[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45957-45959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22184]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Proposed Allocation of the Post-2000 Resource Pool--Pick-Sloan
Missouri Basin Program, Eastern Division
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Allocation.
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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power
marketing agency of the Department of Energy, hereby announces its
Post-2000 Resource Pool Proposed Allocation of Power to fulfill the
requirements of Subpart C--Power Marketing Initiative of the Energy
Planning and Management Program Final Rule, 10 C.F.R. Sec. 905. The
Post-2000 Resource Pool Proposed Allocation of Power is Western's
implementation of Subpart C--Power Marketing Initiative of the Energy
Planning and Management Program Final Rule. Western's call for
applications for power was published in the Federal Register at 61 FR
2817, January 29, 1996, and revised and clarified in the Federal
Register at 61 FR 28574, June 5, 1996. Western published the Final
Post-2000 Resource Pool Allocation Procedures in the Federal Register
at 61 FR 41142, August 7, 1996.
Applications for power were accepted at Western's Upper Great
Plains Customer Service Region until close of business on July 5, 1996.
The Proposed Allocation of Power published herein is the result of
those applications. Only comments relevant to the proposed allocations
will be accepted during this period. A Federal Register notice of the
final allocations of power will address the comments received during
the comment period.
DATES: The comment period on the Proposed Allocation of Power will
begin August 30, 1996 and will end October 7, 1996. To be assured of
consideration, all written comments must be sent by certified or return
receipt requested U.S. mail and received by the end of the comment
period. Western will hold public information forums and public comment
forums on the Proposed Allocation of Power on September 18, 19, and 20,
1996, at the following locations and times:
September 18, 1996
Hilton Sioux Hotel, 707 Fourth St., Sioux City, Iowa
Information forum--1 p.m. (not to exceed 2 hours)
Comment forum--immediately following the information forum
September 19, 1996
Kelly Inn, 1-29 and Main Avenue, Fargo, North Dakota
Information forum--1 p.m. (not to exceed 2 hours)
Comment forum--immediately following the information forum
September 20, 1996
Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza, 505 North 5th Street, Rapid City, South
Dakota
Information forum--9 a.m. (not to exceed 2 hours)
Comment forum--immediately following the information forum
All comments regarding the Proposed Allocation of Power should be
directed to the following address: Mr. Gerald C. Wegner, Regional
Manager, Upper Great Plains Customer Service Region, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 35800, Billings, MT 59107-5800.
All documentation developed or retained by Western for the purpose
of developing the Proposed Allocation of Power will be available for
inspection and copying at the Upper Great Plains Customer Service
Region located at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert J. Harris, Power Marketing
Manager, Upper Great Plains Customer
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Service Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 35800,
Billings, MT 59107-5800, (406) 247-7394.
After all public comments have been thoroughly considered, Western
will prepare and publish the Final Allocation of Power in the Federal
Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western published final procedures on August
7, 1996, at 61 FR 41142, to implement Subpart C--Power Marketing
Initiative of the Energy Planning and Management Program Final Rule, 10
C.F.R. Sec. 905. The Energy Planning and Management Program (Program),
which was developed in part to implement section 114 of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992, became effective on November 20, 1995. Subpart C of
the Program provides for the establishment of project-specific resource
pools and the allocation of power from these pools to new preference
customers. Those final procedures, in conjunction with the Eastern
Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program Final Post-1985 Marketing
Plan (Post-1985 Marketing Plan) (45 FR 71860), will establish the
framework for allocating power from the resource pool to be established
for the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern Division (P-SMBP-
ED).
Proposed Allocation of Power
Written comments on the Proposed Allocation of Power must be sent
by certified or return receipt requested U.S. mail at the address set
forth above by close of business on October 7, 1996. Western will
respond to the comments received on the Proposed Allocation of Power
and publish its final allocations after the end of the public comment
period. New utility customers', nonutility customers', and Native
American tribes' contracts may be entered into by Western after
publication of that notice.
Western proposes that Native American tribes' share of the resource
pool is 80.64 percent in the summer season and 78.33 percent in the
winter season. The new utility and nonutility customers' share of the
resource pool is 19.36 percent in the summer season and 21.67 percent
in the winter season.
The proposed allocations of power for new Native American customers
and the data these allocations are based upon are as follows:
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Average current western Proposed post 2000 power
Estimated service allocation
New Native American customers demand ---------------------------------------------------
kilowatts Summer Winter Summer Winter
(percent) (percent) kilowatts kilowatts
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Blackfeet Nation............................... 18,600 34 29 5,454 5,184
Cheyenne River Sioux........................... 13,500 33 29 4,094 3,762
Chippewa Cree-Rocky Boy........................ 5,000 55 44 416 643
Crow Creek..................................... 4,100 50 47 546 405
Crow........................................... 12,500 55 44 1,040 1,609
Devils Lake Sioux.............................. 7,700 22 14 3,182 3,301
Flandreau Santee Sioux......................... 2,355 55 56 196 20
Fort Belknap Indian Community.................. 6,200 28 22 2,190 2,162
Fort Peck Tribes............................... 15,300 34 31 4,486 3,958
Lower Brule Sioux.............................. 3,100 33 29 940 864
Lower Sioux.................................... 3,750 0 ........... 2,375 2,133
Northern Cheyenne.............................. 9,400 36 37 2,568 1,868
Oglala Sioux-Pine Ridge........................ 29,600 28 24 10,456 9,729
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska........................ 5,100 15 14 2,464 2,186
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska........................ 2,100 8 6 1,162 1,068
Rosebud Sioux.................................. 21,300 49 43 3,051 2,954
Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska................. 1,100 10 8 587 538
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux........................ 7,500 40 38 1,749 1,415
Standing Rock Sioux............................ 12,900 30 29 4,299 3,595
Three Affiliated Tribes........................ 8,000 30 25 2,666 2,550
Turtle Mountain Chippewa....................... 18,000 35 18 5,098 6,996
Upper Sioux.................................... 1,250 42 39 267 223
White Earth Indian Reservation................. 3,500 6 7 2,006 1,745
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.................... 3,100 10 8 1,653 1,515
Yankton Sioux.................................. 5,300 25 24 2,031 1,742
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The proposed allocations for new Native American customers were
calculated based upon the estimated demand figures set forth in the
table above. Inconsistent demand estimates were adjusted by Western.
In order to fairly distribute the benefits of Federal hydropower
among the tribes, Western calculated the proposed power allocations in
the table above in such a manner as to levelize total Federal
hydropower benefits to each of the Native American tribes. This results
in a total Federal hydropower benefit of 63.323 percent in the summer
season and 56.869 percent in the winter season to each of the tribes.
To levelize the total Federal hydropower benefits, the average current
percentage of Western service that each of the tribes receives through
their current power supplier(s) was utilized and is as shown in the
table above. For the Blackfeet Nation, Western used the weighted
average of the current percentage of Western service for the remaining
tribes. The Blackfeet Nation is served by Glacier Electric Cooperative,
which is a total requirements customer of Bonneville Power
Administration, therefore the Blackfeet Nation does not receive Western
service, but does receive the benefit of Federal hydropower.
The proposed allocations to new Native American customers set forth
in the table above are based on the P-SMBP-ED marketable resource
available at this time. If the P-SMBP-ED marketable resource is
adjusted in the future, the proposed allocations will be adjusted
accordingly.
The proposed allocations of power for new utility and nonutility
customers and the loads these allocations are based upon are as
follows:
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Proposed post 2000 power
1994 Summer 1994-95 allocation
New utility and nonutility customers season load Winter -------------------------
kilowatts season load Summer Winter
kilowatts kilowatts kilowatts
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Village of Emerson, NE...................................... 1,454 1,146 361 412
City of Estherville, IA..................................... 11,040 7,820 2,743 2,814
City of Randolph, NE........................................ 1,861 1,386 462 499
City of Pocahontas, IA...................................... 3,980 3,144 989 1,131
City of Madison, NE......................................... 10,034 8,759 2,493 3,152
City of South Sioux City, NE \1\............................ 24,977 21,846 5,000 5,000
City of Sergeant Bluff, IA.................................. 6,076 3,888 1,510 1,399
City of Wakefield, NE....................................... 4,717 3,667 1,172 1,320
City of Fairmont, MN........................................ 2,330 2,464 579 887
City of Marathon, IA........................................ 520 764 129 275
City of Stanton, ND......................................... 656 850 163 306
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\1\ 5,000 kW is the maximum allocation allowed under the Final Procedures.
The proposed allocations of power for new utility and nonutility
customers were calculated using Post-1985 Marketing Plan criteria.
Under the Post-1985 Marketing Plan criteria, the proposed summer
allocations are 24.84413 percent of total summer load and the proposed
winter allocations are 35.98853 percent of total winter load.
The proposed allocations for new utility and nonutility customers
set forth in the table above are based on the P-SMBP-ED marketable
resource available at this time. If the P-SMBP-ED marketable resource
is adjusted in the future, the proposed allocations will be adjusted
accordingly.
VI. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq (Act),
requires Federal agencies to perform a regulatory flexibility analysis
if a proposed regulation is likely to have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. Western has
determined this rulemaking relates to services offered by Western, and,
therefore, is not a rule within the purview of the Act.
VII. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C.
3501-3520, Western has received approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for the collection of customer information in this
rule, under control number 1910-1200.
IX. Determination Under Executive Order 12866
DOE has determined this is not a significant regulatory action
because it does not meet the criteria of Executive Order 12866, 58 FR
51735. Western has an exemption from centralized regulatory review
under Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice
by OMB is required.
Issued at Golden, Colorado, August 21, 1996.
J.M. Shafer,
Administrator.
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