Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2006 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2006 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Southwestern Power Administration

[Project No. 8657, Project No. 9840]

AGENCY: Southwestern Power

Virginia Hydrogeneration and

Historical Society, L.C.; Appomattox

L.P.; Notice on Appomattox River Fish

Passage Technical Workshop

ACTION: Notice of Rate Order.

Integrated System Power Rates

Administration, DOE.

February 7, 2006.

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On February 22, 2006, Commission

staff will be conducting a fish passage

technical workshop to discuss fish

passage on the Appomattox River as it

relates to Commission projects, which

include Harvell Dam Project (FERC No.

8657), Battersea Dam Project (FERC No.

8535) 1 and the Appomattox River

Project (FERC No. 9840). The meeting

will allow Commission staff to discuss:

(1) The status of fish passage at the

various dams on the Appomattox River,

(2) associated costs incurred to date for

fish passage at the various dams; and (3)

proposals and/or goals for any

remaining obstructions to fish passage

on the Appomattox River.

The meeting will specifically focus on

the above topics to clarify information

currently on file with the Commission.

Commission staff will review the record

on file and be prepared to lead a

discussion using information that has

been filed by the various parties

concerning fish passage, passage status

at the various dams, and the associated

costs of providing passage. Commission

staff ask all parties that plan to

participate to be prepared to support

statements with documented

information.

The meeting will be held on February

22, 2006, at the Hampton Inn, 5103

Plaza Drive, Hopewell, Virginia 23860,

at 9 a.m. (EST). Intervenors and other

parties interested in this issue are

invited to participate if they so desire.

Any questions about this notice

should be directed to Blake Condo at

(202) 502–8914 or via e-mail at

blake.condo@ferc.gov or Bob Fletcher at

(202) 502–8901 or via e-mail at

robert.fletcher@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

1 See Order Accepting Final Surrender of License

issued November 23, 2005, 113 FERC ¶ 62,153

(2005).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Delegation Order

Nos. 00–037.00, effective December 6,

2001, and 00–001–00B, effective July 28,

2005, the Deputy Secretary has

approved and placed into effect on an

interim basis Rate Order No. SWPA–53,

which increases the power rates for the

Integrated System pursuant to the

following Integrated System Rate

Schedules:

Rate Schedule P–05, Wholesale Rates

for Hydro Peaking Power.

Rate Schedule NFTS–05, Wholesale

Rates for Non-Federal Transmission/

Interconnection Facilities Service.

Rate Schedule EE–05, Wholesale Rate

for Excess Energy.

The rate schedules supersede the

existing rate schedules shown below:

Rate Schedule P–04, Wholesale Rates

for Hydro Peaking Power (superseded

by P–05).

Rate Schedule NFTS–04, Wholesale

Rates for Non-Federal Transmission/

Interconnection Facilities Service

(superseded by NFTS–05).

Rate Schedule EE–04, Wholesale Rate

for Excess Energy (superseded by EE–

05).

DATES: The effective period for the rate

schedules specified in Rate Order No.

SWPA–53 is February 1, 2006, through

September 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, Southwestern Power

Administration, Department of Energy,

Williams Center Tower I, One West

Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103,

(918) 595–6696, gene.reeves@swpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Southwestern Power Administration’s

(Southwestern) Administrator has

determined based on the 2005

Integrated System Current Power

Repayment Study, that existing rates

will not satisfy cost recovery criteria

specified in Department of Energy Order

No. RA 6120.2 and Section 5 of the

Flood Control Act of 1944. The finalized

2005 Integrated System Power

Repayment Studies (PRSs) indicate that

an increase in annual revenue of

$9,016,929, or 7.3 percent, beginning

February 1, 2006, will satisfy cost

recovery criteria for the Integrated

System projects. The proposed

Integrated System rate schedules would

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increase annual revenues from

$124,325,100 to $133,342,029, primarily

to recover increased expenditures in

operations and maintenance (O&M) and

increased investments in the

hydroelectric generating facilities.

Additionally, the PRS indicates the

need for an annual increase of $227,100

in revenues received through the

Purchased Power Adder to recover

increased purchased energy costs. This

rate proposal also includes a provision

to continue the Administrator’s

Discretionary Purchased Power Adder

Adjustment, to adjust the purchased

power adder annually, of up to $0.0011

per kilowatthour as necessary, at his/her

discretion, under a formula-type rate,

with notification to the FERC.

The Administrator has followed Title

10, part 903 subpart A, of the Code of

Federal Regulations, ‘‘Procedures for

Public Participation in Power and

Transmission Rate Adjustments and

Extensions’’ in connection with the

proposed rate schedule. On August 16,

2005, Southwestern published notice in

the Federal Register, (70 FR 48121), of

a 90-day comment period, together with

a Public Information Forum and a

Public Comment Form, to provide an

opportunity for customers and other

interested members of the public to

review and comment on the proposed

rate increase for the Integrated System.

Both public forums were canceled since

no one expressed an intention to

participate. Written comments were

accepted through November 14, 2005.

Comments from three entities were

received and are addressed in this rate

proposal.

Information regarding this rate

proposal, including studies and other

supporting material, is available for

public review and comment in the

offices of Southwestern Power

Administration, Williams Center Tower

I, One West Third Street, Suite 1400,

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103.

Following review of Southwestern’s

proposal within the Department of

Energy, I approved, Rate Order No.

SWPA–53, on an interim basis, which

increases the existing Integrated System

annual revenue requirement to

$133,342,029 per year for the period

February 1, 2006 through September 30,

2009.

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