[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40999-41000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13940]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Bonneville Power Administration's Record of Decision for Service 
to Direct Service Industrial (DSI) Customers for Fiscal Years 2007-2011

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of final policy.

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SUMMARY: On February 4, 2005, BPA issued a final policy and record of 
decision (ROD) regarding how the agency will market power and 
distribute the costs and benefits of the Federal Columbia River Power 
System (FCRPS) in the Pacific Northwest for fiscal years (FY) 2007-
2011. This policy and ROD included a decision to provide eligible 
Pacific Northwest direct service industries (DSIs) with service at a 
known and capped cost in FY 2007-2011, with the level of benefits to be 
decided in a follow-up public process. Also on February 4, 2005, BPA 
sent a letter to Customers, Constituents, Tribes, and Other Regional 
Stakeholders that presented a straw proposal for DSI service and 
announced the additional public process to take further comment 
regarding the appropriate benefit level for DSI service and how BPA 
should provide the benefit. An open forum discussing this issue was 
held March 1, 2005, in Portland, Oregon. The comment period on the 
straw proposal outlined in the letter closed March 11, 2005. BPA has 
now issued a ROD on DSI service. This ROD establishes the level of 
service benefits BPA will offer the DSI customers for FY 2007-2011, 
allocates the benefits among eligible companies and establishes the 
mechanism(s) that would be used to deliver benefits.

DATES: On June 30, 2005, the BPA signed the ROD for DSI service for FY 
2007-2011.

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ADDRESSES: The ROD is available on BPA's Record of Decision Web site at 
http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/pubs/RODS/2005/ /RODS/2005/ and BPA's Regional 
Dialogue Web site: http://www.bpa.gov/power/regionaldialogue. Copies 
are also available by contacting BPA's Public Information Center at 
(800) 622-4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Scott Wilson, Customer Account 
Executive, Bulk Marketing and Transmission Service, at (503) 230-7638, 
for information regarding the ROD on service to DSIs for FY 2007-2011. 
Contact Helen Goodwin, Regional Dialogue project manager, for more 
information on the Regional Dialogue process, at (503) 230-3129.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon on June 30, 2005.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Power 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-13940 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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