[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30147-30148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12723]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration


Application of the Energy Planning and Management Program Power 
Marketing Initiative to the Boulder Canyon Project

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Decision Effective Date and Comment 
Period.

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SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal 
power marketing agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), is extending 
the effective date of decisions it announced and the comment period on 
proposals made in a notice published in the Federal Register on April 
27, 2011.

DATES: The effective date of the decisions announced in Western's April 
27, 2011, Federal Register notice (FRN) has been extended from May 27, 
2011, to December 31, 2011. The deadline for the submission of comments 
on the proposals described in Western's April 27, 2011 FRN has been 
extended from June 16, 2011, to September 1, 2011.
    Western will hold a public information forum and a public comment 
forum regarding the proposals described in its April 27, 2011 FRN. The 
public information forum will be held on July 13, 2011, 10 a.m., MST, 
in Phoenix, Arizona. The public comment forum will be held on August 
17, 2011, 10 a.m., MST, in Phoenix, Arizona.

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    Western will accept written comments on or before September 1, 
2011. Western reserves the right to not consider any comments received 
after this date.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to: Mr. Darrick Moe, Western Area 
Power Administration, Desert Southwest Regional Manager, P.O. Box 6457, 
Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457. Comments may also be faxed to (602) 605-2490 or 
e-mailed to [email protected].
    The public information and comment forum location will be the 
Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Regional Office, 
615 S. 43rd Ave., Phoenix, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Simonton, Public Utilities 
Specialist, Desert Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, 
P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005, telephone (602) 605-2675, e-mail 
[email protected]. Information regarding Western's Boulder Canyon 
Project (BCP) Post-2017 remarketing efforts, the Energy Management and 
Planning Program (Program), and the Conformed General Consolidated 
Power Marketing Criteria or Regulations for Boulder City Area Projects 
(Conformed Criteria) published in the Federal Register on December 28, 
1984 (49 FR 50582), are available at http://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    In an April 27, 2011 FRN, Western announced that it will apply the 
Program's Power Marketing Initiative to the BCP and that Western has 
determined that all BCP electric service contracts resulting from this 
remarketing effort shall have a term of thirty (30) years commencing 
October 1, 2017. The effective date of these decisions was initially 
May 27, 2011.
    Western also made additional proposals relative to the BCP Post-
2017 remarketing effort, including the amount of marketable contingent 
capacity and firm energy, the amount of marketable contingent capacity 
and firm energy to be extended to existing contractors, the size of the 
resource pool to be created, and excess energy provisions. Western 
announced that public comments on these proposals would be accepted 
through June 16, 2011.
    Since publication of this FRN, Western has received comments 
requesting an extension of the effective date of these decisions and 
the comment period to allow additional time for on-going legislative 
activities. In consideration of these comments, Western has decided to 
extend the effective date of these decisions and the comment period for 
the proposals described in Western's April 27, 2011 FRN. The effective 
date of these decisions is now December 31, 2011, and comments will be 
accepted until September 1, 2011 (see DATES).
    Western canceled the public information and comment forums that 
were scheduled as a result of its April 27, 2011 FRN. Western did not 
hold public forums on the BCP Post-2017 remarketing effort on May 25, 
2011. Western has rescheduled these public forums as described in this 
notice (see DATES).
    This extension provides additional time for on-going legislative 
activities as well as additional opportunity for interested parties, 
including Native American Tribes, to consult with Western and comment 
on the proposals.

    Dated: May 18, 2011.
R. Jack Dodd,
Assistant Administrator for Corporate Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2011-12723 Filed 5-23-11; 8:45 am]
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