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ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
OPEN ACCESS
Transmission and Ancillary Services*

The following rates are effective October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2009

Schedule Number and Title Rate *
- 1 - Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service (L-AS1) $38.84 per tag per day
- 2 - Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service (L-AS2) $0.187/kW-month
$0.043/kW-week
$0.006/kW-day
0.250 mills/kWh

- 3 - Regulation and Frequency Response Service
(L-AS3)

$0.360/kW-month
$0.083/kW-week
$0.012/kW-day
0.500 mills/kWh
- 4 - Energy Imbalance Service (L-AS4) Load:  Bandwidth is +/- 5% hourly deviation (Minimum of 4 MW).  Out-of-bandwidth receives 25% penalty.  LAP real-time average sales and purchases pricing is used.

Generator:  Bandwidth is +/- 2% hourly deviation (Minimum of 4 MW).  Out-of-bandwidth receives 25% penalty.  LAP real-time average sales and purchases pricing is used.
- 5 - Operating Reserves - Spinning Reserve Service (L-AS5) Long-term reserves are not available from WACM.  Reserves may be provided on a pass-through cost basis, plus an additional amount for administration.
- 6 - Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve Service (L-AS6) Long-term reserves are not available from WACM.  Reserves may be provided on a pass-through cost basis, plus an additional amount for administration.
- 7 - Long-Term Firm and Short-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service (L-FPT1) $34.67/kW-year
$2.89/kW-month
$0.67/kW-week
$0.10/kW-day                         
- 8 - Non-Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service (L-NFPT1)

Market, NTE:
$2.89/kW-month
$0.67/kW-week
$0.10/kW-day
4.17 mills/kWh

- 9 - Transmission Losses Service (L-AS7) Current Loss Rate: 5%
Transmission customers may settle financially or with energy.  Pricing for this service will be LAP weighted average hourly real-time purchase price.
Attachment H
Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement for Network Integration Transmission Service (L-NT1) 		Load Ratio Share of 1/12 of the Revenue Requirement:  $42,881,371

* The Open Access rate methodologies are effective through February 28, 2011 with the exception of
Schedule 3 - Regulation and Frequency Response Service, which is effective through May 31, 2011