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1Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Submission of 

Revisions to Tariff, Bylaws, and Membership 

Agreement to Expand the Regional Transmission 

Organization into the Western Interconnections 

(Part 1 of 2) and (Part 2 of 2), Docket Nos. ER24– 

2184, ER24–2185 (June 4, 2024). 

2WAPA’s Rocky Mountain region also plans to 

become a member of the SPP RTO, and WAPA’s 

Upper Great Plains region plans to expand its 

Continued 

• a new delivery meter station to 

measure gas delivered to the Kingston 

Fossil Plant in Roane County; and 

• related appurtenances. 

East Tennessee also proposes to 

remove approximately 24 miles of 

previously abandoned-in-place pipe 

segments along East Tennessee’s 

existing 22-inch-diameter Line 3100–1 

associated with various prior pipeline 

replacement projects. East Tennessee 

would relay the new 30-inch-diameter 

Mainline pipe into the same trench. 

The Commission mailed a copy of the 

Notice of Availability to Federal and 

State resources agencies, elected 

officials, environmental groups and 

non-governmental organizations, Native 

American Tribes, potentially affected 

landowners, local libraries and 

newspapers, and other stakeholders. 

The final EIS is only available in 

electronic format. It may be viewed and 

downloaded from FERC’s website 

(www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas 

environmental documents page (https:// 

www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the final EIS 

may be accessed by using the eLibrary 

link on FERC’s website. Click on the 

eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General 

Search,’’ and enter the docket number in 

the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding 

the last three digits (i.e. CP23–516). Be 

sure you have selected an appropriate 

date range. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

The final EIS is not a decision 

document. It presents Commission 

staff’s independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. Additional information 

about the Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov) using the 

eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

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. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

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allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ 

ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Dated: December 20, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31338 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Colorado River Storage Project—Rate 

Order No. WAPA–220 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed transmission 

and ancillary services formula rates. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado River Storage 

Project (CRSP) Management Center (MC) 

of the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA) proposes new 

formula rates for CRSP transmission and 

ancillary services for CRSP MC’s costs 

to be recovered under the Southwest 

Power Pool’s (SPP) Open Access 

Transmission Tariff (Tariff) should 

CRSP MC decide to become a member 

of SPP. The proposed formula rates will 

become effective on the latter of CRSP 

MC’s membership date or the go-live 

date of the expansion of the SPP 

Regional Transmission Organization 

(RTO) into the Western Interconnection 

(scheduled for April 1, 2026, as of the 

date of this notice) and will remain in 

effect for 5 years from the effective date, 

which with an effective date of April 1, 

2026, will be March 31, 2031, or until 

superseded. 

DATES: A consultation and comment 

period will begin December 30, 2024 

and end March 31, 2025. CRSP MC will 

present a detailed explanation of the 

proposed formula rates and other 

modifications at a public information 

forum that will be held on February 19, 

2025, at 2 p.m. MST to no later than 3 

p.m. MST. CRSP MC will also host a 

public comment forum on February 19, 

2025, at 3:15 p.m. MST to no later than 

4 p.m. MST. The public information 

forum and the public comment forum 

will be conducted virtually. Instructions 

for participating in the forums will be 

posted on CRSP MC’s Rates website at 

least 14 days prior to the public 

information and comment forums at: 

www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/ 

crsp/rates/2026-rate-adjustmenttransmission-and-ancillary-services/. 

CRSP MC will accept comments any 

time during the consultation and 

comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests to be informed of Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

actions concerning the proposed 

formula rates submitted by WAPA to 

FERC for approval should be sent to: 

Rodney G. Bailey, CRSP Manager, 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center, Western Area 

Power Administration, 1800 South Rio 

Grande Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401, or 

email CRSPMC-rate-adj@wapa.gov. 

CRSP MC will post information about 

the proposed formula rates and written 

comments received to its rates website 

at: www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/ 

crsp/rates/2026-rate-adjustmenttransmission-and-ancillary-services/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamala D. Gheller, Rates Manager, 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center, Western Area 

Power Administration, (970) 240–6545 

or email: gheller@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

28, 2023, WAPA published a Federal 

Register notice titled ‘‘Recommendation 

for the Western Area Power 

Administration’s Rocky Mountain 

Region and Colorado River Storage 

Project Management Center to Pursue 

Final Negotiations Regarding 

Membership in the Southwest Power 

Pool Regional Transmission 

Organization, and for the Upper Great 

Plains Region to Expand its 

Participation’’ (88 FR 26298). On June 4, 

2024, SPP submitted revisions to its 

Tariff, Bylaws, and Membership 

Agreement to expand the SPP RTO into 

the Western Interconnection to FERC.1

If SPP succeeds in obtaining FERC’s 

approval of its Tariff, Bylaws, and 

Membership Agreement revisions, and 

upon further approval by the 

Administrator, CRSP MC plans to 

become a member of SPP.2


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membership participation in the SPP RTO. These 

regions are proposing new formula rate designs/rate 

schedules under separate Rate Order Nos. WAPA– 

219 and WAPA–218, respectively. 

CRSP MC’s membership will include 

CRSP MC becoming a Transmission 

Owner member of SPP. WAPA will 

transfer functional control of eligible 

CRSP transmission facilities to SPP. At 

such time, for the eligible facilities, 

CRSP transmission and ancillary 

services will no longer be available 

under WAPA’s Tariff, and the existing 

transmission and ancillary services rate 

schedules, specifically SP–NW6, SP– 

PTP10, SP–NFT9, SP–UU3, L–AS1, L– 

AS2, L–AS3, SP–EI6, SP–SSR6, will no 

longer be applicable. 

CRSP transmission service for these 

eligible facilities will be provided under 

the SPP Tariff by SPP as the 

transmission service provider. 

Accordingly, CRSP MC will need new 

rate designs/rate schedules and rate 

implementation protocols in place for 

specific costs to be recovered under the 

SPP Tariff. 

CRSP MC will continue to be the 

transmission service provider for 

specific transmission facilities 

associated with serving a customer 

group in its Southern Division 

marketing area, who requested a 

pseudo-tie into the Western Area Lower 

Colorado Balancing Authority (WALC 

BA). CRSP MC will provide firm 

transmission service to serve this 

pseudo-tie and will not transfer 

functional control of such facilities to 

SPP. 

As of the date of this notice, SPP’s 

anticipated deadline for filing certain 

SPP Tariff documents for CRSP MC 

(including annual revenue requirements 

(ARR), formula rate templates, and 

formula rate implementation protocols 

proposed in this rate filing, as well as 

other pertinent documents not included 

in this rate filing) with FERC is October 

2025. CRSP MC is publishing this notice 

of proposed formula rates and initiating 

the rate consultation and comment 

period at this time in order for CRSP MC 

to obtain FERC-approved formula rates 

prior to this SPP deadline. 

If CRSP MC does not become a 

member of SPP, further actions under 

this notice of proposed rates will be 

canceled, and existing formula rates will 

remain in effect. If canceled, CRSP MC 

will inform customers by letter and by 

posting notice of such on CRSP MC’s 

Rates website (www.wapa.gov/aboutwapa/regions/crsp/rates/2026-rateadjustment-transmission-and-ancillaryservices/) and will withdraw the 

formula rates proposed in this notice. 

CRSP MC is proposing a new formula 

rate to calculate the ARR for its CRSP 

transmission facilities that will be 

transferred to the functional control of 

SPP under the SPP Tariff. CRSP MC is 

also proposing a new formula rate to 

calculate the ARR for Scheduling, 

System Control, and Dispatch Service 

(SSCD Service) under the SPP Tariff. 

CRSP MC’s revenue requirements will 

be added to the annual revenue 

requirements of other transmission 

owners in the SPP pricing Zone 103, 

also identified as the Colorado River 

Storage Project Zone (CRSPZ), for 

transmission service billed by SPP 

within the CRSPZ. CRSP MC’s revenue 

requirements under these proposed 

rates will also impact other costs for 

transmission service within the broader 

SPP footprint. For transmission and 

ancillary services provided under the 

SPP Tariff, CRSP MC also proposes to 

provide information related to CRSP 

MC’s rate implementation and annual 

updates in ‘‘Formula Rate 

Implementation Protocols’’ (Protocols). 

CRSP MC is also proposing changes to 

its existing Firm Point-to-Point (PTP) 

Transmission Service rate design in 

order to accommodate transmission 

service deliveries into the WALC BA. 

Each of these topics is described in 

more detail below. 

The proposed formula rates will 

provide sufficient revenue to recover 

annual operation, maintenance, 

replacement, and interest expense while 

ensuring repayment of the project 

within the cost recovery criteria set 

forth in Department of Energy (DOE) 

Order RA6120.2. For more specific 

information on the proposed formula 

rates, please see the customer rate 

brochure located on CRSP MC’s Rates 

website at: www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/ 

regions/crsp/rates/2026-rateadjustment-transmission-and-ancillaryservices/. 

Proposed Transmission Formula Rate 

For transmission service provided by 

SPP under SPP’s Tariff, under Rate 

Schedule CRCMT–ATRR, CRSP MC 

proposes to provide its overall CRSP 

annual transmission revenue 

requirement (ATRR) as separate 

subtotals to distinguish CRSP 

transmission facilities in the CRSPZ 

from facilities in other SPP zones. SPP 

will utilize these CRSP ATRR subtotals, 

along with zonal and regional load and 

other applicable information, to 

calculate the applicable charges and 

revenue distribution for SPP 

transmission service under the SPP 

Tariff. 

Consistent with CRSP MC’s current 

transmission formula rates, CRSP MC 

proposes to continue recovering 

transmission-related expenses and 

investments on a forward-looking basis 

by using projections to estimate 

transmission costs for the upcoming 

year, with a true-up of incurred costs in 

a subsequent year. Transmission-related 

annual costs include operation and 

maintenance, administrative and 

general costs, interest, and depreciation. 

The annual costs will be reduced by 

applicable revenue credits received by 

CRSP MC under the SPP Tariff. 

Revenue requirement data will be 

submitted to SPP in standard formula 

rate templates with costs classified as 

either ‘‘Zonal’’ or ‘‘Regional,’’ applying 

the definitions in the SPP Tariff. 

‘‘Zonal’’ costs are those that meet 

certain criteria and are recovered within 

the local pricing zone, while ‘‘Regional’’ 

costs are those meeting certain criteria 

eligible to be recovered across SPP’s 

Western BA area. The Formula Rate 

Template for the CRSP ATRR and 

related information will be posted on 

CRSP MC’s Colorado River Colorado 

Missouri (CRCM) Open Access SameTime Information System (OASIS) 

website (www.oasis.oati.com/CRCM/ 

index.html), on CRSP MC’s Rates 

website (www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/ 

regions/crsp/rates/2026-rateadjustment-transmission-and-ancillaryservices/), and on SPP’s Member Related 

Postings website (opsportal.spp.org/ 

OASIS/Directory/ 

Member%20Related%20Postings). 

Proposed Formula Rate for Scheduling, 

System Control, and Dispatch Service 

SSCD Service is required to operate a 

Transmission Owner’s SPP Tariff 

facilities and schedule movement of 

power through, out of, within, or into 

one or both of the SPP BA areas and 

certain parts of the transmission system 

not located within a SPP BA area. Under 

this proposal, CRSP MC’s ARR for SSCD 

Service, under Rate Schedule CRCMT– 

AS1, will be submitted to SPP in a 

standard formula rate template for 

inclusion in the SPP Tariff Schedule 1. 

The SSCD Service ARR will be used by 

SPP to determine the regional SPP 

Schedule 1 rate and revenue 

distribution for SPP through-and-out 

transactions and to determine the zonal 

SPP Schedule 1 rate and revenue 

distribution for the CRSPZ under the 

SPP Tariff. 

For consistency with the CRSP ATRR 

proposal, CRSP MC proposes a formulabased rate methodology to calculate its 

SSCD Service ARR on a forward-looking 

basis by using projections to estimate 

costs associated with SSCD Service for 

the upcoming year, with a true-up of 

incurred costs in a subsequent year. 

CRSP MC’s SSCD Service ARR will be 

derived by calculating CRSP MC’s 


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3This Act transferred to, and vested in, the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions 

of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 

and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under 

the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 

388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent 

laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) and section 

5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s); 

and other acts that specifically apply to the projects 

involved. 

4 In compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing 

Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

applicable annual costs associated with 

the provision of SSCD Service, 

including operation and maintenance, 

administrative and general, interest, and 

depreciation. The annual costs will be 

reduced by any applicable revenue 

received by CRSP MC under the SPP 

Tariff. The Formula Rate Template for 

the SSCD Service and related 

information will be posted on CRSP 

MC’s CRCM OASIS website, on CRSP 

MC’s Rates website, and on SPP’s 

Member Related Postings website (see 

web addresses listed previously). 

Formula Rate Implementation 

Protocols 

For transmission service provided by 

SPP under SPP’s Tariff, CRSP MC 

proposes to provide information relating 

to CRSP MC’s rate implementation and 

annual update procedures and timelines 

in ‘‘Formula Rate Implementation 

Protocols’’ (Protocols). The Protocols, 

together with the above-mentioned 

formula rate templates, comprise the 

Formula Rates that will be submitted to 

SPP to be incorporated in the SPP Tariff. 

All relevant information pertaining to 

CRSP MC’s annual updates, customer 

notifications and review periods, and 

meetings will be contained in the 

Protocols. The Protocols will be posted 

on CRSP MC’s CRCM OASIS website, 

on CRSP MC’s Rates website, and on 

SPP’s Member Related Postings website 

(see web addresses listed previously). 

CRSP Deliveries Into WALC BA 

CRSP MC proposes to pseudo-tie 

certain generation into the WALC BA to 

serve a group of customers in its 

Southern Division marketing area. As 

part of these arrangements, CRSP MC 

will retain a portion of its transmission 

system from Glen Canyon to Pinnacle 

Peak under WAPA’s functional control 

and under WAPA’s Tariff. Accordingly, 

this identified portion of CRSP MC 

transmission system will not be 

transferred to SPP’s functional control 

and will not be governed by SPP’s 

Tariff. 

For transmission service provided by 

CRSP MC under WAPA’s Tariff, under 

Rate Schedule CRCMT–PTP, CRSP MC 

proposes a revenue requirement 

consistent with CRSP MC’s current PTP 

Transmission Formula Rate. For 

consistency with the CRSP ATRR 

proposal, and consistent with CRSP 

MC’s current transmission formula 

rates, CRSP MC proposes to continue 

recovering transmission-related 

expenses and investments on a forwardlooking basis by using projections to 

estimate transmission costs for the 

upcoming year, with a true-up of 

incurred costs in a subsequent year. 

Transmission-related annual costs 

include operation and maintenance, 

administrative and general costs, 

interest, and depreciation. The Formula 

Rate Template for the CRSP PTP ATRR 

and related information will be posted 

on CRSP MC’s CRCM OASIS website 

and on CRSP MC’s Rates website (see 

web addresses listed previously). 

Legal Authority 

DOE procedures for public 

participation in power and transmission 

rate adjustments are located at 10 CFR 

part 903. The proposed action is a major 

rate adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR 

903.2(d). In accordance with 10 CFR 

903.15(a) and 10 CFR 903.16(a), CRSP 

MC will hold public information and 

public comment forums for this rate 

adjustment. CRSP MC will review and 

consider all timely public comments at 

the conclusion of the consultation and 

comment period and adjust the proposal 

as appropriate. The rates will then be 

approved on an interim basis. 

WAPA is establishing the formula 

rates for CRSP in accordance with 

section 302 of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7152).3

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 the WAPA 

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 FERC. By 

Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S3–2024, 

effective August 30, 2024, 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– 

WAPA1–2023, effective April 10, 2023, 

the Under Secretary for Infrastructure 

further redelegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to 

WAPA’s Administrator. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that CRSP MC initiates or 

uses to develop the proposed formula 

rates are available for inspection and 

copying at the Colorado River Storage 

Project Management Center located at 

1800 South Rio Grande Avenue, 

Montrose, Colorado. Many of these 

documents and supporting information 

are also available on CRSP MC’s Rates 

website at: www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/ 

regions/crsp/rates/2026-rateadjustment-transmission-and-ancillaryservices/. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA is in the process of 

determining whether an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement should be prepared or if this 

action can be categorically excluded 

from those requirements.4

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 19, 

2024, by Tracey A. LeBeau, 

Administrator, Western Area 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 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 December 

19, 2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30863 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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