[Federal Register: July 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration's Record of Decision for Service
to Direct Service Industrial (DSI) Customers for Fiscal Years 2007-2011
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of final policy.
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SUMMARY: On February 4, 2005, BPA issued a final policy and record of
decision (ROD) regarding how the agency will market power and
distribute the costs and benefits of the Federal Columbia River Power
System (FCRPS) in the Pacific Northwest for fiscal years (FY) 2007-
2011. This policy and ROD included a decision to provide eligible
Pacific Northwest direct service industries (DSIs) with service at a
known and capped cost in FY 2007-2011, with the level of benefits to be
decided in a follow-up public process. Also on February 4, 2005, BPA
sent a letter to Customers, Constituents, Tribes, and Other Regional
Stakeholders that presented a straw proposal for DSI service and
announced the additional public process to take further comment
regarding the appropriate benefit level for DSI service and how BPA
should provide the benefit. An open forum discussing this issue was
held March 1, 2005, in Portland, Oregon. The comment period on the
straw proposal outlined in the letter closed March 11, 2005. BPA has
now issued a ROD on DSI service. This ROD establishes the level of
service benefits BPA will offer the DSI customers for FY 2007-2011,
allocates the benefits among eligible companies and establishes the
mechanism(s) that would be used to deliver benefits.
DATES: On June 30, 2005, the BPA signed the ROD for DSI service for FY
2007-2011.
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ADDRESSES: The ROD is available on BPA's Record of Decision Web site at
http://www.bpa.gov /corporate/pubs /RODS/2005/ and BPA's Regional Dialogue Web site: http://www.bpa.gov/power/regionaldialogue. Copies
are also available by contacting BPA's Public Information Center at
(800) 622-4520.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Scott Wilson, Customer Account
Executive, Bulk Marketing and Transmission Service, at (503) 230-7638,
for information regarding the ROD on service to DSIs for FY 2007-2011.
Contact Helen Goodwin, Regional Dialogue project manager, for more
information on the Regional Dialogue process, at (503) 230-3129.
Issued in Portland, Oregon on June 30, 2005.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Power
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-13940 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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