2025 Resource Pool-Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region
| Published date | 12 February 2019 |
| Record Number | 2019-02016 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Western Area Power Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3441-3442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02016]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
2025 Resource Pool--Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Proposed power allocations from Central Valley and Washoe
Projects.
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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration announces proposed power
allocations from the 2025 Resource Pool for the Central Valley and
Washoe projects. Under the final 2025 Power Marketing Plan, 2 percent
of the existing marketable resource, otherwise known as Base Resource,
of the Central Valley and Washoe Projects will be allocated to new and
existing eligible preference customers beginning January 1, 2025 and
ending December 31, 2054. This notice provides a list of the allottees
and seeks comments from the public on the proposed resource pool
allocations.
DATES: Send written comments to the Sierra Nevada Regional Office (SNR)
at the address below by 4 p.m., Pacific Time, on March 14, 2019.
Comments can also be submitted through email or certified mail.
Comments sent via U.S. Postal Service first-class mail will be accepted
if:
1. Postmarked at least 3 days before March 14, 2019, and
2. Received no later than March 18, 2019.
Comments received after the close of the comment period will not be
considered. After considering comments, WAPA will publish the Final
2025 Resource Pool Allocations in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Ms. Sandee Peebles, Public
Utilities Specialist, Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region, Western
Area Power Administration, 114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 95630.
Submit comments by email to 2025RPComments@wapa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sandee Peebles, Public Utilities
Specialist, Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region, Western Area Power
Administration, 114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 95630, (916) 353-4454,
or by email to peebles@wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
WAPA published the final 2025 Power Marketing Plan (Marketing Plan)
on August 15, 2017, (82 FR 38675) to define how WAPA will market
hydropower from the Central Valley and Washoe projects beginning
January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2054. The current marketing
plan and contracts expire on December 31, 2024. As part of the final
Marketing Plan, WAPA will withdraw 2 percent of the existing marketable
resource from existing customers, also known as Base Resource, to
create a resource pool. The 2-percent resource pool will be offered to
eligible preference entities that do not currently have an allocation
and existing eligible preference customers.
The Call for 2025 Resource Pool Applications was published in the
Federal Register on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9851), and applications were
due by May 7, 2018. On July 13, 2018, WAPA extended the deadline to
file applications to August 13, 2018 (83 FR 32664).
Proposed 2025 Resource Pool Allocations
WAPA received applications for the 2025 Resource Pool from 29
existing customers and 8 applications from new eligible preference
entities. WAPA used a two-step process to determine proposed power
allocations from the 2025 Resource Pool. First, WAPA determined which
applicants met the eligibility criteria. Next, WAPA used its discretion
to determine which eligible entities would receive a proposed
allocation and the amount of the proposed allocation.
The proposed 2025 Resource Pool allocations are preliminary and may
change based on comments received. After reviewing the comments, WAPA
will publish a notice of Final 2025 Resource Pool Allocations in the
Federal Register and respond to comments.
The proposed 2025 Resource Pool allottees, percentage of the Base
Resource, and the estimated megawatt-hours (MWh) of each allocation are
listed below. The estimated MWh for each allocation assumes an
estimated average annual Base Resource of 3,342,000 MWh and is rounded
to the nearest MWh. The proposed allocations are as follows:
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Base resource
Allottee allocation (%) Estimated MWh
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Army Air Force Exchange................. 0.03960 1,323
California State University, Sacramento. 0.01106 370
Cawelo Water District................... 0.00373 125
Eastside Power Authority................ 0.00362 121
Fallon, City of......................... 0.01988 664
Hoopa Valley Tribe...................... 0.00158 53
Kirkwood Meadows Public Utilities 0.03793 1,268
District...............................
Lower Tule Irrigation District.......... 0.00197 66
Merced Irrigation District.............. 0.10079 3,368
Modesto Irrigation District............. 0.30470 10,183
Monterey Bay Community Power............ 0.35347 11,813
Orange Cove Irrigation District......... 0.02382 796
Placer County Water Agency.............. 0.00394 132
Reclamation District 108................ 0.00072 24
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Regents of the University of California. 0.14688 4,909
Roseville, City of...................... 0.00979 327
Sacramento Municipal Utility District... 0.01735 580
Santa Clara Water District.............. 0.00365 122
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority... 0.32467 10,850
Sonoma County Water Agency.............. 0.00360 120
Stockton, Port of....................... 0.01155 386
Truckee Donner Public Utility District.. 0.03716 1,242
Turlock Irrigation District............. 0.32956 11,014
University of California, Davis......... 0.01949 651
Water Resources, California Department 0.14398 4,812
of.....................................
Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency....... 0.04371 1,461
Zone 7, Alameda County Flood Control & 0.00180 60
Water Conservation District............
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2.00000 66,840
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Additional Base Resource
Under the final Marketing Plan, there may be future opportunities
for entities to receive a Base Resource allocation from WAPA, for
instance:
1. If an allocation is withdrawn because an allottee is unable to
execute a contract or secure transmission arrangements for the delivery
of power by the prescribed dates.
2. A customer surrenders an allocation.
3. An allottee's or existing customer's Base Resource allocation is
greater than its need.
If additional Base Resource is available for reallocation, WAPA, at
its discretion and sole determination, reserves the right to reallocate
the additional Base Resource through bilateral negotiations. WAPA also
reserves the right to offer any additional Base Resource to (1)
eligible entities who submitted applications during the 2025 Call for
Applications, (2) existing customers, (3) new preference entities, or
(4) any entity on a short-term basis.
Contracting Process
SNR will offer existing customers 98 percent of their current Base
Resource allocations. The 2025 Resource Pool consists of the remaining
2 percent of the power resources. For existing customers who received a
resource pool allocation, the additional allocation will be included
with their existing Base Resource allocation.
WAPA solely determines the terms, conditions, rates, or charges of
its power contracts and will work with allottees to develop customized
products, if requested, to meet their needs when the final 2025
Resource Pool allocations have been published. Each allottee is
responsible for obtaining transmission arrangements for delivery of
power to its load. Upon request, WAPA may assist an allottee in
obtaining transmission arrangements for delivery of power.
Allottees will be required to execute a contract within six months
of the contract offer. Electric service contracts will be effective
upon WAPA's signature, and service will begin on January 1, 2025.
Authorities
The Marketing Plan, published in the Federal Register (82 FR 38675)
on August 15, 2017, was established under the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.); the Reclamation Act of June
17, 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented by
subsequent enactments, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485(c)); and other acts specifically
applicable to the projects involved. Allocating power from the resource
pool falls within the Marketing Plan and is covered by this authority.
Regulatory Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
WAPA completed a Categorical Exclusion to comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act, as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.),
Council on Environmental Quality NEPA implementing regulations (40 CFR
parts 1500-08), and Department of Energy NEPA implementing regulations
(10 CFR part 1021).
Determination Under Executive Order 12866
WAPA has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this Federal
Register notice by the Office of Management and Budget is required.
Dated: January 29, 2019.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
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