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Search Results: agency_names:"Western Area Power Administration"

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 11511
    Reading Time:about 60 minutes

    The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), under the Department of Energy, has issued a notice confirming and approving new Provisional Formula Rates for various services associated with the Central Valley Project. These rates, effective from March 25, 2021, to December 2024, cover Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Services, Sale of Surplus Products, and updates to existing Energy Imbalance and Generator Imbalance services. The new rates aim to align WAPA’s practices with broader energy markets, manage costs efficiently, and ensure fair pricing for energy services in the Sierra Nevada Region.

    Simple Explanation

    The Western Area Power Administration is changing how they charge for some energy services, like sharing extra electricity and balancing energy use, to make the prices fair and keep costs low from now until 2024.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 104143
    Reading Time:about 34 minutes

    The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) has extended its existing rates for transmission and ancillary services in the Upper Great Plains region's Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program—Eastern Division until September 30, 2030. These rates include services like scheduling, system control, and various types of reserve services. The extension keeps the current rates unchanged and places them into effect on an interim basis from October 1, 2025. WAPA will submit these rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for final approval.

    Simple Explanation

    The government has decided to keep the prices for using their big electricity highways the same for a little longer, all the way to the year 2030. They think these prices are just right, but some people might wonder why they're not changing anything.