Western Open Access Transmission Service Tariff Revision

Western Area Power Administration submitted its revised Open Access Transmission Service Tariff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on September 30, 2009.  The new tariff becomes effective on December 1, 2009.  The new revised tariff was developed to comply with FERC Order No. 890 and to be consistent with Western’s statutory and regulatory requirements.  It addresses changes in transmision serices and planning.   

Resources

• Western's current OATT (clean version), including small and large generator agreements and procedures
• Western's current OATT (redline version)
• Western's filing letter to FERC
• EIS Environmental Review Agreement template
• EA Environmental Review Agreement template

Background  

The Order 890 Team made revisions based on comments received during the public comment period, which ended on July 1, 2009. Western considered the comments received at the public meeting, as well as those submitted during the comment period.  Read Western's reply to the comments received during the comment period. 

Comments Western received during the comment period

• Arizona Municipal Power Users Association
• Mid-west Electric Consumers Association
• Missouri River Energy Services
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Inc.

Revisions to the tariff based on these comments are included in these documents*

• Western's post-comment tariff redline
• Attachment P redline to May 8, 2009 version

Files used for the June 2, 2009 public meeting 

• June 2, 2009 Order 890 public meeting presentation (150kb pdf)
• Brief Outline of Proposed Revision (33.9kb pdf)
• Western's May 8, 2009 OATT redline (868kb pdf)
• Exhibit 1 of OATT Attachment P (148kb pdf)
• Errata Attachment Q of the revised OATT (46kb pdf)

*Note that no additional changes have been made to the Large Generator and Small Generator Agreement or Procedures as a result of the public meeting.

• Large Generator Interconnection Agreement redline (208kb pdf)
• Large Generator Interconnection Procedures redline (188kb pdf)
• Small Generator Interconnection Agreement redline (92kb pdf)
• Small Generator Interconnection Procedures redline (128kb pdf)

Links

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

If you have further questions about the revision process or need additional information, you can provide those online or e-mail tariffcomments@wapa.gov. For more information, contact Bob Kennedy, Tariff Project Manager or Carolyn Hinkley in Corporate Communications.