Salt Lake City Area/Integrated Projects Notice of Rate Order No. WAPA-63

Résumé

Notice is given of the confirmation and approval by the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) of Rate Order No. WAPA-63 and Rate Schedule SLIP-F5 placing firm power rates for capacity and energy from the Integrated Projects of the Western Area Power Administration (Western) into effect on an interim basis. The provisional rates will remain in effect on an interim basis until the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) confirms, approves, and places them into effect on a final basis or until they are replaced by other rates. The provisional firm power rates to be effective from December 1, 1994, through November 30, 1999, consist of an energy charge of 8.90 mills per kilowatthour (mills/kWh) and a capacity charge of $3.83 per kilowatt month (kW-month), which result in a composite rate of 20.17 mills/kWh. This is a 7.9-percent increase over the current energy charge of 8.40 mills/kWh and the current capacity charge of $3.54/kW- month which results in a composite rate of 18.70 mills/kWh. A comparison of existing and provisional rates follows: