question is 

time-sensitive, via telephone at (503) 

230–5107, with any questions regarding 

the registration and submission process. 

All petitions to intervene must be 

submitted through BPA’s secure website 

by the deadline in the procedural 

schedule adopted by the Hearing 

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disfavored. Petitions to intervene must 

conform to the format and content 

requirements in sections 1010.6 and 

1010.11 of BPA’s Rules of Procedure. 

Petitions must state the name and 

address of the entity or person 

requesting party status and the entity or 

person’s interest in the hearing. 

The Hearing Officer will rule on all 

petitions to intervene. BPA customers 

and affiliated customer groups will be 

granted intervention based on petitions 

filed in conformance with the Rules of 

Procedure. Other petitioners must 

explain their interests in sufficient 

detail to permit the Hearing Officer to 

determine whether the petitioners have 

a relevant interest in the hearing. 

BPA or any party may oppose a 

petition to intervene. The deadline for 

opposing a timely petition to intervene 

is two business days after the deadline 

for filing the petition. Opposition to an 

untimely petition to intervene must be 

filed within two business days after 

service of the petition. 

B. Participant Comments 

BPA distinguishes between 

‘‘participants in’’ and ‘‘parties to’’ the 

PRDM proceeding. Separate from the 

formal hearing process, BPA will accept 

written comments, views, opinions, and 

information from participants who have 

not intervened in the PRDM proceeding 

and been granted ‘‘party’’ status by the 

Hearing Officer. Participants are not 

entitled to participate in the prehearing 

conference; may not cross-examine 

parties’ witnesses, seek discovery, or 

serve or be served with documents; and 

are not subject to the same procedural 

requirements as parties. Entities who 

intervene in this proceeding may not 

submit participant comments. Members 

or employees of organizations that have 

intervened in the proceeding may 

submit participant comments as private 

individuals (that is, not speaking for 

their organizations) but may not use the 

comment procedures to address specific 

issues raised by their intervener 

organizations. 

Written comments by participants 

must be received by January 30, 2025, 

to be included in the record and 

considered by the Administrator. 

Participants should submit comments 

through BPA’s website at www.bpa.gov/ 

comment or by hard copy to: BPA 

Public Involvement, Bonneville Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 14428, 

Portland, Oregon 97293. All comments 

should contain the designation ‘‘PRDM– 

26’’ in the subject line. 

C. Developing the Record 

The hearing record will include, 

among other things, the transcripts of 

the hearing, written evidence and 

argument entered into the record by 

BPA and the parties, written comments 

from participants, and other material 

accepted into the record by the Hearing 

Officer. The Hearing Officer will review 

and certify the record to the 

Administrator for final decision. 

Part IV—Public Rate Design 

Methodology 

The PRDM establishes a predictable 

and durable means by which to tier and 

calculate BPA’s Priority Firm (PFp) 

power rate. Specific determinations of 

rate levels will be made in each general 

rate case in a manner consistent with 

the PRDM in the respective section 7(i) 

proceedings applicable during the term 

of this PRDM. Tiered PFp rates 

consistent with the PRDM will be 

implemented beginning in FY 2029 

(October 1, 2028) when power deliveries 

under the Provider of Choice contracts 

commence. 

The PRDM provides for a two-tiered 

PFp rate design that will be applicable 

to the general requirements portion of 

BPA’s customer’s firm power service. 

The ‘‘general requirements’’ of BPA’s 

customers are defined by section 7(b)(4) 

of the Act, and exclude service to a 

customer’s New Large Single Load, as 

defined by section 3(13)(A)–(B) of the 

Act. Section 7(b) establishes the power 

‘‘rate or rates’’ applicable to a 

customer’s general requirements. That 

rate is called the PFp rate. The PRDM 

operates within the section 7(b) rate 

statutory construct by developing 

multiple PFp rates for service to a 

customer’s general requirements. The 

PRDM uses a ‘‘tiered’’ rate design to 

establish two primary PFp rates. The 

first tier, Tier 1, recovers the costs of 

service associated with BPA’s existing 

power system up to a specified amount. 

The second tier, Tier 2, recovers the 

costs associated with additional 

amounts of power needed to serve any 

remaining portion of the customers’ 

general requirements (i.e., the portion 

not otherwise served by Tier 1). The 

PRDM specifies how the Tier 1 and Tier 

2 rates will be developed and charged. 

The PRDM addresses: (1) how the cost 

pools for the Tier 1 and Tier 2 PFp rates 

will be established and what costs, or 

category of costs, will be included in 

those pools; (2) how the resource costs 

for the existing power system will be 

differentiated from the cost of new 

resources; (3) how the costs described in 

the above categories will be allocated to 

the Tier 1 and Tier 2 cost pools; (4) how 

rates for Tier 1 and Tier 2 sales will be 

designed; (5) how rates for resource 

support services will be designed; (6) 

how the PRDM interacts with other 

services and credits; and (7) how 

changes and disputes regarding the 

PRDM are addressed. The full terms of 

the proposed PRDM is available on 

Bonneville’s PRDM webpage at https:// 

www.bpa.gov/prdm2029. 

The cost allocation and rate design 

methods will be implemented in each 

BPA power rate case during the term of 

the Provider of Choice contracts. Power 

rates will be calculated on at least a twoyear cycle under the PRDM. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on October 31, 2024, 

by John L. Hairston, Administrator and 

Chief Executive Officer of the 

Bonneville Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. This 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 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 7, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26243 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2022–0365 and EPA–HQ– 

OW–2022–0366; FRL–12358–01–OW] 

Final Recommended Aquatic Life 

Criteria and Benchmarks for Select 

PFAS; Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is making a correction to 

a notice that appeared in the Federal 

Register on October 7, 2024. The notice 

of availability contained an incorrect 

table column heading in Table 2 which 

is corrected below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Gallagher, Health and 

Ecological Criteria Division, Office of 

Water, Environmental Protection 


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