48678 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 

4The determination was done in compliance with 

NEPA (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). 

described or defined to allow the Rate 

Schedule to stand on its own and to 

consider defining ‘‘CRCM,’’ 

‘‘Transmission System,’’ and ‘‘WEIS 

Market Footprint.’’ 

Response: All terms were added to the 

Acronyms, Terms, and Definitions 

section above. 

C. Comment: Commenter asked where 

specific description of the Transmission 

System and WEIS Market Footprint can 

be found. 

Response: CRSP MC has made edits to 

the final version of the Customer Rate 

Brochure to coincide with the 

suggestions. Additionally, Attachment R 

to WAPA’s Open Access Transmission 

Tariff (OATT) contains provisions for 

the WEIS Market. 

Certification of Rates 

I certified that the Provisional 

Formula Rate for CRSP MC under Rate 

Schedule SP–NFJDT (joint dispatch 

transmission service) is the lowest 

possible rate, consistent with sound 

business principles. The Provisional 

Formula Rate was developed following 

administrative policies and applicable 

laws. 

Availability of Information 

Information about this rate 

adjustment, including the customer rate 

brochure, comments, letters, 

memorandums, and other supporting 

materials that were used to develop the 

Provisional Formula Rate, is available 

for inspection and copying at the 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center Office, 1800 South 

Rio Grande Avenue, Montrose, CO. 

Many of these documents are also 

available on WAPA’s website at https:// 

www.wapa.gov/regions/CRSP/rates/ 

Pages/CRSP-WEIS.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA has determined that this 

action fits within the following 

categorical exclusions listed in 

appendix B to subpart D of 10 CFR 

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.4 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/CRSP/ 

environment/Pages/environment.aspx. 

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 Rate 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–195. The rate will remain in 

effect on an interim basis until: (1) FERC 

confirms and approves it on a final 

basis; (2) a subsequent rate is confirmed 

and approved; or (3) such rate is 

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 SP–NFJDT 

SCHEDULE 8R to OATT Attachment 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule SP–NFJDT 

dated February 1, 2021, through 

September 30, 2021) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Joint Dispatch Transmission Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–195) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2021, and extending through September 

30, 2024, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to the 

Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) 

as the Transmission Service Provider 

(TSP) when the Colorado River Storage 

Project Management Center is 

participating in the Western Energy 

Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market. The 

Joint Dispatch Transmission Service 

(JDTS) Customer shall compensate the 

CRSP TSP for JDTS commensurate with 

the receipt or delivery of energy 

dispatched for the JDTS Customer 

pursuant to the WEIS Tariff under the 

formula rate described herein. 

Formula Rate 

Hourly delivery: 

On-Peak Hours: the on-peak charge 

$0.00/MWh 

Off-Peak Hours: the off-peak charge 

$0.00/MWh 

[FR Doc. 2021–18648 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Loveland Area Projects and Western 

Area Colorado Missouri Balancing 

Authority—Rate Order No. WAPA–197 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of rate order concerning 

transmission, energy and generator 

imbalance, and losses formula rates for 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 48679 

1Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket Nos. 

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

(2017). 2Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

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

3–000, 163 FERC ¶ 62,115 (2018). 

3See ‘‘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. 

4 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

use under the Western Energy 

Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market. 

SUMMARY: The formula rates for the 

Rocky Mountain Region (RMR) of the 

Western Area Power Administration 

(WAPA) to use under the WEIS Market 

(Provisional Formula Rates) have been 

confirmed, approved, and placed into 

effect on an interim basis. RMR has 

converted the existing rates for shortterm sales for RMR to use under the 

WEIS Market to long-term formula rates. 

The existing formula rates (approved 

under the WAPA Administrator’s shortterm rate authority) expire on 

September 30, 2021. No changes were 

made to the existing formula rates under 

the rates for short-term sales under Rate 

Schedules L–NFJDT (joint dispatch 

transmission), L–AS4 (energy 

imbalance), L–AS7 (balancing authority 

real power losses), and L–AS9 

(generator imbalance). 

DATES: The Provisional Formula Rates 

under Rate Schedules L–NFJDT (joint 

dispatch transmission), L–AS4 (energy 

imbalance), L–AS7 (balancing authority 

real power losses), and L–AS9 

(generator imbalance) are effective on 

the first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2021, and will remain in effect through 

September 30, 2024, pending 

confirmation and approval by the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) on a final basis or until 

superseded. 

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, 

(970) 685–9562, email: scook@

wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

9, 2017, FERC confirmed and approved 

Loveland Area Projects (LAP) 

transmission and the LAP, Western Area 

Colorado Missouri Balancing Authority 

(WACM), and the Colorado River 

Storage Project (CRSP) ancillary services 

formula rates under Rate Schedules 

L–NT1 (network), L–FPT1 (firm pointto-point), 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 (generator 

imbalance), and L–M1 (sales of surplus 

products) under Rate Order No. WAPA– 

174 on a final basis through September 

30, 2021.1 Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–179, Rate Schedule L–M1 was 

superseded by Rate Schedule L–M2.2

On December 29, 2020, WAPA’s 

Administrator approved rates for shortterm sales for RMR to use under the 

WEIS Market, which superseded the 

previously approved 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), for the 

8-month period of February 1, 2021, 

through September 30, 2021.3

WAPA published a Federal Register 

notice (Proposed FRN) on April 21, 

2021 (86 FR 20688), proposing to 

convert the rates for short-term sales for 

RMR to use under the WEIS Market to 

new long-term formula rates for use 

October 1, 2021, through September 30, 

2024. RMR proposed that no changes be 

made to the existing formula rates under 

the rates for short-term sales under Rate 

Schedules L–NFJDT (joint dispatch 

transmission), L–AS4 (energy 

imbalance), L–AS7 (balancing authority 

real power losses), and L–AS9 

(generator imbalance). 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–196, is extending the 

existing LAP transmission and the LAP, 

WACM, and 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 (VAR 

support), L–AS3 (regulation), L–AS5 

(spinning reserves), and L–AS6 

(supplemental reserves). 

The rate schedules herein contain 

formula-based charges and/or fees 

which will be calculated to incorporate 

the most recent financial, load, and nonparticipant entity information, as 

applicable. The financial data included 

in the RMR Administrative Fee will be 

updated on an annual basis, effective 

October 1 of each fiscal year. The Net 

Energy Load (NEL) and non-participant 

entity information, which is used to 

determine the allocation of the 

administrative costs, will also be 

updated on an annual basis, effective 

October 1 of each fiscal year; however, 

additional updates are possible 

throughout the fiscal year as changes to 

the embedded load and nonparticipating entities within the WACM 

Balancing Authority Area (BAA) occur 

(i.e., non-participating entities leave the 

BAA or become Market Participants 

(MP); existing MPs become nonparticipants; new non-participating 

entities enter BAA; etc.). When changes 

such as these occur, the proportional 

shares of NEL and the minimum fee 

amounts used to allocate the 

administrative costs must be updated to 

ensure appropriate distribution and cost 

recovery. These updates could result in 

changes to the monthly amounts the 

non-participating entities are charged. 

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 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 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 rate action is issued under 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10–05 

and Department of Energy (DOE) 

procedures for public participation in 

rate adjustments as set forth at 10 CFR 

part 903.4


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
48680 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 

5This 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. 

6 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

Following review of RMR’s proposal, 

I hereby confirm, approve, and place 

Rate Order No. WAPA–197 into effect 

on an interim basis. This provides 

formula rates for transmission, energy 

and generator imbalance, and losses for 

use under the WEIS Market. WAPA will 

submit Rate Order No. WAPA–197 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, Rocky Mountain Region, 

Rate Adjustment for Transmission, Energy 

and Generator Imbalance, and Losses 

Formula Rates. 

Rate Order No. WAPA–197 

Order Confirming, Approving, and 

Placing Formula Rates for the Loveland 

Area Projects and the Western Area 

Colorado Missouri Balancing Authority 

Into Effect on an Interim Basis 

The formula rates in Rate Order No. 

WAPA–197 are established following 

section 302 of the Department of Energy 

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

7152).5

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 rate action is issued under the 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10–05 

and DOE procedures for public 

participation in rate adjustments as set 

forth at 10 CFR part 903.6

Acronyms, Terms, and Definitions 

As used in this Rate Order, the 

following acronyms, terms, and 

definitions apply: 

$/MWh: Dollars per megawatt hour. 

AGE: Administrative & General 

Expense. Costs not directly chargeable 

to a specific project including 

administrative personnel, general 

supervision, indirect materials and 

supplies, etc. 

Balancing Authority: The responsible 

entity within the Western Energy 

Imbalance System Market that integrates 

resource plans ahead of time, maintains 

load-interchange-generation balance 

within a Balancing Authority Area 

(BAA), and supports interconnection 

frequency in real time. 

Balancing Authority Area: The 

collection of generation, transmission, 

and loads within the metered 

boundaries of the Balancing Authority. 

The Balancing Authority maintains 

load-resource balance within this area. 

Business Practices: Documents that 

provide requirements for services and 

clarifies various aspects of the services 

offered. 

Customer Rate Brochure: Document 

that further explains the rate 

methodologies under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–197. 

FY: Fiscal year; October 1 to 

September 30. 

Market Participant: An entity that 

generates, transmits, distributes, 

purchases, or sells electricity in the 

WEIS Market pursuant to the WEIS 

Tariff. 

Net Energy for Load (NEL): Net 

generation on or interconnected to the 

WEIS Market Footprint (as defined in 

the WEIS Tariff) plus energy received 

from others less energy delivered to 

others through interchange and is 

measured in MWh/yr. It includes 

system losses but excludes energy 

required for storage of energy at energy 

storage facilities. 

NEPA: National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, as amended. 

Non-Participating Entity: An entity 

with load and/or resources embedded 

within the WACM Balancing Authority 

Area who chooses not to contract 

directly with Southwest Power Pool 

(SPP). 

OATI: Open Access Transmission 

International, Inc. The software 

company that operates the Open Access 

Same-Time Information System 

(OASIS). 

Provisional Formula Rates: Formula 

rates confirmed, approved, and placed 

into effect on an interim basis by the 

Secretary or his/her designee. 

Western Energy Imbalance Service: 

The service defined in Schedule 1 of the 

WEIS Tariff for the WEIS Market 

Footprint. 

WEIS Market: The market for 

imbalance energy administered by SPP 

in the Western Interconnection. 

Effective Date 

The Provisional Formula Rate 

Schedules L–NFJDT (joint dispatch 

transmission), L–AS4 (energy 

imbalance), L–AS7 (balancing authority 

real power losses), and L–AS9 

(generator imbalance) will take effect on 

the first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2021, and will remain in effect through 

September 30, 2024, pending approval 

by FERC on a final basis or until 

superseded. 

Public Notice and Comment 

The Rocky Mountain Region (RMR) 

followed the Procedures for Public 

Participation in Power and 

Transmission Rate Adjustments and 

Extensions, 10 CFR part 903, in 

developing these formula rates. RMR 

took the following steps to involve 

interested parties in the rate process: 

1. On April 21, 2021, a Federal 

Register notice (86 FR 20688) (Proposal 

FRN) announced the proposed formula 

rates and launched a 30-day public 

consultation and comment period. 

2. On April 21, 2021, RMR notified 

transmission and ancillary service 

customers and interested parties of the 

proposed rates and provided a copy of 

the published Proposal FRN. 

3. RMR provided a website that 

contains all dates, customer letters, 

presentations, FRNs, Customer Rate 

Brochure, and other information about 

this rate process. The website is located 

at: https://www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/ 

rates/Pages/2021-Long-Term-Rates--- 

WEIS-Market.aspx. 

4. During the 30-day consultation and 

comment period, which ended on May 

21, 2021, RMR received one written 

comment. The comments and RMR’s 

responses are addressed below. All 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 48681 

comments have been considered in 

preparation of this Rate Order. 

Written comments were received from 

the following organization: 

Colorado River Energy Distributors 

Association, Arizona. 

Transmission, Energy and Generator 

Imbalance, and Losses 

RMR converted its rates for short-term 

sales for use under the WEIS Market to 

new long-term formula rates. No 

changes were made to the existing rates. 

The formula rates are each designed to 

recover the annual costs of providing 

the services, as applicable, on an annual 

basis effective October 1 of each fiscal 

year. 

For further details and explanations 

regarding these services, please see the 

final version of the Customer Rate 

Brochure, dated August 2021, located at: 

https://www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/ 

rates/Pages/2021-Long-Term-RatesWEIS-Market.aspx. 

Comments 

The comments expressed have been 

paraphrased, where appropriate, 

without compromising the meaning of 

the comments. 

A. Comment: A customer asked why 

environmental compliance is uncertain 

for some of the proposal FRNs but 

WAPA has determined a Categorical 

Exclusion for others. 

Response: When new/revised rates are 

being implemented, WAPA’s 

Environmental Office reviews the 

reasons for the rate action and decides 

whether the rate action can be excluded 

from NEPA review. Typically, WAPA’s 

rate actions are excluded. In the case of 

rate extensions, that determination was 

previously made when the rate was 

originally implemented. 

B. Comment: A customer asked 

several questions related to RMR’s prior 

process to implement rates for shortterm sales. 

Response: RMR appreciates the 

customer’s feedback; however, these 

questions are outside the scope of this 

rate process. For information pertaining 

to the rates for short-term sales, please 

refer to LAP’s Rates for Short-Term 

Sales web page located at https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/rates/Pages/ 

2021-Rates-for-Short-Term-Sales.aspx 

with questions and answers provided in 

December 2020. 

C. Comment: A customer asked for 

verification that no changes are being 

made to the losses rate. 

Response: Yes, that is an accurate 

statement; no changes are being made to 

the existing formula rate for losses. 

D. Comment: A customer provided 

editorial suggestions for the Customer 

Rate Brochure. 

Response: RMR appreciates the 

customer’s feedback. RMR has made 

edits to the final version of the 

Customer Rate Brochure to coincide 

with the suggestions. 

E. Comment: A customer thanked 

RMR for providing additional 

administrative fee information. 

Response: RMR appreciates the 

customer’s feedback. 

F. Comment: A customer 

recommended that various program 

managers track actual labor costs, versus 

using high-level assessments, when 

developing the RMR Administrative 

Fee. 

Response: RMR appreciates the 

recommendation to track actual labor 

costs, but due to the nature of the work 

being performed by various functional 

groups, RMR has determined that it is 

not practical to ask staff to track their 

time to this level of detail. As such, 

RMR is using the higher-level 

assessments to determine the RMR 

Administrative Fee. Other 

administrative fees and charges RMR 

calculates are treated in a similar 

manner. 

G. Comment: A customer requested 

the budget codes associated with each 

program area identified in the Customer 

Rate Brochure Table 2. 

Response: The budget codes for each 

division are identified in Table 2 as 

follows: 

1. Reliability—RRCPM–WMA 

2. Operations Engineering—PSOSM 

3. Operations Support—PSOSM 

4. Settlements—BILLM 

5. Information Technology—SCDSM 

6. Transmission Services—TSVSM 

7. Rates—MRKTM 

8. Contracts—MRKTM 

9. Finance—AAGEA 

H. Comment: A customer asked on 

what basis the one-time and annual 

assessments of OATI, building, and 

other miscellaneous costs, are 

determined. 

Response: The OATI software costs 

are based on the contracted option year, 

which correlates with the fiscal year 

used for the RMR Administrative Fee 

update. RMR only includes the cost of 

the specific OATI software modules that 

pertain to WEIS for the nonparticipating entities. 

The building and other miscellaneous 

costs included in the annual RMR 

Administrative Fee correlate with the 

most current fiscal year data available. 

These costs are allocated to this fee 

based on the percentage of full-time 

equivalent (FTE) hours allocated to the 

RMR Administrative Fee. 

I. Comment: A customer asked if 

Administrative and General Expense 

(AGE) was applied to the RMR 

Administrative Fee. 

Response: Yes, AGE is included in the 

RMR Administrative Fee. 

J. Comment: A customer asked why 

there could be ‘‘out-of-cycle’’ updates to 

the RMR Administrative Fee. 

Response: The Net Energy Load (NEL) 

and non-participant entity information, 

which is used to determine the 

allocation of the administrative costs, 

will be updated on an annual basis, 

effective October 1 of each fiscal year; 

however, additional (out-of-cycle) 

updates are possible throughout the 

fiscal year as changes to the embedded 

load and non-participating entities 

within the WACM BAA occur (i.e., nonparticipating entities leave the BAA or 

become Market Participants (MP); 

existing MPs become non-participants; 

new non-participating entities enter 

WACM BAA; etc.). When changes such 

as these occur, the proportional shares 

of NEL and the minimum fee amounts 

used to allocate the administrative costs 

must be updated to ensure appropriate 

distribution and cost recovery. These 

updates could result in changes to the 

monthly amounts the non-participating 

entities are charged. 

K. Comment: A customer asked for 

clarification of when the RMR 

Administrative Fee is updated and 

asked if text could be added indicating 

periodicity of updates to the RMR 

Administrative Fee. 

Response: As explained in the 

response to Comment J regarding out-ofcycle changes, when changes such as 

these occur, the proportional shares of 

NEL and the minimum fee amounts 

used to allocate the administrative costs 

must be updated to ensure proper 

distribution and cost recovery. These 

updates could result in changes to the 

monthly amounts the non-participating 

entities are charged. RMR has added 

these details to the Customer Rate 

Brochure. Please see the final version of 

the Customer Rate Brochure, dated 

August 2021, located at: https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/rates/Pages/ 

2021-Long-Term-Rates---WEISMarket.aspx. 

Certification of Rates 

I certified that the Provisional 

Formula Rates for RMR under Rate 

Schedules L–NFJDT (joint dispatch 

transmission), L–AS4 (energy 

imbalance), L–AS7 (balancing authority 

real power losses), and L–AS9 

(generator imbalance) are the lowest 

possible rates, consistent with sound 

business principles. The Provisional 

Formula Rates were developed 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
48682 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 

7The determination was done in compliance with 

NEPA (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). 

following administrative policies and 

applicable laws. 

Availability of Information 

Information about this rate 

adjustment, including the Customer 

Rate Brochure, comments, letters, 

memorandums, and other supporting 

materials that were used to develop the 

Provisional Formula Rates, is available 

for inspection and copying at the Rocky 

Mountain Regional Office, 5555 East 

Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO. 

Many of these documents are also 

available on WAPA’s website at https:// 

www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/rates/Pages/ 

2021-Long-Term-Rates---WEISMarket.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA has determined that this 

action fits within the following 

categorical exclusions listed in 

appendix B to subpart D of 10 CFR 

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.7 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–RMR’s website at: 

https://www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/ 

environment/Pages/CX2021.aspx. Look 

for the file entitled, ‘‘2021–088 Rate 

Change Categorical Exclusion 

Determination–WAPA197–.08052021.’’ 

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–197. The rates will remain in 

effect on an interim basis until: (1) FERC 

confirms and approves them 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 24, 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–NFJDT 

SCHEDULE 8R to OATT Attachment 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–NFJDT 

Dated February 1, 2021, Through 

September 30, 2021) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region 

Loveland Area Projects 

Joint Dispatch Transmission Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–197) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2021, and extending through September 

30, 2024, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to the 

Loveland Area Projects (LAPT) as the 

Transmission Service Provider (TSP) 

when the Rocky Mountain Region is 

participating in the Western Energy 

Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market. The 

Joint Dispatch Transmission Service 

(JDTS) Customer shall compensate the 

LAPT TSP for JDTS commensurate with 

the receipt or delivery of energy 

dispatched for the JDTS Customer 

pursuant to the WEIS Tariff under the 

formula rate described herein. 

Formula Rate 

Hourly delivery: 

On-Peak Hours: The on-peak charge 

$0.00/MWh 

Off-Peak Hours: The off-peak charge 

$0.00/MWh 

Rate Schedule L–AS4 

SCHEDULE 4R to OATT 

ATTACHMENT R 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–AS4 

Dated February 1, 2021, Through 

September 30, 2021) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region 

Loveland Area Projects 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority 

Energy Imbalance Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–197) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2021, and extending through September 

30, 2024, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to the 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority (WACM) as the 

Balancing Authority Area (BAA) 

operator and to Loveland Area Projects 

(LAPT) as the Transmission Service 

Provider (TSP) when the Rocky 

Mountain Region (RMR) is participating 

in the Western Energy Imbalance 

Service (WEIS) Market and the WEIS 

Market is providing such ancillary 

service. 

Within the BAA(s) in the WEIS 

Market Footprint, Energy Imbalance 

Service is provided when a difference 

occurs between the expected and the 

actual delivery of energy within such 

BAA(s) over a Dispatch Interval. All 

loads in the WEIS Market will be subject 

to settlement related to Energy 

Imbalance Service in the WEIS Market. 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP), as the 

WEIS Market administrator, will obtain 

and provide this service under the WEIS 

Market and will calculate and bill 

applicable charges and credits. 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 48683 

As a participating balancing authority 

in the WEIS Market Footprint, WACM is 

required to register loads and resources 

for non-participating entities within the 

WACM BAA. Such entities must enter 

into separate agreements with WACM 

which will specify the terms of the 

Energy Imbalance Service contracted 

through the WEIS Market. 

The LAPT TSP offers this service 

when the transmission service is used to 

serve load within the WACM BAA and 

the Transmission Customers must either 

purchase this service from the LAPT 

TSP or make alternative arrangements 

with WACM to satisfy their Energy 

Imbalance Service obligations. 

Formula Rate 

Charges shall reflect the pass-through 

of all applicable charges/credits 

associated with the WEIS Tariff assessed 

to RMR for embedded load in the 

WACM BAA of such entity that does not 

make adequate alternate arrangements 

in the WEIS Market to satisfy its Energy 

Imbalance Service obligation. RMR will 

also charge an administrative fee to 

cover RMR’s cost of administering this 

service on behalf of such entities. 

The WEIS charges/credits attributed 

to specific settlement location(s) (as 

defined in the WEIS Tariff) will be 

passed directly through to the 

applicable asset owners (as defined in 

the WEIS Tariff) at those settlement 

location(s). Other WEIS charges/credits, 

i.e., WEIS Administration costs, will be 

allocated based on each entity’s 

proportional share of Net Energy for 

Load (NEL) (or as otherwise determined 

by the WEIS administrator). 

RMR’s Administrative Fee will be 

allocated to the non-participating 

entities using the higher of either RMR’s 

calculated minimum fee or the entity’s 

proportional share of the nonparticipating entities’ NEL. 

Rate Schedule L–AS9 

SCHEDULE 9R to OATT 

ATTACHMENT R 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–AS9 

Dated February 1, 2021, Through 

September 30, 2021) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region 

Loveland Area Projects 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority 

Generator Imbalance Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–197) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2021, and extending through September 

30, 2024, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to the 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority (WACM) as the 

Balancing Authority Area (BAA) 

operator and to Loveland Area Projects 

(LAPT) as the Transmission Service 

Provider (TSP) when the Rocky 

Mountain Region (RMR) is participating 

in the Western Energy Imbalance 

Service (WEIS) Market and the WEIS 

Market is providing such ancillary 

service. 

Within the BAA(s) in the WEIS 

Market Footprint, Generator Imbalance 

Service is provided when a difference 

occurs between the expected and the 

actual delivery of energy within such 

BAA(s) over a Dispatch Interval. All 

resources in the WEIS Market will be 

subject to settlement related to 

Generator Imbalance Service in the 

WEIS Market. Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. (SPP), as the WEIS Market 

administrator, will obtain and provide 

this service under the WEIS Market and 

will calculate and bill applicable 

charges and credits. 

As a participating balancing authority 

in the WEIS Market Footprint, WACM is 

required to register loads and resources 

for non-participating entities within the 

WACM BAA. Such entities must enter 

into separate agreements with WACM 

which will specify the terms of the 

Generator Imbalance Service contracted 

through the WEIS Market. 

The LAPT TSP offers this service, to 

the extent it is physically feasible to do 

so from its resources or from resources 

available to it, when Transmission 

Service is used to deliver energy from a 

generator located within the WACM 

BAA and the Transmission Customers 

must either purchase this service from 

the LAPT TSP or make alternative 

arrangements with WACM to satisfy 

their Generator Imbalance Service 

obligations. 

Formula Rate 

Charges shall reflect the pass-through 

of all applicable charges/credits 

associated with the WEIS Tariff assessed 

to RMR for embedded resources in the 

WACM BAA of such entity that does not 

make adequate alternate arrangements 

in the WEIS Market to satisfy its 

Generator Imbalance Service obligation. 

RMR will also charge an administrative 

fee to cover RMR’s cost of administering 

this service on behalf of such entities. 

The WEIS charges/credits attributed 

to specific settlement location(s) (as 

defined in the WEIS Tariff) will be 

passed directly through to the 

applicable asset owners (as defined in 

the WEIS Tariff) at those settlement 

location(s). 

RMR’s Administrative Fee will be 

allocated using the higher of either 

RMR’s calculated minimum fee or the 

entity’s proportional share of the nonparticipating entities’ Net Energy for 

Load (NEL). 

Rate Schedule L–AS7 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–AS7 

Dated February 1, 2021, Through 

September 30, 2021) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority 

Balancing Authority Real Power Losses 

Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–197) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2021, and extending through September 

30, 2024, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to the 

Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority (WACM) as the 

Balancing Authority Area (BAA) 

operator when the Rocky Mountain 

Region is participating in the Western 

Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) 

Market. Balancing Authority (BA) Real 

Power Losses Service is needed to 

account for the energy loss of the 

transmission systems within the BAA; 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
48684 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Notices 

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, 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES