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1 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

to which the BAA operator must 

account for and be compensated where 

applicable. BA Real Power Losses are 

applicable for all real-time and 

prescheduled transactions on 

transmission facilities inside the WACM 

BAA. 

In accordance with WACM’s Business 

Practices, the BA Real Power Losses 

obligation falls (1) to load inside the 

WACM BAA, (2) to the last 

Transmission Service Provider (TSP) 

inside the WACM BAA listed on the 

applicable import, export, or wheeledthrough point-to-point transmission 

service schedule, or (3) to the TSP 

which any dynamically transferred load 

and generation is connected to. This 

prevents duplicate assessment of the 

real power losses for schedules which 

involve more than one TSP inside the 

WACM BAA. 

Formula Rate 

WACM’s BA Real Power Loss Factor 

Percentage is posted in WACM’s 

‘‘Ancillary Services and Losses’’ 

Business Practices which is posted on 

the Loveland Area Projects 

Transmission (LAPT) Open Access 

Same-Time Information System website. 

Entities with load in the WACM BAA 

are required to submit balanced load 

forecasts and actual meter data with real 

power losses included. 

Financial settlement for applicable 

point-to-point transactions and for load 

and generation which have been 

dynamically transferred out of WACM 

BAA into another BAA, as detailed in 

WACM’s ‘‘Ancillary Services and 

Losses’’ Business Practices, will be 

calculated using WACM’s then current 

BA Real Power Loss Factor Percentage 

and a charge assessed based on the 

WEIS Market’s hourly locational 

marginal price (LMP) for the LAP 

settlement location. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18650 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Loveland Area Projects, Western Area 

Colorado Missouri Balancing 

Authority, and Colorado River Storage 

Project—Rate Order No. WAPA–196 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of rate order extending 

transmission and ancillary services 

formula rates. 

SUMMARY: The extension of the existing 

Loveland Area Projects (LAP) 

transmission and LAP, Western Area 

Colorado Missouri Balancing Authority 

(WACM), and Colorado River Storage 

Project (CRSP) ancillary services 

formula rates has been confirmed, 

approved, and placed into effect on an 

interim basis. The existing formula rates 

under Rate Schedules L–NT1 (network), 

L–FPT1 (firm point-to-point), L–NFPT1 

(non-firm point-to-point), L–UU1, 

(unreserved use), L–AS1 (scheduling 

and dispatch), L–AS2 (reactive supply 

and voltage control (VAR) support), L– 

AS3 (regulation), L–AS5 (spinning 

reserves), and L–AS6 (supplemental 

reserves) are set to expire on September 

30, 2021. This rate extension makes no 

changes to the existing formula rates 

and extends them through September 

30, 2024. 

DATES: The extended formula rates 

under Rate Schedules L–NT1 (network), 

L–FPT1 (firm point-to-point), L–NFPT1 

(non-firm point-to-point), L–UU1 

(unreserved use), L–AS1 (scheduling 

and dispatch), L–AS2 (VAR support), L– 

AS3 (regulation), L–AS5 (spinning 

reserves), and L–AS6 (supplemental 

reserves) will be placed into effect on an 

interim basis on October 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barton V. Barnhart, Regional Manager, 

Rocky Mountain Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, 5555 East 

Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 

80538–8986, email: LAPtransadj@

wapa.gov, or Sheila D. Cook, Rates 

Manager, Rocky Mountain Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

telephone 970–685–9562, email: scook@

wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WAPA 

published a Federal Register notice on 

April 21, 2021 (86 FR 20689), proposing 

to extend the existing formula rates 

under Rate Schedules L–NT1 (network), 

L–FPT1 (firm point-to-point), L–NFPT1 

(non-firm point-to-point), L–UU1, 

(unreserved use), L–AS1 (scheduling 

and dispatch), L–AS2 (VAR support), L– 

AS3 (regulation), L–AS5 (spinning 

reserves), and L–AS6 (supplemental 

reserves) through September 30, 2024. 

The Proposed FRN also initiated a 30- 

day public consultation and comment 

period. Under a concurrent but separate 

rate adjustment process for this same 3- 

year period, October 1, 2021, through 

September 30, 2024, WAPA, with Rate 

Order No. WAPA–197, is converting the 

formula rates for short-term sales for 

RMR to use under the Western Energy 

Imbalance Service Market to long-term 

formula rates. 

Legal Authority 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the Western Area 

Power Administration’s (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 on a final 

basis, remand, or disapprove such rates 

to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC). By Delegation 

Order No. S1–DEL–S4–2021, effective 

February 25, 2021, the Acting 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 Science (and 

Energy). By Redelegation Order No. S4– 

DEL–OE1–2021, effective March 25, 

2021, the Acting Under Secretary for 

Science (and Energy) redelegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. 

By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10– 

05, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant 

Secretary for Electricity further 

delegated the authority to confirm, 

approve, and place such rates into effect 

on an interim basis to WAPA’s 

Administrator. This redelegation order, 

despite predating the February 2021 and 

March 2021 delegations, remains valid. 

This extension is issued under 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10–05 

and Department of Energy (DOE) rate 

extension procedures as set forth at 10 

CFR 903.23(a).1

Following review of RMR’s proposal, 

I hereby confirm, approve, and place 

Rate Order No. WAPA–196 into effect 

on an interim basis. This extends, 

without adjustment, the existing Rate 

Schedules L–NT1 (network), L–FPT1 

(firm point-to-point), L–NFPT1 (nonfirm point-to-point), L–UU1 (unreserved 

use), L–AS1 (scheduling and dispatch), 

L–AS2 (VAR support), L–AS3 

(regulation), L–AS5 (spinning reserves), 

and L–AS6 (supplemental reserves) 

through September 30, 2024. WAPA 

will submit Rate Order No. WAPA–196 

and the extended rate schedules to 

FERC for confirmation and approval on 

a final basis. 

Department of Energy Administrator, 

Western Area Power Administration 

In the Matter of: Western Area Power 

Administration Extension for the Rocky 

Mountain Region Transmission and 

Ancillary Services Formula Rates, Rate 

Order No. WAPA–196. 

ORDER CONFIRMING, APPROVING, 

AND PLACING FORMULA RATES FOR 

THE LOVELAND AREA PROJECTS, 


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2This 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. 

3 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

4Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket Nos. 

EF16–5–000 and ER16–5–001, 158 FERC ¶ 62,181 

(2017). 

5Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF18– 

3–000, 163 FERC ¶ 62,115 (2018). 

6See ‘‘Short-Term Rate Memo—RMR WEIS— 

Approved December 29, 2020’’ at https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/rates/Pages/2021-Ratesfor-Short-Term-Sales.aspx. 

7 86 FR 20689 (Apr. 21, 2021). 

8The determination was done 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). 

WESTERN AREA COLORADO 

MISSOURI BALANCING AUTHORITY, 

AND THE COLORADO RIVER 

STORAGE PROJECT INTO EFFECT ON 

AN INTERIM BASIS 

The formula rates in Rate Order No. 

WAPA–196 are established following 

section 302 of the Department of Energy 

(DOE) Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7152).2

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the Western Area 

Power Administration’s (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 on a final 

basis, remand, or disapprove such rates 

to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC). By Delegation 

Order No. S1–DEL–S4–2021, effective 

February 25, 2021, the Acting 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 Science (and 

Energy). By Redelegation Order No. S4– 

DEL–OE1–2021, effective March 25, 

2021, the Acting Under Secretary for 

Science (and Energy) redelegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. 

By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10– 

05, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant 

Secretary for Electricity further 

delegated the authority to confirm, 

approve, and place such rates into effect 

on an interim basis to WAPA’s 

Administrator. This redelegation order, 

despite predating the February 2021 and 

March 2021 delegations, remains valid. 

This extension is issued under 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10–05 

and DOE rate extension procedures as 

set forth at 10 CFR 903.23(a).3

Background 

On March 9, 2017, FERC approved 

and confirmed Loveland Area Projects 

(LAP) transmission and LAP, Western 

Area Colorado Missouri Balancing 

Authority (WACM), and Colorado River 

Storage Project (CRSP) ancillary services 

formula rates under Rate Schedules L– 

NT1 (network), L–FPT1 (firm point-topoint), L–NFPT1 (non-firm point-topoint), L–UU1 (unreserved use), L–AS1 

(scheduling and dispatch), L–AS2 

(reactive supply and voltage control 

(VAR) support), L–AS3 (regulation), L– 

AS4 (energy imbalance), L–AS5 

(spinning reserves), L–AS6 

(supplemental reserves), L–AS7 

(transmission losses), L–AS9 (generation 

imbalance), and L–M1 (sales of surplus 

products) under Rate Order No. WAPA– 

174 on a final basis for a 5-year period 

through September 30, 2021.4 Under 

Rate Order No. WAPA–179, Rate 

Schedule L–M1 was superseded by Rate 

Schedule L–M2.5 On December 29, 

2020, WAPA’s Administrator approved 

rates for short-term sales for RMR to use 

under the Western Energy Imbalance 

Service Market, which superseded rate 

schedules L–AS4 (energy imbalance), L– 

AS7 (transmission losses), and L–AS9 

(generator imbalance) and which 

created a new Rate Schedule, L–NFJDT 

(joint dispatch transmission).6

The remaining existing rates, 

addressed herein, continue to provide 

adequate revenue to recover annual 

expenses, including interest expense, 

and repay capital investments within 

allowable time periods. This ensures 

repayment within the cost recovery 

criteria as set forth in DOE Order RA 

6120.2. 

Discussion 

In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a), 

WAPA filed a notice in the Federal 

Register on April 21, 2021, proposing to 

extend, without adjustment, Rate 

Schedules L–NT1 (network), L–FPT1 

(firm point-to-point), L–NFPT1 (nonfirm point-to-point), L–UU1, 

(unreserved use), L–AS1 (scheduling 

and dispatch), L–AS2 (VAR support), L– 

AS3 (regulation), L–AS5 (spinning 

reserves), and L–AS6 (supplemental 

reserves) under Rate Order No. WAPA– 

196.7 WAPA determined it was not 

necessary to hold public information or 

public comment forums on the 

proposed formula rate extension, but 

provided a 30-day consultation and 

comment period to give the public an 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed extension. The consultation 

and comment period ended on May 21, 

2021, and WAPA received no comments 

on the proposed formula rate extension. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA previously determined that 

this action fits within the following 

categorical exclusions listed in 

appendix B to subpart D of 10 CFR part 

1021.410: B4.3 (Electric power 

marketing rate changes) and B4.4 

(Power marketing services and 

activities). Categorically excluded 

projects and activities do not require 

preparation of either an environmental 

impact statement or an environmental 

assessment.8 Specifically, WAPA has 

determined that this rulemaking is 

consistent with activities identified in 

part B4, Categorical Exclusions 

Applicable to Specific Agency Actions 

(see 10 CFR part 1021, appendix B to 

subpart D, part B4). A copy of the 

categorical exclusion determination is 

available on WAPA’s website at: https:// 

www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/ 

environment/Pages/CX2016.aspx. Look 

for file entitled, ‘‘2016–077 Prop 

Formula Rate Adjust for Transmission 

Ancillary Services and Sales of Surplus 

Prods 031016.’’ 

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. 

Submission to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission 

The Provisional Formula Rates herein 

confirmed, approved, and placed into 

effect on an interim basis, together with 

supporting documents, will be 

submitted to FERC for confirmation and 

final approval. 

Order 

In view of the above and under the 

authority delegated to me, I hereby 

confirm, approve, and place into effect 

on an interim basis, Rate Order No. 

WAPA–196, which extends the existing 

LAP transmission and LAP, WACM, and 

CRSP ancillary services formula rates 

under Rate Schedules L–NT1 (network), 

L–FPT1 (firm point-to-point), L–NFPT1 

(non-firm point-to-point), L–UU1 


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(unreserved use), L–AS1 (scheduling 

and dispatch), L–AS2 (VAR support), L– 

AS3 (regulation), L–AS5 (spinning 

reserves), and L–AS6 (supplemental 

reserves) through September 30, 2024. 

The rates will remain in effect on an 

interim basis until: (1) FERC confirms 

and approves this extension on a final 

basis; (2) subsequent rates are confirmed 

and approved; or (3) such rates are 

superseded. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on August 23, 2021, 

by Tracey A. LeBeau, Interim 

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 August 25, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

Rate Schedule L–NT1 

ATTACHMENT H to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–NT1 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects 

Network Integration Transmission 

Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

The Transmission Customer will 

compensate the Loveland Area Projects 

Transmission Service Provider (LAPT) 

each month for Network Integration 

Transmission Service under the 

applicable Network Integration 

Transmission Service Agreement and 

the Annual Transmission Revenue 

Requirement described herein. 

Formula Rate 

A calculated Annual Transmission 

Revenue Requirement will go into effect 

every October 1 based on updated 

financial projections and the true-up of 

previous projections. 

The Annual Transmission Revenue 

Requirement will be posted on the 

LAPT Open Access Same-Time 

Information System website. 

Rate Schedule L–FPT1 

SCHEDULE 7 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–FPT1 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects 

Long-Term Firm and Short-Term Firm 

Point-to-Point Transmission Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

The Transmission Customer shall 

compensate the Loveland Area Projects 

Transmission Service Provider (LAPT) 

each month for reserved capacity under 

the applicable Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service Agreement and 

the formula rate described herein. 

Formula Rate 

A calculated charge will go into effect 

every October 1 based on the formula 

above, updated financial and load 

projections, and the true-up of previous 

projections. The annual charge will be 

posted on the LAPT Open Access SameTime Information System (OASIS) 

website. 

Discounts 

Three principal requirements apply to 

discounts for transmission service as 


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Annual Transmission 

Revenue Requirement ($) 

12 

Network Service Customer's 

X Load Ratio Share 

Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement ($) 

Transmission Firm Transmission Capacity Reservations (kW) plus 

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follows: (1) Any offer of a discount 

made by LAPT must be announced to 

all eligible customers solely by posting 

on the LAPT OASIS website; (2) any 

customer-initiated requests for 

discounts, including requests for use by 

LAP Marketing, must occur solely by 

posting on the LAPT OASIS website; 

and (3) once a discount is negotiated, 

details must be immediately posted on 

the LAPT OASIS website. For any 

discount agreed upon for service on a 

path, from Point(s) of Receipt to Point(s) 

of Delivery, LAPT must offer the same 

discounted transmission service rate for 

the same time period to all eligible 

customers on all unconstrained 

transmission paths that go to the same 

point(s) of delivery on the transmission 

system. 

Rate Schedule L–NFPT1 

SCHEDULE 8 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–NFPT1 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Power Area Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects 

Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission 

Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

The Transmission Customer will 

compensate the Loveland Area Projects 

Transmission Service Provider (LAPT) 

for Non-Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service under the 

applicable Non-Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service Agreement and 

the formula rate described herein. 

Formula Rate 

A calculated charge will go into effect 

every October 1 based on the formula 

above, updated financial and load 

projections, and the true-up of previous 

projections. The annual charge will be 

posted on the LAPT Open Access SameTime Information System (OASIS) 

website. 

Discounts 

Three principal requirements apply to 

discounts for transmission service as 

follows: (1) Any offer of a discount 

made by LAPT must be announced to 

all eligible customers solely by posting 

on the LAPT OASIS website; (2) any 

customer-initiated requests for 

discounts, including requests for use by 

LAP Marketing, must occur solely by 

posting on the LAPT OASIS; and (3) 

once a discount is negotiated, details 

must be immediately posted on the 

LAPT OASIS. For any discount agreed 

upon for service on a path, from Point(s) 

of Receipt to Point(s) of Delivery, LAPT 

must offer the same discounted 

transmission service charge for the same 

time period to all eligible customers on 

all unconstrained transmission paths 

that go to the same point(s) of delivery 

on the transmission system. 

Rate Schedule L–UU1 

SCHEDULE 10 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–UU1 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects 

Unreserved Use Penalties 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

The Transmission Customer shall 

compensate the Loveland Area Projects 

Transmission Service Provider (LAPT) 

each month for any unreserved use of 

the transmission system (Unreserved 

Use) under the applicable transmission 

service formula rates as described 

herein. Unreserved Use occurs when an 

eligible customer uses transmission 

service it has not reserved or a 

Transmission Customer uses 

transmission service in excess of its 

reserved capacity. Unreserved Use may 

also include a Transmission Customer’s 

failure to curtail transmission when 

requested, a Network Integration 

Transmission Service (Network) 

Customer’s scheduled delivery of offsystem non-designated purchases using 

transmission capacity reserved for 

designated Network resources, and a 

Network Customer’s use of Network 

service or secondary service to facilitate 

a wholesale sale that does not serve a 

Network load. 

Penalty Rate 

The penalty charge for a Transmission 

Customer who engages in Unreserved 

Use is 200 percent of the Loveland Area 

Project’s approved formula rate for Firm 

Point-to-Point Transmission Service 

assessed as follows: the Unreserved Use 

Penalty for a single hour of Unreserved 

Use is based upon the charge for daily 

Firm Point-to-Point Transmission 

Service. The Unreserved Use Penalty for 

more than one assessment for a given 

duration (e.g., daily) increases to the 

next longest duration (e.g., weekly). The 

Unreserved Use Penalty for multiple 

instances of Unreserved Use (e.g., more 

than one hour) within a day is based on 

the charge for daily Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service. The Unreserved 

Use Penalty for multiple instances of 

Unreserved Use isolated to one calendar 

week is based on the charge for weekly 

Firm Point-to-Point Transmission 

Service. The Unreserved Use Penalty for 

multiple instances of Unreserved Use 

during more than one week in a 

calendar month is based on the charge 

for monthly Firm Point-to-Point 

Transmission Service. 

A Transmission Customer who 

exceeds their reserved capacity at any 

point of receipt or point of delivery, or 


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an eligible customer who uses 

transmission service at a point of receipt 

or point of delivery it has not reserved, 

is required to pay for all ancillary 

services provided by LAPT and 

associated with the Unreserved Use. 

The Transmission Customer will pay for 

ancillary services based on the amount 

of transmission service it used and did 

not reserve. 

Rate Schedule L–AS1 

Schedule 1 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule SP–SD4 and 

Rate Schedule L–AS1 Dated October 1, 

2011, Through September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Loveland Area Projects 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority 

Scheduling, System Control, and 

Dispatch Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to Colorado 

River Storage Project Transmission 

(CRCM) and Loveland Area Projects 

Transmission (LAPT) as Transmission 

Service Providers (TSPs) and to Western 

Area Colorado Missouri Balancing 

Authority (WACM) as the Control Area 

operator. Scheduling, System Control, 

and Dispatch Service is required to 

schedule the movement of power 

through, out of, within, or into WACM. 

This service can be provided only by the 

operator of the Control Area in which 

the transmission facilities used for 

transmission service are located. 

The CRCM and LAPT TSPs must offer 

this service and the Federal 

Transmission Customers must purchase 

this service from the CRCM and LAPT 

TSPs. WACM provides this service on 

behalf of all TSPs within WACM and 

those TSPs must purchase this service 

from WACM. 

The charge will be applied to all 

schedules, except those for the delivery 

of transmission losses to WACM. 

WACM will accept any number of 

scheduling changes over the course of 

the day without any additional charge. 

Unless other arrangements are made 

with WACM, the charge will be 

allocated equally among all TSPs, both 

Federal and non-Federal, listed on the 

schedule who are inside WACM. The 

Federal transmission segments of the 

schedule are exempt from invoicing, as 

costs for these segments are included in 

the CRCM and LAPT transmission 

service rates. 

Formula Rate 

The annual cost of scheduling 

personnel and related costs includes 

annual costs associated with 

transmission scheduling (i.e., personnel, 

facilities, equipment and software, as 

well as credits representing fees for 

agent services). 

The number of schedules per year is 

the yearly total of daily tags which 

result in a schedule, excluding loss 

schedules. 

A calculated charge will go into effect 

every October 1 based on the formula 

above and updated financial and 

schedule data. The annual charge will 

be posted on the CRCM and LAPT Open 

Access Same-Time Information System 

websites. 

Rate Schedule L–AS2 

Schedule 2 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule SP–RS4 and 

Rate Schedule L–AS2 Dated October 1, 

2011, Through September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Loveland Area Projects 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority 

Reactive Supply and Voltage Control 

From Generation or Other Sources 

Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs first. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to Colorado 

River Storage Project (CRCM) and 

Loveland Area Projects (LAPT) as 

Transmission Service Providers (TSPs) 

and to Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority (WACM) as the 

Control Area operator. Reactive Supply 

and Voltage Control from Generation or 

Other Sources Services (VAR Support 

Service) is required to maintain 

transmission voltages on the TSPs 

transmission facilities within acceptable 

limits, using generation facilities and 

non-generation resources capable of 

providing this service to produce or 

absorb reactive power. Thus, VAR 

Support Service must be provided for 

each transaction on the transmission 

facilities within the Control Area. The 


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Charge 

per 

Schedule 

Annual Cost of Scheduling Personnel and Related Costs ($) 

Number of Schedules per Year, excluding schedules for 

Delivery of Losses to WACM 
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amount of VAR Support Service 

supplied to the transmission 

transactions will be based on the VAR 

Support Service necessary to maintain 

transmission voltages within limits 

generally accepted in the region and 

consistently adhered to by WACM. 

The CRCM and LAPT TSPs must offer 

this service for each transaction and the 

Federal Transmission Customers must 

purchase this service from the CRCM 

and LAPT TSPs, unless the 

Transmission Customer has generating 

resources capable of providing VARs 

directly connected to a Federal 

transmission facility owned and 

operated by CRCM and/or LAPT and 

has executed a contract stipulating all 

the provisions of their self-supply. If 

WACM provides VAR Support Service 

on behalf of any non-Federal TSP, VAR 

Support Service will be assessed based 

on either the TSP’s reserved capacity or 

the tagged megawatt usage of the TSP’s 

Transmission Customers. 

Formula Rate 

The annual revenue requirement for 

VAR Support Service equals the 

revenue requirement for Federal 

generation times the % of resource 

capacity used for VAR Support Service 

(1 minus power factor) plus other 

resources, e.g., energy and transmission 

costs for condensing Federal generating 

units minus applicable revenue credits 

related to WACM providing service. 

The transmission transactions 

requiring VAR Support Service equals 

transmission capacity use of the Federal 

transmission systems; including pointto-point and network service on LAPT 

and CRCM transmission systems. 

A calculated charge will go into effect 

every October 1 based on the formula 

above and updated financial and 

capacity data. The annual charge will be 

posted on the CRCM and LAPT Open 

Access Same-Time Information System 

websites. 

Rate Schedule L–AS3 

Schedule 3 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule SP–FR4 and 

Rate Schedule L–AS3 Dated October 1, 

2011, Through September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Loveland Area Projects 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority 

Regulation and Frequency Response 

Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to Colorado 

River Storage Project (CRCM) and 

Loveland Area Projects (LAPT) as 

Transmission Service Providers (TSPs) 

and to Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority (WACM) as the 

Control Area operator. Regulation and 

Frequency Response Service (Regulation 

Service) is necessary to provide for the 

continuous balancing of resources, 

generation, and interchange with load 

and for maintaining scheduled 

interconnection frequency at sixty 

cycles per second (60 Hz). Regulation 

Service is accomplished by committing 

on-line generation whose output is 

raised or lowered, predominantly 

through the use of automatic generation 

control (AGC) equipment as necessary, 

to follow the moment-by-moment 

changes in load. All loads inside the 

Control Area consume regulation; 

therefore, WACM, by default, provides 

Regulation Service to all loads inside 

the Control Area. 

The CRCM and LAPT TSPs offer this 

service when transmission service is 

used to serve load within WACM and 

the Federal Transmission Customers 

must purchase this service from the 

CRCM and LAPT TSPs or make 

alternative comparable arrangements 

with WACM to satisfy their regulation 

obligations. For the Load Serving 

Entities (LSEs) who are not taking 

transmission service from CRCM and 

LAPT, WACM will assess Regulation 

Service charges for their load and for 

their variable resources inside WACM. 

The formula rate will be assessed to 

all applicable Federal Transmission 

Customers and to all applicable nonFederal LSEs serving load inside 

WACM. 

Formula Rate 


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VAR 

Support Service = 

Formula Rate 

Annual Revenue Requirement for VAR Support Service ($) 

Transmission Transactions Requiring 

VAR Support Service (kW) 
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The total annual revenue requirement 

for Regulation Service includes such 

costs as LAP and CRSP plant costs, 

purchases of regulation products, 

purchases of power in support of the 

generating units’ ability to regulate, 

purchases of transmission for regulating 

units trapped geographically inside 

another balancing authority, purchases 

of transmission required to relocate 

energy due to regulation/load following 

issues, and lost on-peak sales 

opportunities resulting from the 

requirement to generate at night to 

permit units to have ‘‘down’’ regulating 

capability. 

The total load for Regulation Service 

equals load inside WACM requiring 

Regulation Service, plus the installed 

nameplate capacity of wind generators 

serving load inside WACM times the 

wind capacity multiplier, plus the 

installed nameplate capacity of solar 

generators serving load inside WACM 

times the solar capacity multiplier. 

A calculated charge will go into effect 

every October 1 based on the formula 

above and updated financial, load, and 

capacity multiplier data. The annual 

charge and multipliers will be posted on 

the CRCM and LAPT Open Access 

Same-Time Information System 

websites. 

Types 

There are two different applications of 

this Formula Rate: 

1. Load-based Assessment: The charge 

is assessed on an entity’s auxiliary load 

(total metered load less applicable 

Federal entitlements) and on the 

amount stated in any BA or 

transmission service agreements. The 

charge is also applied to the installed 

nameplate capacity of all variable 

energy resources, including wind and 

solar generators, serving load inside 

WACM multiplied by the applicable 

annually calculated Capacity Multiplier. 

2. Self-provision Assessment: WACM 

allows entities with AGC to self-provide 

for all or a portion of their loads. 

Entities with AGC are known as SubBalancing Authorities (SBA) and must 

meet all of the following criteria: 

a. Have a well-defined boundary, with 

WACM-approved revenue-quality 

metering, accurate as defined by the 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC), to include 

Megawatt flow data availability at 6- 

second or smaller intervals; 

b. Have AGC responsive unit(s); 

c. Demonstrate Regulation Service 

capability; and 

d. Execute a contract with WACM in 

which entities agree to: 

i. Provide all requested data to 

WACM. 

ii. Meet SBA error criteria as 

described below. 

Self-provision is measured by use of 

the entity’s 1-minute average Area 

Control Error (ACE) to determine the 

amount of self-provision. The ACE is 

used to calculate the Regulation Service 

charges every hour as follows: 

a. If the entity’s 1-minute average ACE 

for the hour is less than or equal to 0.5 

percent of its hourly average load, no 

Regulation Service charge is assessed for 

that hour. 

b. If the entity’s 1-minute average ACE 

for the hour is greater than or equal to 

1.5 percent of its hourly average load, 

WACM assesses Regulation Service 

charges to the entity’s entire auxiliary 

load, using the hourly Load-based 

Assessment applied to the entity’s 

auxiliary 12-cp load for that month. 

c. If the entity’s 1-minute average ACE 

for the hour is greater than 0.5 percent 

of its hourly average load, but less than 

1.5 percent of its hourly average load, 

WACM assesses Regulation Service 

charges based on linear interpolation of 

zero charge and full charge, using the 

hourly Load-based Assessment applied 

to the entity’s auxiliary 12-cp load for 

that month. 

d. WACM monitors the entity’s Selfprovision on a regular basis. If WACM 

determines the entity has not been 

attempting to self-regulate, WACM will, 

upon notification, employ the Loadbased Assessment described in No. 1, 

above. 

Alternative Arrangements 

Exporting Variable Resource 

Requirement: WACM does not provide 

Regulation Service to variable resources 

inside the WACM Control Area which 

are not used to serve load inside the 

WACM Control Area. An entity that 

exports the output from a variable 

generator to another Control Area will 

be required to dynamically meter or 

dynamically schedule the resource out 

of the WACM Control Area to another 

Control Area unless arrangements, 

satisfactory to WACM, are made for the 

entity to acquire this service from a 

third party or self-supply (as outlined 

below). A variable generator is one 

whose output is volatile and variable 

due to factors beyond direct operational 

control and, therefore, is not 

dispatchable. 

Self- or Third-party supply: WACM 

may allow an entity to supply some or 

all of its required regulation, or contract 

with a third party to do so. This entity 

must have revenue quality metering at 

every load and generation point, 

accurate as defined by NERC, to include 

MW flow data availability at 6-second or 

smaller intervals. WACM will evaluate 

the entity’s metering, 

telecommunications and regulating 

resource, as well as the required level of 

regulation, and determine whether the 

entity qualifies to self-supply under this 

provision. If approved, the entity is 

required to enter into a separate 

agreement with WACM which will 

specify the terms of the self-supply 

application. 

Customer Accommodation 

For entities unwilling to take 

Regulation Service, self-provide as 

described above, or acquire the service 

from a third party, WACM will assist 

the entity in dynamically metering its 

loads/resources to another Control Area. 


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Regulation 

Service 

Formula Rate 

Total Annual Revenue Requirement for Regulation Service ($) 

= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Load inside W ACM Requiring Regulation Service (kW) 

+ 

(Installed Nameplate Capacity of Wind Generators Serving Load inside WACM 

X 

Wind Capacity Multiplier) (kW) 

+ 

(Installed Nameplate Capacity of Solar Generators Serving Load inside W ACM 

X 

Solar Capacity Multiplier) (kW) 
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Until such time as meter configuration 

is accomplished, the entity will be 

responsible for charges assessed under 

the formula rate in effect. 

Rate Schedule L–AS5 

SCHEDULE 5 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–AS5 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects and Western Area Colorado 

Missouri Balancing Authority 

Operating Reserve—Spinning Reserve 

Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to 

Loveland Area Projects (LAPT) as the 

Transmission Service Provider (TSP) 

and to Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority (WACM) as the 

Control Area operator. Spinning Reserve 

Service is needed to serve load 

immediately in the event of a system 

contingency. Spinning Reserve Service 

may be provided by generating units 

that are on-line and loaded at less than 

maximum output. 

The LAPT TSP must offer this service 

when transmission service is used to 

serve load within WACM and the 

Federal Transmission Customers must 

purchase this service from the LAPT 

TSP or make alternative comparable 

arrangements with WACM to satisfy 

their Spinning Reserve obligations. 

WACM may be willing to provide 

Spinning Reserves to other entities, 

providing the entities enter into separate 

agreements with WACM which will 

specify the terms of the Spinning 

Reserve Service. 

Formula Rate 

The LAPT TSP and WACM have no 

Spinning Reserves available for sale. At 

a customer’s request, the Rocky 

Mountain Region will purchase 

Spinning Reserves and pass through the 

cost and any activation energy, plus a 

fee for administration. The customer 

will be responsible for providing the 

transmission to deliver the Spinning 

Reserves purchased. 

Rate Schedule L–AS6 

SCHEDULE 6 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–AS6 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects and Western Area Colorado 

Missouri Balancing Authority 

Operating Reserve—Supplemental 

Reserve Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to the 

Loveland Area Projects (LAPT) as the 

Transmission Service Provider (TSP) 

and the Western Area Colorado 

Missouri Balancing Authority (WACM) 

as the Control Area operator. 

Supplemental Reserve Service is needed 

to serve load in the event of a system 

contingency; however, it is not available 

immediately to serve load but rather 

within a short period of time. 

Supplemental Reserve Service may be 

provided by generating units that are 

on-line but unloaded, by quick-start 

generation, or by interruptible load. 

The LAPT TSP must offer this service 

when the transmission service is used to 

serve load within WACM and the 

Federal Transmission Customers must 

purchase this service from the LAPT 

TSP or make alternative comparable 

arrangements with WACM to satisfy 

their Supplemental Reserve obligations. 

WACM may be willing to provide 

Supplemental Reserves to other entities, 

providing the entities enter into separate 

agreements with WACM which will 

specify the terms of the Supplemental 

Reserve Service. 

Formula Rate 

The LAPT TSP and WACM have no 

Supplemental Reserves available for 

sale. At a customer’s request, the Rocky 

Mountain Region will purchase 

Supplemental Reserves and pass 

through the cost and any activation 

energy, plus a fee for administration. 

The customer will be responsible for 

providing the transmission to deliver 

the Supplemental Reserves purchased. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0274; FRL–8736–01– 

OCSPP] 

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Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

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