01/07/2013:
Western has posted a PROPOSED Business practice for LGIA Option to Build under its "Business Practices" folder; "Draft BP's - 10 Day Comment" sub-folder; and "Business Practices Common to all Western Regions" link, or directly via the following URL: http://www.oasis.oati.com/woa/docs/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Western-Common-Business-Practices-Draft.html Note: Some browsers may require use of the "Open in New Window" right-click feature
Comments regarding the proposed business practice should be submitted within 10 business days of the posting date noted at the location above to:
David Johnston at 970-461-7368 (email: djohnston@wapa.gov) and Raymond Vojdani at 970-461-7379 (email: avojdani@wapa.gov)
12/12/2012:
Western's Rocky Mountain Region will be hosting the semi-annual WestConnect Stakeholder meeting in the Loveland, CO office. Details and agenda can be found at the following URL: http://westconnect.com/ Note: Some browsers may require use of the "Open in New Window" right-click feature
12/01/2012:
Effective 12/01/2012, the CRCM loss rate will be 5.0 percent. For details on this revision, please check the "FY2013 Customer Letter for Customer Losses" file in the "Effective Business Practices" section of this webpage.
11/01/2012:
Western has posted a PROPOSED business practice for TSR Annulments under its "Business Practices" folder; "Draft BP's - 10 Day Comment" sub-folder; and "Business Practices Common to all Western Regions" link, or directly via the following URL: http://www.oasis.oati.com/woa/docs/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Western-Common-Business-Practices-Draft.html Note: Some browsers may require use of the "Open in New Window" right-click feature
Comments regarding the proposed business practice should be submitted within 10 business days of the posting date noted at the location above to:
David Johnston at 970-461-7368 (email: djohnston@wapa.gov) and Raymond Vojdani at 970-461-7379 (email: avojdani@wapa.gov)
10/01/2012:
Western is currently going through a reconfiguration effective October 01, 2012. WALC will no longer be accepting transmission service requests for paths with the following PORs and PODs: PNPKWALC230; GLENCANYON2; NAVAJO230; KAY-LHV; SHR2; SJ345; SHIPROCK345; and FOURCORNE345. All Transmission service requests for the points listed should be submitted on the CRCM OASIS. This includes all short term, long term, point-to-point, and network service requests.
9/09/2012:
RMR's Operations Manager (Darren Buck) has been temporarily reassigned as of September 9, 2012 to the position of CRSP-MC Manager.
8/30/2012:
Western is currently going through a reconfiguration effective October 01, 2012. WALC will no longer be accepting transmission service requests for paths with the following PORs and PODs: PNPKWALC230; GLENCANYON2; NAVAJO230; KAY-LHV; SHR2; SJ345; SHIPROCK345; and FOURCORNE345. All Transmission service requests for the points listed should be submitted on the CRCM OASIS. This includes all short term, long term, point-to-point, and network service requests.
4/30/2012:
Please note that Western's General Counsel, John Bremer, has been temporarily designated as Western's acting Standards of Conduct (SOC) Chief Compliance Officer. For this purpose, Mr. Bremer's contact information is: John Bremer, General Counsel Western Area Power Administration P.O. Box 281213 Lakewood, CO 80228-8213 Phone: (720) 962-7019 Email: SOCChiefComplianceOffice@wapa.gov
03/02/2011: OATT Revision Filed with FERC, Effective Date of April 3, 2011 (Revised Section 2.2 effective March 2, 2011)
Western Area Power Administration submitted revisions to its non-jurisdictional Open Access Transmission Tariff in compliance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Order dated December 2, 2010. This compliance filing ( Filing Letter for revised OATT (March 2, 2011) revises the new baseline eTariff, which is substantially the same tariff originally submitted in Docket No. NJ10-1-000. Western requested the Commission deem the revisions to its OATT proposed in the compliance filing become effective April 3, 2011, with the exception of the revisions to Section 2.2, which Western requested become effective on March 2, 2011. The revised OATT is available under the "Tariff" Documents Folder on the WAPA OASIS and at the following: WAPA-Tariff-Docs If you have any questions, please contact David Johnston at (970) 461-7368, or by email at djohnston@wapa.gov
12/01/2009: OATT Revision Filed with FERC, Effective
Date of December 1, 2009:
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 transmission services and planning.The updated OATT (both
clean and redline versions) and FERC generated PDF documents for these filings
are included in the "Tariff" folder.For the list of documents due to this change, please see the documents
under the listed folders:FERC Order
890, Network Customers, Transmission Planning Process, and Business
Practices.
If you have any
questions, please contact David Johnston at 970-461-7368.
Due to the substantial changes
to the Pro-Forma OATT made by Order 890, Western Area Power Administration will
need to engage in a public process with its customers and the general public
prior to making an Order 890 filing.Western will make a future filing to address the changes necessary as a
result of Order 890.However, in the
interim Western will continue to work with the industry and complying with the
spirit and intent of Order 890 when feasible.
1/25/2005:OATT Revision & LGIP Agreement:
The Western Area Power Administration (Western) has filed a
revised Open Access Transmission Service Tariff (Tariff) with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission. Western’s existing Tariff was approved by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) on April 12, 2002. Western updated certain Tariff
provisions, adopted the principal features of the Commission’s Standard Large
Generator Interconnection Procedures (LGIP) and Standard Large Generator
Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) consistent with applicable law, and made additional
changes to further Western’s mission and transmission marketing efforts. The
revised Tariff, a summary of changes made to its existing Tariff, and
information about the tariff revision process is posted on Western’s Web site
at http://www.wapa.gov/oatt.htm