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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 165 / Monday, August 30, 2021 / Notices Department of Energy rate extension procedures set forth at 10 CFR part 903a.3

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Background On January 12, 2017, FERC confirmed and approved Rate Schedules PDNTS4
Network, INTNTS4 Network, DSW
SD4 Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch, DSWRS4 Reactive Supply and Voltage Control, DSWFR4
Regulation and Frequency Response, DSWEI4 Energy Imbalance, DSW
SPR4 Spinning Reserve, DSWSUR4
Supplemental Reserve, DSWGI2
Generator Imbalance, DSWTL1
Transmission Losses, and DSWUU1
Unreserved Use Penalties under Rate Order No. WAPA175 on a final basis for a 5-year period through September 30, 2021.4 These rate schedules apply to Parker-Davis Project and Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project network integration transmission service, along with transmission losses, unreserved use penalties, and ancillary services from WAPAs Desert Southwestern Region DSW and Western Area Lower Colorado Balancing Authority WALC. The existing formula rates for these services provide adequate revenue to recover all expenses incurred for providing each service. This ensures repayment within the cost recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order RA
6120.2.

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Discussion In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23a, WAPA filed a notice in the Federal Register on July 8, 2021, proposing to extend, without adjustment, Rate Schedules PDNTS4, INTNTS4, DSW
SD4, DSWRS4, DSWFR4, DSWEI4, DSWSPR4, DSWSUR4, DSWGI2, DSWTL1, and DSWUU1 under Rate Order No. WAPA200.5 WAPA
determined it was not necessary to hold public information or public comment forums on the proposed formula rate extension, but provided a 15-day consultation and comment period to give the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed extension.
The consultation and comment period ended on July 23, 2021, and WAPA
received no comments on the proposed formula rate extension.

3 50 FR 37835 Sept. 18, 1985 and 84 FR 5347
Feb. 21, 2019.
4 Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket Nos.

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Environmental Compliance WAPA determined that this action fits within the class listed in Appendix B to Subpart D of 10 CFR part 1021.410:
Categorical exclusions applicable to B4.3: Electric power marketing rate changes and B4.4: Power marketing services and activities, do not require preparation of either an environmental impact statement EIS or an environmental assessment EA.6 A
copy of the categorical exclusion determination is available on WAPAs website at https www.wapa.gov/
regions/DSW/Environment/Pages/
environment.aspx. Look for file entitled, Proposed Formula Rates for Network Integration Transmission Service and Ancillary Services.
Determination Under Executive Order 12866
WAPA has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the Office of Management and Budget is required.
Submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Provisional Formula Rates herein confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis, together with supporting documents, will be submitted to FERC for confirmation and final approval.
Order In view of the above and under the authority delegated to me, I hereby confirm, approve, and place into effect on an interim basis, Rate Order No.
WAPA200, which extends the existing Network, ancillary services, transmission losses, and unreserved use penalties formula rates under Rate Schedules PDNTS4, INTNTS4, DSW
SD4, DSWRS4, DSWFR4, DSWEI4, DSWSPR4, DSWSUR4, DSWGI2, DSWTL1, and DSWUU1 through September 30, 2026. The formula rates will remain in effect on an interim basis until: 1 FERC confirms and approves of this extension on a final basis; 2
subsequent rates are confirmed and approved; or 3 such rates are superseded.
Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 20, 2021,
EF166000 and EF166001, 158 FERC 62,027
2017.
5 86 FR 36133 July 8, 2021.
6 The determination was done in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA of
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by Tracey A. LeBeau, Interim Administrator, Western Area Power Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy.
That document, with the original signature and date, is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.

Rate Schedule PDNTS4
ATTACHMENT H to Tariff Supersedes Rate Schedule PDPNTS3
dated October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2021
United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration Desert Southwest Region Parker-Davis Project Network Integration Transmission Service Approved Under Rate Order No.
WAPA175
Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after October 1, 2016, and extending through September 30, 2021, or until superseded by another rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier.
Note: This rate schedule was extended by Rate Order No. WAPA200 through September 30, 2026.
Applicable Transmission customers will compensate the Parker-Davis Project each month for Network Integration Transmission Service Network under the applicable Network Agreement and the formula rate described herein.
Formula Rate
1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 43214347; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing NEPA 40 CFR parts 15001508; and DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures and Guidelines 10 CFR part 1021.

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