[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54507-54508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26326]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Power Rate Adjustment: Mission Valley Power Utility, Montana; 
Notice of Rate Increase

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is increasing the cost of 
electric power (energy) to customers of Mission Valley Power (MVP), the 
entity operating the power facility of the Flathead Indian Irrigation 
Project of the Flathead Reservation. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 
has been informed that the Montana Power Company (MPC), which sells 
electric power to MVP, has raised its wholesale power rates by 
approximately 2.0 percent. The MPC increase went into effect on 
September 5, 1995, and is based on adjustments in the Consumer Price 
Index pursuant to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for 
MPC's Kerr Dam Hydroelectric Facility. Accordingly, the BIA is 
adjusting the local retail power rates charged by MVP to reflect the 
increased cost of purchased power.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Area Director, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Portland Area Office, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 
97232-4169, telephone (503) 231-6702; or, General Manager, Mission 
Valley Power, P.O. Box 890, Polson, Montana 59860-0890. Telephone (406) 
883-5361 or 1-800-823-3758 (in-State Watts).

DATES: This rate increase is effective October 24, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority to issue this document is 
vested in the Secretary of the Interior by 5 U.S.C. 301; the Act of 
August 7, 1946, c. 802, Section 3 (60 Stat. 895; 25 U.S.C. 385c); the 
Act of May 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 269); and the Act of December 23, 1981, 
section 112 (95 Stat. 1404). The Secretary has delegated this authority 
to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs pursuant to part 209 
Departmental Manual, Chapter 8. 1A and Memorandum dated January 25, 
1994, from Chief of Staff, Department of the Interior, to Assistant 
Secretaries, and Heads of Bureaus and Offices. The approximate 2.0 
percent MPC increase causes the BIA to raise its retail rates to 
recover $28,000 which is the approximate annual financial impact of 
that increase. This adjustment is the result of an increase in the 
electric power rates charged by MPC, one of three sources of electric 
power marketed by MVP. The MPC increase, which went into effect on 
September 5, 1995, is based on adjustments in the Consumer Price Index 
pursuant to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for MPC's 
Kerr Dam Hydroelectric Facility. The following table illustrates the 
financial impact of the new retail rates on each rate class:

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          Rate class                 Present rate           New rate    
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Residential:                                                            
    Basic Charge..............  $11.00/mo. (includes   No change.       
                                 125kwh).                               
    Energy Charge.............  $0.04817/kwh (over     $0.04828.        
                                 122 kwh).                              
#2 General:                                                             
    Basic Charge..............  $11.00/mo. (includes   No change.       
                                 107 kwh).                              
    Energy Charge.............  $0.05604/kwh (over     $0.05615.        
                                 107 kwh).                              
Irrigation:                                                             
    Horsepower Charge.........  $11.25/HP............  $11.30/HP.       
    Energy Charge.............  $0.03638/kwh.........  $0.03642.        
    Minimum Seasonal Charge...  $132.00 or $6.00/HP,   No change.       
                                 whichever is greater.                  
Small & Large Commercial:                                               
    Basic Charge..............  None.................  No change.       
    Monthly Minimum...........  $38.00...............  No change.       
    Demand Rate...............  $4.50/KW of billing    $4.51/KW.        
                                 demand.                                
    Energy Rate...............  $0.04305/kwh--First    $0.04345.        
                                 18,000 kwh.                            
                                $0.03588/kwh--Over     $0.03592.        
                                 18,000 kwh.                            
Area Lights:                                                            
    Area light installed on                                             
     existing pole or                                                   
     structure:                                                         
        7,000 lumen unit,       $7.00................  $7.00.           
         M.V.*.                                                         
        20,000 lumen unit,      $10.00...............  $10.00.          
         M.V.*.                                                         
        9,000 lumen unit,       $6.50................  $6.50.           
         H.P.S..                                                        
        22,000 lumen unit,      $8.75................  $8.75.           
         H.P.S..                                                        
    Area light installed with                                           
     new pole:                                                          
        7,000 lumen unit,       $8.75................  $8.75.           
         M.V.*.                                                         
        20,000 lumen unit,      $11.50...............  $11.50.          
         M.V.*.                                                         
        9,000 lumen unit,       $8.25................  $8.25.           
         M.V.*.                                                         
        22,000 lumen unit,      $10.50...............  $10.50.          
         H.P.S*.                                                        

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    Street Lighting (metered):                                          
        Basic Charge..........  $11.00/mo (includes    $11.00.          
                                 107kwh).                               
        Energy Charge.........  $0.0560/kwh (over 107  $0.05615.        
                                 kwh).                                  
    Street Lighting             This rate class        No change.       
     (Unmetered).                applies to                             
                                 municipalities or                      
                                 communities where                      
                                 there are ten or                       
                                 more lighting units                    
                                 billed in a group.                     
                                 This rate schedule                     
                                 is subject to a                        
                                 negotiated contract                    
                                 with MVP.                              
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*Continuing service only.                                               


    A notice of proposed rate change was published in the Federal 
Register on September 18, 1995 (60 FR 48345-48347). A 30-day comment 
period was allowed. The Bureau received no comments.

    Dated: October 17, 1995.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-26326 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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