[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61859-61860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25012]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EF02-4021-000]


Southwestern Power Administration; Notice of Filing

September 26, 2002.
    Take notice that the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, on 
September 20, 2002, submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC or Commission) for confirmation and approval on a 
final basis, pursuant to the authority vested in the FERC by Delegation 
Order No. 00-037.00, December 6, 2001, an annual power rate of 
$2,013,024 for the sale of power and energy by the Southwestern Power 
Administration (Southwestern) from the Sam Rayburn Dam Project 
(Rayburn) to

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Sam Rayburn Dam Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SRDEC). The rate was 
confirmed and approved on an interim basis by the Secretary in Rate 
Order No. SWPA-49 for the period October 1, 2002, through September 30, 
2006, and has been submitted to FERC for confirmation and approval on a 
final basis for the same period. The annual rate of $2,013,024 is based 
on the 2002 Revised Power Repayment Study for Rayburn and represents an 
annual decrease in revenue of $64,608, or 3.1 percent, the lowest 
possible rate required to meet cost recovery criteria.
    This rate supersedes the annual power rate of $2,077,632, which 
FERC approved on a final basis October 22, 2001, under Docket No. EF01-
4021-000 for the period October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2005.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing should 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 
385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining 
the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make 
protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a 
party must file a motion to intervene. All such motions or protests 
should be filed on or before the comment date, and, to the extent 
applicable, must be served on the applicant and on any other person 
designated on the official service list. This filing is available for 
review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket 
number excluding the last three digits in the docket number filed to 
access the document. For assistance, call (202) 502-8222 or TTY, (202) 
502-8659. Protests and interventions may be filed electronically via 
the Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Comment Date: 
October 21, 2002.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-25012 Filed 10-1-02; 8:45 am]
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