These tariffs will govern future access to available electric transmission from the Energy Department's Western Area and Southwestern power marketing administrations. The tariffs are consistent with those of other wholesale transmission providers. Therefore, I'm pleased that Western and Southwestern are filing open access tariffs. Bonneville Power Administration has filed an open access tariff already. The power marketing administrations will meet FERC's established comparability standards for wholesale electric transmission by offering to provide transmission service to others equivalent to the service they provide themselves.
Ancillary services are also a part of the open access tariffs.
These are services necessary to support the transmission of power from generation to load while maintaining reliable transmission system operation. Examples of ancillary services include scheduling, system control and dispatch of power, and operating reserves to meet load in the event of a system disturbance. Western, based in Golden, Colo., owns 16,857 circuit-miles of transmission line and 258 substations in its marketing area which comprises all or parts of 15 central and western states. Southwestern headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., owns 1,380 circuit-miles of transmission line and 24 substations in its marketing area, which comprises all or parts of Oklahoma Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas and Texas.