10/31/2012: (Proposed Business Practice) 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: www.oasis.oati.com/woa/docs/WAPA/WAPAdocs/Western-Common-Business-Practices-Draft.html

Comments regarding the proposed business practice should be submitted within 10 business days of the posting date noted at the location above to: John Steward at 602-605-2774 (email: Steward@wapa.gov)

10/01/2012: Pursuant to Desert Southwest Region's Ancillary Service Rate Schedules DSW-EI3 and DSW-GI1, this is notification that beginning October 1, 2012, Western Area Power Lower Colorado Balancing Authority will use the weighted average of the Daily Firm & Non-Firm Dow Jones Palo Verde Index for financial settlement of On-Peak and Off-Peak Energy & Generator Imbalances.

09/09/2012: RMR's Operations Manager (Darren Buck) has been temporarily reassigned as of September 9, 2012 to the position of CRSP-MC Manager.

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."

04/30/2012: 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

03/19/2012: Changes for Western's Future: Secretary Chu's_msg

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 John Steward (Western) at (602) 605-2774, or by email at steward@wapa.gov.

10/13/10: Effective today forward, WALC will now Recall transmission in addition to Displacing transmission.

10/01/10: Western submitted the baseline eTariff version of its OATT Western submitted the baseline eTariff version of its non-jurisdictional Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), which was previously filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket No. NJ10-1-000. A copy of Western's 9/30/2010 filing is available at: Western-OATT-Etariff-Filing-2010-0930.pdf

10/01/10: Western filed comments on FERC's "Transmission Planning & Cost Allocation" NOPR Western submitted the following comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities (NOPR) issued on June 17, 2010 in Docket No. RM10-23-000. Western's comments were submitted on September 29, 2010, as a Federal Power Marketing Administration (PMA), and not on behalf of the Department of Energy as a whole: Western-RM10-23-NOPR-Response.pdf

8/04/10: Western Area Power Administration intends to file comments in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation By Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities (NOPR) that was released June 17, 2010 in Docket No. RM10-23. In that NOPR, the Commission is proposing to amend the transmission planning and cost allocation requirements for public utility providers established in Order 890. Given the unique nature of this particular NOPR, Western will hold an informal meeting on August 5, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. MDT at our Corporate Services Office at 12155 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood, Colorado, in the Conference Center. Customers will have an opportunity to comment on the technical areas of the NOPR Western will address in its comments. The meeting should conclude by 12:00 p.m. Western will provide a conference number for individuals who are unable to attend in person. Additional information will be provided electronically prior to the meeting on Aug. 5 regarding items for discussion. For more information, contact John Steward, 602-605-2774, or Corporate Communications, at 720-962-7053. Anthony H. Montoya Chief Operating Officer