[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60153-60154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23773]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration


Provo River Project--Rate Order No. WAPA-165

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Extension for the Provo River Project Power 
Rate Formula.

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SUMMARY: This action is a proposal to extend the existing Provo River 
Project firm power rate formula through March 31, 2020. The existing 
rate formula will expire on March 31, 2015.

DATES: Thirty days after this notice is published, Western Area Power 
Administration (Western) will take further action on the proposed 
formula rate extension consistent with 10 CFR 903.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn C. Jeka, CRSP Manager, 
Colorado River Storage Project Management Center, 150 East Social Hall 
Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1580, telephone (801) 524-
6372, email: [email protected], or Mr. Rodney Bailey, Power Marketing 
Manager, Colorado River Storage Project Management Center, 150 East 
Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1580, telephone 
(801) 524-4007, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00A, the 
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and 
transmission rates to Western's Administrator; (2) the authority to 
confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis 
to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, 
approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand or to 
disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC). This extension is issued pursuant to the Delegation Order and 
Department of Energy (DOE) rate extension procedures at 10 CFR 
903.23(a).
    Under Delegation Order No. 0204-108 and existing DOE procedures for 
public participation in rate adjustments at 10 CFR part 903, Western's 
Provo River Power Rate formula was submitted to FERC for confirmation 
and approval on February 2, 2010. The Provo River Power Rate formula, 
Rate Order No. WAPA-149, was approved for 5 years beginning April 1, 
2010, and ending March 31, 2015.
    The Provo River Project, which includes Deer Creek Dam on the Provo 
River in Utah, was authorized in 1935. Construction of the dam began in 
1938 and was completed in 1951. The Deer Creek Powerplant was 
authorized on August 20, 1951; construction began in 1956 and was 
completed in 1958; generation began that same year. Its maximum 
operating capacity is 5,200 kilowatts.
    The Provo River Project's power is sold according to a marketing 
plan that was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 1994. 
This marketing plan allows Western to sell the output of the Provo 
River Project to Utah Municipal Power Agency, Utah Associated Municipal 
Power Systems, and Heber Light and Power (Customers) in the Provo River 
drainage area.
    Contract Nos. 94-SLC-0253, 94-SLC-0254, and 07-SLC-0601 between the 
United States and Customers require that each fiscal year (FY) a new 
annual installment be calculated in advance by Western and submitted to 
the Customers on or before August 31 of the year preceding the 
appropriate FY. Each FY, Western prepares a power repayment study, 
which includes estimates of operation, maintenance, and replacement 
costs for the Deer Creek Powerplant. The annual installment is adjusted 
on or before August 31 of the year preceding the FY to which it 
pertains, and Western identifies this

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amount in contract revisions. Each annual installment pays the 
amortized portion of the United States' investment in the Deer Creek 
hydroelectric facilities with interest and the associated operation, 
maintenance, and administrative costs. This repayment schedule is not 
dependent upon the capacity and associated energy made available for 
sale each year.
    Thirty days after this notice is published, Western will take 
further action on the proposed formula rate extension for the Provo 
River Project, pursuant to the Delegation Order and DOE rate extension 
procedures at 10 CFR 903.23(a).

    Dated: September 26, 2014.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-23773 Filed 10-3-14; 8:45 am]
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