[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5376-5378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2472]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration


Open Access Transmission Service Tariff; Correction

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice; Correction.

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SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Administration published a document in 
the Federal Register of January 6, 1998, adopting its Open Access 
Transmission Service Tariff (Tariff). The document contains errors 
which need to be corrected.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Robert J. Harris, Power Marketing Manager, Upper Great Plains 
Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 35800, Billings, MT 
59107-5800, (406) 247-7394
Mr. Dave Sabo, CRSP Manager, CRSP Customer Service Center, Western Area 
Power Administration, P.O. Box 11606, Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0606, 
(801) 524-5493
Mr. Anthony H. Montoya, Power Marketing Manager, Desert Southwest 
Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 
85005-6457, (602) 352-2789
Mr. James D. Keselburg, Power Marketing Manager, Rocky Mountain Region, 
Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 3700, Loveland, CO 80539-
3003, (970) 490-7370
Ms. Zola Jackson, Power Marketing Manager, Sierra Nevada Region,

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Western Area Power Administration, 114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 
95630-4710, (916) 353-4421
Mr. Robert Fullerton, Corporate Communications Office, Western Area 
Power Administration, Post Office Box 3402, Golden, CO 80401-0098, 
(303) 275-2700

Corrections

    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 524, in the eighth paragraph of the left column, replace 
``them'' with ``the Transmission Customer''. The section will then 
read:
    Comment: Several commentors strongly encouraged the inclusion of 
transmission losses in Sections 15.7 and 28.5 of the Tariff and that 
the associated section in the applicable Service Agreements be removed, 
thus providing the Transmission Customer with some reasonable assurance 
that these factors will be applied in a non-discriminatory and 
comparable manner.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 524, in the first paragraph of the middle column, ninth 
line, insert ``Transmission Customer'' after ``Regional Offices(s)'' 
and before ``s''. Also delete the ``(s)'' from ``Regional Offices(s)''. 
The section will then read:
    Response: Since this is a Western-wide document and transmission 
loss factors are calculated separately for each Transmission System, 
Sections 15.7 and 28.5 of the pro forma tariff were modified to allow 
the applicable transmission loss percentages to be included in the 
Regional Office specific Service Agreements. Each of Western's Regional 
Offices periodically modifies its Transmission System loss factors 
based on system losses and all of its Regional Office(s) Transmission 
Customers are subject to these loss factors.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 554, in the third column the sentence in brackets 
immediately above paragraph 14.0 that reads ``[This section will be 
included as appropriate at the Transmission Provider's discretion]'' 
appears to relate to paragraph 13.0, but actually applies to paragraph 
14.0. The sentence in brackets should be separated from paragraph 13.0 
with a line return. Once separated, paragraphs 13.0 and 14.0 will read 
as follows:
    13.0  Charges for Service: Charges for Firm Point-to-Point 
Transmission Service and associated Ancillary Services shall be 
calculated in accordance with [Rate Schedules] attached hereto and made 
a part of this Service Agreement. The rates or rate methodology used to 
calculate the charges for service under that schedule were promulgated 
and may be modified pursuant to applicable Federal laws, regulations 
and policies.

[This section will be included as appropriate at the Transmission 
Provider's discretion]
    14.0  Independent System Operator: The Parties understand that the 
Transmission Provider may join an independent system operator under 
Commission jurisdiction. In the event the Transmission Provider either 
joins or is required to conform to protocols of the independent system 
operator, the Parties agree that the Transmission Provider either may 
(1) make any changes necessary to conform to the terms and conditions 
required by Commission approval of the independent system operator, or 
(2) terminate this Service Agreement by providing a one-year written 
notice to the Transmission Customer.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 555, in the middle column the sentence in brackets 
immediately above paragraph 13.0 that reads ``[This section will be 
included as appropriate at the Transmission Provider's discretion]'' 
appears to relate to paragraph 12.0, but actually applies to paragraph 
13.0. The sentence in brackets should be separated from paragraph 12.0 
with a line return. Once separated, paragraphs 12.0 and 13.0 will read 
as follows:
    12.0  Charges for Service: Charges for Non-Firm Point-to-Point 
Transmission Service and associated Ancillary Services shall be 
calculated in accordance with [Rate Schedules] attached hereto and made 
a part of this Service Agreement. The rates or rate methodology used to 
calculate the charges for service under that schedule were promulgated 
and may be modified pursuant to applicable Federal laws, regulations 
and policies.

[This section will be included as appropriate at the Transmission 
Provider's discretion]
    13.0  Independent System Operator: The Parties understand that the 
Transmission Provider may join an independent system operator under 
Commission jurisdiction. In the event the Transmission Provider either 
joins or is required to conform to protocols of the independent system 
operator, the Parties agree that the Transmission Provider either may 
(1) make any changes necessary to conform to the terms and conditions 
required by Commission approval of the independent system operator, or 
(2) terminate this Service Agreement by providing a one-year written 
notice to the Transmission Customer.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 556, in the third column the sentence in brackets 
immediately above paragraph 11.0 that reads ``[This section will be 
included as appropriate at the Transmission Provider's discretion]'' 
appears to relate to paragraph 10.0, but actually applies to paragraph 
11.0. The sentence in brackets should be separated with line return 
from paragraph 10.0. Once separated, paragraphs 10.0 and 11.0 will read 
as follows:
    10.0  Charges for Service: Charges for associated Ancillary 
Services shall be calculated in accordance with [Rate Schedule] 
attached hereto and made a part of this Service Agreement. The rates or 
rate methodology used to calculate the charges for service under that 
schedule were promulgated and may be modified pursuant to applicable 
Federal laws, regulations and policies.
[This section will be included as appropriate at the Transmission 
Provider's discretion]
    11.0  Independent System Operator: The Parties understand that the 
Transmission Provider may join an independent system operator under 
Commission jurisdiction. In the event the Transmission Provider either 
joins or is required to conform to protocols of the independent system 
operator, the Parties agree that the Transmission Provider either (1) 
may make any changes necessary to conform to the terms and conditions 
required by Commission approval of the independent system operator, or 
(2) terminate this Service Agreement by providing a one-year written 
notice to the Transmission Customer.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 557, in the first column in the language included in 
Attachment G, there is an unnecessary gap between the words ``UGPR) 
Network Integration'' and ``Transmission provided . . .'' What looks 
like the final paragraph of Attachment G, is actually not supposed to 
be a separate paragraph at all. It is the remainder of the alternative 
language to be used only by the Upper Great Plains Region, which begins 
with the words ``Network Integration Transmission provided by the . . 
.'' The paragraph should read as follows:
    (Alternative language to be used only by UGPR) Network Integration 
Transmission provided by the Transmission Provider will be subject to 
all operating and scheduling procedures and protocols of the Mid-
Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) as stated in the

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MAPP Restated Agreement and the MAPP Operating Handbook as existing and 
as may be amended, superseded or replaced. The Transmission Provider 
will, therefore, not enter into a separate Network Operating Agreement 
with each Network Customer.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 558 in the third column, third and last paragraphs, each 
reference to ``Western Regional Transmission Group'' and ``Southwest 
Regional Transmission Group'' should be replaced with ``Western 
Regional Transmission Association'' and ``Southwest Regional 
Transmission Association'' respectively.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, on page 559 in the first column, third and sixth paragraphs, each 
reference to ``Western Regional Transmission Group'' should be replaced 
with ``Western Regional Transmission Association''.
    In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-
128, in the section that begins in the third column, last paragraph on 
page 558 and concludes in the first column on page 559 the following 
sentence should have been included in the section, ``For the purpose of 
implementing this Tariff, references in the Tariff to ``deliveries of 
long-term firm capacity and energy'' include the deliveries of Boulder 
Canyon Project electric service over the DSR Transmission System.'' The 
section should read as follows:

Desert Southwest Region

    The Desert Southwest Region (DSR) manages transmission facilities 
in the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada. The DSR transmission 
facilities are interconnected with transmission facilities of several 
non-Federal entities. DSR is a member of the Southwest Regional 
Transmission Group and the Western Regional Transmission Association 
and its system is operated in the WSCC. For the purpose of implementing 
this Tariff the transmission facilities of the Parker-Davis Projects 
and the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project will be 
utilized. For the purpose of implementing this Tariff, references in 
the Tariff to ``deliveries of long-term firm capacity and energy'' 
include the deliveries of Boulder Canyon Project electric service over 
the DSR Transmission System. DSR manages a control area operations 
center through its Desert Southwest Regional Office located in Phoenix, 
Arizona.

    The DSR application processing fee will be $1,700.

    Dated: January 16, 1998.
Michael S. Hacskaylo,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-2472 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am]
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