[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35185-35186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16617]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Hearing and Opportunity for Public Comment; Regarding Proposed 
Comparable Transmission Terms and Conditions

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to Comment.

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SUMMARY: BPA File No: TC-96. BPA requests that all comments and 
documents intended to become part of the Official Record in this 
process contain the file number designation TC-96.
    BPA is proposing terms and conditions for transmission services 
over the network transmission system of the Federal Columbia River 
Transmission System (FCRTS) which BPA considers to be comparable to the 
uses BPA itself makes of such system for its own power transactions. 
Such terms and conditions are proposed to be effective October 1, 1996. 
BPA previously initiated a regional administrative proceeding to which 
parties have been officially designated. By this notice, BPA is 
announcing the availability of the proposed transmission terms and 
conditions and the period for comments from persons not designated as 
parties to the proceeding.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on the proposed transmission terms 
and conditions who are not parties to the proceeding (``participants'') 
must submit written comments on the proposals by October 2, 1995. 

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    Written comments should be submitted to the Manager, Corporate 
Communications--CK; Bonneville Power Administration; P.O. Box 12999; 
Portland, Oregon, 97212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Hansen, Public Involvement 
and Information Specialist, at the address listed above, (503) 230-4328 
or call toll-free 1-800-622-4519. Information also may be obtained 
from:

Mr. Steve Hickok, Group Vice President, Sales and Customer Service, S-
700, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR, 97232, (503) 230-5356.
Mr. George Eskridge, Manager, SE Sales and Customer Service District, 
1101 W. River, Suite 250, Boise, ID 83702, (208) 334-9137.
Mr. Ken Hustad, Manager, NE Sales and Customer Service District, 
Crescent Court, Suite 500, 707 Main, Spokane, WA 99201, (509) 353-2518.
Ms. Ruth Bennett, Manager, SW Sales and Customer Service District, 703 
Broadway, Vancouver, WA 98660, (360) 418-8600.
Ms. Marg Nelson, Manager, NW Sales and Customer Service District, Suite 
400, 1601 5th Avenue, Suite 1000, Seattle, WA 98101-1670, (206) 216-
4271.
    Responsible Official: Mr. Dennis Metcalf, BPA Transmission Team 
Lead, is the responsible official for the development of BPA's 
transmission terms and conditions.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA is proposing to establish terms and 
conditions of general applicability for transmission services 
comparable to the uses BPA provides itself over the integrated network 
transmission system of the FCRTS. These proposed terms and conditions 
for comparable services are intended to: (1) Respond to customer 
requests in the context of the renegotiation of BPA's power sales 
contracts that BPA eliminate its transmission-based market power; (2) 
with respect to network transmission services, comply with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) requirement that members of 
regional transmission associations develop and publish tariffs meeting 
the Commission's comparability standards; and (3) facilitate an 
opportunity for FERC to review the rates for these services, which BPA 
has filed concurrently with this notice as meeting the just, 
reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential standard, in 
the context of the associated contractual terms and conditions. The 
tariffs are proposed to be effective October 1, 1996.
    The Federal Power Act amendments passed by Congress in the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992, Pub. L. No.102-486, 106 Stat. 2776 (1992), provide 
that BPA may institute a formal regional hearing on transmission terms 
and conditions which it proposes to establish for general 
applicability. 16 U.S.C. Sec. 824k(i)(2). BPA has instituted that 
proceeding through a prehearing conference on March 22, 1995, and 
parties to the proceeding have been designated. A full description of 
the procedural background is found in BPA's ``Notice of Proposed 
Wholesale Power Rates and Transmission Rates'' published elsewhere in 
this issue. Parties will be served with the proposals on July 10, 1995. 
Persons who are not parties to the proceeding but who wish to comment 
on the proposals are ``participants'' and may request copies of the 
proposals from BPA's Public Information Center, BPA Headquarters 
Building, 1st Floor, 905 NE. 11th Street, Portland, OR, 97208, or BPA's 
Document Request Line, 503-230-3478 or toll free 1-800-622-4520. 
Comments from participants are incorporated into the Official Record 
and will be considered by the Hearing Officer and the Administrator.
    Public field hearings are an opportunity for participants to have 
their views included in the official record. Participants may appear at 
the field hearings and present oral testimony. Written transcripts will 
be made at all of the field hearings. The transcripts of these hearings 
will be part of the record upon which the Administrator makes final 
rate decisions. All of the field hearings are scheduled to begin at 
7:00 p.m. registration begins at 6:30 p.m. Following are the tentative 
dates and locations for the filed hearings. Confirmation of these 
hearing dates will be made through mailings and public advertising or 
by calling BPA Corporate Communications at the telephone number listed 
in Section 1 above.

September 19, 1995.
    Best Western Burley Inn, 800 N. Overland Avenue, Burley, Idaho 
83318.

September 20, 1995.
    Cavanaugh's, Ballroom B, 200 North Main, Kalispell, Montana 59901.

September 21, 1995.
    Red Lion GateWay, 3280 Gateway Drive, Springfield, Oregon 97477.

September 26, 1995.
    Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Widbey-Camano Room, 3105 Pine, Everett, 
Washington.

September 27, 1995 Cavanaugh's, East 110 Fourth Avenue, Spokane, 
Washington 99202.

September 28, 1995.
    Pasco Red Lion, Design Room, 2525 North 20th, Pasco, Washington 
99301.

    BPA is proposing comparable network transmission tariffs based on 
the tariffs contained in the FERC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on 
Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-discriminatory 
Transmission Services by Public Utilities, Docket No. RM95-8-000. 
Proposed commitments and requirements are described for: (1) Integrated 
network service pursuant to which an entity may use the integrated 
network transmission system of the FCRTS flexibly to meet its network 
loads on a basis comparable to BPA's native load obligations; and (2) 
flexible, point-to-point firm and nonfirm transmission services over 
the integrated network transmission system of the FCRTS and available 
to serve network loads as well as off-system sales.
    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 28, 1995.
Randy W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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