United States Department of Energy-Bonneville Power Administration; Order Approving Rates on an Interim Basis and Providing Opportunity for Additional Comments

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On July 31, 2009, and September 3, 2009, the Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville) filed a request for interim and final approval of its wholesale power \1\ and transmission rates \2\ in accordance with the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) \3\ and Subpart B of Part 300 of the Commission's regulations.\4\ Bonneville projects that the filed rates will produce average annual power revenues of $2.925 billion, and average annual revenues from transmission and ancillary services rates of $866 million. Bonneville asserts that this level of annual revenues is sufficient to recover its costs for the 2009-2011 rate approval period, while providing cash flow to assure at least a 95 percent probability of making all payments to the United States Treasury in full and on time for each year of the rate period. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------