[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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