[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13594-13596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5511]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southeastern Power Administration
Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public Forum, and Opportunities for
Public Review and Comment for Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of
Projects
AGENCY: Southeastern Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.
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SUMMARY: Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) proposes to
revise existing schedules of rates and charges applicable to the sale
of power from the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects
effective for a 5-year period, October 1, 2012, through September 30,
2017. Additionally, opportunities will be available for interested
persons to review the present rates and the proposed rates and
supporting studies, to participate in a public forum and to submit
written comments. Southeastern will evaluate all comments received in
this process.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before June 5, 2012. A public
information and comment forum will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, at 1
p.m. on April 24, 2012. Persons desiring to speak at the forum should
notify Southeastern at least seven (7) days before the forum is
scheduled, so that a list of forum participants can be prepared. Others
may speak if time permits. If Southeastern has not been notified by
close of business on April 17, 2012, that at least one person intends
to be present at the forum, the forum may be canceled with no further
notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy, 1166 Athens
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. The public information and
comment forum for the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects
will be at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel, One
Hartsfield Centre Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30354, Phone: (404) 209-9999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virgil Hobbs, Assistant Administrator,
Finance & Marketing, Southeastern Power Administration, Department of
Energy, 1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635, (706) 213-3800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) by order issued June 30, 2011 (135 FERC ] 62,267), confirmed and
approved on a final basis Wholesale Power Rate Schedules SOCO-1-D,
SOCO-2-D, SOCO-3-D, SOCO-4-D, ALA-1-M, MISS-1-M, Duke-1-D, Duke-2-D,
Duke-3-D, Duke-4-D, Santee-1-D, Santee-2-D, Santee-3-D, Santee-4-D,
SCE&G-1-D, SCE&G-2-D, SCE&G-3-D, SCE&G-4-D, Pump-1-A, Pump-2,
Regulation-1, and Replacement-1 applicable to Georgia-Alabama-South
Carolina System of Projects' power for a period ending September 30,
2015.
Discussion: Existing rate schedules are predicated upon a July 2010
repayment study and other supporting data. A repayment study prepared
in February of 2012 shows that existing rates are not adequate to meet
repayment criteria. This is due primarily to revenue from stream-flow
energy that has been less than previously estimated as a result of
below average water conditions, and increased U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Operation & Maintenance expenses.
The revised repayment study shows that a revenue increase of
$21,913,000 in fiscal year 2013 and all future years over the current
repayment study will result in all costs being repaid within the term
of these rate schedules or their service life. Therefore, Southeastern
is proposing to revise the existing rates to generate this additional
revenue. The rate adjustment is an increase of about ten percent (10%)
in the revenue requirement and fifteen percent (15%) in the rates for
capacity and energy.
Southeastern is proposing the following rate schedules to be
effective for the period from October 1, 2012 through September 30,
2017.
Rate Schedule SOCO-1-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled
pursuant to contracts between the Government and Southern Company
Services, Incorporated.
Rate Schedule SOCO-2-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SOCO-3-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule SOCO-4-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida served through the transmission facilities of
Southern Company Services, Inc. The customer is responsible for
providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government and for
providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule ALA-1-N
Available to PowerSouth Energy Cooperative.
Rate Schedule MISS-1-N
Available to the South Mississippi Electric Power Association to
whom
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power may be wheeled pursuant to contract between the Government and
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative.
Rate Schedule Duke-1-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Duke Power Company.
Rate Schedule Duke-2-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Duke-3-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Duke-4-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina served through the transmission facilities of Duke Power
Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-1-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority.
Rate Schedule Santee-2-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Santee-3-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the
Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-4-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Public
Service Authority. The customer is responsible for providing a
scheduling arrangement with the Government and for providing a
transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-1-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-2-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-3-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the
Government and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-4-E
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Electric &
Gas Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Pump-1-A
Available to all customers of the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to energy from pumping operations at the Carters
and Richard B. Russell projects.
Rate Schedule Pump-2
Available to public bodies and cooperatives who provide their own
scheduling arrangement and elect to allow Southeastern to use a portion
of their allocation for pumping.
Rate Schedule Regulation-1
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, or North Carolina to whom
regulation service is provided pursuant to contracts between the
Government and the customer.
Rate Schedule Replacement-1
Available to all customers in the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to replacement energy.
The proposed rates for capacity, energy, and generation services
are as follows:
Capacity................................ $4.81 per kW per month
Energy.................................. 12.33 mills per kWh
Generation Services..................... $0.12 per kW per month
Under this scenario, 75 per cent of generation revenues are recovered
from capacity sales and 25 per cent are recovered from energy sales.
These rates are expected to produce an average revenue increase of
$22,124,000 million in FY 2013 and all future years.
The rates for transmission, scheduling, reactive supply, and
regulation and frequency response apply to all four scenarios and are
illustrated in Table 1.
Southeastern Power Administration Proposed Rates for Transmission Scheduling, Reactive, and Regulation Charges
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Transmission Scheduling Regulation
Rate schedule charge $/kW/ charge $/kW/ Reactive charge charge $/kW/
month month $/kW/month month
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SOCO-1-E................................ 2.81 0.0806 0.11 0.0483
SOCO-2-E................................ 2.81 ................ 0.11 ................
SOCO-3-E................................ ................ 0.0806 ................ 0.0483
SOCO-4-E................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
ALA-1-N................................. ................ ................ ................ ................
MISS-1-N................................ 2.72 ................ ................ ................
Duke-1-E................................ 1.26 ................ ................ ................
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Duke-2-E................................ 1.26 ................ ................ ................
Duke-3-E................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Duke-4-E................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Santee-1-E.............................. 1.38 ................ ................ ................
Santee-2-E.............................. 1.38 ................ ................ ................
Santee-3-E.............................. ................ ................ ................ ................
Santee-4-E.............................. ................ ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-1-E............................... 2.12 ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-2-E............................... 2.12 ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-3-E............................... ................ ................ ................ ................
SCE&G-4-E............................... ................ ................ ................ ................
Pump-1-A................................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Pump-2.................................. ................ ................ ................ ................
Regulation-1............................ ................ ................ ................ 0.05
Replacement-1........................... ................ ................ ................ ................
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The referenced repayment studies are available for examination at
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. Proposed Rate
Schedules SOCO-1-E, SOCO-2-E, SOCO-3-E, SOCO-4-E, ALA-1-N, MISS-1-N,
Duke-1-E, Duke-2-E, Duke-3-E, Duke-4-E, Santee-1-E, Santee-2-E, Santee-
3-E, Santee-4-E, SCE&G-1-E, SCE&G-2-E, SCE&G-3-E, SCE&G-4-E, Pump-1-A,
Pump-2, Regulation-1, and Replacement-1 are also available.
Dated: February 29, 2012.
Kenneth E. Legg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-5511 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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