Open Access Transmission Service Tariff; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Open Access Transmission Service Tariff; Correction

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice; Correction.

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SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Administration published a document in

the Federal Register of January 6, 1998, adopting its Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff (Tariff). The document contains errors

which need to be corrected.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Robert J. Harris, Power Marketing Manager, Upper Great Plains

Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 35800, Billings, MT

59107-5800, (406) 247-7394

Mr. Dave Sabo, CRSP Manager, CRSP Customer Service Center, Western Area

Power Administration, P.O. Box 11606, Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0606,

(801) 524-5493

Mr. Anthony H. Montoya, Power Marketing Manager, Desert Southwest

Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ

85005-6457, (602) 352-2789

Mr. James D. Keselburg, Power Marketing Manager, Rocky Mountain Region,

Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 3700, Loveland, CO 80539-

3003, (970) 490-7370

Ms. Zola Jackson, Power Marketing Manager, Sierra Nevada Region,

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Western Area Power Administration, 114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA

95630-4710, (916) 353-4421

Mr. Robert Fullerton, Corporate Communications Office, Western Area

Power Administration, Post Office Box 3402, Golden, CO 80401-0098,

(303) 275-2700

Corrections

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 524, in the eighth paragraph of the left column, replace

``them'' with ``the Transmission Customer''. The section will then

read:

Comment: Several commentors strongly encouraged the inclusion of

transmission losses in Sections 15.7 and 28.5 of the Tariff and that

the associated section in the applicable Service Agreements be removed,

thus providing the Transmission Customer with some reasonable assurance

that these factors will be applied in a non-discriminatory and

comparable manner.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 524, in the first paragraph of the middle column, ninth

line, insert ``Transmission Customer'' after ``Regional Offices(s)''

and before ``s''. Also delete the ``(s)'' from ``Regional Offices(s)''.

The section will then read:

Response: Since this is a Western-wide document and transmission

loss factors are calculated separately for each Transmission System,

Sections 15.7 and 28.5 of the pro forma tariff were modified to allow

the applicable transmission loss percentages to be included in the

Regional Office specific Service Agreements. Each of Western's Regional

Offices periodically modifies its Transmission System loss factors

based on system losses and all of its Regional Office(s) Transmission

Customers are subject to these loss factors.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 554, in the third column the sentence in brackets

immediately above paragraph 14.0 that reads ``[This section will be

included as appropriate at the Transmission Provider's discretion]''

appears to relate to paragraph 13.0, but actually applies to paragraph

14.0. The sentence in brackets should be separated from paragraph 13.0

with a line return. Once separated, paragraphs 13.0 and 14.0 will read

as follows:

13.0 Charges for Service: Charges for Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service and associated Ancillary Services shall be

calculated in accordance with [Rate Schedules] attached hereto and made

a part of this Service Agreement. The rates or rate methodology used to

calculate the charges for service under that schedule were promulgated

and may be modified pursuant to applicable Federal laws, regulations

and policies.

[This section will be included as appropriate at the Transmission

Provider's discretion]

14.0 Independent System Operator: The Parties understand that the

Transmission Provider may join an independent system operator under

Commission jurisdiction. In the event the Transmission Provider either

joins or is required to conform to protocols of the independent system

operator, the Parties agree that the Transmission Provider either may

(1) make any changes necessary to conform to the terms and conditions

required by Commission approval of the independent system operator, or

(2) terminate this Service Agreement by providing a one-year written

notice to the Transmission Customer.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 555, in the middle column the sentence in brackets

immediately above paragraph 13.0 that reads ``[This section will be

included as appropriate at the Transmission Provider's discretion]''

appears to relate to paragraph 12.0, but actually applies to paragraph

13.0. The sentence in brackets should be separated from paragraph 12.0

with a line return. Once separated, paragraphs 12.0 and 13.0 will read

as follows:

12.0 Charges for Service: Charges for Non-Firm Point-to-Point

Transmission Service and associated Ancillary Services shall be

calculated in accordance with [Rate Schedules] attached hereto and made

a part of this Service Agreement. The rates or rate methodology used to

calculate the charges for service under that schedule were promulgated

and may be modified pursuant to applicable Federal laws, regulations

and policies.

[This section will be included as appropriate at the Transmission

Provider's discretion]

13.0 Independent System Operator: The Parties understand that the

Transmission Provider may join an independent system operator under

Commission jurisdiction. In the event the Transmission Provider either

joins or is required to conform to protocols of the independent system

operator, the Parties agree that the Transmission Provider either may

(1) make any changes necessary to conform to the terms and conditions

required by Commission approval of the independent system operator, or

(2) terminate this Service Agreement by providing a one-year written

notice to the Transmission Customer.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 556, in the third column the sentence in brackets

immediately above paragraph 11.0 that reads ``[This section will be

included as appropriate at the Transmission Provider's discretion]''

appears to relate to paragraph 10.0, but actually applies to paragraph

11.0. The sentence in brackets should be separated with line return

from paragraph 10.0. Once separated, paragraphs 10.0 and 11.0 will read

as follows:

10.0 Charges for Service: Charges for associated Ancillary

Services shall be calculated in accordance with [Rate Schedule]

attached hereto and made a part of this Service Agreement. The rates or

rate methodology used to calculate the charges for service under that

schedule were promulgated and may be modified pursuant to applicable

Federal laws, regulations and policies.

[This section will be included as appropriate at the Transmission

Provider's discretion]

11.0 Independent System Operator: The Parties understand that the

Transmission Provider may join an independent system operator under

Commission jurisdiction. In the event the Transmission Provider either

joins or is required to conform to protocols of the independent system

operator, the Parties agree that the Transmission Provider either (1)

may make any changes necessary to conform to the terms and conditions

required by Commission approval of the independent system operator, or

(2) terminate this Service Agreement by providing a one-year written

notice to the Transmission Customer.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 557, in the first column in the language included in

Attachment G, there is an unnecessary gap between the words ``UGPR)

Network Integration'' and ``Transmission provided . . .'' What looks

like the final paragraph of Attachment G, is actually not supposed to

be a separate paragraph at all. It is the remainder of the alternative

language to be used only by the Upper Great Plains Region, which begins

with the words ``Network Integration Transmission provided by the . .

.'' The paragraph should read as follows:

(Alternative language to be used only by UGPR) Network Integration

Transmission provided by the Transmission Provider will be subject to

all operating and scheduling procedures and protocols of the Mid-

Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) as stated in the

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MAPP Restated Agreement and the MAPP Operating Handbook as existing and

as may be amended, superseded or replaced. The Transmission Provider

will, therefore, not enter into a separate Network Operating Agreement

with each Network Customer.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 558 in the third column, third and last paragraphs, each

reference to ``Western Regional Transmission Group'' and ``Southwest

Regional Transmission Group'' should be replaced with ``Western

Regional Transmission Association'' and ``Southwest Regional

Transmission Association'' respectively.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, on page 559 in the first column, third and sixth paragraphs, each

reference to ``Western Regional Transmission Group'' should be replaced

with ``Western Regional Transmission Association''.

In the Federal Register issue of January 6, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-

128, in the section that begins in the third column, last paragraph on

page 558 and concludes in the first column on page 559 the following

sentence should have been included in the section, ``For the purpose of

implementing this Tariff, references in the Tariff to ``deliveries of

long-term firm capacity and energy'' include the deliveries of Boulder

Canyon Project electric service over the DSR Transmission System.'' The

section should read as follows:

Desert Southwest Region

The Desert Southwest Region (DSR) manages transmission facilities

in the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada. The DSR transmission

facilities are interconnected with transmission facilities of several

non-Federal entities. DSR is a member of the Southwest Regional

Transmission Group and the Western Regional Transmission Association

and its system is operated in the WSCC. For the purpose of implementing

this Tariff the transmission facilities of the Parker-Davis Projects

and the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project will be

utilized. For the purpose of implementing this Tariff, references in

the Tariff to ``deliveries of long-term firm capacity and energy''

include the deliveries of Boulder Canyon Project electric service over

the DSR Transmission System. DSR manages a control area operations

center through its Desert Southwest Regional Office located in Phoenix,

Arizona.

The DSR application processing fee will be $1,700.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98-2472 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am]

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