Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 13, 2022 / Notices 21881 

Dated: April 7, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07876 Filed 4–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER22–1575–000] 

WPL Crawfish River Solar, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of WPL 

Crawfish River Solar, LLC’s application 

for market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is April 27, 

2022. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Dated: April 7, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07878 Filed 4–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER22–1574–000] 

WPL Bear Creek Solar, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of WPL 

Bear Creek Solar, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is April 27, 

2022. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Dated: April 7, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07880 Filed 4–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Boulder Canyon Project—Rate Order 

No. WAPA–204 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed Boulder 

Canyon Project formula rates for electric 

service and proposed fiscal year 2023 

base charge and rates. 

SUMMARY: The Desert Southwest Region 

(DSW) of the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA) is proposing to 

renew the Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) 

formula rates for electric service and to 


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1Hoover Dam was known as Boulder Dam from 

1933 to 1947, but was renamed Hoover Dam by an 

April 30, 1947, joint resolution of Congress. See Act 

of April 30, 1947, H.J. Res. 140, ch. 46, 61 Stat. 56– 

57. 

2Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule 

on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF18–1–000, 163 

FERC ¶ 62,154 (2018). 

calculate the fiscal year (FY) 2023 base 

charge and rates under proposed Rate 

Schedule BCP–F11. The existing 

formula rates under Rate Schedule BCP– 

F10 and the current base charge and 

rates expire on September 30, 2022. The 

proposed formula rates under Rate 

Schedule BCP–F11 would be effective 

October 1, 2022 through September 30, 

2027. WAPA proposes no changes to the 

existing formula rates, which are set 

forth in the governing terms of the BCP 

Electric Service Contract (ESC). The FY 

2023 proposed base charge for BCP 

electric service is projected to increase 

from $67.4 million in FY 2022 to $69.9 

million in FY 2023, a 3.7 percent 

increase. The change is primarily the 

result of cost increases in Bureau of 

Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Operations 

and Maintenance (O&M) and visitor 

services expenses. Publication of this 

Federal Register notice will initiate the 

public process to put into place the 

proposed formula rates for electric 

service and the proposed FY 2023 base 

charge and rates. 

DATES: A consultation and comment 

period begins today and will end July 

12, 2022. DSW will present a detailed 

explanation of the proposed formula 

rates for electric service and the 

proposed FY 2023 base charge and rates 

at a public information forum that will 

be held on May 13, 2022, from 10 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. 

DSW will also host a public comment 

forum that will be held on June 13, 

2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mountain 

Standard Time. DSW will conduct both 

the public information forum and the 

public comment forum via Webex. 

Instructions for participating in the 

forums will be posted on DSW’s website 

at least 14 days prior to the public 

information and comment forums at: 

www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Rates/ 

Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx. DSW 

will accept written comments any time 

during the consultation and comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests to be informed of Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

actions concerning the proposed 

formula rates and calculated base charge 

and rates should be sent to: Scott R. 

Lund, Acting Regional Manager, Desert 

Southwest Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 6457, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85005–6457, or 

dswpwrmrk@wapa.gov. DSW will post 

information concerning the rate process 

and written comments received to its 

website at: www.wapa.gov/regions/ 

DSW/Rates/Pages/boulder-canyonrates.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina 

Ramsey, Rates Manager, Desert 

Southwest Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, (602) 605–2565, or 

dswpwrmrk@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hoover 

Dam,1 authorized by the Boulder 

Canyon Project Act of 1928, as amended 

(43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.), sits on the 

Colorado River along the ArizonaNevada border. The Hoover Dam power 

plant has 19 generating units (two for 

plant use) and an installed capacity of 

2,078.8 megawatts (4,800 kilowatts for 

plant use). In collaboration with 

Reclamation, WAPA markets and 

delivers hydropower from the Hoover 

Dam power plant through high-voltage 

transmission lines and substations to 

Arizona, Southern California, and 

Southern Nevada. 

On June 6, 2018, FERC approved and 

confirmed Rate Schedule BCP–F10, 

under Rate Order No. WAPA–178, on a 

final basis through September 30, 2022.2

Rate Schedule BCP–F10 and the BCP 

ESC require WAPA to calculate the 

annual base charge and rates for the 

next fiscal year before October 1 of each 

year based on formulas that are set for 

a five-year period. Rate Schedule BCP– 

F10 expires on September 30, 2022. 

Consistent with the formulas set forth in 

the BCP ESC, WAPA is proposing to 

renew the formula rates for electric 

service under Rate Schedule BCP–F11, 

which would be effective October 1, 

2022, through September 30, 2027. The 

formula rates will continue to provide 

sufficient revenue to recover all annual 

costs, including interest expense. 

Pursuant to proposed Rate Schedule 

BCP–F11, the formula-based 

methodology for BCP calculates an 

annual base charge rather than a unit 

rate for Hoover Dam hydropower. The 

base charge recovers an annual revenue 

requirement that includes projected 

costs of investment repayment, interest, 

operations, maintenance, replacements, 

payments to States, and Hoover Dam 

visitor services. Non-power revenue 

projections such as water sales, Hoover 

Dam visitor revenue, ancillary services, 

and late fees help offset these projected 

costs. Hoover power customers are 

billed a percentage of the base charge in 

proportion to their power allocation. 

Unit rates are calculated for comparative 

purposes but are not used to determine 

the charges for service. 

COMPARISON OF BASE CHARGE AND RATES

FY 2022 FY 2023 Amount 

change 

Percent 

change 

Base Charge ($) .............................................................................................. $67,355,778 $69,861,560 $2,505,782 3.7 

Composite Rate (mills/kWh) ............................................................................ 20.63 22.51 1.88 9.1 

Energy Rate (mills/kWh) .................................................................................. 10.32 11.25 .93 9.0 

Capacity Rate ($/kW-Mo) ................................................................................ $2.03 $2.24 0.21 10.3 

While the proposed formula rates are 

unchanged from FY 2022, the proposed 

FY 2023 base charge for BCP electric 

service is projected to increase from 

$67.4 million in FY 2022 to $69.9 

million in FY 2023, a 3.7 percent 

increase. 

Reclamation’s FY 2023 budget is 

increasing $3.2 million from $81.7 

million to $84.9 million, a 3.9 percent 

increase from FY 2022. Reflected in this 

budget, operations and maintenance 

(O&M) costs are increasing $3.4 million 

primarily due to a higher overhead rate 

for salaries attributed to a reorganization 

and increased staffing needs to improve 

cybersecurity; an increase in services for 

IT support and equipment; trash 

disposal contract costs; fabrication of 

elevator doors; ammunition for security 

forces; and anticipated costs for the 

Workman’s Compensation Program. 

Visitor services costs are increasing by 

$490,000 due to higher projected 

contract costs for janitorial, 

memorabilia, ticketing, and trash 

disposal services. The increase for 

Reclamation is offset by a $790,000 

decrease in replacement costs primarily 

due to Relamation’s effort to level 


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3The 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). 

extraordinary maintenance project 

expenses. This results in reduced 

annual costs for the control center 

renovation project and the replacement 

of the A9 wicket gates, visitors center 

escalator, and wastewater treatment 

facility. 

WAPA’s FY 2023 budget is decreasing 

$438,000 from $9.2 million to $8.7 

million, a 4.8 percent decrease from FY 

2022. Reflected in this budget, WAPA’s 

O&M costs are decreasing by $842,000 

due to a shift from O&M to capital work. 

The decreasing O&M costs are offset 

primarily by a $380,000 increase in 

WAPA’s replacement budget for breaker 

and relay replacements in the Mead 69- 

kV yard. 

Costs for Reclamation and WAPA are 

offset by a slight increase of $68,000 in 

non-power revenue projections, due to a 

higher estimate for ancillary services 

revenues. Prior year carryover is 

projected to be $2.8 million, a $186,000 

increase from FY 2022. 

The composite rate is increasing 9.1 

percent; the energy rate is increasing 9 

percent; and the capacity rate is 

increasing 10.3 percent from FY 2022. 

These unit rate calculations use 

forecasted energy and capacity values, 

which have been decreasing due to the 

ongoing drought in the Lower Colorado 

River Basin. Forecasted energy and 

capacity values may be updated when 

determining the final base charge and 

rates if hydrological conditions change. 

With the uncertainty of hydrological 

conditions, Reclamation and WAPA 

will work with customers to develop a 

threshold for prompt consultation 

should hydrological conditions worsen 

after the base charge is placed into 

effect. 

WAPA’s proposed base charge and 

rates for FY 2023, which would be 

effective October 1, 2022, are 

preliminary and subject to change based 

on modifications to forecasts before 

publication of the final base charge and 

rates. 

Legal Authority 

Department of Energy (DOE) 

procedures for public participation in 

power and transmission rate 

adjustments are set forth in 10 CFR part 

903. Additional requirements and 

procedures for promulgating the BCP 

base charge are set forth in 10 CFR part 

904. WAPA’s proposals to renew the 

formula rates under BCP–F11 and 

calculate the base charge and rates for 

FY 2023 constitute a major rate 

adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR 

903.2(d). In accordance with 10 CFR 

903.15, 10 CFR 903.16, and 10 CFR 

904.7(e), DSW will hold public 

information and public comment 

forums for this rate adjustment. DSW 

will review and consider all timely 

public comments at the conclusion of 

the consultation and comment period 

and adjust the proposals as appropriate. 

The formula rates and FY 2023 base 

charge and rates will then be approved 

on a provisional basis. 

WAPA is establishing rates for BCP 

electric service in accordance with 

section 302 of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7152). This provision 

transferred to, and vested in, the 

Secretary of Energy certain functions of 

the Secretary of the Interior, along with 

the power marketing functions of 

Reclamation. Those functions include 

actions that specifically apply to the 

BCP. 

Pursuant to the BCP ESC, the renewed 

rate methodology under BCP–F11 and 

calculated rates for FY 2023 shall 

become effective, provisionally, upon 

approval by the Deputy Secretary of 

Energy subject to final approval by 

FERC. Under the DOE Organization Act, 

the Secretary of Energy holds plenary 

authority over DOE affairs with respect 

to the Power Marketing 

Administrations, and the Secretary of 

Energy may therefore exercise the 

Deputy Secretary’s contractual authority 

in this context. By Delegation Order No. 

S1–DEL–S4–2021–2, effective December 

8, 2021, the Secretary of Energy 

delegated to the Under Secretary for 

Science (and Energy) the authority 

vested in the Secretary with respect to 

WAPA. By Redelegation Order No. S4– 

DEL–OE1–2021–2, also effective 

December 8, 2021, the Under Secretary 

for Science (and Energy) redelegated the 

same authority to the Assistant 

Secretary for Electricity. Based upon the 

governing terms of the existing BCP 

ESC, the Assistant Secretary for 

Electricity will provisionally approve 

the formula rates and FY 2023 base 

charge and rates for BCP electric service, 

subject to final approval by FERC. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that DSW initiates or uses to 

develop the proposed formula rates for 

electric service and the base charge and 

rates are available for inspection and 

copying at the Desert Southwest 

Customer Service Regional Office, 

located at 615 South 43rd Avenue, 

Phoenix, Arizona. Many of these 

documents and supporting information 

are also available on WAPA’s website at 

www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Rates/ 

Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA has determined that this 

proposed 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.3 Specifically, WAPA has 

determined that this rulemaking is 

consistent with activities identified in 

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/DSW/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. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on March 31, 2022, 

by Tracey A. LeBeau, Administrator, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on April 8, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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