[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 8197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03362]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration


Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program--Eastern Division

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of transfer of functional control of eligible Western-
Upper Great Plains Region transmission facilities to Southwest Power 
Pool, Inc. on October 1, 2015, and Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR, WAUGP-
AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4, WAUW-AS5, WAUW-AS6 and WAUW-AS7 made effective 
on that date.

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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (Western) transferred 
functional control of eligible Western-Upper Great Plains Region 
(Western-UGP) transmission facilities to Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 
(SPP) on October 1, 2015. Transmission service is being provided over 
Western-UGP's eligible facilities under SPP's Open Access Transmission 
Tariff. Western-UGP costs are included in Western-UGP Formula rates for 
Transmission and Ancillary Services under Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR, 
WAUGP-AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4, WAUW-AS5, WAUW-AS6 and WAUW-AS7, which 
became effective on October 1, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lloyd Linke, Vice President of 
Operations for Upper Great Plains Region, Upper Great Plains Region, 
Western Area Power Administration, 1330 41st Street, Watertown, SD, 
57201; telephone: (605) 882-7500; email: [email protected]; or Ms. Linda 
Cady-Hoffman, Rates Manager, Upper Great Plains Region, Western Area 
Power Administration, 2900 4th Avenue North, Billings, MT 59101-1266; 
telephone: (406) 255-2920; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 27, 2015, Western published a 
Federal Register Notice (80 FR 44339) providing a Notice of Final 
Transmission and Ancillary Services Formula Rates for Western's Pick-
Sloan Missouri Basin Program-Eastern Division (P-SMBP--ED). Western 
explained that Western-UGP intended to transfer functional control of 
Western-UGP's P-SMBP--ED eligible transmission facilities located in 
the Upper Missouri Zone (UMZ or Zone 19) to SPP on October 1, 2015. 
Western announced the final transmission and ancillary services formula 
rates and the P-SMBP--ED transmission and ancillary services formula 
rates would go into effect when functional control was transferred to 
SPP.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce that Western-UGP 
successfully transferred functional control of eligible transmission 
facilities on October 1, 2015, and Rate Schedules WAUGP-ATRR, WAUGP-
AS1, WAUW-AS3, WAUW-AS4, WAUW-AS5, WAUW-AS6 and WAUW-AS7 were made 
effective on that date.

Availability of Information

    Information regarding the public process for Western-UGP's formula 
rate adjustment process and annual recalculation is available on 
Western's Web site and Western-UGP's Open Access Same-Time Information 
System (OASIS) home page, which are located respectively at the 
following locations:

https://www.wapa.gov/regions/UGP/rates/Pages/rates.aspx
http://www.oatioasis.com/wapa/index.html

    Dated: February 8, 2016.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-03362 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P