[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36191-36192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17419]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration


Post-2009 Resource Pool--Loveland Area Projects--Final Power 
Allocation

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Final Power Allocation.

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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power 
marketing agency of the Department of Energy, announces its Post-2009 
Resource Pool Final Power Allocation developed under the requirements 
of Subpart C--Power Marketing Initiative of the Energy Planning and 
Management Program (Program) Final Rule, 10 CFR part 905.
    Final allocations are published to show Western's decisions prior 
to beginning the contractual phase of the process. Firm electric 
service contracts negotiated between Western and allottees will permit 
delivery of power from the October 2009 billing period,

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through the September 2024 billing period.

DATES: The Post-2009 Resource Pool Final Power Allocation will become 
effective August 21, 2009, and will remain in effect until September 
30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Information about the Post-2009 Resource Pool Allocation, 
including comments, letters, and other supporting documents, is 
available for public inspection and copying at the Rocky Mountain 
Customer Service Region office, Western Area Power Administration, 5555 
East Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538-8986.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western published the Post-2009 Resource 
Pool--Loveland Area Projects--Allocation Procedures and Call for 
Applications (Procedures) on October 22, 2008 (73 FR 62981), to 
implement Subpart C--Power Marketing Initiative of the Program's Final 
Rule, 10 CFR part 905, published on October 20, 1995, at 60 FR 54151, 
as revised on March 30, 2000, at 65 FR 16795. The Program, developed in 
part to implement section 114 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 
102-486), became effective on November 20, 1995. The Program 
establishes project-specific power resource pools and provides for the 
allocation of power from these pools to new preference customers. The 
allocation procedures, in conjunction with the General Power Marketing 
and Allocation Criteria (Criteria) (51 FR 4012, January 31, 1986), 
establish the framework for allocating power from the Loveland Area 
Projects (LAP) resource pool.
    Western published its proposed allocation and initiated a public 
comment period in the Federal Register (74 FR 13430, March 27, 2009). A 
public comment forum on the proposed allocation was held April 16, 
2009. Public comments were due to Western by April 27, 2009, at 4 p.m. 
MDT. Western received one comment regarding the proposed allocation.

I. Comment and Response

    Comment: One customer commented that with fewer eligible 
applicants, an allottee may get more power than if there were more 
eligible applicants for the resource pool.
    Response: Each eligible allottee receives a proportional share of 
the resource pool based on its average seasonal load; however, each 
allottee receiving an allocation from a LAP resource pool is capped at 
5,000 kilowatts (kW) of capacity. The energy is similarly capped to be 
consistent with the capacity allocation. This method complies with 
EPAMP and is consistent with RMR's previous resource pool allocation 
process.

II. Amount of Pool Resources

    Western will allocate up to 1 percent (1%) of the LAP long-term 
hydroelectric resource available as of October 1, 2009. Approximately 
6.9 megawatts (MW) of capacity and 11.3 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy 
will be available for the summer season. Winter availability will be 
approximately 6.1 MW of capacity and 9.1 GWh of energy. This resource 
pool is created by reducing existing customers' allocations by up to 
1%.

III. Final Power Allocation

    Western received four applications for the Post-2009 LAP resource 
pool. All applicants were eligible and four allocations were proposed. 
Since the proposed allocations were published, one entity with a 
proposed allocation, the University of Wyoming, was unable to obtain 
delivery of its allocation and withdrew its application. As provided in 
the Procedures, the total resource was redistributed to the remaining 
allottees. Through this redistribution, the City of Russell's summer 
capacity exceeded the 5,000 kW maximum by 570 kW. The 570 kW and 
associated summer energy of 932,451 kWh is being returned to the 
existing customers. The final power allocations are made in accordance 
with the Procedures and are shown in the table below.

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                                                             Final post-2009 power allocation
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                Allottees                      Summer            Winter            Summer
                                            kilowatthours     kilowatthours       kilowatts     Winter kilowatts
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City of Arma, KS........................           629,922           519,887               385               345
City of Cimarron, KS....................         1,559,261         1,121,710               953               746
City of Russell, KS.....................         8,180,803         7,464,553             5,000             4,962
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    Total Resource Pool.................        10,369,986         9,106,150             6,338             6,053
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    The final power allocations shown in the table above are based on 
the LAP marketable resource currently available. If the LAP marketable 
resource is adjusted in the future, all allocations may be adjusted 
accordingly. Long-term firm energy with associated capacity made 
available for marketing because an allocation(s) has been reduced or 
withdrawn may be administratively reallocated by Western's 
Administrator without further public process (Criteria Section V.C.3.).

IV. Review Under the National Environmental Policy Act

    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347); Council on Environmental Quality 
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); and DOE NEPA Regulations (10 CFR 
part 1021), Western has determined that this action is categorically 
excluded from preparing an environmental assessment or an environmental 
impact statement.

    Dated: June 15, 2009.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-17419 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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